Popular With Dough Boys Adjutant of Montana Department
Ben W. Barnett of Helena Montana, adjutant of the Montana department of the American Legion, is noted for entertaining veterans and advocating for ex service men. He organized the Abraham Lincoln club at Hull House, worked as a vaudeville artist, and later as a hides and furs dealer. He was initially rejected for a bad foot but later served briefly and has led the department since its organization.
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Ben W. Barnett
Helena
Mont
Montana
Chicago
Legion
Burnett
Army
The
Opera Singer Seeks Owner of War Medal
Lucien Muratore, a French World War I veteran and opera singer, saw a Victory medal in a New York pawn shop window and offered to redeem it to return it to its rightful owner. The medal bears clasps for St Mihel, Meuse Argonne and a defensive sector. it will be returned if properly identified.
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New York
Lucien Muratore
M. Muratore
France
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
First to Sign Application for Auxiliary Charter
Pearl Iva Hoskins six year old daughter of a Fergus Falls Minnesota Legion member became the first signer on an auxiliary charter application. She says she likes the Auxiliary but finds the word hard to pronounce.
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Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion
Legionnaires
Pearl Iva Hoskins
Legion
Fergus Falls
Minn
Pearl
Legion Members Oppose Delays In Cashing Certificates
Minnesota members of the American Legion attack government delays in cashing certificates issued to disabled veterans for travel to health and vocational centers. Paper cashing difficulties force veterans to accept a ten percent discount, authorized by federal reserve legislation.
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Minnesota
American Legion
Federal Reserve
Legion Suggests Cash on Presentation for Certification Rewards
A. H. Vernon, department commander, writes to F. W. Galbraith Jr and the federal board for Vocational Education proposing cash payments via banks and post offices on certificate presentation. The Legion is expected to back legislation implementing this remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Vernon
Legion Department
F. W. Galbraith, Jr
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Legion
Waiting Fondly Waiting in Sloppy Weather
A brief note from the American Legion Weekly reflecting on damp weather and attire. A soldier asks about receiving an army slicker while the other responds that it has not yet arrived.
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American Legion Weekly
Blue Joint Hay Best Feed Says Government
Government tests from Bozeman experiment station show blue joint hay leads in feeding value with 56.7 pounds of digestible nutriments per 100 pounds. Other forage figures include Timothy 48.6, red top 53.2, bluegrass 51.6, alfalfa 51.6, red clover 50.9.
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Milk River Valley
Bozeman
Public Auction Near Chariton Details Broad Loot
A man plans a country sale 114 miles north of Chariton on Sunday October 32 at 1 g m. Prohibited livestock include a spavined mare, a five year old gelding, a sorrel horse, a mare mule with foal, a brown workhorse, a jackass, nine head of colts, cattle and calves, sows, hens, and a Jersey Red hired girl. Household items, tools, and farming gear listed with cash and six months in county jail terms. Auctioneer Col. Hi Price. clerk The N Squeezem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariton
Poland
China
Rhode Island
Hampshire
Jersey
DeLaval
Gillette
Ford
Men’s Aid Society of Poker
Saco Awards Contract for New School Building
The Saco school board let a $43,050 contract to Fuglevand & Sundberg of Havre for erecting a two story brick and concrete school with full basement and modern ventilation. Plumbing and heating go to H C Ohland of Havre. Completion is required by September 1.
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Saco
Fuglevand & Sundberg
Havre
H. C. Ohland
Montana
Reclamation Abroad International Irrigation Congress
The Reclamation Record notes an international irrigation congress to be held April 18 to 27 in Valencia Spain. The event aims to drum up interest in irrigation development in Spain with model plans engines and hydraulic plants on display. Foreigners may attend on equal terms with Spanish interests.
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Valencia
Spain
Saragossa
Seville
Plumbing Contract Sums From Local Firms
A historical notice lists project bids for plumbing work with amounts from several firms. Johnson and Davis show 9250 dollars, D. T. Gilbert 11000, Elmer Johnson 8007, Segert and Hanscomb 9419, and H. C. Odend 8726 dollars.
