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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1917
Page
3
The army reorganizes infantry for hand to hand fighting and trench action. Units gain trench knives 1 pounder guns and four light machine guns per 60 men. Regiments total 3 652 men with 12 heavy guns per company and an expanded division structure.
Frederick A. Kornmann of San Francisco announces a process to boost U.S. gasoline output up to twelvefold by treating crude oil waste products. The government will fund and erect a plant to produce fuel during the war period, with Kornmann granted rights for external use and protection under a sweeping act.
Montana shippers urged to load cars to capacity due to a freight car shortage from government demands for national army provisions. About 2500 cars daily required for food for training camps and national board. allied demand for export cars to seaports nearly doubles. Railroads face only 3 percent more equipment than last year to move the extra traffic.
An advertisement touts Nuxated Iron as a cure for iron deficiency, claiming it can double strength and endurance in ten days. It argues iron deficiency causes fatigue, nervousness, and various ailments, and asserts modern organic iron is safe and effective.
Scobey hosts Eastern Star unit formation and Prairie chapter setup in Conrad marks street light project in Helena. miss Daly of Helena dies. Daly sister to Hugh Daly. Melstone hay meadow burn traces to Milwaukee engine. Livingston vaccinates children amid smallpox concerns. Havre boiler makers win wage raise to 55.5 cents. Lewistown GN extension resume. Harlem Eastern Star chapter instituted. Lewistown fatal auto crash near Hilger. George Kennedy dies. Melstone Dr Hugh Heaton joins Red Cross child welfare detachment bound for France. Wolf Point chartered Citizens National Bank as town grows. Two Dot doctor’s son operation to remove swallowed bolt. Miles City clerk suffers gun accident. three fingers lost. Livingston city halts sale of water system to Monidair Trust. builds own plant. Heleman Senator Jones marries Florence Baxter. Lewistown pioneer Mrs Frank Stephens dies at Sheridan. Heena Montana Funeral Directors elect leadership. Billings Maria Sanford named honorary president in Minnesota charity group. Billings Pvt Walter Mussack wounded guarding railroad bridge. Helena Supreme Court upholds Murphy will. Billings jail break case ends with Nevins caught. O'Brien on coach roof. Helena federal crop survey planned October 17 with state and county officials.
A. A. White of St. Paul, who bought Wild Horse Island and villa parcels on Flathead Lake two years ago, visited Butte yesterday. He says Montana’s lake country is among the outdoors’ finest and has invested heavily in local real estate. With the Northern Pacific branch from Dixon to Polson opening, more Montanans may discover this scenic area ideal for summer homes.
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