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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1917
Page
5
J Ogden Armour calls for radical steps to avert famine urging government supervision of food production and prices. He favors meatless days a minimum price for wheat and wide scale output boosts while arguing for household thrift and national solidarity.
Helena April 27 Governor Sam V Stewart cites a Labor Department report and says loafers around saloons and pool halls should be drafted if they refuse voluntary enlistment. He attacks slackers and parasites and notes Montana cities have more workers than jobs.
The Good Government Club Food Sanitation Committee proposes a two week follow up survey of local business houses to inspect for sanitary compliance. If approved, a framed approval card would hang in windows and fly traps would be sold at cost. Signed by committee members. A Madisonian note adds sheep losses due to severe winter impacting ewes and lambs.
Mr. Armour declares Americans must rise from lethargy and conserve food. He argues for one vegetable per meal and greater meat economies, urging enlistment, extra exertion, and government-directed programs to increase and protect the nation’s food supply during war.
A historic snowstorm with a heavy north wind blankets southern Montana. Snow began Tuesday night and by Thursday evening over a foot lies across the region. Hundreds of lambs have perished from exposure, with total losses expected to reach thousands in Madison County. George Selway of Virginia City, a major sheep raiser, reports extensive damage to his flocks.
Salmon riders gain earlier Armstead departures at 5 30 a m and Salmon arrivals by 1 30 p m with new coaches. The Montana end could shift start time earlier by a half hour. A metallic telephone line will reach Challis soon. Freight rates may rise 15 percent only if unavoidable, says the Salmon City Recorder.
Fred R. McCabe reports Salmon country as the best stock country in Idaho yet warns of heavy losses from sheep and cattle in the Snake River valley. High beef mutton and wool prices fail to offset wintering costs, with carcasses and dead animals marking widespread starvation.
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