County Splitting in Montana From Days of Three Counties
The home paper for the soldier features Westchester County turning to war-time subscriptions. William Boyce Thompson funds and promotes home papers for New York servicemen, with a list of 60 county papers and two coupons for address changes. Thompson’s plan aims to reach 10,000 soldiers, praising intimate news from home and pledging ongoing support during the war. The piece surveys Montana’s county history, from early divisions under Idaho's 1863 framework to the Leighton act empowering residents to form new counties by petition and election, detailing several splits and the evolving map to 1911 and beyond.
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Westchester County
New York County
William Boyce Thompson
New York City
Butte
Thompson Park
Thompson
New York
Mr. Thompson
Russia
New York Commercial
America
Kerensky
Musselshell
Fergus
Meagher
Yellowstone
Leighton
Jefferson County
Montana
St. Paul
Valley County
Hill County
Chouteau County
Havre
Blaine County
Chouteau
Chinook
Blaine
Toole County
Hill and Teton
Fort Benton
Sweet Grass Hills
Dakota Line
Sheridan County
Dawson
Valley
Plentywood
Toole
Richland
Custer
Phillips County
Stillwater
Mineral
Prairie
Wibaux
Fallon
Carter
Wheatland
Broadwater
Master Builder in Montana Leads Shipyard Boost
Charles M. Schwab, director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, traveled through Montana on a Pacific coast visit praising western yards for winning all six pennants in May for best ship production. He spoke at the Butte depot, noting the bonus system as a key factor in speeding up construction, with $10,000 set aside to reward yards and crews achieving surplus production.
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Pacific Coast Yards
Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Montana
Pacific Coast
Butte
Western Shipyards
Schwab
Milwaukee
Wilson
Bethlehem Steel Company
Hog Island
Bristol
Dentists Link Tooth Care to Mental Health in Butte
Dr Beal told a Butte dental convention that two percent of inmates at the state asylum suffer from insanity caused by neglected teeth. He said correcting tooth troubles often cures mental maladies and improves conditions for the inmates connected to the asylum.
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Beal
Butte
Montana Loyalty league formed to back war effort
The Montana Loyalty league organized in Helena aims to rally support for war movements with the slogan This is my war. Leaders include Co. V Peck as president and Joseph Smith NI Deer Lodge as vice president. The group targets next of kin of Montana’s 35 000 soldiers and 100 000 members within two months, opening Helena headquarters with Campbell as secretary treasurer. Dan J Hanley to farm 200 000 acres in Montana next year for an eastern syndicate.
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Montana Loyalty League
Helena
State Council of Defense
Co. V. Peck
Danvers
Fergus County
Joseph Smith NI
Deer Lodge
County Councils of Defense
Montana
Campbell
France
General Pershing
Peck
League
Dan J. Hanley
Butte
Indiana
Eastern
Farmers Paid For War Says Secretary of Agriculture
The secretary of agriculture states farmers in the United States funded the first year of wartime participation through the value of their foodstuffs. He notes that normal times see farmers contributing up to thirteen and a half billion dollars annually, with 1917 output valued at about twenty one billion dollars, comparable to all war congress appropriations, and this year’s value may exceed that.
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United States
Houston
Congress
Montana Leads U S in Public School Spending
Montana tops the nation in per pupil spending for 1915 16 at 86.36 dollars with 6 943 588 dollars total spent statewide Montana ranks twenty fourth in total expenditure but leads in per pupil outlay says James J Flaherty general manager of General School Supply Co Montana notes teachers pay and equipment are high and the state provides good housing and materials for schools.
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Montana
States
The
Union
James J. Flaherty
General School Supply Company of
Great Falls
National School Supply Ass
Former Consul Kunhardt Arrested in Espionage Charge
Former Consul Kunhardt, who represented Germany in Boston, is under arrest on a charge of espionage.
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Kunhardt
Germany
Boston
Wheat Crop Estimated At 102 Million Bushels In Kansas
Kansas officials estimate the state wheat crop at 102 million bushels, reflecting production expectations for the season. The figure highlights state farm productivity and market implications for regional markets.
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Kansas
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Unique Undertaking
Dan McKay
Gallatin
Choutgau
Big Horn
Dawson County
Andrew Dawson
American Fur Company
Territory of
Idaho
Missoula
Beaverhead
Madison
Jefferson
Sidney Edgerton
Edgerton
Big Horn County
Territorial
Choteau
Green Clay Smith
Edgerton County
Smith
Legislative Assembly
Lewis and Clark
Cascade County
Silver
Bow
Missouri River
Flathead
Teton
Ravalli
Granite
Lincoln
Hill
Phillips
Sheridan
Cascade
Lewis & Clark
Powell
Sanders
Raoyalli
Rosebud
Carbon
Sweet Grass
Park
Silver Bow
Glacier National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Gallatin County
Farmington
Bozeman City
Custer County
Silverbow
Deer Lodge County
MaMlison
Jefferson, Lewis and Clark
Chouteau, Dawson and
Yellowstone County
Glasgow
Charles
HIN
Sidney Logan
Kalispell
Samuel Lansburn
Bloomfield
J. F., McNamee
J. A. Gillaly
Lewistown
Will A. Campbell
U. S
Flaherty
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Montan
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