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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1920
Page
6
Rear Admiral Wright spearheads a proposal to differentiate awards for meritorious service from valor in a Senate subcommittee hearing. Debate follows claims there is only the congressional medal for extreme heroism and confusion over existing decorations.
Kansas enacts a bill creating a court of industrial relations with jurisdiction over essential industries. It bars strikes and lockouts in food clothing fuel and transportation and imposes penalties for conspiracy to disrupt production, signed by Gov. Henry J. Allen.
Washington reports a cabinet shakeup with David Franklin Housten named secretary of the treasury and Erwin I Meredith of Des Moines named to head the agriculture department. A third change expected is the appointment to replace Franklin K Lane as Secretary of the Interior. Lane plans retirement, successor undecided. Meredith, editor of Successful Farming, aims to move crops to market with less disruption. Houston to move to Senate seat after serving as treasury head.
The second meeting of the League of Nations council, the first real business session, may occur in London around February 1. It will begin consideration of the permanent court of international justice, a key peace program supported by the United States, with preparations already under way by the secretariat despite earlier hesitation.
Denver Jan 28 Sugar beet growers in the National Sugar Beet Growers Association convention voted to demand higher prices using a sliding scale. They set contracts at 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 dollars per ton based on a minimum 9 cents a pound for sugar with each one cent rise adding 1.50 dollars per ton.
Berlin reports German troops started evacuating Upper Silesia under the peace treaty. About 1 allied divisions will occupy the area, with English French and Italian troops to be used. Provisional military administration under the inter allied commission will govern zones until formal handover.
Minneapolis and Chicago grain markets show steady quotes with No. 1 northern cash wheat at 2.652.80 per car, No. 3 yellow corn around 1.43 to 4.47 per bushel, oats near 82 to 88 cents, rye about 1.60 to 1.50, barley at 1.86 to 2.01, and clover around 45 to 58 cents. Reports cite shipments and car receipts, with January 28 dates and assorted price ranges.
Chicago market notes for livestock on January 28 show receipts: cattle 21 000, sheep 12 000, hogs 57 000. Prices range with hogs mostly 15.20 to 15.59, cattle from 6.78 to 17.80 for various grades, veal calves 17.50 to 19.25, and lambs around 19.25 to 20.60 for light-weight. Market described as weak for cattle and strong for sheep, with mixed hog demand.
South St Paul receipts total 9 000 with hogs showing 200 lower, prices from 15 20 to 15 49 for bulk. Cattle receipts 3 000 with fat steers from 6 50 to 17 50, cows and heifers 60 11 75, calves 0 50 higher at 74 to 18 50. Sheep receipts 1 000 with lambs 84 20, wethers 10 00, ewes 11 25.
Hogs receipts 2,000 with lower market ranges from 15.10 to 15.25. Cattle receipts 11,400 with steady to higher values for beef steers and butcher cattle. veal calves up to 15.50. Sheep receipts 11,000 with a strong market. lambs around 18.75 to 20.40 for heavier weights.
New York January 28 The United States Steel Corporation reports quarterly earnings of 35 797 302 a drop of 4 385 930 due partly to the steel strike. Net income stood at 22 040 272 and surplus at 222 288 versus 29 111 429 and 11 105 167 in the prior quarter.
New York reporting in January 27 notes dramatic declines in British, French, and other currencies. Sterling fell to 3.5814 dollars, francs to about 0.191 dollars, lire around 0.14 dollars, marks near 0.01 dollar, and Austrian crowns near 0.003 dollars as demand shifts and London pressures drive the slump.
Jan 27 Berlin Wilhelmstrasse awash in police as 18 armed cars and several heavy troop transports sealed the government district. Defense Minister Noske ordered precaution after Finance Minister Erzeberger was wounded by a shot near the criminal courts. An assailant named von Thirrsehfeld was arrested.
Washington report notes the porkless rivers and harbors measure passed the House 167 to 25 after amendments were rejected. It includes 12.4 million for maintenance and ongoing projects, with a 17 to 25 vote on the message of the DHT and a defeat of a recommitment proposal 200 to 11. The House also refused 17 million for Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri river work and related smaller projects.
North Bay Ontario January 26 Fifteen people are dead and many injured after a collision yesterday between two sections of the Canadian Pacific express to Vancouver about one mile east of North Bay The rear sleeper of the first section stalled was struck by the locomotive of the second section Eight passengers were killed instantly seven more died later at the hospital with more expected among the survivors.
The Grover C L Bergdoll case, an alleged draft dodger from Philadelphia, will begin Friday mornings. He was captured at his home by military intelligence after a two year search and held in solitary confinement on Governors Island, New York.
Heavy shipments of stock feed and hay flow into Montana from Idaho and the Northwest as railroads report strong demand. The Montana railroad commission notes daily requests for empty cars to move feed to drought areas, with 104 cars loaded west of Missoula in a recent period and about 75 cars per day during the final days. State authorities also discuss valuation methods for Montana power companies and tax schemes to allocate roughly 3.8 million dollars to counties.
Health officials warn influenza may recur in Montana this year a few East Coast cases already show similar mild forms. Dr We Cogswell urges precautions to avoid spread urging cooperation from those with colds. John Gilman Bullard named Montana surveyor general will take office February 1 succeeding Henry Gerhart. He has long served in the surveyor general’s office starting as a draftsman and earning a permanent position in 1893.
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