Soldiers return jobs sought as Montana aids demobilization
Montana military authorities plan to place discharged Camp Lewis soldiers in state jobs through cooperation with the state council and county councils of defense. Captain Welliver reports 30,000 at Camp Lewis with up to 100,000 passing through in four months, urging employers to contact Secretary Greenfield to match soldiers with work. A bill proposes a soldier settlement fund and board to acquire land and manage irrigation for returning veterans, while prohibition tightens with midnight Dec 30 enforcement to clear stock.
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Helena
State Council of ‘Defense
County Councils of Defense
Camp Lewis
Montana
BE. M. Welliver
Chas. D. Greenfield
State Council of Defense
State Council
Northwest
Captain Welliver
Greenfield
Welliver
Bitter Root
Federal Department of the Interior
State Agricultural College
Secretary of the Interior
Charles D. Greenfield
Washington
Red Trail project approved west of Glendive
The Montana Highway Commission approved a fourth federal funded project known as the Red Trail west of Glendive. It covers grading drainage and graveling of nine miles of state highway and bridge repairs. Plans were ready but delayed by war conditions. construction to begin next spring.
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Helena
State
Federal’ “Department, of Good Roads
Glendive
Bridger
Carbon County
Hardin
Big Horn County
Montana Mayors to Meet in Helena January 13
Helena will host a conference of first and second class city mayors on January 13 to discuss a state license system and charges as soft drink establishments replace saloons after January 1. City attorneys will also review extending license fees to cover other businesses to offset lost saloon revenue.
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Helena
Henry Kain
Hoffman wins largest Fergus county personal damages verdict
In Lewistown the jury awarded Peter Hoff man 316,800 after a 1916 auto accident. The suit charged E. R. Roehl and Joseph Leedy with negligence when Leedy demonstrated the Roehl garage car to Daniel Bean and Miss Marsha Bean, causing the vehicle to strike Hoff man as it swerved onto the sidewalk and crushed him against a bank wall.
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Lewistown
Fergus County
Peter Hoffman
E. R. Roehl
Joseph Leedy
Hoffman
Roehl
Leedy
Daniel Bean
Bean
Marsha Bean
Beet farmers in Yellow stone valley receive 750000 from Great Western Sugar
Billings reports farmers in the Yellow Stone valley have been paid about 750000 for this season’s sugar beets by Great Western Sugar Company. The latest payment of 124000 brings the yearly total to 750000 after the second mailing. First payment was issued November 15 amid a strong harvest with minimal cold weather. With up to 200 dollars per acre earned, future acreage may rise significantly.
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Yellowstone Valley
Great Western Sugar Company
Lower Yellowstone Men Will Take Over Project
At a meeting of the Lower Yellowstone Water Users Association the landowners served by the government ditch voted to form an irrigation district. They will incorporate and enter a contract with the government to take over management, maintenance, and the cost of the government project.
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Savage
Lower Yellowstone
Harvesting of ice and weather impact in Montana tales
Harvesting of ice by Montana companies has been affected by an exceedingly mild season with last year’s activity noted as a comparison. The report covers war mobilization, infrastructure projects, influenza exit from Butte, road surveys, and varied state notices including labor, health, and demobilization guidance.
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Montana
Butte Board of Health
Lewistown
Destruction of Surrendered Warships Favored in Peace Talks
Edward W. Pickard reports on Wilson's Europe trip shaping peace aims. Allies favor destroying surrendered German warships, while debates over league of nations, indemnity, and freedom of the seas unfold. Bolshevik threats wane in Germany as Poland and Ukraine push aggressive moves amid postwar turmoil.
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Germany
Ebert
Poland
Edward W. Pickard
Wilson
France
Europe
League of Nations
Paris
Milner Defends Allied War Efforts in Russia
Viscount Milner, secretary of war, explains why British forces remain in Russia. He frames the presence as honoring obligations to protect Russians and Czechoslovaks from Bolshevik outrages and as essential to continued allied operations in the region.
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Russia
Viscount Milner
Returning troops and naval redeployments reshape postwar era
Daily arrivals bring more wounded and healthy soldiers back as plans for their civilian reintegration proceed. Argonne casualties rise with fresh lists, while the navy returns in parts and will keep Brest Gibraltar and the Azores stations for at least a year with aid to the merchant marine. Congress advances a tax on child labor product profits and Portugal selects Admiral Castro after the assassination of Doctor Paes amid a conspiracy linked to the League of Republican Youths.
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Brest
Gibraltar
Azores
France
Great Britain
Portugal
Europe
Admiral Castro
Doctor Paes
League of Republican Youths
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