Montana News Brief Highlights War and State Issues
Secret ballot at State University alumni disapproves Chancellor Elliott. Deer Lodge County Defense Council pushes a Buy only what you need campaign. Yellowstone County to bid $125000 for bonds funding Huntley bridge and fair grounds. Philipsburg manganese industry wanes while surrounding silver deposits may restart. Montana gains $5.4 million highway funds under good roads bill. Big Horn rancher sells 600 purebred Wereford cows at $250 each. Anaconda Copper plans zinc production boost at Great Falls. ore from Butte mines yields high zinc and silver. Butte mayor W T Maloney declines re election. Billings bean growers protest food admin stance on European sorghum orders. Joseph Jacobs confesses robbery of Butte merchant Cohen. finds only one dollar. Knights of Columbus to build $10,000 Missoula home funded by member units. Missoula Soldiers Welfare Commission reshuffles, favors welfare over welcome fund use. Kalispell youth Anton Viasak deemed insane and committed to Warm Springs. Rep. Carl W Riddick assigned to agriculture committee.
Proposes Baby Bonds to Build City Market in Butte
In Butte a plan to issue baby bonds of $1 and $2 to fund a public market advances after council vote. Alderman Freudenstein argues lower living costs if a principal market is built, while Alderman Fletcher calls the scheme impractical. Mayor Maloney names a committee to meet with unions.
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Butte
Laufreudenstein
Freudenstein
Abor
Fletcher
Minneapolis
Maloney
Hagerman, McKeon and Selfridge
Want Big German Gun to Display in State
Montana World War Veterans organizers note that a German heavy gun shipped to the United States could be brought to Montana and mounted at the state capitol. The plan will be discussed at the group’s first Malta convention in June as veterans press Montana’s case with the congressional delegation.
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Montana
Campaign to Restore Jobs for Returning Fighters in Montana
Helena reports a drive following Gov Stewart appointee Sam D Goza visit to Camp Lewis. A state funded campaign aims to rehire discharged Montana soldiers sailors and marines by compiling a county by county card index and reviving war groups to conduct an industrial survey and identify who can reclaim old jobs. About 40 000 soldiers expected home as rapid returns begin.
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Helena
Camp Lewis
Sam D. Goza
Stewart
Montana
State Supreme Court Rules on Stamp Act in Butte Cases
Montana’s supreme court reversed the district court in Lutey Bros and Hutchinson Co ruling on the stamp act. It upholds constitutionality but limits scope to stamps not representing cash and bans premiums via packages. The court also affirms Workmen's Compensation Act in Marty Shea suit against North Butte Mining Co.
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North Butte Mining Company
Shea
North Butte
Kalispell Clerk Regained Office After Tie Vote
Bibee, Kalispell county clerk and recorder, briefly lost his bid after Judge Lent ruled a tie between Bibee and Mrs Forcain left the office vacant. County commissioners then appointed Bibee to fill the term, ending the contest.
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Kalispell
S. €. Bibee
Lent
Missoula
Lady Violet Astor and Husband Amid Palm Beach News
This report notes Lady Violet, wife of Capt. John Jacob Astor, at Palm Beach Florida as he recovers from a war wound that cost him his left leg. The couple married in August 1916 after his duties delayed their honeymoon. She is the daughter of the earl of Minto and formerly widow of Major Lord Nairne.
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Violet
John Jacob Astor
Palm Beach, Fla
Astor
Earl of Minto
Lord Nairne
Marquis of Lansdowne
Freaks of Fashion Across Eras and Cultures
The article surveys evolving clothing trends from ancient sleeves to modern crinolines and hoopskirts. It cites historical notes on Napoleon era wear, Greco Roman influences, eighties fashion for skeletal trouser silhouettes, and eighteenth century skin tight garments. It also remarks on summer fur use traced to certain barbarian tribes.
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Tours
Mme. Recantler
Roger Boutet de Manuel
Orepstan
Barbed Leather Scrap Process Yields Nitrogen Fertilizer
Brief notes describe a method to convert leather scrap into a valuable nitrogenous fertilizer. It also notes Barbados using a tiny fish to control malaria by eating mosquito larvae. Additional items mention a new traveling bag design, U.S. postal service revenue, and Niagara Falls' periods of drought in 1848 and 1909.
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Barbados
United States Postal Service
Niagara Falls
Better Breeding Helps In Dairying Profits
The article outlines that large production and profit in dairying follow from superior breeding. It stresses using purebred bulls with high producing lineage and selecting the best heifers from top cows as dams for the next generation.
Classification of Feeds by Bulkiness for Dairy Cattle
The United States Department of Agriculture classifies feeds by bulk and palatability. Bulk helps digestion, so include bulky feeds in grain mixes with heavy components. Cottonseed meal is constipating and should be limited to one third of grain. linseed meal is laxative and should be limited to about 14 pounds per day.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Test of Young Bulls: Breeders Loan Bulls for Trial
Breeders lend out young bulls to dairymen to test merit. Mediocre bulls are returned, while valuable sires remain property of the lender and repay recovery costs. A proven site adds demand and easy sale if publicized. Advertising locates the purchaser.
FATAL WEAKNESS OF DAIRY BUSINESS
A dairy industry flaw is haphazard breeding using sires with unknown dairy-improvement ability. Accuracy awaits data from daughters in production, but records are needed to judge performance. Until then, reliance rests mainly on ancestry and registration.
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News of Montana
the State University
Edward GC. Elliott
University, of Montana
Louis Levine
Deer Lodge
Council :of Defense
Secretary of Commerce
William Redfield
County Commissioners
Yellowstone County
Huntley Bridge
South Side
Fair Grounds
Philipsburg
Forest Reserve
Blankhead
Post Office
Wilson
FE. L. Dana
Big Horn County
Heber Hoard
Nebraska
Qooo the
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Great Falls
W. T. Maloney
Billings
H. L. Meyers
Joseph Jacobs
Samuel Cohens
Jacobs
Cohen
Order
Knights of Columbus
Soldiers’ Welfare Commission
Sam. V. Stewart
W. W. McDowell
J. C. Winney
Wibaux County
W. J. McCormick
W. B. George
Anton Viasak
Warm Springs
Carl W. Riddick
Agriculture Committee
House of Representatives
Washington
Veterans of
Treasure State
Sam Goza
State Supreme Court
Rules ON Stamp Act
Frank W. Collier
Wisconsin
Bert W. Kennedy
Michigan
Joseph G. Rogers
William ‘Yler Page
Rainbow Division
U.S
Niederbreisig
Germany
Rhine
W.S. S. Poster and Its
Dorothy Clogston
Boston
Dorothy
Concord
W. B. Johnson
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