Where Uncle Sam Keeps His Boys at Camp Lewis
A photo shows Camp Lewis near Tacoma with hundreds of barracks built for Montana recruits joining the new national army. More than 10,000 workmen have built and finish ongoing construction will add buildings as thousands of conscripts arrive daily. When the first draft cohort is housed the camp will hold over 46,000 enlisted men and officers with instructors pushing the total beyond 50,000 as they train for global service.
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Uncle Sam
Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Montana
National Army
Western States
Montanan Casts Vote in Russian Republic
In a letter from Wilbur Catlin of Missoula now in Russia he notes that after czarist overthrow voting is open to all regardless of race color or previous life. Catlin, a mining engineer with Kerensky’s republic, says freedoms are improving but not fully absorbed and rail travel shows the new liberties as third class passengers seize premier seats.
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Wilbur Catlin
Missoula
Russia
Catlin
Land of Kerensky
Republic
Lessons of the War flowers scene ends in bitterness
A moment from a wartime tale shows a couple packing to move from a beloved home. The woman laments leaving the flowers, and the man cynically proposes destroying them so no one else may enjoy them. The exchange hints at sorrow and irony amid upheaval.
Montana Farmers Have Nucleus for New Crop
Montana farmers are slated to start with Burbank's super wheat, claimed to yield 50 to 70 bushels per acre. A total of 240 bushels of the new variety is allotted to the state for seeding purposes. E. A. Hedrick of Moore, a prominent banker and farmer, bought five bushels at 5 dollars per bushel and plans to plant under favorable conditions to maximize yield and secure seed for a larger acreage next year.
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Montana
Burbank
E. A. Hedrick
Moore
Classified Auto Painting and Local Services Ad
Classified notice lists auto painting by McGivern Paint Shop at 200 5th Ave South Great Falls. Also includes Florists Plants funeral gas Electric City Conservatory Great Falls Montana and a public lands and mining matters specialty with twenty years experience and references to James I Parker Washington DC.
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McGivern Paint Shop
5Th Ave
Great Falls
Electric City Conservatory
Montana
James I Parker
Southern Building
Washington, D. C
Retail coal prices to be fixed under federal control
The federal fuel administration plans to regulate coal retail prices in Montana with a state representative coordinating county and city committees. They will assess available and needed coal for winter, determine a reasonable retail margin, and publish local data to let consumers verify prices. Existing contracts remain in force, with voluntary cooperation expected to meet retail needs.
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Montana
Garfield
Transportation Charge
Jobbers’ Commission
Fuel Administration
FARM LAND FOR SALE AND LOAN OFFERS IN MONTANA
Subdivide 10 000 acre ranch into 160 acre tracts selling in ten years at 6 percent interest. Properties near Grass Range and other Montana locations offer irrigable grain land, cash or crop payments, and direct dealings with owners. Includes livestock loans, cattle breeding sales, printing press, photography and general services from multiple Montana firms and agents.
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Grass Range
Montana
John A. Coleman
Box
Lewistown
Huntsburger Givens Co
Great Falls
Ont
Montana Range Steers Top Chicago in Record Sale
A shipment of dehorned Montana steers, 1333 pounds on average, shipped by J. Harding of Roy to Clay Robinson Co., sold at 15.50 in Chicago, a new range cattle record. Cooper & Hughes sold dehorned Hereford steers at 14.75 and two loads of grade Hereford range heifers at 11 cents, averaging 1020 pounds. Robinson also topped the market with two loads of dehorned Hereford steers at 17.85, averaging 1473 pounds. Chicago buyers expect a strong range market all fall due to corn stock shortages and a big demand for stockers and feeders from the bumper crop.
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Montana
J. Harding
Roy
Clay Robinson
Chicago
Clay, Robinson
Cooper & Hughes Land & Livestock Company
Spionkop
Harding
Cyclone Relocation Hunt Leaves House Missing
A city cousin jokes about farmers avoiding house-hunt woes while a western uncle laments chasing a cyclone carried away home for two years without success. The dialogue preserves a rural folksy exchange with regional flavor.
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American Lake Cantonment
Russian ‘Republic
Robert
Weearra Nory
Wilds-Thurston Motor CO
1St Ave. N
Packard, Hudson, Liberty, Saxon, Agents
Western Hide & Fur Co
A. P. Rickmire
Havre
Alberta
J. I. Eakin
Dunnblock
J. W. Hefferlin
Livingston, Mont
Judith Basin
Farmers Land Co
Mont
Farm Land Loans
Oney- Pro
Anon Loan and Realty Co
Bennett & Terrell
Billings
George A Green
Pocatello, Idaho
Hans Johnson
Belt
Cascade Co
N. P
W. F. Scott
Gregson Springs
Ent
Dividion Commission Co
Central Ave
Timothy
Emerson
Steele
J. O Teary
Talbot Ave
Utte, Mont
Montana Piano Co
Butte, Mont
Daily Service
Brainerd Studio
Ferntudio
Mail
Rae Service
Empire Studio
Diamond Bloc
Lewistown, Mont
Accountants and Auditors
ST. John Howley
Accoun
Ford Building
Great Falls,Mont
Harley Clark & Specialists
Milavattine
Tod Mock
Reat Falls
Douglas Wilson & Co., Inc
Carlsbad
Eagle Drug Co
James I. Parker
Southern King
Hill and Toole Counties
Washington
Oregon
Kremlin
Joplin
Central Montana Ranches CO
Hingham, Havre
Cot Bank
West
Faa
McCutcheon & Price
Central
Ave
Good Creek
Maple Creek
Sask
Canada
Musselshell
Bresnahan
Anaconda
Arrivin
Calgary
Canadian Pacific Railway
la Nds
Fergus County
Henry C. Gorham
Fifth Ave
FURS
Richard P. Hoenck
Minneapolis
Butte
Harlowton Press
Harlowton
Security Ink Works
South
Butte College
Utte
Elk Basin
Senate
Liberal Commission
Equity Oil Co
Can Mfg. Co
Sigel Street
Ill
Everett
Wash
Newton Mith
Loma
Ae B. Morris Co., Inc
Dept
Robert H. Lindsay
Sia
U. S. Mineral ‘Or
First Nat. Bank Bidg
Arochit
Gero. H. Shanlbey
archivil First _National Bank
Paris
Sam’s Henry
Nat. Bank
Great Palla
Mercantile Service Co
Auto School
Equi Automobile College
E Tou
Montana Automobile School
South Main
Tout & McCarthy
Lewis & Walker Chemists
Wyoming
Beckman Bros
W. Hoyle
State Street
Helena
Wyoming Oil
Impartia
Oming Tana Publig Dly Exchange
Casper
Ming
Gres Dye House
SA Ford
Fair
WM. B. Free
First National Bank
Bala
Ocak Lisa
Victor Arlo
Forest Reserve
Bynum
Teton County
Frary & Burlingame
Trace National Bank
Falls
Montan
Nat's Bank
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