Liberty Bonds Oversubscribed In Beaverhead County
Beaverhead County and Dillon subscriptions to the second Liberty Loan approach the half million mark with about $440 000 raised by 1500 subscribers from Dillon and surrounding areas. Banks continue accepting pledges until noon Saturday as totals are expected to rise to $450 000 and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Frank A. Hazelbaker
Liberty Loan Committee
Hazelbaker
Beaverhead
Do We Lack Taste for Good Things in Dillon
A critical plea questions Dillon’s apathy toward supporting the lyceum course and wholesome entertainments. It notes past attendance by 93 season tickets and 46 by teachers, warns the program may end this season, and urges the town to value culture and avoid letting the institution die. It includes market quotations for cattle hogs and sheep with price ranges and notes market conditions in California and the Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Dillonites
Firie
Lyceum
Portland Market Report Opens Week With Sluggish Cow Trade
North Portland October market summary shows cow trade weak and patience required at the Portland Union Stock Yards. Sheep remain active while hogs decline. total shipments reach 1700 cattle 2500 hogs and 1600 sheep. Cattle start slow but firm up to steady prices by close.
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North
Portland
Portland Union
Motor Mechanics Wanted by Aviation Section Leaders
Telegram from General George O. Squier requests urgent in person applications for motor experts and auto mechanics at nearest Regular Army Recruiting Station. Enlisted as privates with rapid advancement possible to Corporals and Sergeants up to 81 dollars monthly with board and clothes. Apply with letter of introduction from A L Stone, chairman, Military Training association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George O. Squier
Chicago
Western Department
Department Aeronautical
San Francisco
A. L. Stone
Military Training Association
Farmer Arguments for Wooden Shipbuilding Rally Farmers
Philip S. Bates tours Oregon urging support for Pacific coast wooden shipbuilding to aid grain trade. He argues ships lower grain transport costs, linking farmer interest to national ship programs and U S competitiveness against foreign under war and peacetime trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip S. Bates
Oregon State Editorial Association
Dillon
Portland
Pacific Coast
Tribune
Bates
Northwest
Washington
Pacific Northwest
Food Administration
Panama Canal
Seaboard
Mr. Bates
Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Seamen’s Union
Tobacco Fund formed for soldiers by Warren Stone
Through the efforts of Warren Stone and others a Tobacco Fund for the soldiers has been started. Donations can be left at the post office.
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Warren Stone
Food Conservation Meeting Outlines War Aims
A city hall gathering of about one hundred heard F A Hazelbaker report Liberty Loan progress and Dr H C Gardner urge strict food conservation. Gardner outlined three needs for victory, detailed wartime diet changes, and a weeklong campaign plan from sermons to house to house drives.
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United States Food Conservation Administration
F. A. Hazelbaker
Liberty Loan
Yatelbaker
H.C. Gardner
Federal Food Conservation Administration
Food Administration
United States
Australia
Argentine
Europe
England
Germany
Russia
France
Federal Food Committees Formed for Beaverhead County
Beaverhead County organizes a Federal Food administration framework with active work starting next week. The county, Dillon, and city committees list leaders and members across publicity, executive, and local groups including Frank Hazelbaker as county chairman and E O Selway among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Federal Food Administration
Frank Hazelbaker
F. E. Foote
R. Hathaway
Clara Adams
E. O. Selway
Roscoe Cornell
Bert Orr
Arthur Badeon
Alph Decker
H. G. Humphrey
W.M. Corll
R. J. Jensen
Ira Rankin
David Foley
T. Clifford
F. M. Poindexter
Dillon
Mesd
Alma Harwood
A. L. Anderson
Matt Orr
Chas. Price
Will Cushing
Bert Williams
Clara Picit
John Collins
Terry Browning
Chas. Phillips
Jean Bishop
C. W. Hudson
J. E Morse
Millie Adams
W. W. Sheppard
Caroline White
Josephine Lotridge
E. Phillips
Dorchester
Miss Nash
Bettes
Zetta Gilbert
Ruth Weenink
Nitzkowski
F. E Foote
A. F. Waldorf
Elizabeth Sutherland
A. Rife
B. Stevenson
B. Boone
E. 0. Selway
A. Badcon
K. Adams
Food Administration Day Proclaimed by Montana Governor
Governor S. V. Stewart designates October 30 1917 as Food Administration Day in Montana urging church ministers to emphasize cooperation in the war effort and Americans to pledge support and make sacrifices for feeding troops and Allies during the crisis, with the proclamation signed in Helena on October 22, 1917.
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Liberty Loan
Red Cross
Y.M.C. A
Federal Food Administration
United States
America
Department
Montana
S. V. Stewart
Food Administration
Helena
Local Matrimonial Notices List of Residents
A compilation of names and married initials listing residents in Barrets Argenta Glendale Bishop s Monica Birch Creek Lakeview Polaris Grant Dewey Bedrock Bannack Dell Lima Jackson Wisdom Briston Gibbons and Bowen with spouses and registry notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannack
C. W. Stallings
Dell—Nellie McKnight
Lima
J. E. Keller
Jackson
Geo. Clemon
Wisdom
R. Hathaway
Briston
W. A. Armitage
Gibbons and Bowen
QO. B. Canfield
Fatal shootout near Dubois shocks Idaho Falls
In Dubois on the Medicine Lodge home ranch of James Denning two Clark and Denning Sheep Co. men, Bogus and Crowns, died after a dawn duel. Crowns shot Bogus through the chest and Bogus fatally wounded Crowns before dying later at Idaho Falls. Family troubles and long simmering disputes are suspected factors in the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Falls
Bob Bogus
Ed. Drowns
Clark & Denning Sheep Company
Dubois
James Denning
Medicine Lodge
Crowns
Denning
Bogus
Col. Reno
Clark & Denning Co
Engine and Auto Collide at Bannack Crossing
A switch engine collided with a Western Wholesale Grocery delivery truck at Bannack street crossing noon today. George Patrick narrowly escaped, Miss Frankie Andrus clung to the engine pilot and escaped with a bruised arm, while Frank Shoemaker suffered a badly torn leg and is hospitalized. The truck was damaged and pushed two rods. the crossing is deemed dangerous and a flagman urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Wholesale Grocery Company
Bannack Street
George Patrick
Frankie Andrus
Frank Shoemaker
Montana Street
Patrick
Miss Andrus
Shoemaker
Dillon
Butte
Andrus
Zeigler Hot Springs Company Incorporation Reported
Zeigler Hot Springs firm formed with Twin Bridges as its general office. Plans include a hotel dance hall and plunge with work to start soon. Shares priced at 5 dollars. Springs lie near Glen station Oregon Short Line ten miles from Twin Bridges and eighteen miles from Dillon. A bridge project is sought to ease access while Mr and Mrs James Miller promoted the enterprise in Dillon last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeiglers Hot Springs
Zeigler Hot Springs Company
Twin Bridges
Glen Station
Oregon
James Miller
Dillon
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Liberty
Pioneer
Holter
Stks & Fars
California
Ewes
Western Lambs
Valley Lambs
Tobacco Fund
Federal Food” Conservation
DR. Gardner
Federal Food Committees
State OF
C. T. Stewart
Secretary of State
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