Montana Wheat acreage soars amid 1918 surge
Federal estimate shows Montana farms reach 83,000 with wheat planted at 2,561,654 acres this year, a 43 percent rise from 1917. Chouteau leads with 296,435 acres, Deer Lodge the lowest at 1,602. Oats up about 40 percent. labor needs peak at harvest with 30,000 workers.
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E. L. Currier
Mortana
State College of Agriculture
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Silver Bow
Sanders
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Custer
Fallon
Jefferson
Missoula
Musselshell
Phillips
Richland
Rosebud
Sweet Grass
Wibaux
Yellowstone Etait
Agricultural price shifts report mixed gains and losses
The report notes fluctuations in staple prices with Bahl re ly showing a rise above five percent while flax climbs about 16 percent. Corn falls over 100 percent in crease, hay declines around 11 percent, rye surges 110 percent, and potatoes rise about 8 percent.
Government Steamer Mandan Arrives at Fort Benton
The government steamer Mandan reaches the Benton landing near the Chateau house drawing many locals. Capt. James Charlesworth, veteran upper Missouri pilot, oversees the annual river survey and snag clearing run as spectators recall historic steam boat days.
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Fort Benton
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James Charlesworth
Upper
Augusta Flockmaster Makes Fine Showing
Troy Carmichael, manager of the J. H. Carmichael sheep ranch near Augusta, reports a lambing season yield of 5,968 lambs from 5,851 ewes with a 102 percent rate, the highest in Montana. The younger Carmichael, raised in the business, now oversees the operation.
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Troy Carmichael
J. H. Carmichael
Montana
Young Carmichael
Fergus Man Fined $12000 for Seditious Utterances
Anton Schaefer, a Fergus county stockman, was found guilty of seditious utterances. The jury recommended a fine and Judge Roy Ayers set the fine at $12000.
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Anton Schaefer
Fergus County
Schaefer
Roy Ayers
World News Briefs: War Updates From Multiple Capitals
A collage of short dispatches reports fines in the navy for food hoarding. Peru seizes German ships interned at Callao. A Cunard liner runs aground near St Johns with no loss of life. Austria Hungary disorders stir crisis rumors. German soldiers on leave linked to Bolshevik ideas. American sailors sink 28 U boats since January. An Australian general earns rank in Britain after Gallipoli. American casualties in France exceed 8,000. Coal mine victims near Fernie are finally identified. Reuter praises American troops for bravery. Service crosses awarded to 11 Americans. 108 receive the cross of war. A Vienna paper criticizes Germany and supports America. A German sub rigged as a freighter is spotted off the Atlantic coast. Draft law affects marriage exemptions. Jeremiah O Leary captured in Washington. Farm resident Moehle declares he will shoot at planes. he is arrested. Provost Marshal Crowder projects 1,000,000 U S troops by August 1 and hints at age-limit extensions. Captain Neustidt of U 151 is identified as a former U S Navy gunner. At San Antonio the hospital air ship aids wounded aviators. Lieutenant Pat O Brien, British-anchored aviator, survived a 2 000 foot crash with a broken nose.
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Francis 8. Nash
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Lima
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Fernie
4. C
Reuter
Zurich
Vienna
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Worden
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Here
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San Antonio
Kelly Field
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Pat O’brien
Illinois
British Flying Corps
German Press Warns of US Germany Influence Decline
An official dispatch from France cites the Koelnische Volks Zeitung predicting German influence in America will be crushed. It notes closures of many German schools and associations stripping Germanism as part of European victory backlash.
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Germany
America
National Petroleum Co to Drill Three More Wells in Kansas Field
National Petroleum Co announces two producing wells in the Paola Rantoul field Kansas and installs tanks and a pump to handle seven-well yield. An additional well expected before July 1 will trigger drilling of three more wells. Offering shares at 15 cents until July 1 with price rise to 20 cents or more.
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Paola-Rantuul
Kansas
National Petroleum
Ford
Great Falls
Mant
Auto Tops Curtains and Cushions Made and Repaired
Auto tops curtains and cushions featured by Victor Arios in Great Falls Montana offering repair and custom fabrication services for automotive interiors and related accessories.
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Great Alls
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