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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
9
Weekly church schedule lists Sunday School at 10 A.M. Morning Worship at 11 A.M. Epworth League at 7 P.M. Evening Worship at 8 P.M. The notice promises visitors will feel at home despite being strangers in the city.
The census bureau report on Geographic Distribution of the Blind shows Montana with 168 blind residents in a 600000 population, or 28 per 100000, ranking 44th in blindness and 40th in total population. New Mexico leads in blindness per 100000, while New York has the most blind persons overall. Kentucky ranks high in blindness relative to its population despite fourteenth in total population.
Bids totaling 850000 dollars for shoes and the navy reflect the largest governmental shoe purchase to date. The Defense Council's supplies committee, chaired by Julius Rosenwald, set the terms and options with bidders submitting estimates on substantial leather quantities secured earlier.
Notice to contractors announces bids for concrete sidewalks cross walks and curb ing gutters in Baker Montana. Plans on file with City Clerk. Bids require $200 certified check and $2000 indemnifying bond. Two year sidewalk maintenance. Bids due noon June 5 1917. City reserves right to reject all. Girl wanted for general casework Mrs C J Russell.
Baltimore, June 4. Folke Stenbach, a Swedish official’s nephew, reports Germans at Kiel are building large U boats rivaling tank steamers. He notes wartime discontent and high imperial regard for the emperor, cites new submarine types, and says Kiel is a repair base for U boats with operations outside Germany.
Washington June 1 contracts for 3 450 000 pairs of shoes for army and navy awarded by the National Defense Council. Delivery to be completed in eight months at an average price of 4.85 per pair. Contracts, awarded on competitive bids, go to 27 firms. The army will receive 2 600 000 pairs.
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