$50,000,000 to Stimulate Mining in Montana Camps
The Hen Henderson war minerals bill authorizes a $50 million government fund to develop and requisition minerals and related lands and plants. The plan allows contracts, storage, transport, and government operation or lease of mines and smelters with compensation rules and penalties. Colorado and Montana prospects noted for vanadium and other rarer metals.
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Montana
Congress
United States
District of Columbia
Secretary of the Senate
House of Representatives
Colorado
Bridger
Red Lodge
Jardine
Philipsburg
Anaconda
United States Geological Survey
Idaho
Dillon
Montana’s Industrial Board reports 85 million in wages for 74,000 workers
The Montana Industrial Accident Board released its annual figures: 74,000 employees paid 85 million dollars in the year, with 20,274 injured and over 2 million paid in compensation. There were 556 fatalities and 15,134 back to work within two weeks, while 30,000 questions were decided with no appeals.
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Montana
Industrial Accident Board
A. E. Spriggs
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
California
Vocational Rehabilitations
Spriggs
Congress
Dominion
United States
Federal Board
Europe
Fort Harrison Military Reservation
Helena
Fort Missoula Reservation
Missoula
Northwest
BARBERS CONVERSE FOR WAR CONSERVATION DEAL
Havre in Hill County introduces a war time measure to curb political talk in barber shops. Barbers sign agreements to discuss only approved topics under Four Minute Men guidelines. Louis Christianson, a Dane, is sentenced to two to five years for sedition by a Miles City jury. A pro German colony in Deer Lodge is noted as growing.
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Havre
Hill County
Duck Hun
Louis Christianson
Miles City
Deer Lodge
Montana News Briefs Reflect Local Economy and Issues
A long list of small-town items reports mill sales to Nedrud and Wolf of Oswego, livestock drives, thefts, wheat purchases, and public notices. Other notes cover citizenship, a stalled water route, and local labor wartime measures affecting deliveries. Towns mentioned include Wolf Point Billings Roundup Simms St. Ignatius Butte Grey Cliff Great Falls Bozeman Lewistown and Great Northern shops.
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Wolf Point
John Listerud
Nedrud
Wolf
Oswego
Cirecle
Phil Cook
Chicago
P. &. Bateman
Simms
George Harris
Kalispell
Batte
Montana
Federal Employment Bureau
Billings
Elks
Joseph Hocevar
St. Ignatius
Reynold Davis
England
Butte
Grey Cliff
Yellowstone
Great Falls
Vance L. Kane
Public misinformed on shoe prices in wartime notice
A wartime statement misled the public about shoe pricing. It clarifies that existing stock may be sold at current retail prices, while new shoes produced after October 15 face A B C grade pricing of 3 to 12 dollars. Dealers have until June 1 1919 to dispose of on hand stock.
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Awase
War Industries Board
Warrenton Set to Rise as Western Grain Port
The war’s end shifts grain to Pacific routes via rail and water, with McAdoo backing divergences to Atlantic markets. Freight salvage from 10 to 12 cents per bushel boosts western farmers, and Warrenton aims to become a major grain terminal hub with planned elevators and coastal access. The writer highlights Warrenton’s rail and harbor advantages and urges investment in local real estate and waterfront assets.
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Montana
Western States
Pacific Coast
W. G. McAdoo
Panama Canal
Atlantic Seaboard
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Chinist
Great Northern
Bozeman
John Biering
Biering
Red Cross
Conservation Division
Lewistown
Warrenton, Oregon
Warrenton
West
The
American Society
of Equity
Columbia River
Atlantic
E. A. Tyler Realty Company
Todd Block
Great Northern Steamship
Warrenton Dock
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