Thirty more men to report for Dillon draft
The local board lists thirty more draftees to report Monday October 1 for physical examination to fill Beaverhead's quota of 110. The roster includes Benjamin P. Shuey Wis dom Hubert L. Demmons Dewey Mont Walter Selmar Jones Dillon among others with serial numbers and home towns. A second list shows men to report Thursday October 4 including Eskil Malmlov H B Soulen Roy W Klein and more from Dillon Wisdom Armstead and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Benjamin P. Shuey
Wisdom
Hubert L. Demmons
Dewey
Mont
Walter Selmar Jones
Dillon
Michel Toland
Monte Willard Shanholzer
Lakeview
Erwin B. Paul
Lima
Valentine Jones Jacobs
Geo. Tanner
Hans J. Nelson
Armstead
Wm. Welborn
Jackson
Clarence S. Glenn
Boulin
John P. Carroll
John
Karl Hawkins
Charnie Lloyd Busby
Ft. Worth
Texas
Robt
Thos Murphy
Claude Win
Dunham
Menan
Idaho
Samuel E. Kane
Elliott Elias Baughan
Wis_ dom
John Stephen Paddock
John W. White
Alan C. Buck
Walter Russell _ Ettinger
Fred A. Wright
Monida
Frank Kambich
Melrose
Thos
Vincent Wesella
R. McMillan
Felix Radau
Wm B. Crampton
Nathan
B. Crampton
Samuel Cooper
Waukegan
Ill
Will Love
Eskil Malmlov
Grant
H. B. Soulen
Roy W. Klein
Clifford A. Ownbey
Boise
Magni Green
Deer Lodge
Charles A. Enlow
Emmett F. Gillam
Bowen
George Bussell
Bozeman
Henry Jones
Louis H. Christiansen
Hiram W. Carrier
O. Sorenson
James O'Connell
E. H. Patchin
Bannack
Virgil Long
Henry Bighorn
Christian Staffles
B. Schick
Dell
William C. Best
Lyle Foster
Max Maxwell
Bedrock
Herman Reis
Hughie Shea
Scott Newman
Frischknecht
Kansas
Woren J. Ibach
Argenta
George Stultz
Cecil D. Morrison
Seattle
John Wenger
J. D. Newnes
Cs. D. Geesa
Ernest W. Hahn
Arthur Sabin
Morgan M. Jones
John Henry Rebich
Ira M. Wagner
John Trueman
Wise River
A. W.lounsberry
James Scofield
Plattic
Apex
C Wood
Bristow
William E. Harper
Matt.j.bezek
Just Cook
Peter
Martin
Clifford
Ownby
Lsted
Jme
Uncle Sam Calls for Ordnance Officers Training at Oregon
The War Department calls men of draft age with college or strong business experience to enroll in an ordnance stores course at the University of Oregon, Eugene. Start October 1 with fifty students per section. top performers may be deployed within six weeks. Training covers handling and shipping ordnance, French, typing, and management. graduates may earn sergeant rank with monthly pay from 40 to 60 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ordnance Department
United States Army
University of Oregon At
Eugene
War Department
University of Oregon
Cc Cc
Jeremiah
University of Pennsylvania
C. C. Jeremiah
Orrin Pilon Wins State Fair Potato Prize
Homer Pilon and son Orrin attended the Helena state fair early in the week where Orrin won first prize in the boys contest for growing the best potatoes in Montana. He received free transport to Helena and expenses for four days. The prize potatoes came from the Cushing Schuler ranch on the Rattlesnake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Pilon
Orrin
Helena
Montana
Cushing-Schuler
Rattlesnake
Oil Discovery Near Lima Boosts Bitterroot & Beaverhead Well
Jack McLaren reports from Little Sheep Creek nine miles northwest of Lima that the Bitterroot & Beaverhead Oil Co. has oil in seepage at 670 feet. He says the ground is stained black with oil and promoters are enthusiastic as drilling continues vigorously with an estimated yield of about 25 barrels per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Sheep Creek
Jack McLaren
Bitterroot & Beaverhead Oil Co
Lima
Jack
Beaverhead County Free High School Opens Fall Term
The fall term began Monday with enrollment over one hundred, matching last year. The freshman class is unusually large and more students are expected. Classes run six days a week with an earlier spring closing. Recitation periods have been lengthened from forty to sixty minutes.
