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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1917
Page
2
A terse AP item from a Pennsylvania paper notes a mysterious figure named Entine El Matine as seen in an ongoing file. The fragment hints at an official Baker matter and references a Cas ieee aty in unclear context.
Chicago reports Illinois food administrator Harry A Wheeler rejects plans by distillers to convert frostbitten corn into whiskey, arguing hog feeding values outweigh alcohol use. Indiana distillers and Herbert Hoover had discussed using 50 million bushels for non-beverage alcohol.
A promotional note urges guarding homes from undesirable influences via reading. It touts The Youth's Companion as a strong policy for valued reading and announces a combined $2.25 two‑publication offer with McCall's Magazine, including 1917 issues and 1918 calendars, from The Youth's Companion office in Boston.
In a local property note Bréwer is reported to have purchased the Poole residence near the Ou House. Poole plans to move to a new dwelling currently occupied by Mrs Barber.
In Fallon County Montana the District Court sets Saturday November 17 1917 at 2 pm in the court room for proving the will of Phillip Ruth deceased and for hearing the petition by W S Bolton and Mary Rub for issuance of Letters Testamentary to W S Bolton. Court date notice dates Nov 3 1917. Ralph Keener clerk and Cornish & Young attorneys for petitioners.
Frank C Bunn sues all claiming any interest or lien on 320 acres in Fallon County Montana as described. Defendants must answer within 60 days, or court will determine heirship and claims to the property. Named claimants include Roscoe L Bunn N D Stanley and Mark H Amundson is attorney.
The City of Baker Montana grants to the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Company its successors and assigns the right to lay down construct maintain and operate a standard gauge railway in Baker including rails crossovers and access for utilities and roadways with city oversight. The ordinance sets track alignment height drainage concessions speed limits and duration of fifty years with conditions for safety planking and future assignments. It requires acceptance within sixty days and takes effect thirty days after passage unless the mayor vetoes.
William J. Bryan former secretary of state was chased by a wild bull near a mesquite tree on Seve Re me in Chandler Arizona yesterday witnesses say the incident occurred on an Indian reservation as the chase ended with Bryan avoiding the animal without injury.
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