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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1923
Page
7
The Iowa auxiliary of the American Legion reports almost $5,000 spent on relief for disabled service members in the year. Radio sets were installed in three state hospitals, birthday boxes sent nationwide, and over 1,600 charity boxes shipped, including 400 to the Tucson government hospital.
National Press Club Post No 20 announces Major William Wolffe Smith as general counsel for the United States Veterans Bureau. His career spans journalism in Washington after starting at age nineteen, service in the sanitary and quartermaster corps, and legal practice after 1914. He was born 1874 in Logansport Indiana and educated at Hanover DePauw Johns Hopkins George Washington and National Law.
William Shepherd, finance officer of Kelley Ingram Navy post 55, dominates outdoor skating in Edgewater park Cleveland. He wins the 220 and 440 yard races, places second in the half mile and third in the mile, scoring 90 points and setting a 18 second 220 and 36 second 440. His thirteen-year-old brother Art wins class C and sister Edna also competes.
The Smith-Hughes Act spurs Montana to fund agricultural instruction in high schools. Twenty-two schools operate with day evening and unit courses, farmer short courses, and a six month project requirement for students. Results include higher rural attendance and counties embracing high schools as agricultural centers.
Brig. Gen. Milton J. Foreman, a founder of the American Legion, is awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for leading a small group of volunteers to locate and engage German machine gunners near Maucourt, France, on November 4, 1918. Foreman played a pivotal role in the 122nd Field Artillery and helped shape Legion activities in Paris and Illinois Veterans programs.
Experiments by Horticulture Experiment Station and Rosebud County farmers show watermelons can be grown with good returns from Billings to Terry and in Richland County. Rosebud shipped twelve carloads in 1922, averaging $50 to $65 per acre, with sandy loam soils best and seed use around two pounds per acre.
The Montana Extension Service through county agents plans a campaign against smut, an old farm enemy. Losses from smut are steady, with U S yields affected across wheat oats and barley. Copper carbonate dust is recommended, two ounces per bushel to coat kernels and kill external smut.
The article explains smoking fish using damp mahogany sawdust burned slowly to impart flavor and preserve the fish. It notes the use of sawdust as fuel and the gradual smoking method for traditional preservation.
A special three member Senate committee will investigate waste extravagance and mismanagement in the veterans bureau. Led by Sen Reed the panel will examine leases contracts and real estate dealings and report findings to the next Congress session. Brig Gen Hines pledges full cooperation amid claims of delays in claims relief and hospital construction.
An American officer long listed as Unknown from a 1918 Meuse flight is identified as Lieut. L. R. Thrall through a laundry mark found on his uniform and records from a Rochester firm. The search linked Thrall to Lieut. Dana H. Coates of the Eleventh Aero Squadron and confirmed burial by the Germans near Stenay.
The Senate rejected Senator King’s motion to take up ratification of President Harding’s protocol admitting the United States to the League of Nations court. Republicans largely opposed action as the present Congress nears adjournment, while irreconcilables promise a strong fight in next session amid looming campaign pressures.
Doughboys marching into action astonish the French by shedding all but fighting gear. The average infantryman bears about 133 pounds under current tables, with experts seeking weight reductions while the core burden remains fighting equipment and essential personal items.
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