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Beaverhead County
Bannack Girl Gladys Bradley Killed In Accident
Fifteen year old Gladys Bradley died in Bannack from an accidental shotgun discharge while near a gun left by a hunting boy. An inquest ruled the death accidental as Coroner Ford ordered burial preparations and the funeral followed after the father arrived from Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Bradley
Bannack
Gladys
Collinns
Joe
Ford
Brundage
Forestry Engineers Leave for Spokane then Washington trip
A group of 20th Engineers headed to Spokane today before proceeding to American University in Washington DC. The party includes Charles M Bonnifield George J Smith George Clayton John Samuel Downey James Cunningham Charles W McLaughlin John L Sanner Clifford A Joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
American University At
Washington, D. C
Charles M. Bonnifield
George J. Smith
George Clayton
John Samuel Downey
James Cunningham
Charles W. McLaughlin
John L
Sanner
Clifford A., Joy
Flint Family Ties to Nashua Chautauqua Visit
Superintendent Flint and Mrs. L. E. Flint traveled to Nashua Sunday night to spend days with her husband stationed at a chautauqua there. They linked to Ellison and White, the same troupe seen earlier in the season. Flint previously appeared in Dillon during the first Chautauqua and remained active in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
L. E. Flint
Nashua
Crab Apples From Schuler Cushing Ranch Record
Ed Cushing delivered specimens of crab and standard apples from the Schuler Cushing ranch on the Rattlesnake. One tree may yield seven boxes of crabs, the largest tree in the region. Several varieties on the ranch are bearing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Cushing
Schuler-Cushing
Red Cross creates 13 divisions under new Northern Division
The American Red Cross announces a major reorganization with 13 new divisions nationwide. The Northern Division covers Minnesota Montana North Dakota and South Dakota and will be led by manager A R Rogers with headquarters in Minneapolis. Rogers outlines centralized authority shifting from Washington to division managers to speed decisions. The cabinet style staff includes bureaus for Chapter Activities Military Relief Publicity Civilian Relief and Nursing Services.
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American Red Cross
War Council
R. Rogers
Essex Building
Minneapolis
United States
Washington
Minnesota
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Rogers
Rogers Lumber Company
Northwest
University commission on Montana history formed
Helena reports the appointment of the university commission on Montana history by Chancellor E C Elliott. Members include F H Garver A L Stone H H Swain M L Wilson and Paul C Phillips. The series aims to publish monographs on Montana history with Dr Garver’s first volume due January 1 1917, followed by quarterly issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
E. C. Elliott
University Commission On
Montana History
F. H. Garver
State Normal College
A. L. Stone
The
State University
H. H. Swain
M. L. Wilson
State Agricultural College
Paul C. Phillips
Montana
Garver
State Historical Society
Portland Market Recap Open Week With Steady Cattle Sheep Demand
North Portland September 25 market opens with about 100 cars receipts and steady tone across cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle supply around 1600 head features more stock and feeder cattle with mixed quality. best beef steers 9.00 to 9.75, good steers 7.50 to 8.75, best cows 6.75 to 7.50, ordinary cows 4.00 to 6.75, best heifers 7.00 to 8.00, bulls 4.00 to 6.75, calves 7.00 to 9.50. Hogs steady. prime lights 17.85 to 18.00, primes 17.65 to 17.85, pigs 15.00 to 16.50, bulk 17.75. Sheep active. western lambs 13.00 to 13.50, valley lambs 12.00 to 12.75, yearlings 10.75 to 11.00, wethers 10.50 to 10.75, ewes 8.00 to 9.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Cheaper Nicotin Dip Approved for Scabby Livestock
Washington announces a new agriculture department order approving a weak nicotin dipping solution for scabby sheep and cattle to reduce costs by removing sulphur. The change follows experiments aimed at maintaining effectiveness while lowering expense amid higher sulphur prices from war-related demand. The department also approves a lime and sulphur dipping method as official practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
From Dillon to Camp Lewis A War Era Letter
Chester CaseY writes from American Lake about the journey from Dillon to Missoula Spokane Prosser and North Yakima to Camp Lewis. He describes arrival drills meals at camp Y M C A entertainment and housing details including barrack life and equipment. He notes Red Cross fruit stops and the camp’s city like layout and routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Lake
Camp Lewis
Dillon
Butte
Missoula
Sweetwater
Sweetgrass
Broadwater
Spokane
Wash
Prosser
North Yakima
Big Camp
First Brigade
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Sam
Ordnance
Orrin Pilon
Bureau of Chapter Activities
J. T. Gerould
Bureau of Military Relief
Coler Campbell
Bureau of Publicity
Ralph B. Campbell
Bureau of Civilian Relief
Frank T. Bruno
Womans’ Bureau
Cora B. Fridley
Bureau of Accounting
Richard Dougherty
Bureau of Nurses
Bureau of Trene
University Commission ON Montana History
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Chester Casey
Burns Perry
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