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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1917
Page
5
Montana Governor I eight Stewart designates October 9 1917 as Fire Prevention Day urging citizens to inspect heating plants and study prevention measures. The proclamation calls for school exercises and public awareness during wartime conservation efforts in Helena issued September 29 1917.
The Big Hole Basin News reports county road improvements by the county crew smoothing rough segments and replacing dilapidated culverts. It urges adherence to ditch irrigation law and promotes split log drag as a cost effective road maintenance method to prevent wasteful repairs.
The Army and Navy Journal explains official designations for the three components of the U S armed forces the regular army national guard and national army. Officers should use proper postnominal identifiers such as Captain Blank Twelfth Infantry U S A for regular army and N G or N A with state designation for guard or national army. W H Boomer of Carlson Packing Co arrives from Washington to assess Beaverhead cattle markets.
Charles Sharkey arrives in Jackson from nearby city for a short stay this week. Community members note his visit as a local engagement and potential meetings with residents.
Messrs. C. F. Schulte and H. A. Marx showcase the Automatic Bookkeeping Register known as the Three In One machine at Dillon Implement company in Kansas City Missouri. It combines a credit register, cash register and adding machine and won the 1915 Panama Pacific gold medal for bookkeeping efficiency. The device prints credit and cash sales records, tracks amounts received and paid, and shows the total owing by each customer, promising time saving and improved balance control for retailers.
A federal report notes a massive global decline in meat animals over three years, with beef cattle and sheep dropping worldwide and hog totals down. The United States shows some increases, and export demand surged, making American meat products crucial for years. N. D. Experiment Station.
Washington reports Representative Evans urged in a House speech that 75 percent of excess profits and 50 percent of incomes be taxed to fund the war. He argued one fourth of money should be taxed and that all Americans must bear their share, while backing Senate plans to draft aliens and noting 12 000 aliens of draft age in Montana remain.
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