Great Falls To Host Largest Farm Convention Ever
Farmers from every county of the state will gather in Great Falls the week of February 4 to discuss increasing acreage improving farm marketing and shaping fair legislation. The event, led by Herbert M Peet of Equity News, involves the American Society of Equity Grange Farmers Union and others with potential speakers like Carl Vrooman or Herbert Quick and possibly Herbert Hoover or a designated substitute.
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Great Falls
Herbert M. Peet
Equity News
Americanociety of Equity
the Grange
Farmers’ Union
National Nonpartisan League
National Administration
Late Agricultural College
Great Falls Commercial Club
Peet
Carl Vrooman
Herbert Quick
Federal Land Board
Congress
Northwest
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Idaho
Basin man dies from exposure after wreck witness
Louis Matson of Basin, once the sole spectator of the Great Northern wreck two miles from Basin, is found dead near Ovando. Officials report death from exhaustion and exposure. Funeral is set for Basin tomorrow afternoon with interment in Basin cemetery.
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Louis Matson
Basin
Ovando
Basin Cemery
Opportunity Knocks But Won't Break In
A reflective line on opportunity, urging self initiative and effort to seize success rather than awaiting external rescue or sudden luck.
Big Increase in State Land Sales Across Departments
Montana state land office reports 1917 totals show 77 246 acres sold for 1 213 123 dollars at 15 70 an acre with most sales on 20 year payments. Land and timber receipts boosted by leases and royalties, funding permanent funds for schools and state institutions.
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Montana
Sidney Miller
Register of the State Land Office
State Land Office
Common Schools Permanent Fund
Agricultural College
Morrill
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Capitol
School of Mines
Normal School
Montana Nurses for Service in France Call Poised
Miss Margaret Hughes heads Montana Red Cross nursing efforts as Clara Noyes signals a possible call for five or six Montana nurses to serve abroad. The duty could fall the last week of December, with volunteers urged to obtain passport photos and birth certificates to minimize delays.
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Margaret Hughes
State Committee On Red Cross Nursing
Clara D. Noyes
Bureau of Nursing
American Red Cross Nursing Association
Montana
Red Cross
Miss Hughes
Montana Red Cross
Foreign Service
France stronger at war than before says Paris official
Paris reports France is now stronger than at the war start. Authorities note 2.5 million troops are fully equipped versus 1.5 million earlier, shell production rising from 12 090 to 250 000 daily, war credits reaching 20 billion dollars with half from French resources, and two thirds of the front held, about 300 miles.
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Paris
France
Aiis
Whitich
Man Shows Perseverance in Busy Race
A man who gives his best consistently avoids falling behind. His steady effort helps him keep pace with others in the field, illustrating quiet determination and ongoing discipline.
200000 AIRCRAFT TO CRUSH FOR SAFEGUARDING AMERICA
W F Enright of United States Rubber Company in Montana urges Uncle Sam spend three to six billion dollars to build 150000 to 200000 airplanes. Rubber executives propose shifting all factories to aircraft parts to swamp Germany and speed war victory.
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Uncle Sam
Air Force
America
Aircraft
W. F. Enright
Northwest
United States Rubber Company
Montana
Minneapolis
Aircraft Board
Washington
Germany
Enright
U. S
Three Sheridan county youths enlist by ruse to reach Europe
Three Montana youths Ross Robinson Ralph Haske and Floyd Nickerson from Sheridan county posed as drafted men at Camp Lewis. They joined the regular army and were transferred to the national army to accompany fellow Sheridan county soldiers to the European front, serving in the 362nd infantry.
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National Army
Sheridan County
Camp Lewis
Ross Robinson
Ralph Haske
Floyd Nickerson
362Nd Infantry
Montana
Plentywood
Redstone
Mont
Robinson
Nickerson
Haske
Lewis
Regular Army
Wealth as Measure of Life in a Candid Reflection
A philosophical line questions wealth as the sole goal, suggesting even Rockefeller would be defeated by a life richer in purpose and values beyond riches. The passage urges reconsidering success through personal meaning and virtue rather than material gain.
Greatest military school opens in French town for ten thousand students
In France a large training complex begins operations on a hilltop with headquarters, staff colleges, and branches in nearby villages. About 10 000 soldiers will study anti aircraft artillery and gunnery, trench mortars, sanitary work, and related disciplines as they move from school to division attachments. An Army candidates' school also operates for non commissioned officers. Within days infantry training will start.
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France
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