09 May 1924
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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1924
Page
1
A national push urges rapid action on the McNary Haugen bill with major farm groups and cooperatives pledging strong support. Supporters call vote day the zero hour for agriculture and seek equal standing with labor and industry. They warn against self interested opposition and promise aggressive efforts to secure enactment.
G J Crawford a local geologist and oil man says the Stockholders Oil and Gas company of Illinois will spud in their new Altamont well at noon on May 15. Altamont town will close doors for the ceremony as the event stands as a historic milestone for the region.
Baker ladies hosted a Wednesday farewell surprise at the home of Mr and Mrs W H Schultz who plan to leave Saturday for a visit in North Dakota They will return in June joined by Mr and Mrs Walter Lee former Baker residents en route to the coast to settle The Schultz family has long been part of the Baker community and friends regret their departure
John Hayes of Hennepin Mortgage Company, Minneapolis, urges Montana settlement arguing ten farmers with half sections each can lift local land values. He cites regional farmers as proof of Montana’s agricultural promise and favors a $10 to $20 excursion rail rate to spur settler influx and development.
Auxiliary members attended Fallon Post No 35 American Legion meeting where Memorial day exercises were outlined. A short business session preceded whist and a midnight lunch. attendance lagged due to bad weather, but participants reported a fine time.
Ollie organizes a baseball nine for the coming season with practice underway and a schedule of games against surrounding towns. The first game is May 18 at Wibaux against the Wibaux nine. Christy Howard is manager and captain. players include Armstrong Morris Paulson Babcock Holder Campbell Sheppard Houverson.
W A Selvidge president of the Montana Development Association and M J Wilson of the State College at Bozeman condemned the Agricultural Credit Corporation for proposing targeted loans in Montana. They urged broad, nondiscriminatory lending across the state and accused the move of favoring North Dakota and Minnesota while ignoring deserving Montana farmers. The protest followed guidance from a recent confab urging county selections for loan areas.
At the first meeting of the new administration a sidewalk is ordered for Main street in front of L Price and L A Conser homes. L A Conser becomes city attorney, D R Young resigns. L M Corbett reappointed city marshal. Mrs Nelson returns as city clerk. Geo Gr Daugherty named pound master. Committees are named by Mayor Heinrich including finance, police and fire, light, water and sewer, and street and alley with listed members. Two Lewistown students, Ethel J Wright and Helma Mars, from eight Montana high schools, submit meat story contest entries to the National Livestock and Meat Board.
Campbell Farming corporation under Thomas D. Campbell expands operations in Hardin Montana with 20 000 seeded acres mainly wheat and 15 000 acres flax near the Big Horn river. The firm uses 20 power farming tractors with 75 workers, no horses, and plans 65 000 acres in crops for 1926 including a leading flax program in a dry land region.
The Boy Scouts of Baker plan a Saturday supper at Hubbard hall from 5 30 to 7 30 p m to raise funds for food and supplies for a planned week long hike after school ends. Scoutmaster Gene Stratton will stay in Baker for a week. the group will hike to Medicine Rocks Pine Hill near Ekalaka and Box Elder Creek. Mrs D Miller departs No 15 for Alaska to join her husband. Fallon County commissioners met to discuss routine matters and safeguard county funds in the event of bank closures.
Notable Montana farmer N L Orton, who arrived in 1908 with little capital, homesteaded a virgin prairie, paid down 1000 dollars on a second quarter, and built a sizable farm. He now owns eight milk cows, 23 beef cattle, 100 chickens, pigs, seven horses, and plans a large wheat crop plus speltz corn and flax. He favors the roan short horn cow for dual purpose use and urges farmers to start milking cows promptly.
Washington May 8 congressman Scott Leavitt declares he seeks renomination and election to a second term. He mailed his petition to the Secretary of State for August 27 primary placement and asks voters to see him work for Montana's social and economic needs while upholding constitutional liberties.
Washington reports the soldier bonus bill was sent to President Coolidge from the capitol after Senate action. The veto message on the Bursum pension bill influenced expectations of a Coolidge veto, with the measure to be reviewed by the Treasury for cost estimates and the Veterans' Bureau for administration.
Gas was struck at a depth of 809 feet in the new Gas Pro ducts company well north of town on Tuesday and is expected to show further results by Friday. The shallow dent y Fri Low of this well is several feet higher than others in the field, suggesting the gas area here is extensive.
Members of the Ollie lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and guests from Ollie, Baker, Carlyle, Big Hill and local farms attended a Saturday night event in Ollie. The mortgage on the Odd Fellows hall was burned after a lengthy effort to finance the meeting place on Main Street, followed by a luncheon and dancing with speeches by Judge J. A. Williams and S. Ek. Zollinger among others.
Paul W. Le Cornu of Montana and Baylor began as a wartime student and lumber yard assistant before serving in the Medical Department at Base Hospital No. 88. After discharge in 1919 he earned a B S in Agriculture at Montana State College in 1923 and then joined the U S Veterans Bureau in Fargo as co ordinator for trainees at North Dakota Agricultural College and supervisor of disabled soldiers training.
Fallon Post members of the American Legion meeting Tuesday favor action at once to improve the highway between Baker and Bonnievalé cemetery. The plan aims to scar the road the entire distance.
The American Legion stands for 100 percent Americanism, national improvement, education, legislation, and local community service. Posts connect veterans to state, national and local efforts, aid in government benefits, and provide equality, support for families, and emergency assistance across posts.
Local scouts spent a day at the cemetery from 11 to 4 cleaning graves and grounds. New patrol flags and insignia were presented. Donald Akers and Albert Jensen were invested as scouts. many Cub and Scout volunteers aided with help from Scoutmaster Gene Stratton and non scouts Lewis Ward Thurston Grow and Austin Munday. Plans include eradicating brush, maintaining graves, and improving access with a gravel road before Memorial Day.
Mrs L Price hosted the Tuesday Bridge Club at her home with several hours of bridge followed by a dinner service timed for six o clock. Attendees included Mrs Yakley and Mrs LaGross among others, with a pink and green color scheme enhancing the dining room display.
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