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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1917
Page
3
Banking Corporation of Montana disputes government crop figures, noting lower wheat output but stronger prices. It highlights irrigated crops, a robust apple and cherry sector, and rising honey, millet, beans and sunflowers as diverse, profitable agricultural trends across the state.
George Stewart, held 60 days for attempts to foment farm labor unrest at H J Herrin ranch near Wolf Creek, urged workers to join the I W W and threatened crop destruction. He was jailed in Lewis and Clark county and faces possible deportation to Canada after serving the sentence as authorities review his record.
William B Thompson, famed copper executive and former Hayden Stone leader, has been named to the American Red Cross mission to Russia. A Montana native with ventures from Ely Nevada to Nipissing Ontario, he helped found Ely Consolidated Copper and Nevada holdings, later directing major offices in New York and serving as a banker and industrial investor. He chairs safety commissions and backs charity efforts, including the Hoover fund for Belgian children.
Arthur Connors a Butte post office messenger found a pavement of counterfeit gold coins on Main Street. He bit one revealing lead and gilded St Gaudens imitations. Government operatives hunt the producer as they sweep the city.
Farmers urged to build granaries to store grain before market to aid both crops and public. J. B. Baird of Northern Pacific appeals along its lines noting wartime transport strains and potential car storage shortages during peak movement.
Classified notices advertise farm land for sale or exchange across Montana and Alberta with 160 to 640 acre tracts, seven sections at seven dollars per acre, and options on residence corners in Great Falls. Listings promote rail company land offers, crop yields, and long payment terms, plus storage and construction notes for farm storage and equipment.
Multiple Montana properties advertised: 1 250 acres with diverse soil, 850 acres alluvial, 118 acres island hayland, 701 acres bench land, 320 acres state-leased land, open range, alfalfa, cattle or sheep capacity, priced at 35000 cash 15000 down. Also 320 acres farm near Sumatra district at 18.50 an acre. Numerous homestead land and farm purchases offered by Homefinders Association and others in Billings Lewistown and Livingston.
Extended heat continues to strain crops as two months with negligible rain tests moisture. Haying runs full bore while alfalfa first crop already stacks, signaling a tense farming season for the region.
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