Homestead Bill Gains Big Senate Support In Montana
McDowell aims to push the war emergency homestead measure through Congress. The Myers bill has passed the Montana Senate by a large majority and awaits action in the House public lands committee. If enacted, a homesteader who filed a year earlier and resided seven months can prove up and obtain title to borrow for crops.
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House
Senate
McDowell
Washington
Congress
Myers
Public Lands Committee
Herbert Hoover
Marshall
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
West
Chicago
Committee On Public Lands
Montana
Walsh
Evans
Montana wheat yield estimated at 25 million bushels
The October crop report from the U S Bureau of Crop Estimates places Montana total wheat at 25 434 000 bushels with spring wheat at 17 250 000 based on 12 5 bushels per acre The drought and hail damage reduced yields though quality remains high nationally spring wheat prospects and oats barley flax and potato yields are noted with regional damage and silage use for corn outlooks.
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United States Bureau of Crop Estimates
Montana
Bureau
United States
Sloan's Liniment Soothes Aches and Pains Fast
The ad promotes Sloan's Liniment for external aches stiffness soreness cramped muscles and back strains. It emphasizes natural penetration without rubbing and notes the product is clean convenient economical and available from druggists.
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Sloan
Government crop forecast for US corn and wheat in war year
The department projects all U S wheat at 918 920 000 bushels and corn at 2 717 775 000 bushels for the coming year. Other crops include oats 1 535 297 000 bushels barley 236 505 000 buckwheat 19 473 000 white potatoes 391 279 000 sweet potatoes 85 473 000 flax 15 606 000 rice 41 918 000 tobacco 1 265 362 000 pounds pears 10 194 000 apples 198 289 000 sugar beets 6 458 000 kaffirs 72 650 000 beans 17 802 000. October 1 planting conditions show corn 68.6 percent normal, buckwheat 75.6, potatoes 73.7 77.4, flax 70.8, rice 85.4, tobacco 87.45, sugar beets 89.6, kaffirs 49.0.
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Newty
America
Department
Buffalo grain yield best in all Montana
County Agent Carl Peterson reports Buffalo Garneill and Straw districts show the state’s highest grain yields with wheat averaging 35 bushels and oats 47 bushels. Other areas list wheat yields from 8 to 44% bushels. hail damaged Flatwillow and Armells. labor shortages limit harvesting and plowing, but spring wheat acreage expected large.
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Carl Peterson
Montana
Buffalo
Denton
Suffolk
Coffee Creek
Moore
Rock Creek Bench
Windham
Armells
Flatwillow
Brooks
Hilger
Loans to the Farmers in Drought Districts
The report from the federal seed grain loan office shows Montana and North Dakota combined loan placements totaling 296273 dollars, with Montana receiving 261408 dollars. In Montana 1272 applications were approved for 88447 acres, 59573 acres sown to fall wheat and 28847 to full rye. no further winter wheat applications will be entertained.
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Montana
Federal
Seed Grain Loan Office
Great Falls
North Dakota
Bora O
Custer
Dawson
Sheridan
TOE
Montana Sees Federal Seed Loans Exceed 100000 Acres
Federal seed grain loan office reports 97 387 acres approved for winter wheat and rye in Montana with loans totaling 288 222 dollars. With favorable conditions, at least 1 000 000 bushels could be added next year as farmers use loans mainly to seed where other financing is unavailable.
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Federal Seed Grain Loan Office
Montana
Wounded Helena Governor’s Son in France
Lieutenant Joe Porter Toole, son of former Governor Joseph K. Toole of Helena, has been wounded in France per a letter to his father. No specifics on the injury are given. he reports he is recovering rapidly.
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Toole
Joe Porter Toole
Joseph K. Toole
Helena
France
Woman Sedition Convict Sentenced in Miles City
Mrs. W. K. Smith, convicted on sedition, faces an indeterminate term of five to ten years at hard labor. She is the first woman tried on a sedition charge in the county and the first to receive a penitentiary sentence in many years.
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W. K. Smith
Miles City
Kaiser Faces Bitter Pill From Medicine Choice
The Kaiser Endures a tough health decision as his treatment, described as a bitter pill, draws scrutiny and debate over its risks and benefits.
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Kaiser
What has become of the People’s Council of America
The inquiry outlines the fate of the People’s Council of America for Democracy and Terms of Peace. It traces its decline after World War I era activism, noting fading public influence and eventual dormancy in the postwar period.
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The
People’s Council of America For Democracy and Terms of Peace
Montana Regiment 163rd in France Faces Replacement Duty
Colonel J. J. McGuinness reports the 163rd Montana regiment arrived in France in late December 1917 and by March all privates were redeployed to other units. The unit serves as a replacement formation with rapid intake from depots including officers and NCOs, as more men arrive to fill gaps. He notes large-scale American equipment and predicts the war may end next summer.
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163Rd Infantry
Second ‘Montana
France
J. J. McGuinness
Montana
163Rd
McGuinness
War job recruit for stenographers and clerks in Washington
Shortage of stenographers and typists in Washington drives recruitment to support the ordnance department. Entrants earn 1100 dollars starting pay with staged raises to 1320 dollars. residence halls and cafeterias provided. Apply to F. E. Faith or Gilman Bullard at the Federal Building in Helena.
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Washington
D. C
Ordnance Department
Gee
F. E. Faith
Gilman Bullard
Federal
Helena
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