State Industry Survives War Slowdowns in Montana
Montana maintains high activity across mines mills farms fields and factories with only manganese contracts at Butte Philipsburg and Great Falls showing loss. Railways highways and irrigation projects promise several prosperous years while war trucks may expand parcel post and attract settlers to distant lands.
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Montana
Butte
Philipsburg
Great Falls
Post Office Department
Wellington H. Meigs
Cascade County
Abraham Lincoln
Ife
Siloam Springs
Arkansas
University of Missouri
Wagner
Oklahoma
Kalispell Officer Receives High War Department Post
Captain William Whipps of Kalispell formerly regimental quartermaster for the Second Montana now serves as chief disbursing officer for England with the American headquarters in London. He will oversee paying millions of pounds owed by the United States to Britain and ensure accounts are properly prepared for War Department approval.
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William Whipps
Kalispell
Montana
Winchester
England
War Department
London
Whipps
163D Infantry
United States
State's Law Makers Gather at Helena
The Montana legislature opens with O B Belden chosen speaker and Governor Stewart urging cautious reform. Debates form around election contests in Silver Bow and plans for home rule for delinquent girls while Stewart advocates tax review and a five justice supreme court bench.
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O. B. Beldon
Fergus County
S. V. Stewart
Nonpartisan League
Silver Bow County
National Guard
National Army
Stewart
Supreme Court
Montana
Phil Greenan
State Council of Defense
Red Cross
Montana Heroes of the Thirty-second Division
Montana veterans in the Thirty-second Division recount the unit’s World War I exploits from Alsace to the Meuse with claims of fought 20 German divisions and never yielding a yard. The report credits Burr Price with detailing the Paris Herald account and notes Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin, and Michigan servicemen across regiments.
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Alsace
Meuse
France
Montana
National Army
Germany
Burr Price
New York Herald
Paris
The
Herald
Michigan
Oregon
Washingrton
Thirty-second
Oureg
Vesle
Soissons
Juvigny Plateau
Mangin
Harry
Verdun
la Dame Marie
Freya
Bocie
Bantheville Wood
Mause
Dun
Stenay
Building boom predicted at state architects convention
State building activity was forecast at the annual convention of architects in Helena. No reduction in labor or material costs is expected during the next two years.
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Convention of Architects
Helena
Senator Long Invents Stump Clearing Machine
Dr. F A Long a Montana state senator from Lincoln county living at Eureka introduces an innovative stump removal and land clearing machine. The device bores two intersecting holes in stumps enabling burning at the base, with an expedient drag saw option and tractor mounted operation. The invention promises efficient stump clearance and faster lumber land preparation praised by The Timberman.
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F. A. Long
Lincoln County
Hves
Eureka, Mont
Timberman
Portland
Ore
Eureka
Long
Pacific Coast
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Republican Party
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Lewistown
University of Nebraska
Larry Do Bell
Butte Miner
Emma Ingalls
Flathead County
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Ingalls
Samuel V. Stewart
Mies
House
Senate
Special Tax Commission
Fifteenth Legislative Assembly
Silver Bow
Charles Boulware
Hugh Carrell
Arthur V. Corry
John J. Foley
Jerry J. Harrington
Dan M. Kelly
Don B. King
William Meyer
E. T. Mooney
F. C. Fluent
Joanna G. Greig
H. J. Grimes
Charles
Hen
Ronald Higgins
Missoula
Republican Caucus
W. O. Cralsey
M. D. Nicholson
Clark Wright
John E. Edwards
Rosebud County
Fergus
House of Representatives
W. W. McDowell
Sixteenth Assembly
Rosebud
Rawall County
Frank Cone
Cone
Hamilton
Old Guard
OLD
Second Montana
Second Montana Regiment
One Hundred and Sixty-Third Infantry
Edwards
Florida
Tampa
Oscar Crutchfield
C. A. Wilson
Cascade
Dryburgh
Senator Long
SOLON
West
Irving Whitehouse Company
Third Street
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