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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
2
Under selective service provisions, 67,716 men were excused from military duty for vocations or duties beyond necessary industries. Exemptions include 1,665 federal or state officers and ministers, 8,976 divinity students, 3,144 in service, 47,822 others. County officials 889 discharged, plus clerks 171, mail workers 1,476, arsenal workers 2,358, federal appointees 1,177, pilots 1,770, mariners 2,666.
Federal Reserve banks are to rediscount notes secured by farm tractors according to the Department of Agriculture. Instructions authorize rediscounting tractor paper presented by any member bank, with maturity not exceeding six months and tractors purchased for agricultural purposes.
A system of trade tests for select skilled workers in the army has been developed with over 600 defined grades. A 300 page book Trade Specifications details unit needs for skilled and semi skilled labor, plus refined methods for selecting and training men for navy duties and aviator selection. The committee on classification of personnel coordinates inquiries and informs the Department of Labor of War Department manpower needs.
Treasury confirms American POWs in German camps before April 12 1918 retain war risk insurance rights. Applications may be filed on their behalf by relatives or military/naval personnel with the War Risk Insurance Bureau in Washington DC.
The alien property custodian may sell at private sale without advertisement any enemy owned livestock feed or foodstuffs hides and other animal products fertilizers chemicals drugs essential oils lumber cotton tobacco furniture books glass and china ware wearing apparel jewelry precious stones pictures bric a brac art objects raw or finished textiles trunks or boxes manufactured metals fabrics rubber and all kinds of merchandise in lots valuing up to 10000 dollars under conditions set by the custodian.
Editorial comment in German papers accuses Daimler of exorbitant profits and asks for government action including confiscation of illegal gains and state control. War Department plans furloughs for soldiers to farm, with strict limits and pay rules, while agriculture expert exemptions may apply.
Mrs Wright of Great Falls Montana reports years of backaches and kidney trouble ending after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She says a few boxes cured her and price is 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY promotes the remedy.
The notice announces teachers and eighth grade examinations in Teton County. Examinations occur Thursday and Friday, April 25 and 26, at Chateau, Conrad, Valier, Cut Bank, and Dupuyer with a detailed two day schedule covering second and first grade subjects, professional tests, and school management. Grace M Thompson, County Superintendent.
Report notes Bolshevik envoys signing a peace deemed shameful while Petrograd endures bombing, described as an appropriate celebration in the wartime report.
Great Falls Montana garage at First Ave North and Sixth St offers service with the promise We will use you right. Proprietor K R Smith formerly of Farmington Missouri runs the shop.
State Auditor R G Poland warned Montana residents about a Denver based oil stock pitch offering 10 percent return and a 60 day deadline to drill two extra wells. He urged investors to verify foreign firms under Montana blue sky law and to avoid guaranteed get rich quick schemes. He noted the offer is interstate and may evade state investigation.
The article argues Germany can sustain wins by exploiting weak points, claiming peace remains distant and victory bells would keep ringing as long as soft spots are found. It emphasizes a perpetual military advantage without resolving conflicts.
For four years at least, American ambassadors have been unable to utter the old complaint that their jobs bore them. The fragment notes a shift in diplomatic rhetoric and morale.
Amid questions on Siberian policy readers note a shift from German threats to internal reform. The reference likens Russia to a nation seeking a Lincoln for unity while adopting Lenin style methods to shape policy.
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