Montana Sees Little War Slowdown Broad Prosperity
The state reports mine mill farm field and factory operating well from border to border with the possible exception of lumber. Reconstruction and irrigation plans promise years of growth while highway and railway projects await material and labor. War trucks may extend parcel post aiding settlement and development as Helena architects forecast ongoing building without cost relief in the near term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Butte
Philipsburg
Great Falls
Treasure State
America
Blackfoot
Milwaukee
Billa
State Highway Commission
Post Office Department
Convention of Architects
Helena
Montana House Elects Belden Speaker In Bipartisan Session
In the opening week of Montana's sixteenth legislative session Hon. C. W. Belden of Fergus county is elected speaker. Governor S. W. Stewart delivers a strong message opposing German language teaching and calls for taxation vigilance, new counties limits, and war board support. The week features election contest filings against nine Silver Bow Democrats and a mix of party caucus activity, with Mrs. Emma Ingalls proposing a delinquent girls home and notable praise for Belden's leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Bureau
The
Mortars Newspaper Association
Helena
C. W. Bolden
Fergus County
S. W. Stewart
Nonpartisan League
Silver Bow County
Emma Ingalls
Plathead County
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Ingalls
Samuel V. Stewart
Montana
Montana Veterans Proudly Recall Thirty Second Division Triumphs
The Thirty-second division and the One Hundred and Sixty-Third infantry are highlighted for planting the American flag on German soil and fighting across Alsace Vesle Soissons Argonne and the Meuse. Montana veterans from the 126th 127th regiments plus Wisconsin Michigan and Oregon crews are cited in a Paris Herald account. Wellington H. Meigs Cascade county and other Montanans are profiled including Dryburgh Helena. the piece notes Montana’s dry capital and portrays senators and officials in a historically styled retrospective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Second
One Hundred and Sixty-Third Infantry
Alsace
Meuse
163D
France
National Army
Germany
Burr Price
New York Herald
Paris
The
Herald
Rhine
Wisconsin
Michigan
Oregon
Washington
Thirty-second
Ourcq
Vesle
Soissons
Juvigny Plateau
Mangin
Verdun
la Dame Marie
Freya Stellung
Bocie
Bantheville Wood
Dun
Stenay
Argonne
Eureka Montana Doctor Long patenting stump burning machine
Dr F A Long a Montana state senator from Lincoln County living in Eureka has developed a practical stump burning and clearing machine. It bores intersecting holes in stumps to create a draft and uses a stove like principle to burn stumps below ground, enabling rapid stump removal and land preparation for cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Long
Lincoln County
Eureka, Mont
Long
The
Timberman
Portland
Ore
Eureka
Pacific Coast
Dr. Long
Kalis pell Officer Promoted To Chief Disbursing Officer
Captain William Whipps of Kalispell, veteran of the Second Montana regiment now the 163d Infantry, has been named chief disbursing officer for England by the War Department. He will oversee paying all claims due to the British government from the United States, handling vast sums and ensuring accounts meet War Department standards. He is based at the American headquarters in London after serving at Winchester rest camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Whipps
Kalispell
Montana
Winchester
England
War Department
London
Whipps
163D Infantry
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
O. W. Belden
Republican Party
Belden
Lewistown
University of Nebraska
Larry Do Bell
Butte Miner
Mies
House
Senate
Special Tax Commission
Fifteenth Legislative Assembly
National Guard
Stewart
Supreme Court
Phil Greenan
State Council of Defense
Red Cross
Silver Bow
Charles Boulware
Hugh Carroll
Arthur V. Corry
John J. Foley
Jerry J. Harrington
Dan M. Kelly
Don B. King
William Meyer
EB. T. Mooney
William E. Carroll
F. C. Fluent
Joannag. Greig
H. J. Grimes
Charles
Hen
Ronald Higgins
Missoula
W. O. Craig
M. D. Nicholson
Clark Wright
John E. Edwards
Rosebud County
Fergus
House of Representatives
W. W. McDowell
Sixteenth Assembly
Rosebud
Ravalli County
Frank Cone
Cone
Hamilton
Old Guard
OLD
Second Montana
Wellington H. Meigs
Cascade County
Abraham Lincoln
Siloam Springs
Arkansas
University of Missouri
Wagner
Oklahoma
Edwards
Florida
Tampa
Oscar Crutchfield
C. A. Wilson
Cascade
Dryburgh
Solon
Irving Whitehouse Company
Third Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!