After the War Airplanes Will Link Country Cities
William Allen White in Helena argues postwar changes will shift cities to trading centers. People will live in the country and commute by air, with airplanes as safe as autos and traffic regulated like urban roads. He predicts democracy will grow, no universal military draft, no large standing army, and government oversight of wealth production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allen White
Montana
Red Cross
White
Emporia
Kansas
Court of
America
Uncle Sam Now Bars Making of Brass Beds
A federal conservation board order bans brass bed manufacture in Montana and across the country. Civilians are told to reuse existing furniture, while producers must cut designs, limit coverings, and curb damasks and velours to cotton or silk substitutes. Even white enamel dammar is restricted, affecting baby beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Conservation Board
Montanas Cattle Shipments Forecast Amid Dry Year
D W Raymond secretary of the state livestock commission predicts a lean cattle season with shipments this fall higher than last year’s 320000 head. The Montana inspector at South St Paul says he is snowed under by cattle from northern Montana and notes active speculation in dry districts while transfers at St Paul are in poor condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
D. W. Raymond
State Livestock Commission
South St. Paul
Raymond
St. Paul
Health report at Camp Lewis shows 51 cases this week
The weekly health report at Camp Lewis records 51 illness cases with no deaths. Influenza accounts for four cases as 18 new illnesses occurred. mumps 13, pneumonia nine, measles six, diphtheria two, chickenpox two, and German measles one.
Growing Prison Garden Supplies Vegetables by Carload
The Montana state prison garden camp two miles northeast of Arlee on the Jocko river supplies vegetables to Deer Lodge by express and soon by carload. Eighteen prisoners, a guard foreman, and an assistant cultivate 320 acres, with 140 acres in crops including peanuts and watermelons, irrigated under three sections using water from the Jocko division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlee
Flathead Agency
Jacko River
Conley
Jocko
Flathead Irrigation Project
Reclamation Service of
United States
Deer Lodge
Express
Williams
Montana
America
Big Oil
Williams-Manson News
Williams-Mason News
Dept
Flour and Wheat in Pioneer Montana Mining Camps
A Montana State University study by Harrison A. Trexler discusses wheat and flour in the 1862 70 mining era. It covers bread prices at Indian missions and gold camps, Civil War price parallels, interest rates, and the 1860s bread riot, noting wartime scarcity and memories of hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Harrison A. Trexler
Department of History
State University of Montana
Trexler
Secretary Baker Denies Pershing Critique Of DeHavilland Plane
The secretary rejects a published report claiming General Pershing criticized the DeHaviland plane. He states Pershing has only requested a large extra shipment of the aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Pershing
DeHaviland
U.S. and Allied War News Roundup From Front and Home
Reports from across the country and Europe detail military training gains, naval actions, industrial output, and home front measures. Highlights include Ford’s cavalry, ships built at shipyards, mass enlistment in marines, and large troop movements in France with 52 thousand American troops landing in one week.
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Paris
Siam
Philadelphia
Wilson
New York
London
Kerensky
America
New York Times
Supreme Court of New York
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Hearst
Ford
Epiedes
Cavalry
Washington
Atlantic
Bismarck
N. C
John Fontaine
Minneapolis
Army Y. M. C. A
New Jersey
West Virginia
Chicago
Germany
National Association of Dental Examiners
France
el Paso
Villa
San Francisco
Pacific
Itinerant Merchants Faced Work or Fight Penalty in Red Lodge
Seven itinerant merchants with samples of goods but no stock faced Judge Charles A. Taylor in the county seat. They pleaded guilty to direct information, paid $25 fines, and were warned to take up useful work. The ruling reflects strict construction of the work or fight law, with bail posted after days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Lodge
Carbon County
Charles A. Taylor
Steve I. Smith
Norman Colbert
J. E. Bowers
George Kutova
Mayer K. Maxwell
Nathan Bransom
Pete Gutana
Taylor
Battle Songs: Our Boys Sing Humor Amid War’s Grim Toll
The piece notes American and British soldiers favor humorous songs while German and heavy sung tunes carry hate. It cites parodies such as Keep your head down Allemande and Pull the shade down Mary Ann. It contrasts lighter preferences with somber German war songs and a bitter Tommy hymn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann
Hell
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Uncle Sam
Camp Lewis Health
Tfrexler
STATE
Ou” History Department
Allemande
Great Falls
Mont
Billings, Montana
Pacific Northwest
U. S
Oregon
British Columbia
Herbert Cuthbert
Pacific Northwest Tourist Association
Harris Weh
Oil and Mineral Journal
Billings
Dun
Billinga
Harris
I Iell
Ct Ciel
Best Buy
Herbert A. Hover
Helena
Big Cattle Company
Montana Ranches Co
Musselshill Stock Ranch
Melstone
Fergus Co
Lewistown
Montana Land Co., Inc
Hilger Loan and Realty Co
Judith Basin
Farmers Land Co
Spring Valley
Eden Creamery
Norby Brothers
McDonald Land Co
C. H Campbell & Son
Shields River
Save Real Estate Agent’s Commission
J. W. Hefferlin Farms
Livingston
Canada
Alberta
Northwest
J. I. Eakin
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dunn Block
Uhl and Boyer
W. O. Downing & Co
M.al. Strang
Firational Bank
Write Farm Mortgage Corporation
Billings, Mont
W. C. McClintock
Custer County Bank
Miles City
Carl R. Meyer
Hart-Albin Building
Ochattel Loans
Nalttel
Karbel Mercantile Agency
S. O. Huseth
Optometrist
Optician
THE
Montana Electric CO
Butte, Montana
KODAK
Schoettner Studio
Butte
N. Malin Street
Montana Farms
Rengr
Carioad
BR. A
Jackson
Rambouillet & Stock
Dayton
Wash
Cotswolds
Deseret Sheep Co
Boise
Idaho
Cunningham Sheep, & Land Co
Pilot Rock
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Mich
Bord & Hollister Ranch (Inc
Darby
Huntsberger-Givens Co
Elmer L. Strever
Hart Albin Building
Bartwood
Bartwood Farm
Hamilton, Mont
MlaCe Wilds-Thurston Motor CO
Lat Ave
Great Balle
Maxwell Distributors
Auto Exchange
Economy Storage Co
South
Montana St
Butte, Mont
Montana Place Co
Hart-Albin Ridg
Jillian
Lewistown Hide & Kur Co
Hoenck
Helena Adjustment CO
Tout & McCarthy
Butta
Lewis & Walkedek
Wyoming
Ont
Harrley-Clark & CO
Tod Block
Reat Falls
Oxlinder
Wood-Safford Machine Works
Hastman Kodaks
Enyon & Wheeler, Druggista
Great Falls Typewriter Exchange
Club
Bluebick
Contractors Lumber Supply Co
Lumber Exchange
Seattle
Butte Hotels
Acoma
Park Hotel
Weat Park Street
Cherrylane
Greenacres
Victor Aries
Great Falla, Mont
M. N.A
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