Montana Homesteader Bill Advances Through Legislature
The Myers bill, now in the House public lands committee, would let homesteaders prove up after filing a year earlier and seven months residence to obtain title. Speaker Clark, Vice President Marshall, and Herbert Hoover back the measure which McDowell plans to push in Washington, with a March 4 deadline.
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McDowell
Washington
Congress
Senate
Myers
Public Lands Committee of
House
Herbert Hoover
Marshall
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
West
Chicago
Committee On Public Lands
Montana
Walsh
Evans
Montana Wheat Yields See Sharp Dip in 1916 Report
October crop report from the U S Bureau of Crop Estimates notes Montana spring wheat at 17 25 million bushels with total wheat at 25 434 million, owing to drought and hail damage reducing average yields. American wheat output tops 362 073 million bushels, with oats and barley also below normal in places.
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United States Bureau of Crop Estimates
Montana
Bureau
United States
Aches and Pains Quickly Relieved By Clean Seevenees
A concise old time remedy claim describes fast relief for external aches stiffness sore muscles cramps and back strains. It promises natural penetration without rubbing in and urges readers to ask any druggist for it.
Government crop forecast for all U S crops shows big harvests
The department estimates all wheat at 918.92 million bushels and corn at 2.71778 billion, with oats 1.53529 billion and other crops including tobacco pears apples rice and sugar beets listed. October 1 crop conditions place corn at 68.6 percent of normal and other crops ranging from 49 to 89.6 percent.
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America
Department
Buffalo grain yield best in all Montana
County Agent Carl Peterson reports the Buffalo, Garneill and Straw districts yield among the state's best. Wheat yields reach about 35 bushels and oats 47 bushels in Buffalo, with Garneill and Straw similar. Other regions report varied wheat yields from 3% to 19 bushels, with hail harming Flatwillow and Armells. Labor shortages limit threshing, plowing, and harvesting, but spring wheat acreage is expected large.
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Carl Peterson
Montana
Buffalo
Denton
Suffolk
Coffee Creek
Moore
Rock Creek Bench
Windham
Armells
Flatwillow
Loans to the farmers in drought districts
The report from the federal seed grain loan office shows Montana and North Dakota loans totaling 296,273 dollars, with 261,403 dollars in Montana. In Montana 1,272 applications were approved for 88,447 acres, planting 59,573 acres in fall wheat and 28,847 in fall rye. No further winter wheat sowing applications will be entertained. A final line notes that Germany’s manpower remains unaffected by Kaiser’s sons.
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Montana
Federal
Seed Grain Loan Office
Great Falls
North Dakota
Seed 97 387 Acres in Wheat to Seed in Montana
Federal seed grain loan office reports 97 387 acres approved for winter wheat and rye in Montana. Loans totaling 288 222 dollars could add about 1 000 000 bushels to next year’s yield with favorable conditions. Applications for wheat loans have closed. rye loans continued to Oct 15.
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Federal Seed Grain Loan Office
Montana
Lieutenant Joe Porter Toole Wounded in France
Lieutenant Joe Porter Toole son of former Governor Joseph K Toole of Helena has been wounded in France in a letter to his father He states he is recovering rapidly but gives no further details about the injury The report notes Toole is a lieutenant and carries the Toole family name with political ties in Helena Montana.
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Toole
Joe Porter Toole
Joseph K. Toole
Helena
France
Woman Seditionist Sentenced in Miles City Case
Penalty given to Mrs. W. K. Smith, convicted of sedition in Miles City. She receives an indeterminate term of five to ten years at hard labor, marking the county’s first female sedition trial and penitentiary sentence in many years.
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W. K. Smith
Miles City
Kaiser’s Bitter Pill Test as Medicine Becomes Public Scrutiny
Evidently the medicine the kaiser is taking is a bitter pill signaling public concern over treatment choices.
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Kaiser
Fate of the People’s Council of America for Democracy and Terms of Peace
The article examines the status and activities of the People’s Council of America for Democracy and Terms of Peace, detailing its origins, leadership, and current influence within the broader movement for peace and democratic reform. It notes public reception and potential dissolution signals.
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The
People’s Council of America For Democracy and Terms of Peace
Montana Regiment in Active Service Early
The 163rd Montana regiment arrived in France late December 1917 and by March most privates were reassigned to other units. Colonel J. J. McGuinness praised the men as among the best replacements in the 41st division, noting rapid turnover and ongoing arrivals from depots as the war prospects looked toward next summer.
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163Rd Infantry
Second Montana
France
J. J. McGuinness
Montana
163Rd
McGuinness
Typists and Stenographers Needed in Washington War Effort
The ordnance department faces shortages of typists and stenographers in Washington DC hindering ammunition supply to soldiers. Entrance salary starts at 1100 dollars rising to 1200 after three months and 1320 after six months. For full information contact F E Faith or Gilman Bullard at the Federal Building in Helena.
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Washington, D. C
Ordnance Department
Washington
F. E. Faith
Gilman Bullard
Federal
Helena
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Mountrail
Stark
Williams Counties
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