Land Board Sets Montana Farm Loan Rules
The Montana state land board announced loan rules for the school fund to farmers. Loans range from 500 to 5000 dollars, not exceeding two fifths of appraised value, on improved lands valued at least 10 dollars per acre, at 6 percent interest. Applicants must be Montana residents and provide title abstracts, with loans secured by a first mortgage to the state.
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Helena
The
State Land Board
Initiative
Montana
State Board of Land Commissioners
Register of State Lands
State Lands
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State Fands
Treasurer John Burke Reports Rise in U S Gold Reserves
The treasurer notes a United States gold increase of £ 420,5293,942 for the year. The total value equates to under five dollars per person, a contrast that astonishes given the large aggregate.
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United States
John Burke
Rankin Campaign Spends 687 Dollars Sets example
Montana congresswoman elect Jeanette Rankin ran a successful campaign spending 687 dollars. The lean budget was highlighted as a model for future women candidates seeking congressional honors.
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Jeanette Rankin
Montana
War Peace Dilemma Pervades European Front
Reduced to its lowest terms the European war situation is this: everybody wants peace on his terms nobody wants peace on the other fellow's terms. Sequel the fighting goes on.
New Policy Urged for Government Railroad Regulation
Alfred P. Thom, counsel for the Railway Executives' Advisory Committee, testifies before the Newlands Joint Committee urging a constructive policy of government regulation. He argues the public needs certainty, safety, and sufficient transportation facilities, not low rates alone, and calls for increased railroad construction to relieve high living costs.
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Washington
Alfred P. Thom
Railway Executives’ Advisory Committee
Newlands Joint Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congress
Thom
Railroads
America
United States
Sr. Thom
Conrad Poultry Show Promises excellence in December exhibit
The third annual Conrad Poultry Growers Association show will run December 21 22 and 23 in Conrad. Local efforts have built strong interest with many entries and a growing belief the event will surpass previous Montana shows. Rhode Island Reds dominate local flocks and rivalry among Red fanciers is expected to be keen. A forty page prize catalogue is ready and cash premiums are offered by the association and merchants. If successful, organizers hope to host next year’s state show locally with Kalispell hosting this January and many fanciers planning to attend both events.
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Counrad Poultry Growers’ Asociation
Conrad
Montana
Rhode Island
Association F
Kalispell
Conrad Independent
Notice of public land patent claim hearing at Chateau
Department of the Interior notice records J Edward Hodgskiss of Chateau Montana filing to prove up on homestead entries serial numbers 031868 through 035126 for multiple parcels in sections 8 and 17 township 22 N range 5 W Montana meridian. He will present witnesses Murdoch Bruce J Martin Rose Howard H Higgins Henry H Waldo at the U S Commissioner A C Warner's Chateau office December 22 1916. R N Sutherlin Register. First pub November 22 last December 20.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Great Falls
Montana
J. Edward Hodgskiss
Chateau
Township 22 North
Range 5 West
Meridian
A. C. Warner
U. S
Murdoch Bruce
J. Martin Rose
Howard H. Higgins
Choteau
Henry H. Waldo
Gilman
R. N. Sutherlin
Register
Pay Up Week Designated December 25 to 30
The notice proclaims Pay Up Week for December 25 to 30 urging timely payments to relieve debts and start the new year with a clean state. It emphasizes mutual responsibility among retailers wholesalers manufacturers and individuals to reduce worry and create relief.
Arabia's revived glories face forty thieves today
If Arabia aims to restore its ancient glories it will find that its forty thieves are akin to modern pickers. The remark frames regional misappropriation as a contemporary hurdle to revival.
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Arabia
Belgians Receive Global Sympathy and Practical Aid
The Belgians have the world's sympathy and are obtaining the practical help that sympathy typically yields.
Boston Faces Higher Carpet and Rug Prices
A note states carpet and rug prices are being revised upward. The report warns continuing high living costs could keep Boston from knowing beans.
Bryan Sees Difficulty Leading Donkey to Water
A proverb is cited noting that even if Mr Bryan can lead a donkey to water he cannot force it to drink. The line implies limits on influence over others.
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Mr. Bryan May
Recognition of Carranza Leaves Villa Still Unidentified
The report notes that recognizing Carranza did not lead to a clear identification of Villa, who remains unidentified.
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Carranza
Villa
The Faithful Average Man In Public Life And Duty
The essay praises the faithful average man tied to a single institution for decades recognizing his honesty competence and quiet service. It notes pride in long tenure and questions how duty and steadiness earn unseen respect amid time’s changes. It ends by urging self discipline to resist change and temptation.
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Sie House
Tie
Film Star Coaches Tennis Scene Sparks Night Match
A New York crowd watches the national championship matches as a red headed player dominates a doubles contest. A film star among spectators complains the player grabs all the scene, while the other side struggles to return fast shots and fair play is questioned.
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Forest His
Jim
New York Evening Fest
Buttermilk Vogue Draws Irene Warfield North of Broadway
Irene Warfield seeks genuine buttermilk from dairies and buys Billy Wan milk to make her own. A friend estimates she can yield only five or six quarts from three quarts of ordinary milk.
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Broadway
Blue Country
Irene Warfield
Billy Wan
New York Morning Telegraph
Why Maguey Blooms Are Rare
A maguey plant in bloom is rare in Mexico because the stem is cut at its base to harvest sap for pulque. Peons move from plant to plant and suck sap through a tube into pig skin containers, then transport it to a central station where it is ripened in cowhide vats.
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Mexico
National Geographic Magazine
How to Treat a Cold
A historical guide advises keeping warm and resting when ill. If drafts cannot be avoided, undertake brisk exercise to raise body heat, then return home to dry underlinen and bed. It notes bronchitis patients improving after intense exercise followed by warmth and rest.
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