Montana Crop Report Indicates Strong Wheat Prospects
The Banking Corporation of Montana reports crop conditions above average across the state with wheat faring better than national peers. Winter kill is not severe, alfalfa shows good conditions, and spring seeding continues with ample seed supplies.
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Banking Corporation
Banking Corporation of Montana
Montana
United States
Wolf Point
Dawson
Richland
Valley County
Judith Basin
Winifred
Roy
Musselshell
Stillwater
Yellow
City Beautification Movement Gains Momentum
Local residents celebrate the push for a cleaner, more orderly city while voices oppose unnecessary noise. Community members acknowledge efforts by women participants and note changes in attire and style as part of a broader civic aesthetic.
Gophers Killed by Thousands Across Montana Fields
County agents in Montana led a ten day war on gophers with over 10 000 farmers joining. The effort exhausted poison supplies in many areas and several hundred thousand gophers are believed dead. Lewis and Clark County led with 60 farmers at Augusta as W W Skuse coordinated the drive.
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Hail and Fire Insurance Co
Montana
Equity Society
Lewis and Clark
W. W. Skuse
Augusta
Skuse
Clemons
Wolf Creek
James Wallman
Funeral Cortege to Tenderfoot Ranch Wife Burial
Funeral services for Mrs. W. C. Wood were held at the Catholic church in White Sulphur Springs. The body from the Wood ranch at Tenderfoot was moved in a casket made from the schoolhouse floor and packed in ice, then hauled over Tenderfoot mountain by snowshoes due to four foot deep snow and blocked horse access.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. C. Wood
Wood Ranch
Tenderfoot
Copperhead term returns as bitter political epithet
The author laments the reemergence of the word copperhead used for traitorous acts from the Civil War era. He notes its biology as a venomous North American snake common in Pennsylvania and recalls early settlers calling it the pilot snake ahead of the rattler. The piece argues copperhead branding degrades public virtue.
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Copperhead
Eveybody
North America
Pennsylvania
Tory
Vermont Loan & Trust Co
H. Cosgrove
Billings
Mont
Great Falls
American Bank & Trust Co
Railroads foresee women employees as men go to war
Northern Pacific officials acknowledge reports of possible train reductions if war worsens. J L De Force notes women will fill roles as men depart, with women trained for telegraph work and yard duties. Railroads plan to pool traffic to reduce trains and crews amid labor shortages.
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W. H. Merriman
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Merriman
Milwaukee
Great Northern
J. L. de Force
Mr. de Force
Plants and seeds offered by H. H. Jones
Pansy and aster plants finest varieties 25 cents delivered. Daisies carnations and other hardy plants and novelties 60 cents per dozen. May 1017 list and cultural directions free. H. H. Jones View Acres Hamilton Mont.
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H. HB. Jones
View Acres
Hamilton
Mont
Cut Price and Substitution Twin Strains in Trade
A discussion on profit margins, loss leading sales, and the need for steady earnings to prevent bankruptcy. The excerpt notes that merchants must maintain an average profit and that labor disputes end in negotiated settlements. It reflects on social norms and the unpredictability of relationships.
Montana Farm Land Offers and Mills of Great Falls
A barrage of Montana farm land ads from Great Falls listings. Properties include 3810 acres at 6.50 per acre with 50 percent plow land, 1920 acres with two springs, 610 acres with tillable land near town, and 160 to 320 acre tracts near rail. Also homestead circulars and whole-farm packages from Curtis Heffernin and others.
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Fagan-McCutcheon- Price
Central Ave
Great Falls
Mont
Reat Falls
Montana
Faan-McCutcheon-Price
Good Town
G. C. Curtis
Daly Bank
Butte
Homestead Bureau of Montana
ACRH
Frank J. Lanin
Steele Block
Teton County
Liberty-Stangs Co
Vpenwell Companies
Helena
Stephens-Batesn Co
Missoula
Mutual Realty Co
Ford Bldg
Missouri River
Enwell Companies
Stratsmienger Rivas Co
Ent
Uilding
P. O. Box
Shields River
Jordan & Robertson
Wilsall, Mont
All Land Matters
Geache
Great Falia
Molbert
Holbert Horse Importing CO
Holbert
Park Hotel
Culbertson
Kevin
J. N. Thelen
Conrad Bank
Bonner County
Idaho
Strouf Realty Co
Fergus County
Strouf Co
FERD
Valier
Ontana
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Myrand
Kelley-How-Thomson Co
Dulisth
Minnesota
Ee Danie Cae
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REAT
Falls
Gophers
Montain Roads
the Copperhead
Richard IP. Sloenck
A. Rauh
Minneapolis
U. S
Joseph Clark
Sacramento
California
Plano Wien
Montane Plano Co
Monte
AUTO
the Weaton
Montana Automobile School
South Main
Eee Tout & McCarthy
Butte Mont
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
Butte, Mont
Parney
Sth
St. Bo
Great Salle Mont
Walger
D. E. Fryer & Co
Ford Bidg
Cilia Ccee C
Chicago
Butte College Telegraphy
Lewsohn Block
Byron Deforest
Great Falla. Mont
Moyé
Lewis Poultry Company
J. W. Heffertln
Livingston
Prairie Counties
Alex B. Lehman
Lewistown
Milwaukee Railway
Ilwaukee
Seattle
Palmer & Hough
Livestock Insurance
Watson Robb
Elgin
Waltham
Illinois
Dunlap Jewelry Co
3Rd St
Yellowstone Tile & Mantel CO
Fisk Teachers’ Agency
Chiropodists
Bodeer
Bullang
Great Falls, Mont
Great. Falls Bnurer
Tseng ¢ .Co., Ktontadal
Wyomins
Ses PV Eee
City Property
J. H. Corcoran
Strous Realty Co
Great Balls
Ford Building
Rainbow
Wyoming Oil
Montana Lpabite Oil
Brcbauge
Caspers
Wyomings
Oe Pon Ee
F. W. Hamman
Ismay
Central Avenue
Commercial Employment Agency
P. O
Great Falls’ Labor Agency
Empire Construction CO
Arnold “K van House
Butte, Montana
Geo. H. Shanley
First National Bank
THE
J. Ira Jones CO
Sam's Henry Faas
1St Nat. Bank
Oakland
Apperson
Montana Auto Supply Co., Inc
Dillon
Edwin A. Pierse
Porth
Nelson and
Brady
Douglas Wilson & Co., Inc
John H. Clark
Ford
B. Finlay
C. P. A. “Firet
Nation Bank
Jones Taxi Co
Ice
Nelson & Brady
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