Montana Sees Postwar Boom Across Mines Farms and Roads
Montana anticipates sustained activity after the war with mines mills farms and factories operating nationwide. Railway and irrigation projects receive funding while highway construction and land immigration signal a prosperous future despite cattle shipment pressures. War trucks aging into parcel post aims to boost rural population and land use. Building activity remains strong with no cost reductions expected soon.
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America
Blackfoot
Milwaukee
Billa
Montana
State Highway Commission
Post Office Department
Belden Named Montana House Speaker After War Year Start
The Sixteenth Montana legislative session opens with O W Belden of Fergus county elected speaker. Governor Stewart urges restraint on new counties, tax reform studies, a five justice supreme court, and a state guard revival as Democrats face election contests from Silver Bow. Emma Ingalls of Flathead pushes delinquent girls home with broad support from women's clubs.
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Legislative Bureau
The
Mortars Newspaper Association
Helena
O. W. Bolden
Fergus County
Ss. V. Stewart
Nonpartisan League
Silver Bow County
Emma Ingalls
Plathead County
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Ingalls
Montana Men in Thirty-second Division First to Plant Flag on German Soil
The Thirty-second division and the One Hundred and Sixty-third infantry are lauded for bold actions in World War I. Montana, Oregon, Washington and other states contributed many soldiers who fought on Alsace to the Meuse, crossing the Rhine region. The narrative credits Burr Price of the New York Herald with detailing the unit’s campaigns and victories. The piece also profiles local figures Wellington H. Meigs, Oscar Crutchfield, C. A. Wilson, and Helena’s dry climate as a backdrop to state politics.
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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
Inventor Dr. F. A. Long Demonstrates Stump Clearing Machine
Lincoln county state senator Dr. F. A. Long of Eureka Mont has patented a stump clearing device that bores intersecting holes in stumps and guides burning at the base. The machine, shown in western timber districts, speeds boring and burning and doubles as a drag saw for logs.
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F. A. Long
Lincoln County
Eureka, Mont
Long
The
Timberman
Portland
Ore
Eureka
Pacific Coast
Dr. Long
Kalis pell officer rises to chief disbursing officer in England
Captain William Whipps of the Second Montana regiment now 163d infantry has been appointed chief disbursing officer for England by the war department and is based at the American headquarters in London. He will oversee paying vast British government bills and ensure all accounts meet war department standards.
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William Whipps
Kalispell
Montana
Winchester
England
War Department
London
Whipps
163D Infantry
United States
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Larry Do Bell
Butte Miner
Samuel V. Stewart
Mies
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Fifteenth Legislative Assembly
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Supreme Court
Phil Greenan
State Council of Defense
Red Cross
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Hugh Carroll
Arthur V. Corry
John J. Foley
Jerry J. Harrington
Dan M. Kelly
Don B. King
William Meyer
E. T. Mooney
William E. Carroll
F. C. Fluent
Joannag. Greig
H. J. Grimes
Charles
Hen
Ronald Higgins
Missoula
Republican Caucus
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
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Solon
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