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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1917
Page
4
Treasury announces the Liberty Loan of 1917 to raise 2 billion dollars for wartime needs. Subscriptions start with 50 dollar minimum, offering 30 year bonds tax free except estate taxes, with scheduled payment milestones through June 15, 1917.
Montana lumber manufacturers unite to protest a 15 percent freight rate rise proposed by railroads. If approved, mills would face about 154 535 dollars more in 1915 freight costs and over a million in the northwest, threatening competition and raising consumer lumber prices. The Western Pine Manufacturers Association warns wage and fixed charges may rise, shifting costs to buyers.
A Montana roundup details varied local items including new theater plans in Roundup, incorporation moves in Wilsall, gas well contracts in Havre, large potato gardens in Great Falls, anniversaries for Knights of Pythias and Elks lodges, and election of a state deputy for the Knights of Columbus in Billings. Additional notes cover grain seeds outlook, Red Cross chapters, a jail case in Havre, expulsion threats at the University of Montana, and local public works and charity efforts in Helena, Malta, and Missoula.
Montana banks to serve as receiving stations for Liberty bond subscriptions. Executive committee says Montana aims to raise 7.525 million dollars of the 2 billion nationwide issue, with districts, chairmen, and banks coordinating to meet a 25 percent subscription target of each bank’s capital stock.
Washington lawmakers propose a wartime tax of six tenths on incomes over 500000 dollars. The plan targets the wealthiest earners to fund war efforts and includes phased implementation considerations.
Eagle Drug Co in Butte Montana advertises expert truss fitting with a note if it hurts it doesn’t fit. Also promoted are assayers and chemists Lewis & Walker and Tout & McCarthy with office boxes in Butte Montana and Ontario Ontario.
Farm offer lists 1 920 acres stock farm eight miles from rail with good grass. Price 0 per acre cash and balance in ten years at six percent. Contact Pagan Mc Cutcheon Price at 108 Central Ave Great Falls Montana. Also 2000 acres for sale in blocks of 3 to 10 sections priced 5 per acre with 1 per acre down and balance in ten years at six percent. Fague McCutcheon Price 108 Central Ave Great Falls Montana.
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