Butter Prices Jump Across Montana and Nation
Dairy Commissioner Fluhr cites heavy government purchases for the war as driving butter to 60 cents in many cities, with Anaconda retailing at 80 cents and Montana fat prices near Chicago. Eastern markets rise on demand but face No 1 creamery limits. storage butter quotes at 50 to 51 cents, fresh creamery at 55 to 56 cents. Fluhr also proposes municipal milk stations to cut delivery costs and possibly lower quart milk from 15 cents.
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Anaconda
Fluhr
Montana
Chicago
Red Clover a Valuable Crop For Montana Farmers
Red clover sustains soil nitrogen but depletes potash phosphorus and lime. Poorly drained or lime-fed soils harm stands. seeds vary in hardiness and can be adulterated. Use home-grown seed, proper depth, and firm soil with moisture to keep red clover viable and productive in suitable Montana spots.
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Rockies
Spanish influenza outbreak reaches Montana counties
A nationwide influenza epidemic, stronger and more deadly than common flu, has appeared in Montana with cases and deaths reported. Medical authorities issue guidance on rest, nutrition, bed rest, and fever management, with Dr. Blue releasing a medical bulletin for physicians and public health measures to limit spread.
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Montana
Dover
Surgeon Blue
United States
Blue
Associated Press
Pfeiffer
Dr. Blue
Cattle Weights Fall Sharply in 1918 Market to Shambles
A study by Clay, Robinson & Co. shows Chicago cattle average weight for January through August 1918 at 947 pounds, about 20 pounds below 1917 and the lightest on record. Despite higher receipts, beef on foot falls by roughly 53 million pounds versus 1917, with weights compared to 1896 indicating severe shrinkage and prompting a shift toward war beef and quicker turnover.
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Charles C. Robinson
Clay, Robinson & Co
Chicago
Stock Yard Co
Iest
Montana News Bullets From Across The State
Summary of brief items including Indian fair at Browning Blackfeet. Navy train through Havre. water mains expansion at Big Timber. seditious remarks arrest in Lewistown. Roundup fire destroys threshing outfit. Wolf Point 1918 property value. Billings Gazette management change. Whitefish gravity water system with bond election. Lewistown Czech relief fund. Great Falls bridge bids re-advertised. Helena forest administration expansion. Livingston money-forged case back for trial. Roundup giant service flag approved. Conrad grain binder innovation. Helena state taxes for 1918 total 6 991 302 12. Provost Crowder communication on draft boards. Great Falls sedition case damages suit. Butte slacker roundups underway.
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Livingston
Shields
Havre
U. S. Navy
Lewistown
Frank Gavin
Wolf Point
Billings
Billings Gazette
L. J. Jones
Missoula
Jacob Werner
Whitefish
Europe
Great Falls
Cascade County
Helena
Helena National Forest
Treasury Department
Washington
Montana
Crowder
Greenan
Andrew Bodding
William Stuffel
Stuffel
Butte
Silver Bow County
Will Create Great Film Picture Of Old West
The Y O ranch, a top show place in the Missouri valley, may become as famous in the motion picture world as Miller Brothers 101 ranch in northern Oklahoma.
Burnstad Film to Feature Sioux Dances at Standing Rock
C. P. Burnstad owner of Y O grazing lands to complete a 6000 foot picture at Standing Rock Indian fair Fort Yates. He uses his Roughriders and gains consent of full-blood Sioux to film tribal dances and daily life. Noted Teton chief and braves who followed Sitting Bull to Custer will perform war and ghost dances.
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C. P. Burnstad
Standing Rock
Fort Yates
Northwest
Teton Dakota
Sitting Bull
Custer
Montana Registers 101 004 Men For Draft
Complete returns from all Montana counties to Adjutant General Greenan show 101 004 men aged 18 to 45 registered under the selective draft on September 12. The total trails government and Greenan estimates by about 16 000 and 14 000 respectively as reports from remaining counties arrive. Greenan wired results after 18 counties, with later counties falling below the expected loss percentage.
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Montana
Greenan
Montana News Snippets Highlight Local Civic Events
Great Falls hosts Red Cross takeover of Cascade County Soldiers Home Protect ive association formed after the war outbreak. Hotel men from across the state gather October 15 in Great Falls for the Montana Hotel Men's Association annual meeting. Conrad marks Proj Day October 7 with Valier reclamation project exhibits. Anaconda approves plans for a monument to John Bozeman to be placed on the Yellowstone river banks.
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Ough
Great Falls
Cascade County Soldiers’ Home Protective Association
The
Red Cross
Montana Hotel Men’s Association
Conrad
John Bozeman
Montana
Montana Pioneers Society
Yellowstone River
Dairying and Timbered Lands Offered in Western Montana
Agricultural lands priced from 10 to 820 per acre with 10 percent down and 1¢ yearly payments at interest. Logged off Anaconda Copper lands suited to pasture and dairy. with hogs poultry and fruit crops thriving. Assistance offered to select location and remove promotion charges.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Montana
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
Browning—Blackfeet Indians
Sylvania
Pure Oil CO
Minneapolis, Minn
Delat
O. B. Nelson
Sanmsheep
Omaha
Liroseco
Blackfoot Land
Missoula, Mont
Funsten
Umuues
Fursare
Ted Eater
Turkey
Barkemeyer Grain
Great Falls, Mont
Mount St. Charles College
Army Training Corps
Sam
J. Lee Rice
D. P. Patenaude
B. E. Calkins. Company
Butte, Montana
Chicago, Tl
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Neb
Kansas City
Fort We
South St. Joseph
Sioux City
Iowa
Denver, Coloth, Texas
South St. Paul, Mins
Buffalo, N. Y
East St. Louis
el Paso
Texas
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