Montana Farmers Eye Pork Growth and Pasture Potential
A Montana hog raising study traces ten years of rising pork prices and profitable pasture based farming. It cites Wisconsin 1917 hog totals and highlights alfalfa roots and silage as key feeds. It urges Montana farmers to assess ranch suitability and plan annual hog production.
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Wisconsin
Badger
Montana
Enormous Earnings of Packing Plants Across Nation
The piece details profits of the four major meat packers Armour Swift Morris and Cudahy during 1916 1917 and 1918 with estimates of by products such as hides fats trimmings and fertilizer. It argues Montana could profit from establishing a packing plant amid rising living costs and high national earnings.
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Ranges
Montana
Armour
Armour, Swift, Morris and Cudahy
Chicago
Pat Burns
Western
Canada
Western Canada
Calgary
Great Burns Packing Company
Canadian’ Pacific Railway
Free Ranges
Iowa
Union
Texas Long Horn
Cudahy Company
Swift
Morris and
Cudahy
United States
Roosevelt Declaration on Sleep Rights in War Effort
Colonel Roosevelt declares no American has a right to a night’s sleep unless, that day, he has aided the war against Germany. The statement frames civilian duty as essential to national effort.
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Germany
Roosevelt
Move of Public Land Affairs Office Possible in May
If the bill by Senator King of Utah passes, the administration of public land affairs could be relocated to Salt Lake City or Denver. The proposal highlights shifting federal land management to central locations in the region.
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Senator King of
Utah
Salt Lake City
Denver
Malta Red Cross workers raise funds at carnival
The Malta Red Cross workers collected about 1500 dollars at a local carnival. Other briefs note a planned county bridge across the Teton in Fort Benton to ease wheat transport, and Malta's McAllen cash store closure along the Great Northern line.
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Malta
Red Cross
Fort Benton
Teton
Billings
McAllen Cash
Great Northern
Great Falls
Butte
J. Stanley Smith
Martinsdale
Havre—County Commissioners
Hill County
Coffee Creek
Browning
Blackfeet
Wolf Point
Ni‘ Ranch
Helena
W. R. Hopkins
State Board of Osteopathic Examiners
United States Court of Appeals
United States District Court of Montana
Mineral Separation Limited
Butte and Superior Mining Company
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
Wee
Dee
Stewart
Sampan yetOs
T. G. Power Motor Gar CO
Helena, Montana
Clapper Machinery CO
BIG Bull
Williams
Vulcan
Great Falls Dairy Products Co
Great Falls, Montan
U. S. Food Administration
Insurance Department
American Society
Farmers’ Insurance Company
Stanton Bank
Sanford Friction Thresher
Great Falls, Mont
Jonn
Hennessy’s
Rey
Rene Rere