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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1919
Page
15
The 1918 state land office reports cash receipts near 1.83 million, about 15 thousand more than 1917. Major sources include land sales and contract payments, 967,571.49. interest on contracts and mortgages, 376,999.33. leases, 439,169.24. timber sales, 22,476.11. coal royalty, 14,355.53. gravel sale, 160.11. fees, 7,980.62. Total 1,828,712.43.
Montana established a reserve officers training school at the state university. Ronan resident Ronan Amos Reno sues the city of Ronan for 10000 dollars after falling into an open sewer ditch. A Chinook farmer harvested 65 tons of hay from 24 acres in three cuttings this season. Yellowstone county reports 134 tuberculosis cases prompting a graduate nurse hire. The last state fair drew 33557 attendees with receipts of 32198 dollars. A Montana building boom follows wartime restrictions lifting in Roundup.
Montana postmasters report a bulletin announcing six cent airplane postage stamps for use on mail carried by air. A 16 cent stamp covers special delivery. a 24 cent stamp exists for heavier letters. The Chicago to New York route will cut transit to nine hours, boosting air service adoption nationwide.
Reports from Washington Rome Paris and New York cover labor needs in factories and farms public works in Rome to aid workers former war industries gas stocks and pensions to Germany bonds and taxation plans up to 1920 Toboga purchase aerial pole surveys and US Panama talks.
A Great Falls committee drafts a bill for a state storage elevator costing 250000 dollars funded by voter approved bonds. It covers construction, a managerial board, operation, storage limits, and staffing with an experienced grain man to guide policy for farmers and the state.
A Montana Industrial Accident Board debate asks if breaking a wooden artificial leg for a worker who was out for weeks warrants compensation. The board suggests the contractor cover a $28 repair bill, while noting possible prior compensation and legal limits. A deputy clerk’s hand injury and a Teutonic contractor’s wart treatment mishap are also discussed.
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