State Board Reports Available Investment Funds For Schools
The state board of land commissioners estimates available investment funds from permanent school funds as of July 1 1917 totaling 1 938 308 60 after deducting 457 875 in outstanding bond bids In 1916 the state supreme court allowed institutional funds to invest in farm loans and eighteen farm loans have since been made Notes include May 25 report filed and June receipts expected to boost the pool to 2 396 181 60 before deductions.
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State Board of Land Commissioners
Commissioner of Agriculture
Chas. D. Greenfield
State Supreme Court
State land loan rules set by board of commissioners
The board outlines loan terms for farm lands totaling 34 400 dollars. Loans require 500 dollar minimum, up to 40 percent of appraised value, 3 to 10 year terms, six percent interest, and 10 percent plus multiples payable after three years. Only first mortgages on clear patented lands, no final receipts, abstracts required, 10 dollar application fee returned if loan or rejection. appraisal at no cost.
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State Board of Land Commissioners
Official Directory of the Wilson Administration
President Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey holds office with Vice President Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana. Key cabinet members include Secretary of State Robert Lansing and Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo. Other officials listed are Attorney General James C. McReynolds, Postmaster Albert S. Burleson, and Secretaries of War Navy Interior Agriculture Commerce and Labor along with Chief Justice Edward D. White.
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Jersey
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Robert Lansing
New Jersey
the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
New York
N. D. Baker
Ohio
James C. McReynolds
Tennessee
Albert S. Burleson
Texas
Navy
Joseph Daniels
North Carolina
Interior
Franklin K. Lane
California
Agriculture
David F Mouston
Missouri
Commerce
William U. Redfield
William B. Wilson
Pennyslyvania
Edward D. White
Louisiana
Federal Officials Named in Montana Listings
The document lists federal district officers including Judge George M. Bourquin of Helena U S Marshal Jos. Ashbridge of Helena and Surveyor General H Gerhanz. It also names U S Attorney B K Wheeler and registers of land offices Jos Oker R N Sutherlin Meyers Appleton J Meyers Kelly and others in Helena Great Falls Havre Lewistown Billings.
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Jos. Ashbridge
Helena
H. Gerhanz
Montana State Officials Names for 1903 Ticket
Governor S V Stewart of Helena Lieutenant-Governor W W McDowell of Butte Secretary of State Charles F Stewart of Helena State Treasurer H L Hart of Helena Attorney General S C Ford of Helena Auditor Wm Keating of Helena Superintendent of Public Instruction Miss May Trumper of Helena Railway Commissioners J H Hall chair Daniel Boyle J E McCormick State Veterinarian Dr W J Butler Chief Justice Theodore Brantley Associate Justices W H Holloway Sydney Lanner Clerk J F Carroll
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S. V. Stewart
Helena
W. W. McDowell
Butte
Charles F. Stewart
H. L. Hart
S. C. Ford
Wm. Keating
Miss May Trumper
J. H. Hall
Daniel Boyle
J. E. McCormick
W. J. Butler
Theodore Brantley
W. H. Holloway
Sydney Lanner
J. F. Carroll
Local Officials Named In County Government List
Senators and representatives listed for the county include T. O. Larson and Chas McDonald among others. County offices feature Edward Garrett as Clerk and Recorder and Walter Verge as County Attorney with Grace M. Thompson overseeing schools and a public administrator Byron Corson noted. One of the biggest issues of the day is Liberty Bonds.
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T. O. Larson
Chas
McDonald
Chateau
C. C. Davis
Conrad
Henry
Radcliffe
Fairfield
Ernest A. Savory
Dupuyer
Dan Ledgerwood
Eighth Judicial District
J. B. Leslie
H. H. Ewing
Paul Jacobson
Walter L. Verge
E. C. Garrett
C. James Smith
A. B. Guthrie
William Miller
Schboolse
Grace M. Thomp
Liberty Bonds
One View Of A Pessimist
A Detroit Free Press excerpt argues pessimists deny progress but misjudge innovations from electricity to flight. It traces a lineage from doubters of wireless telegraphy to fears about new tech, noting history favors optimists and forward steps despite gloomy predictions.
