Montana Knights of Pythias mobilize for war effort
The Montana Knights of Pythias with 42 lodges have raised funds for Liberty loans and Red Cross relief, and over 200 members have joined the armed forces. Cascade lodge Belt leads in enlistments, while the order traces roots to 1879 with the first Montana lodge Damon No. 1 in Butte. The 42 lodges hold assets of $133,262 as they expand war work and aim to field a stronger home for Knights of Pythias in Montana.
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Montana Knights of Pythias
Red Cross
Colors
Order
Montana
Cascade Lodge No. 39
Belt
Damon Lodge No
Butte
P. A. Miles
James L. Thompson
H. L. Frank
A. H. Barrett
B. C. Kingsbury
C. §. Warren
William Mathews
Crusader Lodge
Miles City
Occident Lodge
Dillon
Oswego Lodge
Grand Lodge
Territory of
W. Li. Bretherton
John van Valkenburg
Fort Madison
Iowa
J. E H. Richards
John G. Evans
W. L. Bretherton
C. Ky Cole
Helena
Mount Helena
Grand Lodge of
Flathead Lake
Knights of Pythias
A. M. Brandenburg
Bozeman
John BE
Rees
Big Timber
W. A. Pennington
Lee Dennis
Great Falls
Arthur Perham
E. J. Blomquist
Lewis Terwilliger
Livingston
H. H. Spaulding
Hamilton
Earnest A. Ford
Supreme Representative
B. C. Baxter
Harlowton
Exchequer
Our Boys Toasted Cigarettes Bring Smoke Kits to Soldiers
Patriot citizens distribute smoke kits to American troops in France as doctors nurses and officers urge continuation of supply. Millions of Lucky Strike cigarettes go over. toasted Kentucky Burley tobacco provides steady satisfaction in trenches and billets.
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France
Kentucky
Montana Dairy Rules Tighten Ice Cream Standards
Montana dairy officials announce ice cream must maintain standard butter fat content despite pressures to thin with coconut oil and raise prices. Federal guidance supports keeping cream and butter at standard levels, while sugar substitutes are allowed under pure food law.
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Fluhr
Montana Indians Big Cattle Men and Open Range Changes
Montana along with Crow and Blackfeet reservation districts dominate large cattle and sheep herds as open range era ends. Crow Agency reports 130000 dollars paid into tribal fund from stock sales last year and a herd of about 16000 cattle with 4000 to 5000 owned by reservation Indians. Leasing by Long Dana and Speer Zimmerman adds about 50000 cattle and 60000 sheep.
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Missouri
Yellowstone
Big Horn
GC. A. Asbury
Crow Agency
Major Asbury
J. B. Long & Co
Great Falls
E. L. Dana
Parkman
Wyo
Speer-Zimmerman Company
Hail Insurance at 25c per acre urged for Montana farmers
The American Society of Equity argues hail insurance can be offered at 25 to 30 cents per acre in Montana. It cites low overhead, farmer-driven enrollment, and widespread distribution as keys to lower costs, noting past success with 2 million dollars in written business and arbitration that favored the company in a single claim.
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Montana
American Society of Equity
United Sates
Mutual Hail & Fire Insurance
Equity Insurance
Mutual
Equity
Ter
Equity Insurance Department
Insurance Department
Board of Arbitration
Blackfeet reservation cattle and stockgrowers plan
About 100000 head of cattle horses and sheep graze the Blackfeet reservation with 8000 tribal cattle 64000 individually owned cattle 20000 horses and 5000 sheep. Indian agent Major F C Campbell cites policy toward self sustaining livestock as key to funding the Indian department. Forty five Indian stockgrowers members attend the Montana Stockgrowers convention with Browning ties and Buck named to committees.
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James Campbell
F. C. Campbell
Browning
Cato Sells
Indian Affairs
Indian Department
Blackfeet Reservation
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Campbell
Charles Buck
Buck
Stockmens’ State Bank
Browning Mercantile Company
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Pythians
ARMY
Knights of Pythias Order
Ivanhoe Lodge
Valley Lodge
Deer Lodge
C. K. Cole
T. H.kleinschmidt
Lee Mantle
S. D. Beede
E. J. Greenveld
Montana Typewriter Co
Butte, Montana
S. C. Huseth
GRAD
Katley
Tye
Duckory
Fluur
Blackfeet
Fluher
American Society
Stanton Bank
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