Government urged to build rail link from Fairview to Cut Bank
Lewistown chamber of commerce asks Congress via Director McAdoo to authorize a Great Northern short line from St Paul to the Pacific coast. The memo cites 60,000,000 bushels of annual wheat, homesteader settlements, and a gap from New Rockford through Fairview to Dawson, Lewistown, and Circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul
Pacific Coast
New Rockford
North Dakota
Fairview
Montana
Dawson County
Circle
Moccasin
Billings
Fergus County
Dawson
Richie
Gilman
Montana Farmers Push Primary Wheat Market Plan
Montana farmers and various farming groups in Great Falls form a committee to push a state primary wheat market. They seek 1918 price set to U S average and aim to make Great Falls the central price point with freight adjustments. They urged the legislature to back a joint resolution for food administration action and future expansion after peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
W. S. McCormick
Flathead
Sam Teagarden
Fergus
Charles A. Tucker
Cascade
Clark Baumgartned
J. K. Bowman
Teton
The
Food Administration
Montana
United States
Indians urged to enlist shoulder to shoulder with whites
A letter from Indian Commissioner Cato Sells to H. M. Tidwell argues Indians may enlist in regular army units rather than form separate Indian units. It stresses unity with white soldiers, equal rights, and discourages segregated units while praising Indian patriotism and Liberty bond purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Commissioners of Indian Affairs
Cato Sells
Washington, D. C
H. M. Tidwell
Pine Ridge Reservation
Pine Ridge
Ss. D
War Department
Indiana
Army
Navy
Butte and Montana News In Brief From Across The State
News briefs from Butte Lewistown Helena Great Falls Roundup Bozeman Missoula and Fort Benton cover wartime drives ice supply roads and highway changes elk conditions breeding and recruitment updates. Notable items include Knights of Columbus wartime giving, naval enlistment records, a Montana crowd raising funds, and a damage suit filed at Fort Benton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Great Falls
Knights of Columbus of
National Organization
Paris Gibson
Lewistown
George B. Irving
Chamber of Commerce
Helena
State Highway Commission
Highway Department
Bridge Department
Paul Pratt
Phil Greenan
Naval
Salt Lake
Montana
Navy
Naval Reserve
Great Northern
Rockford
Exemption Board of
Heelena
Jesse B. Roote
163Rd
U. S. Infantry
Second
England
Roote
France
Bozeman
Gallatin Elk Range
Elgar
Missoula
D. R. Cox
Cox
H. E. Bryant
Army
Washington
West
Argo
United States Guards
Fort Benton
Boston Lynn shoe factory workers reach 41 hour week
Boston Lynn, Massachusetts shoe factory employees have reached a working agreement with manufacturers and returned to work on a 41 hour schedule with Saturday a half holiday. One hundred five factories were affected and 20,000 employees returned to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Lynn
Mass
Montana Boy Writes War Song for Entrance into France
A Montana spy Private Cleveland A Hodges serves in the 163rd U S Infantry in France. His war song Come on You Yankee Oh Come on You Boy is to be played by his regimental band upon entering France. Proceeds go to Hodges and copies cost 25 cents from Reeves Music House Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Boy
France
Cleveland A. Hodges
Montana
Hodges
163Rd
U. S. Infantry
America
Reeves
Reeves Music House
South Main Street
Helena
Adv
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Treasure State
PRICE
American Society
What Farmers Organization
Insurance Dept
Society of
Stanton
HMNS
Commissioner Sells
Red Man
Swan Liden
N. B. Nelson
Chateau County
Liden
Nelson
Brady
Gonorbilt Scacol Shoes
Mayer Shoes
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co
Milwaukee, Wis
Montana Typewriter Co
Barkemeyer
Grain and Seed Co
Northwest
Tae
Reek
Cos
Ie” Wasn
P. Conklin
Fremont
Nebraska
Alhambra Hot Springs Hotel
Sullivan
S. C. Huseth
Optometrist
Optician
Grhat Palig
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