Fire Finders Aid Forest Rangers on Mountain Lookouts
High in the Montana Rockies lookouts use the Osborne fire finder to locate distant fires. Forest rangers inspect smoke, plot coordinates on maps, and employ night capable methods. Kits and camping gear are prepared for quick dispatch to supervising offices and crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Rockies
Forest Rangers
William B. Osborne, Jr
Osborne
Forest Service
United States
Forest Office
Things Are Humming In Chicago Stockyards
C Q Robinson of Clay Robinson and Co reports a booming season at the Chicago stockyards with heavy cattle shipments and high prices. The firm, active since 1876, tracks market by department and notes records across range and southern cattle, plus a large Matador drive and other historic shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. Q. Robinson
Clay, Robinson & Co
Montana
J. M. Robinson & Co
Wyoming
I. R. Alter
Fairfield
Iowa
Raw
Texas
Major Iliff
Colorado
Denver
Frank G. Bloom
Trinidad
Bloom
Capt
B. C. Mossman
South Dakota
Matador Land & Cattle Co
John McBain
Colo
Matador
James Brown
Armour & Co
Western Ranches Limited
Exchange
Edward F. Swift
Swift & Co
Bloom Cattle Co
Malta
John Survant
Montana Council Bans New Newspapers During War
Following a federal ruling, the Montana council of defense issued an order banning new publications on newsprint or converting weeklies to dailies during World War I. Civil officials are to enforce the directive with penalties up to a $1000 fine or one year in jail, or both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal War Industries Board
Montana Council of Defense
War Industries Board
Pulp and Paper Section
State Council
Americans Turn Tide on War Front Says Allies
An Allied report portrays Germany as scared by rising American strength on the western front and warns of Austria's fragile position. It notes bombing raids over Rhine targets, U-boat setbacks, and growing Allied air and sea pressure as decisive signs of a shifting balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Austria
Russia
al- Hed
Archangel
Petrograd
Sweop
West Front
Japan
Siberia
Rhine
Europe
And
Voss’ Gazette
High Command
Gazette
Hamburg Nachrichten
Vossische Zeitung
Erich von Salzmann
Rupprecht
Flanders
Hughes
Australia
German Losses Rise Amid Allied Counteroffensive
Since July 18 when the allied counter offensive began German casualties reached 350000 with about 75000 captured and held in prison pens behind allied lines.
Army Orders 180000 Baseballs for War Effort
A shipment of 180,000 baseballs has been ordered for the American army. When the war ends an international baseball league is anticipated.
Montana and local notices across cities show growth and curiosities
Across Montana towns, Red Cross membership reaches 7322 in Fergus, unions plan conventions, tax and debt actions, gas and crop developments, prize cattle sales, flood dykes, and wartime labor pledges. Notable items include a 20 year sentence for a conscientious objector, wheat shipments two million bushels, and a Hun airplane fragment found in Lewistown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Fergus County Red Cross
Typographical Union
Billings
Elks
Butte
Order of Red Men
Havre
Havre Natural Gas Company
Augusta
Montana Bankers’ Association
Plentywood
Peter Llynstag
Camp Lewis
Forsyth
Sheridan County
Musselshell County
Musselshell
Wm. G. McAdoo
the Treasury
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uncle Sam
Boyd
Rice & May, Proprietors
Mount St. Charles College
Capitol Hill
Helena, Montana
Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Sacajawea
Stevensville
Bitter Root
Terry
War Office
France
Wright Harvey
Bozeman
Gallatin Valley Gas Company
Gilman
Levi LaChapele
LaChapelle
Butte College of Telegraphy
Butte, Montana
Ellis
Carnation Milk Products Company
Seattle
Wash
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