Colonel White Seeks Indian Rough Riders for Montana Front
Montana pioneer Col A A White proposes a 75 percent Indian rough riders regiment to fight in Flanders. He asks War Department to appoint him colonel and Charles Allard as lieutenant colonel. Judge Pemberton recalls Sanders Ives era bravery and cautions about highwaymen, praising courage and civic action in early Montana.
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Col. Sanders
Judge Pemberton
War Department
Red Rough Riders
Charles Allard
Montana
Flanders
A. A. White
Polson
Northwest
White
Baker
Allard
William Y. Pemberton
Montana Bar
Montana Historical Society
William F. Sanders
George Ives
Law and Order
Sanders
Ives
Plummer
Banders
Nevada City
Pemberton
Pem
Pioneers
Butte Aviator Willis Haviland Wins Fame
Sergeant Willis H. Haviland of the Lafayette squadron in the French Flying Corps is mentioned in despatches for shooting down an enemy aircraft within German lines. A Butte native, born near Whitehall and raised there, he attended high school in Butte and enlisted early in the war, earning multiple decorations.
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Willis H. Haviland
Butte
Squadrilla Lafayette
French Flying Corps
Haviland
Whitehall
Camp for Auto Tourists at Bozeman Opens Public Grounds
Bozeman offers a public camping grounds for auto tourists with free water and wood. The plan has worked well, advertising the Gallatin capital and presenting Montana residents as friendly to visiting motorists.
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Bozeman
Gallatin Capital
Montana
Soldier insurance policy war clauses complicate coverage
Policyholders debate how enlistment or draft affects life insurance. Since US entry, many firms add a war clause with extra premium for service. National Life Insurance Company of Montana excludes naval and aviation branches, while auditor notes indicate strong assets and efficient loss settlements despite war-time adjustments.
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Germany
United States
National Life Insurance Company of
Montana
National Life Insurance Company of Montana
Mants
Nfame
National Life of Montana
Idaho
Hanover Cement Builds Scenic Road to South Moccasins
The Three Forks Portland Cement company cut an $8,000 road project to haul heavy machinery to its Hanover plant. The new route climbs 350 feet into a cave at the mountain and connects with Lewistown road, creating a premier county scenic drive.
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Three Forks
First National Bank of Whitehall Opens Doors
The bank opened its doors with Judge William A. Clark of Virginia City as president D F Riggs a prominent Whitehall realty dealer as vice president and W G Meyers of Colorado as cashier.
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First National Bank of
Whitehall
William A. Clark
Virginia City
D. F. Riggs
W. G. Meyers
Colorado
Wheatland County Created To Free Men From Sheep Theft Trial
The formation of Wheatland county will save two men, H. B. Farnsworth and F. E. Skillman, from trial on a charge of stealing 56 head of sheep. The alleged offense occurred in the Sweetgrass county area annexed to Wheatland after the division, with arrests by Sweetgrass authorities.
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Wheatland County
H. B. Farnsworth
F. E. Skillman
Sweetgrass County
Wheatland
Sweetgrass
Army drafts show strong local physique in Butte
Butte men show good physical condition for the new army with less than ten percent rejected for ailments. National figures average about twenty five percent rejected during examinations.
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Butte
United States
Husky Lads from Montana in Training for the U S Navy
A patriotic verse celebrates Montana youths training for the U S Navy, noting a son joining the colors. The poem recalls family pride from a mother and father as generations honor service, with tribute to a boy becoming a soldier and a veteran grandparent.
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HUSKY
Montana
U. S. Navy
Montana Seamen Train Among Navy Cadets at San Diego
In a San Diego navy training camp four thousand youths train as able seamen with strong Montana representation. Lee R. Dennis and Frank J. Chamberlain lead their Montana companies while Floyd Weir and James Fontana serve as petty officers. Enlistees from Great Falls began training in April at Great Falls and were sent to Goat Island for initial instruction.
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Navy
San Diego
Calif
Montana
Union
Treasure State
Lee R. Dennis
Lee Dennis
Cascade County
Frank J. Chamberlain
Plentywood
Sheridan County
Floyd Weir
Jessie Weir
Great Falls
James Fontana
Chris Fontana
Goat Island
San Francisco
Navy Training Camp Inspires Young Recruits
The boys completed all required tasks cheerfully and kept an excellent conduct record. They trained in camp duties from washing dishes to seamanship and are being prepared for service. Dennis called it the finest training in the world, noting hard work pays off.
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Dennis
First Potato King of Montana Frederick Timmons
Frederick Timmons, the pioneer potato grower near Sheridan on Mill Creek, irrigated 20 acres in 1865 and sold a 20 sack shipment to Virginia City miners for about 300 in gold dust, earning roughly 7000 from his first crop before others joined the market and he later moved to the Bitterroot.
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Mill Creek
Pat Carney
Waterloo
Montana
Frederick Timmons
Virginia City
Timmons
Salt Lake City
Ruby Valley
Sheridan
Patch
Placer
Tobacco Root
Tom Baker
Forger Declared Insane in Bozeman Case
C. L. Darrow, who distributed fake checks among Bozeman business men, has been adjudged insane by the authorities.
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C. L. Darrow
Bozeman
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RED Regiment OF
Montana Cavalry
The
Willis Haviland
National Life-Insurance Company of Montana
Hanover Cement
New Bank At
Glo
A Weir
Frank J. Chambers Plentywood
Forger
Ursuline Academy
Montaxna
Young Academy
School of Mesto
Tates
Motty
Genaeco Gouge
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