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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1917
Page
8
Automobile owners are submitting applications to Helena's department for 1918 licenses. A new license format will be ready by the first of next month and every car owner must display two plates by January 1, 1918. Officers will impound cars operated without 1918 plates.
Des Moines November 20 official canvass shows constitutional prohibition defeated by 932 votes. The tally on initial counts lists 214 463 for the amendment and 215 625 against it.
The Sophomores miss their usual notes due to a flurry of school events. Earnestine Lahom travels to Wibaux with her mother for two weeks. A Friday program drew many visitors, Merriam reports a downtown building collapse, and the banner changes to red white and blue show patriotism.
The Baker Montana office listing notes Johnson Building and the THORALF O. SANBO M. D. practitioner associated with the Baker medical scene.
Lieut. T. F. Burns leads nearly a hundred townsmen in drill sessions three times weekly for home guard training. A roster lists names from Ainsley to Zintz and ends with a note that a laundry basket leaves at 2 oclock Tuesday from Dabb’s.
The destroyer Chauncey with 88 aboard sunk in a collision in the war zone Monday morning. Lieut. Commander Walter E. Reno, Lieut. Charles F. Wedderburn, Ensign Harry G. Skinned Jr., and 18 enlisted men are confirmed lost. Admiral Sims reported the casualty list but gave no further details awaiting Navy department updates.
The second number in the Eastern Star entertainments series will be staged at the opera house tonight. Miss Dorothy Cole and Miss Janet Rea will perform as musicians and readers, having pleased audiences on the Lyceum Circuit. The program is said to be of high order and fit for the best people to attend.
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