Training Offers the Opportunity for Student Army Officers
Registrants aged 18 to 45 who are high school graduates may enter state education military camps at Montana University Missoula Bozeman Agricultural College Mount St Charles College and Montana Wesleyan University Helena. They will receive $30 a month pay plus room and board while studying science of war. An officer commission path exists through these camps and later officers training camps. Governor Stewart backs the program, noting draftees may gain promotion if aptitude shown. Military drill 11 hours weekly plus 14 hours lectures and 28 hours study. students choose college subjects offered by the war college including English French math physics chemistry biology geology surveying topography drawing astronomy hygiene economics accounting history international and military law government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Educational Institution
Montana University
Missoula
Bozeman Agricultural College
Mount St. Charles College
Montana Wesleyan University
Helena
Stewart
Xt Peetstrant
War Department
War College
Save Nut Shells and Fruit Pits for the Red Cross
To save lives from German poison gas, a carbon for gas masks is needed. Cocoa nut shells are best, but in short supply. Substitutes include peach stones apricot pits prune pits plum pits olive pits date seeds cherry pits brazil nut shells hickory walnut and butternut shells. Ship dried shells and pits to the Red Cross at Great Falls Montana. Do not separate pits from shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Great Falls
Montana
Revival of Mining in Beaverhead District
Revival of silver mining appears in Beaverhead County as prices rise. Several properties near Argenta with W A Clark interests reopen after long closures. Mines near Bannack Bald Mountain and Polaris expand with a new mill and machinery. Motor trucks enable cheaper haulage, improving profitability for operations and shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Argenta
W. A. Clark
Bannack
Bald Mountain
Dillion
Polaris
Government as Largest U.S. Employer Today
The government remains the largest employer in the United States, offsetting private sector hiring with public service roles across federal, state, and local agencies. This status underscores the state’s central role in employment and economic activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Why Alfalfa Fields Kill Out and How to Save Them
Farmers read that alfalfa in Montana thrives but should not be shaved bare for winter. Top dressing with manure helps catch snow and protect crowns, preserving yield. Overcutting weakens plants, reduces hay and soil fertility. leaving some leaf and cover through winter supports soil moisture and future crops.
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Montana
Cleared of Sedition He Sues for Damages
Andrew Bodding sues William P. Stuffel in Great Falls district court for 10000 dollars claiming malicious acts led to his sedition arrest failed in government war prosecutions. He alleges malice and intent to shame him, harming his business and cutting ties with friends and customers who believed him a German sympathizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Bodding
Great Falls
William P. Stuffel
Bodding
Croomse
Sherwood Heads War Activities Campaign in Montana
J W Sherwood of Great Falls was named state chairman for the allied war activities fund campaign to begin the week of November 11. Seven organizations including Y M C A Y W C A National Catholic War Council Jewish Welfare Board and Salvation Army will nominate county and state representatives for a coordinated drive with no separate teams for each group. Local chairmen and publicity roles were set across counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Sherwood
Great Falls
Allied War Activities Fund
Helena
Sherwood
National Catholic War Council
Jewish Welfare Board
American Library Association
War Camp Community Service
Salvation Army
E. C. Day of
Day
Edward S. Brown
Helena Y. M. C. A
Beaverhead
P. J. Smith
Dillon
Big Horn
A. H. Bowman
Hardin
Blaine
Broadwater
C. W. Smith
Townsend
Carbon
W. C. Ball
Red Lodge
Carter
Cascade
G. W. Bulmer
Chouteau
Custer
F. R. Savage
Miles City
Dawson
C. A. Banker
Glendive
Deer Lodge
L. V. Bender
Anaconda
Fallon
L. B. Price
Fergus
T. T. Taylor
Lewistown
Flathead
A. Pryke
Kalispell
Gallatin
A. C. Roecher
Bozeman
Granite
Lawrence Hauck
Philipsburg
Hill
James Holland
Havre
Jefferson
A. T. Peterson
Boulder
Lewis and
Terry
Richland
C. E. Varce
Rosebud
L. W. Robinson
Forsyth
Sanders
E. L. Johnson
Thompson Falls
Silver Bow
Eugene Carroll
Butte
Stillwater
R. C. Line
Columbus
Sweet Grass
Jay Loving
Big Timber
Teton
J. C. Richey
Conrad
Toole
J. A. Johnson
Shelby
Valley
J. W. Weedom
Winter trapping boom urged for all ages nationwide
An appeal urges Americans to prepare for the winter fur trapping season. It promotes learning animal habits, locating haunts, choosing traps and bait, and reading a trapping guide published by Weil Bros. & Co. of Fort Wayne Indiana. The notice offers a free book by mail detailing tracks, traps, bait, routes, skinning, pelts, and game laws.
