Rise of Stock Raising Transforms County Economy
The article describes a shift in Sweet Grass County from general farming to intensive stock raising. It highlights Hereford breeding, the Veasey Land Company, and H. P. Franklin as leaders, noting large cattle herds, high quality stock, and notable profits from hogs and dairy byproduct feeding. It explains Chinook winds enable long grazing seasons, boosting profitability and diversification as hogs, dairy cattle, and cattle markets grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Donald
Veasey Land Company
H. P. Franklin
Sweet Grass County
C. C. Nelson
Retail Clothing To Sell At Cost This Fall
Chicago reports that retailers will sell clothes at cost this fall. Andreas Burkhardt of Cincinnati, president of the National Association of Retail Clothiers, says dealers will forego profits to meet public demand and avoid higher production costs. The public is driven by price, not production expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Andreas Burkhardt
Cincinnati
National Association of Retail Clothiers
Congress May Help By Passing Tariff
Governor Henry J. Allen of Kansas says he will forward to Washington details on the wheat price decline as asked by President Wilson. He notes the Chicago board of trade fluctuations and says Congress, not the president, can restore the tariff of 25 cents a bushel to protect wheat markets.
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Philadelphia
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Wilson
Washington
Allen
Department of Agriculture
Federal Trade Commission
Chicago Board of Trade
United States
Board of Trade
Congress
Best Banking Plan Will Stop Panics
George F. Roberts of National City Bank predicted no panic or industrial collapse, praising the United States banking system. He blamed high aggregate credit demand during and after the war for strains, not credit restriction, and cited war waste and expansion as causes. The fall in wheat and cotton prices reflected world poverty and weak European buying power, plus high exchange rates.
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Rock Hill
S. C
United States
George F. Roberts
National City Bank of New York
Roberts
Europe
Lantry Transferred to Seattle Division in NP Reshuffle
Northern Pacific announces changes affecting three division superintendents. T H Lantry moves from Montana to Seattle division with headquarters in Seattle. G H Jacobus succeeds Lantry as Yellowstone division superintendent, with W C Sloan returning to the Yellowstone division from Pasco.
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Livingston Enterprise
Northern Pacific
T. H. Lantry
Montina
Seattle
Lantry
G. H. Jacobus
Yellowstone
Glendive
Jacobus
W. C. Sloan
Mr. Sloan
Pasco
Butte Union Wins Damages Suit Against City
The Montana Supreme Court, in an opinion by Associate Justice Charles H. Cooper, ruled for Miner’s Union No. 1 of Butte against the city in a $93,000 damages case. The suit stemmed from the union hall being blown up in Butte on June 13, 1914, with a second blast reported on June 38, 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Charles H. Cooper
State -Supreme Court Today
Butte ‘Miner's Union No. 1
Butte
District Court
Powell County
Farmers Press For War Finance Aid To Export Markets
Washington reports farmers pressing Secretary Houston for restoration of the War Finance Corporation to back exports to Europe. Houston replied it is not good policy for the government to extend more credits to Europe. Senator E D Smith urged preferential rediscount rates for agricultural papers before the Federal Reserve Board as delegates voiced concerns over the falling market and need for elastic currency.
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Washington
Houston
Treasury Department
War Finance Corporation
Europe
Treasury
E. D. Smith
South Carolina
Germany
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Smith
Meredith
Whiskey Ring Bust Ties City to Major Contraband Plan
Chicago reports the arrest of Charles Schillinger as a go-between in a whiskey ring scheme. A grand jury probes a plot to flood the nation with contraband liquor and a $1,000,000 scheme is alleged to have distributed whiskey through saloonkeepers and distilleries in Louisville. Sadler testifies about dealings with the Louisville distillery and shipments connected to the ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles Schillinger
John Doe
Sadler
Louisville
Sadier
Schillinger
Andrew Pappas
Primary Measures Oppose Each Other in Montana Speech
Attorney Walter Hartman told the League of Women Voters that two primary measures conflict. One would schedule primaries for May and June in presidential years with county and state nominations and delegates to conventions. The other would hold primaries in April with all offices and delegates chosen, causing a potential mess if both pass.
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Bozeman
Walter Hartman
League of Woman Voters
Cand Aleo
Republican Leaders Rally Behind Harding in International Pact Debate
A group of prominent Republicans including Elihu Root Robert Hoover George W Wickersham Henry L Stimson A Lawrence Lowell Henry W Taft and Charles E Hughes signed a statement backing Senator Harding. They argue the choice is over how a world peace pact is configured not whether the US should join a league of nations and call for changes to the Paris treaty to avoid objectionable provisions.
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New York
Senator Harding
Elihu Root
Robert Hoover
George W. Wickersham
Henry L. Stimson
A. Lawrence Lowell
Henry W. Taft
Charles E. Hughes
United States
Wilson
Paris
Mr. Wilson
Democratic Platform
Cndidate
Harding
Society of Free Nations
League of Free Nations
League
Congress
America
Democratic Party
Mr. Cox
Republican Party
Europe
The
Court
More Cattle Still Large In Montana Despite Drought Losses
Helena reports cattle and sheep holdings remain high despite drought. Burke of the state livestock board says 1919 tax counts show cattle at 1 229 656 and 1920 at 951 758 a drop of about 20 percent, while sheep decline is around 15 percent. Many livestock were shipped out last fall for feed but were later returned to Montana by spring 1938.
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Oota
Jacob Johnson
Sham
Helena
Montana
John H. Burke
State Board of Livestock Commissioners
Burke
Omaha
Mette
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Hye Ral Stee
Toma
Charley Bryan
Tess
Iser
Rattus
Oveen
City of
Whiskey Ring
League of Nations
Des Moines
Iowa
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