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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1917
Page
4
The speaker describes a young man starting farming with modest funds who owns 30 to 60 acres in crop this year. He needs a granary to store about 1,000 bushels of grain and has to acquire horses, implements, buildings, and fencing.
Montana expects total production near 450 million dollars in 1917 with mining at full capacity contributing about 250 million and agriculture and livestock combining for 185 to 200 million. Commissioner Charles D. Greenfield notes weather and labor conditions, plus increased acreage and partly resumed operations, as key factors shaping the estimate.
A Sweet Grass county tale shows a Humane Officer confronting a claimed abuser who turns out to be a feeble elderly man, while the abused wife admits she authored the letter to summon state action. The officer learns neighbors say the woman mistook the situation and the supposed German plot proves unfounded.
The article traces I W W links to industrial unrest in Butte aimed at stopping copper and zinc output to protest World War I conscription. It cites Finn agitators and publications in Duluth and notes planned strikes could spread to Arizona Utah Minnesota and iron and steel districts, hampering war production.
roundup of progress and incidents including Red Cross fund reaching 600000 dollars. projects in Billings Anaconda and Livingston report wage gains riots and strikes. arrests rail and lumber activity and a missing person in Anaconda. rabies warning and women staff appointments in Northern Pacific offices.
Silver soars to 80 58 cents at Vancouver and other coastal markets, the highest in 25 years. Predictions call for silver around 80 cents to $1 over the next year, reopening many Montana mines idle for 25 years and adding millions to the state's annual mineral output. The federal government has been buying heavily, and purchases reach 800000 ounces, shifting regular sourcing away from London due to shipping costs and war risk insurance.
An article cites Dr E Sauer promoting ordinary nuxated iron as the best way to gain strength. He claims iron in food and a two week course of five grain tablets three times daily can double strength and relieve dyspepsia and nervous conditions. Manufacturers offer money back guarantees and nationwide distribution through druggists.
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