Fire Finders Aid Forest Rangers On Mountain Lookouts
High on Montana peaks forest rangers guard against wildfires using the Osborne fire finder to pinpoint smoke from miles away. The article describes fire finder operation, night plotting with a celluloid map, and emergency kits and rations for crews from two to fifty men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Rockies
Forest Rangers
William B. Osborne, Jr
Osborne
Forest Service
United States
Forest Office
Humming at Chicago Stock Yards Under Record Cattle Trade
C O Robinson of Clay Robinson & Co reports a peak season with heavy shipments and record prices. The firm describes three yard divisions for native, cow and range cattle, notes long history since 1876, and cites multiple marquee shipments and record drives including 1401 head for Matador and 1200 for Western Ranches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. O. Robinson
Clay, Robinson & Co
Montana
J. M. Robinson & Co
Wyoming
I. R. Alter
Fairfield
Iowa
Rawlins
Wyo
G. F. Swift
Texas
Major Iliff
Colorado
Denver
Frank G. Bloom
Trinidad
Bloom
Matador Land & Cattle Co
John McBain
Colo
Matador
James Brown
Armour & Co
Western Ranches Limited
Exchange Building
Edward F. Swift
Swift & Co
Bloom Cattle Co
Malta
John Survant
Montana Council Bans New Newspapers During War
The Montana Council of Defense forbids starting new publications or converting weeklies to dailies during World War I. The order follows a federal War Industries Board ruling on print paper use and sets a $1,000 fine or one year in jail for violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal War Industries Board
Montana Council of Defense
War Industries Board
Pulp and Paper Section
State Council
Americans Turn Tide Noted in Allied Reports on War Mood
An Allied source reports that Germany is fearful as Allied advances push Americans into heavy combat. Bombing raids fear Germany, while Austria and Russia face pressure from western fronts. German losses mount since July 18 with about 350,000 casualties and 75,000 captured.
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Germany
West Front
Austria
Russia
Archangel
Petrograd
Sweop
Japan
Siberia
Rhine
Europe
Voss’ Gazette
High Command
Gazette
Hamburg Nachrichten
Army orders 180000 baseballs for war effort
A shipment of 180000 baseballs has been ordered for the American army. The note adds that after the war an international baseball league is anticipated.
Montana Local Notices Roundup Across Cities
A collection of brief items from Lewistown Billings Butte Havre Augusta Forsyth Plentywood and other towns notes include Red Cross membership at 7322, state Typographical Union convention in September, wage raises for city officials, Elks debt campaign in Billings, state bankers association meeting, flood dyke project near Forsyth, harvest labor needs in Plentywood, webworm concerns in Musselshell Musselshell two million bushel wheat forecast, McAdoo reception with Sacajawea name, cattle tuberculin tests in Stevensville, livestock roaming warnings, coal miners supporting war, horse rescue fines in Terry, war office fragment from Hun airplane in Lewistown, gas plant financing in Bozeman, and Levi LaChapelle profiting on beef trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Jeounty Red Cross
Billings
Elks
Butte
Improved Order of Red Men
Havre
Havre Natural Gas Company
Augusta
Kkrnel
Bore
Montana Bankers
Aanua
Hteen
Forsyth
Heridan
Mheselshell
Musselshell County
Wm. G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington, DC
McAdoo
Sacajawea
West
Stevensville
Root
Coe Plentywood
Terry
War Office
France
Wright Harvey
LaChapelle
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Uncle Sam
Ee Este Sa
RSL
Rice & May, Proprietors
Mount St. Charles College
Capitol Hill
Helena, Montana
Montana State University
Vossische Zeitung
Erich von Salzmann
Rupprecht
Flanders
Hughes
Australia
Bee Co. Ie
Butte College of Telegraphy
Butte, Montana
Ned Cor
Bo. PR
Carnation Milk Products Company
Seattle, Wash
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