02 Aug 1917
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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1917
Page
1
Homer Busha urges every citizen to support the war effort even if they cannot fight. He emphasizes that all forms of aid are essential to sustain morale and resources during wartime.
Homer Busha of the Montana National Guard urges citizens to support the war effort by enforcing home protections and funding, arguing Americans must enlist or aid from home. He notes drafts and exemptions vary and stresses duty to prevent Germany from gaining power.
Jimmie Reynolds in a Hudson Super Six won an 8.5 mile race from Stanley Smith in a Win ton Bluebird. Reynolds clocked 14 minutes 15 seconds while Smith finished in 16 minutes 16 seconds. Tom Penny of Bozeman watched among about 4,000 spectators as the friendly bet of 1500 dollars spurred the contest from Boulder Hot Springs to Jefferson Hill and back. Autos patrolled the course for safety.
Washington officials push for swift board actions under Wilson orders to speed up national army selection. Attorney General Gregory expands the registered pool to 687,000 first call men. Recruits who failed to register are being located and assigned serial numbers for early examination. Local board reports on examinations are arriving but incomplete for reliable projections.
Berlin notes cautious mood after Mathias Erzberger hinted at talks with Lloyd George and Arthur Balfour. The foreign office says Erzberger travels in private capacity and German attitudes may shelve his peace conference idea. Analysts in Cologne criticize Erzberger’s public stance as imprudent for the nation.
New extradition efforts target two men and three boys charged with stealing 56 sheep from the Tooley Baxter Rice ranch near Harlowton. Parnsworth and Skillman are to be extradited from Idaho to stand trial, while three youths remain jailed in Harlowton.
General Harrison Gray Otis president and publisher of the Los Angeles Times died at his son in law Harry Chandler's home in California. He spoke to staff at breakfast and collapsed after saying Take away the tray. He leaves a widow two daughters and thirteen grandchildren. He helped found the Times Mirror Company and served as AP member.
Washington reports 72 914 men applied for 16 000 places in the second officers reserve training camps opening August 27. The War Department is considering accepting far more than originally planned as applicants in most states run three to five times their quotas.
Frank Little, labor organizer and I W W executive, was abducted at 3:30 a.m. by six masked men and hanged from a railroad trestle outside Butte. Police Chief Jerry Murphy identified the body at eight. Little had attacked the government in speeches to strikers in Butte and Arizona. The note on his body warned, Vigilantes First and last warning others take notice.
Sam Stephenson of the First National Bank of Great Falls outlines a statewide plan at the Montana Bankers Association convention to loan seed wheat to farmers for 1918 harvests. A nonprofit corporation would back seed with repayment from a quarter of each beneficiary’s crop, aiding those who failed to plant. The program aims to rebuild trust, provide planting aid, and involve banks, millers, and businessmen across Montana.
Farmers in Montana who lost spring wheat crops cannot receive seed wheat for fall planting under the State Seed Law. The attorney general says relief must come from the county, as the law only covers spring planting. Farmers urge government aid or a loan arrangement to plant winter wheat this fall.
Montana Railroad commission will hear an application from railroads in Montana for a 15 cent per ton coal rate increase. The filing was made June 29 and public notice issued today. A prior hearing examined a proposal for a 15 percent rise in all freight rates.
The state board of charities and reform invites Billings Woman's Club to submit affidavits and send a committee to Warm Springs to aid the Hall case inquiry. The telegram urges a four member board to independently investigate and asks the club to appoint a three member committee without delay.
The Railroads war board sent a four member committee to eastern coal centers for three weeks to boost production. The American Railway association backed forced methods to avoid fuel shortages next winter as the Twin City sub committee pressed for car allocation to move coal as fast as produced.
The war defense committee of the carriers expects the ongoing conference to yield a greatly increased tonnage moved through the Great Lakes. This expansion would support rail shipments to the northwest before next winter.
Wilsall won the second game against Big Timber on their home field last Sunday with a 5 to 2 score. Four Livingston players helped on the visitors, including a new pitcher described by locals as pitching like a piece of machinery.
British and French forces opened a major offensive on the Lys to Boesinghe front. By daybreak they penetrated Crown Prince Rupprecht’s positions and held the first three German trench lines in many sectors. French troops reported advancing across marshy, inundated ground and capturing the first two German trench lines near Dixmude Boesinghe.
Local Board for Sweet Grass County Montana calls up listed men for physical examination under the Selective Service Act of 1917. Exemption or discharge requests must be filed within seven days after posting. Includes names and addresses of draftees and report dates August 6 7 7 at the Court House with penalties for evasion.
A Stillwater County Democrat report recalls former Sweet Grass resident Mrs. Frank Otto who died after a Locomobile accident near Billings. Her funeral at Columbus Congregational Church drew hundreds. she is survived by her husband and two daughters. The obituary notes her church work and famed kindness.
Major John B. Catlin, 80, a Montana pioneer and constitutional convention member, died at his Missoula home after a long life of Civil War service and frontier duties. He fought in the Big Hole battle in 1877 and served as an Indian agent and Missoula land office receiver, settling in western Montana after arriving in 1865.
D W Griffiths latest spectacle Intolerance promises an amazing stage recreation of ancient Babylon. The production cost exceeds a quarter of a million dollars and features the vast Belshazzar palace with a hall over a mile long, part of a larger array of wonders.
Forest rangers report the region’s first snow in the Crazier area after a heavy rain Monday night ending with a fresh coating on mountain peaks by Tuesday morning.
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