Lumber Industry on the Upgrade Revival Across State Camps
J. M. Kennedy reports a healthy revival in the western Montana timber sector after a yearlong embargo relief. Governor Stewart backs the defense official as he tracks industry shifts and potential demand for over 1,000 workers in state camps as mills reopen and shipments resume north of Ohio lines.
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Montama
Semato
J. M. Kennedy
Stewart
Council of Defense
Ohio
Montana Man Chosen to Remove Civilians in Paris Threatened
Herbert A. Templeton, head of Rogers Templeton Lumber Co, returns to France to join the American Y M C A executive committee in Europe. He organized evacuation plans for Paris civilians and Y M C A staff, secured trains and hotels, and coordinated supplies, earning high praise from Ambassador Henry Sharpe before resuming duties with the Paris Y M C A.
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Montana
Paris
Herbert A. Templeton
Rogers-Templeton Lumber Company
France
Europe
Hut
Association
Service of Supplies
England
America
General Staff
Chateau Thierry
Carter
Templeton
Foch
United States
Dor
Henry Sharpe
Ambassador Sharpe
Sharpe
French War Department
James M Reynolds the speed king of Montana
James M Reynolds, famed as Montana’s speed king, drives a 100 horsepower Hudson racer. He has reached 100 mph in emergencies and once survived a rollover with a broken finger. A lifelong racer, he previously set footrunning and roller speed records, racing from Butte to Gregson Springs on his fiftieth birthday.
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James M. Reynolds
Barney Oldfield
Montana
Reynolds
Butte
Helena
Great Northern
Steen
Gregson Springs
Not Enough Money to Pay State Hail Claims
Announcement shows less than half of farmers hail insurance claims under the state law can be paid due to a funds deficit. About $325,000, 40 percent, already paid pro rata with an additional roughly $25,000 (7 percent) likely, exhausting funds and leaving over 50 percent deficit. Causes cited include widespread hail damage and insurance premiums too low this year. The 40 cents per acre premium last year funded all claims and costs, while 60 cents this year covered only the stated claim percentage, revealing a possible defect in requiring a reserve fund for years of maximum loss.
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Hail Insurance Board
Edwin C Wilcox Pioneer Dies After Long Montana Career
Edwin C Wilcox a Fort Benton and Virginia City pioneer died recently at his stock ranch near Maple Creek Saskatchewan A Missouri River traveler in 1868 he witnessed the Plummer gang hanged and later freighting through Montana Then he built a noted Gallatin City ranch and Dupuyer creek home before moving to Canada in 1904 to ranch near Maple Creek Saskatchewan He lived a full frontier life and left a lasting family and community legacy
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Edwin C. Wilcox
Fort Benton
Virginia City
Maple Creek
Saskatchewan
Montana
Missouri River
Plummer
Wilcox
Corrinne
Utah
Canada
Helena Veterans Return Home After War Training
Helena residents Captain Pete Snelson and Captain Pete Burr Snelson return from training camps and wartime service while Charlie Greenfield recounts hardships of mustering out. Greenfield traveled to St Louis and Butte on little funds, surviving on meals and 35 cents change. Bill Fluhr, state dairy commissioner, heads to Camp Pike Arkansas, sells his overcoat, then returns to Helena without a uniform and attempts to reacquire his warm coat.
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William Fluhr
State Dairy Camebass
Charles Greenfield, Jr
Helena
Germany
Pete Burr Snelson
Pete
Wide Pacific
Charley Greenfield
Camp McArthur
Waco
Texas
Uncle Sam
Army
Greenfield
St. Louis
Butte
Charley
New England
Tarnation
Bill Fluhr
Camp Pike
Arkansas
Sam
Mt. Helena
Bert
Youngest Oldest and Tallest Soldiers Named
John Schempp at just over 15 served in France as a bugler in the Twentieth Engineers after forging parental consent. Walter Day stands six feet eight inches tall and joined the medical corps. R. B. Morris, 66, from Phillips county, appears decades younger and dodges recruiters.
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John Schempp
Walter Day
R. B. Morris
Phillips County
John
France
Schempp
Twentieth Engineers
Forest Service Plans Three Road Projects in Montana
Plan road building proposals announced at District No. 1 Missoula headquarters awaiting Agriculture Secretary approval. Projects include West Jetin road from Yellowstone north entrance to Bozeman 40 miles cost 140000 dollars Glacier Park to Belton route via Teton County along the transcontinental path.
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Forest Service
Missoula
Secretary of Agriculture
West Jetin
Glacier Park Su
Yellowstone Park
Bozeman
Teton County
Glacier Park
Belton
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Kennedy
Mississippi
Order of the War Industries Board
Flathead
Lincoln
Northwest
War Industries Board
State Council of Defense
Department of the War Industries Board
Northwest Coast
Inland Empire
Idaho
Washington
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Great Falls
1St National Bank
Speed King
Last
Fluhr
Pete Snelson
Phillips CO
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