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Weil Bros. & Co
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Weil Bros. & Company
State osteopaths gather at eighteenth annual convention
A Montana roundup of brief items notes the Montana Association of Osteopaths held its eighteenth annual convention in Helena. Across towns 1000 horses were sold at the last season sale in Helena. other notes mention mining company sales, red cross brings ownership of livestock, and local incidents from Missoula to Malta.
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Helena
Montana Association of Osteopaths
Miles City
Women’s Club
Custer County
Missoula
Montana
Great Falls
Cascade County
Ilman
Mike Connor
Northern Pacific Railroad
Hilipsburg
Auerbach Mining Company
Butte & Plutus Mining Company
Butte
Terry
Prairie County Red Cross
Red Cross
Musselshell County
Valley County
Lewistown
P N
Judith Country
Federal Employment Bureau
Nda
Joseph Corey
Joe
Reclamation Service
Anaconda Copper Company
Bozeman
Gallatin
Malta
Phillips County
WANTED MOUNTAIN RANCH ANTED TO 500 ACRES NEAR FOREST
Classified notices offer land buys and business opportunities in Montana. WANTS mountain ranch up to 500 acres with streams and timber, willing to cash or trade including cattle, horses, land, or stocks. Also ads for rooming house sale, collection services, and various local services in Great Falls, Helena, Butte.
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Elton
Mont
Northern Pacific Railway
C. H. Hefferlin
Livingston
Montana
Montan
Great Northern
H. P. Griffin
Fortune
Judith Basin Farm
Farmers Land Co
Lewistown
Great Falls
Fourth Avenue North
Shields River
J. W. Hefferlin
Sydney
Herbert A. Hover
Helena
Asher Murray
Wadena
Huntsberger-Givens Co
Joseph Moran
St. Peter
He’ena
Pratt & Heath Co
Lewistown Hides& Co
A. L. Rose
West Park Street
Butte
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THE
Violetta
H. M. Johnson
North Main St
Butte, Montana
Miller
Allied Campaign
Drive For Funds
Y. M. C. A., National Catholic War Council
Y. W. C. A., Jewish Board
Utica
D. Rodgers
Fergus County
W. H. Stallings
Kaiser Bill
Wilson
France
Robert Fergus
Montana Title Guaranty Company
Central Avenue
Yalmberg
Sixth St. N
Great Falia
Business Training School
West
Granite Street
T. Joseph Moran
Mercantile
Montana Mercantile Agency
Daly Bank
Oorr
Potvin
Third
St. S
Hurd Bros
Edison Block
Butte, Mont
Canadian Land Office
Great Fails
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Spring Valley
Eden Creamery
North Brothers
Eas
C. H. Campbell & Son
C. McClintock
Custer Coun City
Miles UN
Carl R. Meyer
Hart-Albin
Billings
Hollisver Geack
D ‘Darby
Pitman Live Stock Company
EL Paso
Texas
PD Naan Vereens
D. Watson Oble Co
Arke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Mich
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le Wills-Thurston Motor CU. Bis Im Ave. No
Maxwell Distributors
WICK
Fianc With & Boul
Eye Omages
Montana Pisses Co
Mont ’ Distributors
Montana Fur Mfg. CO
Dlea Hoenck
Minnea Butte
Scott, Steele
Broadway
KODAK
Anateur
Mall
Estern
Basil Man
Enyou & Wheeler
Druggista
Blue Prints
Blue Print A Supply Co
Drafting Supplies
Duna Bg
Assaiers
Tout & McCarthy
Sengom
Botta
LEWIS
Walker Penton
Wyoming
Botte
Ont
Garley-Clark & Specialists
Lemie. Wash. Co
Beattie
Seay
Neal-Thelsen
Huseth
Optometrist Am
Optician
Arizona
Corner Park
Robert Metcalf
Worth ‘Ixvestamnr CO
Opposite Court House
Montana Farms
Great Falls, Mont
Liberty
F. O. B. Billings
Billings: Gas Co
Bili Montana
Seinitty Zusnedollege
Rice & M.“Y, Proprietors
Bachan
Ford
Park
Hele Ane
Cleason
Prop
Butte Hotels
Acoma
Pase
Weet Park Street
Columbia Hotel
W. Broadway
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