Montana war force tops 31 000 men with county quotas
Helena June 28. Figures from State Adjutant General Greenan show Montana sent about 31 000 men to war. County quotas include Beaverhead 650 Bighorn 341 Blaine 710 Broadwater 188 Butte City 2 443 Cascade 1 970 Cascade and others. About 1 500 additional volunteers are believed to have joined various armies without records.
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Helena
Greenan
Tonight
Montana
Beaverhead
Bighorn
Blaine
Broadwater
Butte City
Carbon
Carter
Cascade
Chateau
Custer
Dawson
Deer Lodge
Fallon
Fergus
Flathead
Gallatin
Granite
Hill
Jefferson
Lewis and Clark
Lincoln
Madison
Meagher
Mineral
Missoula
Musselshell
Park
Phillips
Powell
Prairie
Ravalli
Richland
Rosebud
Sanders
Sheridan
Silver Bow
Stillwater
Sweet Grass
Teton
Toole
Valley
Wheatland
Wibaux
Yellowstone
Fire protection order limits burning in Montana fields
The Montana Council of Defense issued Order No. 9 restricting the burning of slashings and other fires from June through September due to extreme dry weather. Camp fires must be fully extinguished. Violators face fines up to 1000 dollars or up to one year in jail. The order enlists sheriffs and wardens to enforce it. Also notes social updates from Dillon.
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Beaverhead County
Somers
Council of Defense
Montana Council of Defense
Montana
Council
United States
Extraordinary Legislative Assembly
W. Stewart
County Food Heads Plan a Fair Price Fixing Schedule
County food administrators meet with State Food Administrator Alfred Atkinson to form fair price committees. Each county will publish weekly fair-price lists showing wholesale costs and a fair profit margin to guide buyers. Committees will enforce the rules, with measures to compel compliance if retailers refuse to follow decisions.
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Helena
Alfred Atkinson
France
Wool Shipment From Alder Drives Large 1917 18 Clip
Forest Supervisor Wilson notes a heavy wool clip loaded at Alder destined for Boston and Chicago markets aided by mild winter. Sheridan and Twin Bridges flockmasters including Foster Bros W Ellinghouse and Buhl contributed sizable consignments with other Dillon area growers. About half a million pounds expected. Dillon travelers also motor to Helens and Hecla district for forestry business.
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Wilson
Alder
Boston
Chicago
Sheridan
Foster Bros
W. Ellinghouse
Wm. Buhl
W. M. Rhodes
R. G. Wilson
A. J. Halse
John Swing
Hampshire
Darnitzer Bros
Linders
Schnieder
Twin Bridges
Gilbert Livestock Co
Anderson Bros
Brearly and Williams
Dillon
Madison Forest
Frank Metzel
Ruby
Twin Bridges Monitor
Notice of Publication for Land Claim in Montana 1918
Notice from the Department of the Interior Helena Land Office announces Frank L. Huston applicant through attorney Luther T. Hauberg for 40 acres in Sec. 31 T.9S R.8W and T.108 R.8W MM. Protests or objections due by August 10, 1918.
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Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Helena
Montana
Frank L. Huston
Luther T. Hauberg
N .W
M. M
JOS. Oker
Dillon merchants urge restraint and avoid hoarding clothes
A Dillon clothing merchants group appeals to Americans to avoid buying more clothes than needed and to refrain from hoarding. They describe themselves as exclusive local headquarters for the famous and call for prudent consumption.
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Dillon
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Chas. D. Greenfield
John C. van Hook
State Forester
Ralph Streb
Melrose
John Gelhaus
Mary Smith
Butte
Robert Bidstrup
Edward Cushing
Helens
Price Townsend
Francis Canroll
Hecla
Chevrolet
B. Dillon
Western Motor Supply
Dillon, Montana
The
Stars and Stripes
Styleplus
Dillon Dry Goods Company
House of Quality
Jackson, Mont
Bert Williams
C. A. Smith
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