Farmlands Fuel Montana Wealth Amid War Report
Helena reports show Montana's 1918 crop and livestock value at 21.864 million dollars, with wheat at 25 million bushels, oats 20 million, 7.02 million potatoes and 1.5 million tons hay. War-time production also highlights wheat and oats gains over 1917, plus gains in corn flax barley and potatoes.
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Helena
Montana
Guy Witzpatrick
United States Department of Agriculture
Missoula
Mr. Fitzpatrick
Charles D. Greenfield
Pardons Board Approves Mel Jowell Clemency
The state board of pardons approved the commutation sentence granted by Governor Stewart for Mel Jowell, convicted in May 1912 in Sweet Grass county for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Brennan during a rattle rustling arrest. Jowell must remain out of Sweet Grass and Park counties.
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State Board of Pardons
Stewart
Mel Jowell
Sweet Grass County
Brennan
Jowell
Butte
Nevada
Wiarden Conley
Sweet Grass
Park Counties
State Bank Resources Break Previous Records in Montana
State banks in Montana ended 1918 with combined resources of 123,952,587.00, a record rise from 105,119,000 deposits at year end. Deposits increased by over ten million in under five months, despite war-driven shifts and a drought year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
H. S. Magraw
Montini
Deeregating Spt
Jos
Hearings Held in Butte and Great Falls on Price Probers
Helena reports that a joint legislative committee investigating high living costs and profiteering held hearings last week in Butte and Great Falls. The group split with House Chairman Wiggins and others going to Butte while Senate members and others went to Great Falls. Hearings resumed in Helena this week examining grain and feed prices.
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Helena
Joint Legislative Committee
Butte
Great Falls
Wiggins
House Committee
Healey
Muth
Booth
Senate
Lowe
Sinclair
Helena Post Office Becomes Montana Supply Center
Post master C. H. Fortman oversees Helena as the central supply depot for about 1,100 Montana post offices. All blank forms stationery ink pens pencils and incidentals will now come from Helena instead of direct shipments from Washington.
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Helena
C. H. Fortman
Montana
Washington
Relief Fund Grows in Montana Drive
State Chairman Leo Faust reports progress in the Near East relief fund with 25 of 43 counties subscribing or oversubscribing their quotas for a total of 62 617 dollars of the 90 000 dollar goal in the state.
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Belena
Montana
Leo Faust
Kalispell Teenager Arrested for Forgery
Stella Cook a 17 year old Kalispell high school student has been arrested on forgery charges. She allegedly issued a large number of worthless checks and faces legal action.
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Kalispell
Stella Cook
Belgium's Queen Elizabeth Receives Warm Liege Welcome
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium visits Liege amid an enthusiastic reception. A photograph shows her holding flowers presented by local residents as she tours the city.
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Elizabeth
Belgium
Liege
Phonograph Astonishes Marshall Island Natives
In the Marshall Islands once under German control natives were heard singing a war chant. Alexander Agassiz and an ethnology assistant recorded the chant on an early phonograph. The reversed needle produced a startling echo that amazed the islanders.
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Marshall Islands
Australia
Alexander Agassiz
South Sea Islands
Marshall Islanders
Deliberately Courted Fate in Insurance Office
A wounded man limps into an insurance office seeking benefits from an accident policy after claiming a fall on stairs. The manager denies the claim, stating the incident was not an accident because the young man knew the young lady's father was at home.
More Cholera Serum Production Highlights Federal Oversight
The Agriculture Department reports record hog cholera serum production last year amid rising hog values. Officials warn against nonserum medicines, noting licensed, vet supervised facilities ensure safety. In 1917 licensed plants produced 250,041,290 cc of serum, with 1,867,106 cc destroyed as unfit.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau
Open shed dairy barns favored for milk yield in USDA study
The United States Department of Agriculture reports from Beltsville Md that cows kept in open sheds produced more milk and butterfat than in closed barns over 21 cows observed. Open sheds offered cleaner shedding greater cow comfort and better air flow though needed more bedding and labor, with mixed opinions on overall profitability.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Beltsville
Federal Department
Department of Agriculture
IS FOOD PRODUCING MACHINE FOR HOGS
The hog is a machine turning feed into pork. Fall grain feeding on good pasture yields rapid gains and higher profits, aided by labor savings and reduced disease losses from earlier marketing. Self feeders allow hogs to eat grain at will, growing in popularity across the corn belt and beyond.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Corn Belt
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Sweet Grass Counties
President Wilson
Rome
Wilson
Italy
Mrs. Wilson
Coliseum
Jewish Welfare ‘Board
Jewish Welfare Board
New York
Ralph Stern
King George
England
Prince Maurice of
Battenburg
Ypres
Pennsylvania
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