Montana towns report varied wartime and local events
Reports from several Montana towns detail October drills for 400 draft men in Missoula, sedition convictions and fines in Missoula and Forsyth, and a large bridge nearing completion at Musselshell. Other items note county insurance group formation, irrigation plans, crop and grain concerns, and a fatal burial mishap in Miles City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Missoula
Louis Effinger
Plentywood
Sheridan County
Lewistown
Fergus County
Insurance Federation of Montana
Forsyth
C. V. Sparr
Butte
Gilman—Blackley
Montana
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Red Lodge
Carbon
Mosby
Musselshell
Fergus
Dawson
Bitter Root Valley Irrigation Company
Louis Boisot
Chicago
Bourquin
Hayre
Scobey
Bozeman
M. J. Edwards
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin
University of Montana
Toston
Beaverhead
Cold Springs
Gerald Crane
St. Paul
Lane Plan to Aid Northwest Settlement Effort Recounts
Conference in Helena outlines Montana involvement in the land settlement movement led by Secretary Lane for returned soldiers. Two delegates will attend the Kansas City meeting to form a national land settlement association, then report to a statewide conference for commercial groups aiding agricultural development via land reclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Lane
Helena
Kansas City
National Land Settlement Association
B. Linfield
State Experiment Station
State Council of Defense
Stewart
Linfield
EK. C. Elliott
C. D. Greenfield
J. H. Harrader
Bozeman
Commercial Secretaries’ Association of Montana
Fergus County
France
Rue Baxter
Lewistown
Red Cross
Parisian
Gene Lane
de Leopold Beck
Lodge
Ellis
World War I Dispatches From Around the Front
A roundup of war news reports: Bulgarian troops evacuate London Serbia. 3,000 prisoners taken at Mont Blanc. Germans abandon Belgian submarine bases. Allied aviators drop liberation proclamations over Brussels. Incidents include train wreck in Bedford County, losses at sea, and political honors in Paris. Material covers naval actions, air raids, and industrial disruption worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Serbia
Paris
Mont Blanc
Brussels
New York
Single Service Corporation
Washington
Shipping Board
Bedford
Pennsylvania
M. W. Ireland
Gorgas
Balloon Corps
U. S. Army
France
Secret Service
T. A. Gillespie
Morgan, N. J
Westgate
Naval Overseas Transportation Service
American
Petersburg
du Pont
Fort Lee
H. P. Davison
Red Cross Council
Legion of Honor
Macedonia
Dupetit Thours
Frankfort
Knoxville
Tenn
W. J. Oliver
W. J. Oliver Company
United States Army
St. Louis
Pressmen’s Union No. 8
Police Journal
Henry B. Wilson
Poincare
Brest
May Cut Out Carbon in Lights Until War Ends
War era energy saving continues as carbon lamps may be abolished if administration orders from the division of compensation are followed. Councils of defense and the public service commission received notices urging carbon saving and the use of fruit pits and peach stones for carbon production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Bureau Administration
Council of Defense
Public Service Commission
Chrome Deposits in Montana Spark Mining Interest
Minnesota era report notes discovery of large chromium deposits in central Montana from Boulder river to Sweetwater head and Rosebud area. Clapp estimates 200000 to 600000 tons of first and second class ore with several million tons possible, but development hindered by transport, market certainty, and capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
New Caledonia
Austria
Canada
Boulder River
Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
Sweetwater
Rosebud
Columbus
Norris
Sheridan
Clapp
J. H. Clapp
Montana School of Mines
Boulder
United States Geological Survey
Philipsburg
Carbon Lamps Phaseout Orders Target Carbon Use
Federal directives push to reduce carbon lamp use with a plan to discontinue carbon lamps. October 15 aims to curb demand and December 1 seeks absolute elimination. Electric utilities offer free renewal lamps as compensation, tying lamp service to greater electricity sales.
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The
Billings
Yellowstone County Farm Bureau
Beaver Creek Mining Company
Galata
Great Falls
Marias River
Midland , Stockgrowers’ Association
Torch Assemblers’ Union No. 1
Liberty Loan
Miles City
G. P. Lamp
Lamp
Mrs. Lamp
Weil
IL Bros. & CO
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Cig
Phoenix
Gallatin County Fair Grounds
Excelsior
Master Avondale
C. EB. Axtell
J. J. Stucky
J. R. Wyatt & Son
OC. S. Smith
H. L. Summers
Joe Redburn
Dad Tellier
State School of Mines
Sidney
Herbert A. Hover
Judith Basin
Farmers Land Co
Strong Realty Co
Carl R. Meyer
Hart-Albin
P. O
Farm Mortgagh Corporation
Mont Largo Ranch
McClintock
Custer County Bank
Mont
Hart-Albis
Helena Adjustment CO
Uni
Ri Cc Ci
A. &. Gort
Butte College of Telegraphy
Gooding College
Charles Wesley Tenney
Gooding, Idaho
M. EB. Benedict
Pennsylvania Block
Polio Loc PLC LLC
Hard Bros
Edison
Nickerson
W. Park
J. W
N. Main
Park
J. R. Gleason
Prop
City
Bath
Acoma
Butth
Avew
Park Hotel
West Park Street
Columbia
W. Broadway
Kaye OB Hee
U Aid
Wolf Creek
Colling Realty Co
Shields River Valley
Ferlin
Livingston
Asher Murray
Wademan Od
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dunn Block
Spring Valley
Helen Creamery Territories
Norby Brothers
C. H. Campbell & Son
LO RI
Ford & Hollister Rasteb (Inc
Darby
Montane
Huntsberger-Givens Co
Mark Sultan
Golden Goods
Montana State Fair
Hans Johnson
Belt
Pitman Live Stock Company
EL Paso
Texas
Robert R. Johnston
Dupuyer
J. B. Taylor
Cascade
D. Watson Robb Co
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Mich
Wilds-Thurston Motor CO
Lat Avenue No
Maxwell Distributors
DODGE
BUICK
FORD
Garland
Butte Secondhand Auto Co
S. Galena
Montana Pinano Co
Platt & Heath Co
Fred Mulller Saddle and Harness CO
Larimbe ST
Denver
Colorado
Lewistown Hide & Sur Co
A. L. Rose
Hoeack
Minneapolis
Speers
Montana Fur Mfg. Co
I Ag
KODAK
Opi
Eastman Kodaks
Kenyon & Wheeler
Blue Print & Supply Co
Dunn Bg
Tout & McCarthy
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
Harley-Clark & CO
Tod Block
Wood-Safford Machine Works
Contractors Lumber Supply Co
Lumber Exchange
Seattle
Ness-Thelsen Construction Co
Great Falls Typewriter Exchange
Arizona
Corner Park
Robert Metcalf
S. C. Huseth
Sae Optemetrist and
Optician
Great Falls, Mont
Bulgaria
Turkey
Geneva
Argonne
Sam
J. Lee Rice
D. P. Patenaude
Pro.s
General School Supply Co
Great Falls, Montana
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