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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1910
Page
7
Prof. Thomas Shaw outlines a detailed March arrival plan for Montana settlers with families. He stresses bringing horses, plows, seeds, fodder, and garden supplies, preparing land early, and following plowing with disk harrow or roller to conserve moisture and assure next year’s crop.
President Taft and Postmaster General Hitchcock reached a joint proposal to Congress to raise second class rates for magazines and other periodicals. The plan would keep current one cent per pound for reading matter and apply a new higher rate to advertising pages, with each magazine sending copies for weighing and analysis. Newspapers would be exempt.
Interview with J. H. Hall Montana commissioner of agriculture labor industry and publicity highlighted Montana leads in oats flaxseed barley and wheat with yields and values cited. The statement emphasizes dry and irrigated farming and sugar beets near Billings and high 1909 hay and beet profits.
The Examiner reports that push for civil service coverage targets second and third class postmasters. A recommendation will be made to Congress in the president’s fourth message. The article notes the governance context and political timing surrounding the proposal.
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