How Molt Divided the North Pacific Lands into Million Dollar Gain
Rudolph Molt, a Billings area flockmaster, was pressured by the Northern Pacific to lease or buy 45 000 acres in Lake Basin at $1 per acre. He bought under protest, later profiting as dry land wheat proved more valuable, with land worth about $1 000 000.
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Rudolph Molt
Montana
Molt
Billings
Northern Pacific
Rudolph
The
Lake Basin
Railroad
Attroneys
Europe
Little Belt Mountains
Utica
Fergus County
Flockmaster
Yogo Creek
Jake Hoover
Hobson
Great Falls
Hoover
George Wells
American Sapphire Company
Orient
Patten's Word Created County in Early Montana
In Stillwater county a sheep baron named Patrick Patten shaped the creation of a new county. Columbus businessmen pressed the case, urging landowner consent. Patten initially refused, then agreed to become the first senator if the county was formed, sealing Stillwater's creation and his political seat.
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New County
Patrick Patten
Stillwater
Montana
Stilwater County
Columbus
Helena
Pat Patton
Patrick Patton
Stillwater County
Patten
Legislative Assembly
ONE IN THREE FOR WAR Ottawa
Four hundred thousand Canadian soldiers are either fighting in France or ready to go. The dominion government plans to raise another 100 000 men. With under 1 500 000 male adults in the dominion, including the physically unfit, Canada pledges vast aid to Great Britain, equating to one man in every three for war.
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Ottawa
France
Dominion
Canada
Great Britain
No Dead Ones Need Apply
An Astoria Oregon undertaker places an ad seeking an assistant described as an all around live man applying for the available job in the local burial trade.
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Astoria
Ore
Anaconda Copper Dividend Outlook Soars for 1916 and 1917
Butte report shows Anaconda Copper Mining Company paying $16.3 million in dividends by year end, with 1916 production near 340 million pounds annually. Earnings run between $45 million and $50 million yearly, about $20.00 per share, and 1917 could bring over $25 per share with strong metal prices. Dividend potential may reach $20 million in 1917.
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Anaconda
How Many Steps To A Mile For Men In War Time
London reports on pace lengths for various infantrymen and the public’s own pace. British infantry supposedly have the longest pace while Russians have the shortest. Scientific estimates tie pace length to eyebrow height, suggesting about 30 to 32 inches per step and roughly 2 000 to 2 100 paces per mile.
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London
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C. Z. Gadsden
Gadsden
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Finnegan
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