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Detroit Free Press
Premonition Triggers Cash Transfer Before Bank Fire
A cashier warned of danger at C B Richards & Co on Broadway and moved 250000 in cash and securities to Equitable Trust. Fire gutted the building, blaze fought deep underground, smoke invaded the Journal of Commerce pressrooms, with losses totaling 20000.
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C. B. Richards & Co
Lloyd Italiano Steamship Line
Broadway
Equitable Trust Company
Journal of Commerce
New York Telegram
Vermin fences enclose Australia as rabbit exports boom
Since 1891 South Australia built 29 148 miles of vermin fences enough to circle the globe and more is planned. New South Wales spent over 27 million on rabbit extermination and has 98 000 miles fenced. In Western Australia a fence crosses the continent. Rabbits now recoup their keep by boosting exports as 1913 saw frozen rabbit and hare worth 1 400 000 and skins worth 3 000 000 shipped from ports.
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South Australia
United States
New South Wales
West Australia
Commonwealth
Prison Journals Published for Inmates in Japan
Large Japanese prisons publish monthly journals for prisoners to curb isolation from news. Kosuge prison in Tokyo prints Mado-no-Hikari The Light of the Window and Sugamo prison’s Kinen Commemoration. Both edited by officials and well received by inmates.
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Japan
Kosuge
Tokyo
Sugamo
Japan Weekly Chronicle
Congress Forms Panel to Promote Thrift in Colombia
The Colombian congress adopted a measure to appoint by the minister of public instruction a commission to investigate methods for promoting saving nationwide. The panel will develop plans for public and school savings banks retirement funds and mutual aid and cooperative buying societies.
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Colombia
Colombian Congress
Minister of Public Instruction
Paris Coal Shortage Forcing Laundryless Wardrobe
In New Paris fashion, overalls and hickory shirts become daily wear in Paris as laundries close due to a coal shortage. The note suggests these garments may extend to opera season attire.
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Paris
Landlady Reconstructs Din Ner Quote Sparks Courier Joke
A Louisville Courier-Journal quip compares science to a landlady’s skill in a pun on reconstruction. The cartoonish line riffs on building a dinosaur from a bone and then extending to a landlady's knack for reconstruction.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Academic Consolation from the Milwaukee Journal
The Milwaukee Journal notes that college professors offer a rationale for the high cost of living as a form of consolation. The quip underlines the professors’ talent for explanation amid rising prices.
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Milwaukee Journal
Public Notice of Homestead Proof for Flaherty Montana
Department of the Interior notice from Great Falls Montana dated April 4 1917 states Francis E Flaherty of Bole Montana filed for three year proof to establish land claim for sections 1 12 township 22 north range 5 west, Montana Meridian before Register and Receiver June 19 1917. Witnesses named include John Delaney William Duffy Chateau Montana and Margaret Tully Anna McGrath Bole Montana.
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Department of the Interior
U. S
Great Falls
Montana
Francis E. Flaherty
Bole
Township 22 North
Range 5 West
Meridian
U. S. Land Office
John Delaney
William Duffy
Chateau
Margaret Tully
Anna McGrath
We Buy Old Accounts and Judgments
A terse notice stating a buyer offers to purchase old accounts and judgments. The message provides an incomplete address cue in care of Acar Tha, with no clear location or contact details.
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Acartha
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Mgr
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U. of M
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Large
Larsen Building
Choteau, Mont
White & Andrews
Washington Loan and Trust
Washington, D. C
General Land Office
Department of the Intervfer
Lillian Young
R. M. Farrington
Choteau
M. B. Purdy
Mrs
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J. H. Meyer
Great, Falls, Mont
Cascade Labor Agency
First Avenue
Porter Beach
Chateau Cafe & Bakery
Ernest Carlson
Main Street
Court House
Roy
Wilson
McCullough’s Drug Store
Official Directory
George M. Bourquin
George W. Sproule
Hele
John L. Lundgren
J. H. Barnett
C. H. Connor
Byron Corson
Australia
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Feil Manufacturing Company
Cleveland
R. C. Woolsen
Brady
Broadwater-Pepin Trading CO
Browning
RAY R. Porter
Bynum
Spencer & McCullough
Drake Drug CO
Harris Bros. Dupuyer
Post Exchange
Reveille
Weyman-Bruton Company
New York City
Dow-Wright Co
Bateman Brothers
Choteau Garage
Louis Larsen
Prop
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