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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1917
Page
7
Montana faces a record year as Charles D. Greenfield estimates total state output in 1917 at about 450 million dollars. Mines at full operation could yield 250 million, with agriculture and livestock adding 185 to 200 million, contingent on labor peace in Butte and favorable weather.
A state humane officer investigates a Sweet Grass county ranch after a letter accuses a man of beating his wife. The scene reveals the husband is an elderly, frail man who is actually overwhelmed by his wife in physical contests, and the letter writer is the wife herself seeking government action.
A 1917 article links I W W agitation in Butte to planned copper strikes. It cites Finn I W W and Industrialists publications predicting widespread stoppages to hinder war metal production, prompting actions in Arizona Utah and other states and signaling broader labor unrest across the West.
Montana mining men note silver’s rise to 80 58 cents per ounce in Vancouver sales the highest in 25 years. Prices may range 80 cents to $1 over 12 months as idle Montana mines reopen and output grows with federal purchases and shifting shipping routes.
A Montana round up of items from Helena to Missoula covers Red Cross fundraising near 600000, suffrage and prohibition notes, missing persons, strikes settled, wage hikes, land sales and rail posts. Notable names include Hazel Hawkins, Miss Margaret Hughes, and Miss IB Wilson with Northern Pacific appointments.
An article touts nuxated iron as a powerful strength booster. Dr B Sauer says real strength comes from diet and iron in the blood, claiming many nervous patients gain strength in weeks by taking two five grain tablets three times daily after meals.
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