White Sees Doom Of Great Cities After The War
William Allen White, visiting Helena for the Red Cross, predicts cities will become mere business centers after the war. He says people will live in the country and commute by airplane, air travel will be regulated, and the commercial air plane industry will transform life. He argues democracy will be preserved without militarism through self-governance and wealth production oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allen White
Montana
Red Cross
White
Emporia
Kansas
Our Town
Court of
America
140 Acre Garden of Frank Conley Grows Peanuts and Watermelons
The state prison garden camp two miles northeast of Arlee on the Jocko river cultivates 140 acres of vegetables including peanuts and watermelons. Eighteen prisoners work under a foreman and an irrigation assistant, with the aim of self sufficiency and easing food shortages. Shipments to Deer Lodge have begun by express and will move by carload in time.
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Arlee
Flathead Agency
Jacko River
Conley
Jocko
Flathead Irrigation Project
The
Reclamation Service of
United States
Deer Lodge
Express
LD i Poac CP Chee
Williams
Montane
America
Williams-Manson News
Williama-Mason News
Montana
Brass beds banned by federal wartime order in Montana
The federal conservation board prohibits brass bed manufacture to free up brass for war needs. Civilians should use existing stock and discarded items. Manufacturers must cut designs, limit fabric usage, and replace damask and velour with cotton or silk alternatives. Even baby beds face restrictions.
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Federal Conservation Board
Montana Cattle Drawn Down For Season Says Official
D W Raymond Montana livestock commission secretary predicts severe culling. He cites shipments likely to exceed last year’s 320000 head, a record for the state. An inspector at South St Paul reports heavy cattle arrivals from northern Montana and poor condition from dry districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
D. W. Raymond
State Livestock Commission
South St. Paul
Raymond
St. Paul
Weekly health report records 51 illness cases and no deaths
The weekly report lists 18 new influenza cases and mentions 13 mumps, 9 pneumonia, 6 measles, 2 diphtheria, 2 chickenpox, and 1 German measles. No deaths occurred during the week.
Flour and Wheat in Pioneer Montana Camps
A study by Harrison A. Trexler from the State University of Montana examines Montana's 1862 to 1870 economy tied to breadstuffs. It covers wheat and flour at missions and camps, prices and wages, Civil War price dynamics, and notes bread riots as an abnormal peak.
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Montana
Harrison A. Trexler
Department of History
State University of Montana
Trexler
Pershing Requests More DeHaviland Planes, Secretary Denies Criticism
Secretary Baker denies a published report that General Pershing criticized the DeHaviland plane. He says Pershing has only asked for a large additional shipment of the aircraft.
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Baker
Pershing
DeHaviland
World War I Chronicle: U-boat attacks, troop landings, and tech feats
Reports from across the world recount Wilson witnessing the Quiestcoach launch, Ford cavalry aid, and vast war mobilization. Heat waves, medical losses, and disloyalty convictions frame a day of global turmoil as U-boat threats and military aviation gains shape a war year.
Itinerant Merchants Forced to Work or Fight in Red Lodge
Seven itinerant merchants in Carbon county faced district court. Pleading guilty after seeking writs of habeas corpus, they were fined 25 dollars each and warned to take up useful work. Judge Charles A. Taylor construed the law strictly, signaling more such pleas in future cases as courts push production under work or fight statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Lodge
Carbon County
Charles A. Taylor
Steve I. Smith
Norman Colbert
J. E. Bowers
George Kutova
Mayer K. Maxwell
Nathan Bransom
Pete Gutana
Taylor
Battle Songs of Our Boys and their War Humour
British and American troops favor humorous marching songs to cope with war’s grim reality. The piece contrasts light hearted French and English tunes with sombre German songs, noting soldiers' use of parody and the refrain Keep your head down Allemande as a coping device.
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Allemande
Alemande
Tommy
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Pacific
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Hell
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Canada
Oregon
British Columbia
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Pacific Northwest Tourist Association
L. O. Smith Building
Seattle
Harris
Ol and Mineral Journal
Billings
Don
Best Buy
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Helena
Big Cattle Company
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Musselshell Stock
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Fergus Co
Lewistown
Montana Land Co., Inc
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Judith Basin
St. Farmers Land Co
Spring Valley
Eden Creamery
Norby Brothers
McDonald Land Co
C. H. Campbell & Son
Bay & Great Falls
Shields River Valley
Save
Alberta
Northwest
Eakin
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dunn Block
Uhland Buyer
O. Downing & Co
M. ‘al Strang
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Billings, Mont
W. C. McClintock
Custer County Bank
Miles City
Eee
Carl B. Meyer
Hart-Albin Building
A. Jackson
Cannon Ramboulliet & Stock Farm
Dayton, Wash
Cotswolds
Deseret Sheep Co
Boise
Idaho
Cunningham Sheep & Land Co
Plot Rock
Gale
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Mich
Ford & Hollister Ranch (Inc
Darby
Huntsberger-Givens Co
Elmer L. Strever
Hart Albin Building
Bartwood
Bartwood Barm
Hamilton, Mont
Fe Tt Wilds-Thurston Motor CO
1St Ave. No
Great Palla
Maxwell Distributors
Auto Exchange
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South
Montana St
Butte, Mont
Patina Tinainn
Q@ master
Montana Piano Co
Butte
Himer L. Strever
Hart-Albin Bldg
Beran Ietal
Lewistown Hide & Fur Co
FURS
Hoenck
Our House
Minneapolia
Helena Adjustmohnt CO
Toad & McCarthy
Botta
Lewis & Walkhk Aera Chemiate
Wyoming
Harlhy-Clark & Copperialinea
Tod Block
reat_Falla, Montana
Wood-Safford Machine Works
Bhastman Kodaks
Bend USA
Enyon & Wheeler, Druggists
Great Falls Typewriter Exchange
Contractors Lumber Supply Co
Lumber Exchange
Wash
Karbet Mercantile Agency
Huseth
Great Falls, Mont
Montana Electric
Butte, Montana
KODAK
Schoettner Studio
N. Malin Street
DR. Potvin
Third Street
Montana Farms
Frary & Burlingame First Natl Bank
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Acoma
Buite
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Park Hotel
West Park Street
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