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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1918
Page
2
Farmers are advised to band tree trunks with sticky tanglefoot during winter to stop wingless female cankerworms from crawling up and laying eggs. Use six inch wide bands of tar paper or heavy paper, renew material as it hardens, seal gaps with cotton, and fasten with short tacks for best protection.
The McDowell plan to shorten residence time for homesteaders to seven months draws wide notice as eastern papers hail it as a quick route to mobilize land for cultivation. It seeks immediate title to unlock funding for irrigation, equipment, and seed amid drought and credit barriers.
Gov Stewart reports northern Montana has plowed more land than ever but seed shortages and lack of bank credit risk shrinking this year’s sowing. Attorney General Ford cites a $2,275,000 seed need for about 30,000 homesteaders. The Hearst papers urge Congress to permit immediate patent title to homesteads to unlock seed funds and boost wheat production for the war effort.
A condensed Chicago New York London Washington Tokyo and Paris roundup reports war production shortages and mobilization figures. Sugar supplies in Chicago nearly exhausted and 500 munitions factories in New York. US army in France aimed at 2 million. nursing corps to grow. Belgium damage estimated at 1.6 billion with 288 million cash taken. Internment of Germans and shipyard labor figures given. Submarine and mutiny notes and Japan defence plans reported. Pershing commends US soldiers in France.
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