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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1917
Page
6
War time demand boosts fur prices as fashion drives year round wear and aviator coat linings. Montana, once a trapper hub, still has abundant wildlife with pelts sought by markets. The article urges country youths to trap for spending money and future education funds.
A day will come when a man's worth is judged by good deeds rather than money. The statement emphasizes ethical character over financial success and suggests future judgment based on actions.
A man known for valuing friends only for personal gain is described as willing to sell his immortal soul for a mere dime. The remark frames him as calculating and mercenary in social ties.
The article advises poultry owners to prepare hens for winter by improving housing and feed. It stresses overhauling buildings, sealing drafts, facing south, and using dry sunlit nests. It recommends litter materials, dusting boxes, straw, excelsior, and coal ash as useful additives for grit and egg quality.
A Montana note urges using poisoned oats to reduce field mice in homes barns and granaries. Instructions outline mixing strychnine alkaloid with baking soda then starch paste and syrup to coat twenty quarts of oats, drying, and storing in a marked sack for indefinite shelf life.
W. R. Rodgers of Stevensville builds a 20 by 94 foot rabbit house with 210 breeding does and nest boxes to supply meat to Butte and Helena markets. He notes shortages of beef and mutton drive demand for rabbit meat, while governments consider substitutes.
Jefferson Valley Potato Growers Association reports higher prices for the 1917 crop. Formed last August with about 60 percent participation, the group set a floor of 1.50 per hundred, selling 12 carloads to an eastern buyer and later expanding management with F H Fuller. The association saved members about 5000 dollars and plans seed improvements, grading systems, and new standard varieties Irish Cobbler Early Ohio Burban and Mills Prize.
A concise motivational line urging aiming for success by pleasing others. It emphasizes focus on satisfaction and target outcomes without specific actions or events.
The report notes Copenhagen Denmark facing a butter shortage along with scarce lard. It also covers worldwide WWI era developments including suffrage in New York, Germany’s factory destructions in Belgium, and US food administration efforts to curb bread prices as part of food supply control.
Montana readers along the Northern Pacific will spot a giant letter M on Mount Baldy near Bozeman. The three quarter acre M is visible up to 20 miles away and easy to read from the railroad. Erected years ago by students, the stones outlining the M are repainted yearly by freshmen under college supervision.
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