Fire Finders Aid Forest Rangers on Mountain Lookouts
High on Montana peaks forest rangers use the Osborne fire finder to locate distant wildfires. The article details lookout methods with maps and celluloid plotting, plus increasingly prepared forest service camping and emergency kits for crews from two to fifty men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Rockies
Forest Rangers
William B. Osborne, Jr
Osborne
Forest Service
United States
Forest Office
Humming in Chicago Stockyards Reflects Record Cattle Trade
C O Robinson of Clay, Robinson & Co. notes heavy shipments and record prices as the Chicago stockyards bustle. The firm traces its start in 1876 with range cattle and highlights major consignments, market division by cattle type, and landmark sales to Swift, Armour, and others amid a booming summer and fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. O. Robinson
Clay, Robinson & Co
Montana
J. M. Robinson & Co
Wyoming
I. R. Alter
Pairfield
Iowa
Texas
Iliff
Cattle King of
Colorado
Denver
Frank G. Bloom
Trinidad
Bloom
Matador Land & Cattle Co
John McBain
Colo
Matador
James Brown
Armour & Co
Western Ranches Limited
Exchange Building
Edward F. Swift
Swift & Co
Bloom Cattle Co
Malta
John Survant
Timber Trip Ration Plans For Long Haul
A man heading into the timber plans to carry sufficient rations for the journey. His pack includes bacon corned beef baked beans and cheese to last through the expedition.
Montana council bans new daily papers during war
The Montana Council of Defense, after a federal War Industries Board ruling, prohibits new publications and converting weeklies to dailies during World War I. Officials are instructed to enforce the ban with penalties of up to 1000 dollars or one year in jail for violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal War Industries Board
Montana Council of Defense
War Industries Board
Pulp and Paper
State Council
Americans Turn The Tide As War Frays German Resolve
A compilation from allied sources notes German fears of Allied power on the Western Front and in Russia. It cites Allied air raids on Rhine munitions centers, U‑boats unable to halt American troop flows, and rising German anxiety about peace prospects, manpower, and postwar prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
West Front
Resarmatde
Allied
Austria
Tha H
Russia
Archangel
Petrograd
Europe
Voss’ Gazette
the Gazette
Hamburg Nachrichten
Vossische Zeitung
Erich von Salzmann
Rupprecht
Flanders
Hughes
Australia
German Losses Since July 18 Allied Counteroffensive Rise
Since July 18 Allied counteroffensive, German losses reach 350000 men and about 75000 have been captured and held in prison pens behind the Allied lines.
Army orders 180000 baseballs for postwar use
A shipment of 180000 baseballs has been ordered for the American army. The writer envisions an international baseball league after the war.
Multitude of Montana Local Notes and Inquiries
A compilation from Montana towns reports diverse items: Fergus County Red Cross membership 7322. state typographical union convention in September. Roundup council salary raises. Billings Elks debt campaign. Butte Red Men state convention. Havre gas well request and Mrs McAdoo Sacajawea honor. Augusta winter wheat freak 118 sprouts from one kernel. Bankers convention in Billings. Plentywood private Peter Llyn Stag sent to Camp Lewis jailed 20 years. Forsyth plan dyke to curb spring floods. 700 harvest hands needed in Sheridan County. Roundup worm strikes in Musselshell and two million bushel wheat forecast. Shipments of 1918 wheat east. Shoshone tribes reception for Mrs McAdoo. Stevensville cattle tuberculosis testing. livestock damage warnings in Plentywood. Coal miners pledge wartime loyalty in Billings. Terry horse rescue dispute and fine. Lewistown Hun airplane fragment found. Roundup man’s pneumonia case from gasoline pumping. Bozeman gas plant financing. Gilman Levi LaChapelle profitable beef trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Fergus County
Red Cross
Pees
Billings
Elks
Butte
Order of Red Men
Havre
Havre Natural Gas Company
Augusta
Montana Bankers’ Association
Plentywood
Peter Llynstag
Camp Lewis
Forsyth
Sheridan County
Musselshell County
Wm. G. McAdoo
the Treasury
Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Sacajawea
Stevensville
Bitter Root
Thes
Terry
War Office
France
Wright Harvey
Bozeman
Gallatin Valley Gas Company
Gilman
Levi LaChapelle
LaChapelle
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Uncle Sam
Boydslow
RE Avenue
Seattle
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Mount St. Charles College
Capitol Hill
Helena, Montana
Montana State University
Rhine
Butte College of Telegraphy
Butte, Montana
Nation
Carnation Milk Products Company
Seattle, Wash
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