Montana Homestead Relief Bill Favored by Officials
Secretary of the interior and the Senate Public Lands Committee back Meyers relief bill aiding Montana homesteaders. The plan grants final patents to desert land entrymen and valid homesteaders after one year, with conditions, affecting about 30,000 Montanans and potentially $30 to $40 million in increased credit nationwide.
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Interior
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Meyers
McDowell
Congress
Washington
Public Lands Committee
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Montana
Equity Society plan to aid farmers with state loans
The Montana government and the American Society of Equity will cooperate with the state land board to speed farm loans. Aimed at placing funds before April 1, the plan uses over 2 million dollars available under the farm loan act. The Equity will educate farmers, identify eligible lands, assist with applications, and ensure loans are rushed through with no fees to the farmer.
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American Society of Equity
State Land Board
Equity Society
W. M. Burlingame
Equity Organization
Montana
Burlingame
C. W. Cleveland
The
Equity
Herbert M. Peet
Equity News
Helena
Stewart
Greenfield
Secretary of the
Great Falls
State Highway Commission
Treasure
Allies Approve Liberty Motor Development
Aircraft production board members say the Liberty engine is perfected and France and Britain consider installing several in their planes.
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Allies
Liberty Motor
Aircraft Production Board
Hatching Out Dollars in Poultry Profits
Chickens and eggs have broken all price records and will continue to rise. The article notes a big profit in poultry if properly handled and managed.
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Great Falls
Horthern Brokerage
C. M. Parr
Poultry Profit Seen With Strong Demand and Low Costs
Poultry expert T. B. Quisenbury asserts strong future demand for poultry and eggs in hatching breeding and markets. He notes government education efforts, rapid livestock production in poultry, and anticipated feed cost reductions of 25 to 40 percent. He urges breeders to cull poor stock select top breeders and place orders early due to rising demand and limited supply.
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T. B. Quisenbury
Department of Agriculture
Plans for German women conscription after the war
Reports from Germany indicate plans to conscript women after the war. The proposal suggests taking women from homes around age 17 and mandating training in a profession trade or household duties.
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Germany
Woman Breeds Barred Plymouth Rocks Brightens Home Profit
Mrs. John Geraghty of Butte reports a net earning of $3 per head from 60 Barred Plymouth Rocks. She explains feeding from home grown carrots cabbage green feed and scraps, and notes 1918 may bring higher demand for quality stock as meat scarcity persists.
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John Geraghty
Butte
Plymouth Rocks
Contrasting Poets Debate Hair and Wealth Glory
Poets clash over female beauty and wealth with one praising hair as a woman’s crown and another arguing true glory cannot be bought. The exchange highlights differing views on value and aesthetics.
Montana to Begin Federal Aid Road Program This Spring
The Montana State Highway Commission plans early spring road work funded by federal aid. Projects in multiple counties include both dirt and a paved Billings route, with half costs shared by federal and state governments and local counties.
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State Highway Commission
Yellowstone County
Yellowstone
Billings
Uncle Sam
Jnele Sam
Highway Commission
Montana
State Commission
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
World News in Brief From Around the Globe
A digest of international dispatches notes U S mint output for 1917 reaching a record 338 million coins in Philadelphia Paris calls up men to age 50 Italy ally support and other defense actions Paris reports Italy’s need for reserves while France mobilizes. Washington outlines war measures aircraft base costs and public works limits while Berlin warns of intensified German air power against U S entry.
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Philadelphia
Paris
France
Italy
Hayes
United Mine Workers of America
Minneapolis
Red Cross
Liberty Loan
Twin Cities
Seattle
Daily Call
London
Marie Correlli
Bismarck
N. D
R. F. Anderson
Wilton
Army
Washington
War Baker
Congress
United States
Cleveland
Baker
General Goethals
War Department
Charles M. Schwab
Edward Stettinius
J. P. Morgan & Co
Department of Munitions
Norway
McAdoo
Houston
Department of Agriculture
Berlin
Food Administration
Rome
Padua
Dallas
Tex
James F. Dick
Tarrytown
N. Y
Love Field
Cornell
Chicago
San Francisco
William Luer
Rockefeller aide urges housing for women workers at camps
Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr writes to Secretary Baker as head of the YWCA War Work Council urging a nationwide plan to house women workers at military camps cantonments and industrial centers. She cites a planned model home for girls at Charleston South Carolina and asks for duplicates nationwide.
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John D., Jr
U. S
Baker
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
War Work Council
Young Women's Christian Association
Charleston
S. C
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
Quity Society
Campaign OF Education
E. L. Vineyard Irrigation, Power and Farm Machinery
Uncle Samuel
Commission
Ing
Driscoll
Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Knoxville
William Finlay
Thomas
Here
Boston
Massachusetts Committee On Public Safety
John E. Williams
Moorhead
Minn
George H. Peters
Pershing
U.S. Forest Ranger
Charles F Grooms
Ukiah
Oregon
Tou Peer Ae
Northwestern Hide& Fur Co
R. E. Cobb Co
St. J. Paul
Berry
Clarinda
Iowa
Otat
Via
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