Copper Business Looks Bad, Says Anaconda Supervisor
A letter from the Anaconda Copper Company’s superintendent urges local cooperation and asks communities to report job needs. The note states available workers include laborers, skilled trades, and operators in various lines. It indicates likely delays before mines and mills resume operations and notes the company will consider employment opportunities through its Great Falls bureau.
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Anaconda Copper Company
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Great Falls
Montana
WWI Veterans Granted Final Proof for Homestead Lands
A law passed March 21, 1921 allows World War I veterans who enlisted before November 11, 1918 and were honorably discharged with service-related disabilities to make final proof on their homestead or entry lands without further residence or improvement. They may receive a patent for land entered, aiding wounded or incapacitated soldiers.
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U. S. Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Germany
Oil claims in Malta men stake near Saco to tap dome
Commissioner Whitcomb and banker Robinson of Malta stake oil claims near Saco after study of geologic lore and well logs. They seek the precise location and depth needed to reach the oil seam that has leaked at Winnett.
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Whitcomb
Banker Robinson
Malta
Saco
Winnett
Saco Visitors and Local News Jump Back in Time
Lower Whitewater Ray Carter was a Saco visitor on Monday of last week. Levi Osier received news of his oldest brother’s sudden death in Washington Saturday evening. The Huntley school opened April 18 with 11 pupils taught by Mrs. A M Strommen. Miss Anna Harbitt returned from St James Minnesota after winter months with relatives. Mr and Mrs L C McCord and daughter from Minneapolis visited Saco on their way to Redmond Oregon.
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Ray Carter
Levi Osier
Washington
Anna Harbitt
St. James, Minn
L. C. McCord
Minneapolis
School Dance a Big Success at Odd Fellows Hall
The high school staged a well attended dance at the Odd Fellows hall last Friday with supper served by the girls. Proceeds totaled 96 dollars added to the gymnasium fund. The orchestra featured Billie Trout on saxophone and the music was praised. Continued such events could grow the gym fund.
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Odd Fellows Hall
Billie Trout
Stork Neglect in Saco Highlighted by 1920 Stats
Phillips county figures show Saco with 18 births and 10 deaths in 1920 while Dodson records 58 births and 10 deaths and Malta 163 births and 28 deaths. Yet the article optimistically predicts better counts for the coming year.
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Phillips
Saco
Dodson
Malta
Dr Keomep Coming to Saco for Eye Specialist Visit
Helena eye expert Dr Margaret Kramer will be at the Central Hotel in Saco on Thursday May 12 for consultations.
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Margaret Kramer
Helena
Saco
Central Hotel
Yeggs Rob Coburg Bank In $1200 Heist
The Farmers State bank of Coburg was robbed Monday night of bonds and negotiable securities valued about $1200 by yeggs who cut town wires and forced a rear door. Sheriff Becker investigates with no suspects yet as insurer covers the loss.
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Farmers State Bank of
Colberg
Chas. H. McGihon
Aoshier
McGihon
Where Government Royalty Goes to States and Reclamation
The article explains oil and mineral royalties on public lands flow to States and the Reclamation Service. States receive 37.14 percent of royalties and rentals while the Reclamation Service gets 52.14 percent, leaving 10 percent for general government. It notes indirect benefits to oil and coal states and potential Treasury drafts by year end, with Wyoming and Montana expected relief from tax burdens as projects progress.
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Reclamation Service
Wyoming
Montana
Commonwealths
Saco Refuses Oil Riches Despite Giant Field
In Winnett and Cat Creek fields south of Saco officials describe oil as high grade yet seepage from a northern body. Government geologists have withdrawn nearly a million acres from land entry since 1917. Saco, at the center of the oil area, seems to prosper while residents declare they do not need the money.
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Winnett
Cat Creek
United States
Saco
Cat Creek Montana Oil Fields Generally Superior
The Cat Creek district in Montana produces the highest grade oil for its field size in the United States according to a United States Geological Survey report. The oil shows a parasine base with low sulphur, gravity about Baume 49.7, roughly six degrees lighter than Appalachian oil and ten degrees lighter than mid continent oil, with gasoline content about 11 times Appalachian oil and twice mid continent oil.
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Cat Creek
Montana
United States
United States Geological Survey
Appalachian
Water rental rate reduced for 1921 season
A government notice states the water rental rate of three dollars per acre foot, fixed March 1921, was cut to two dollars per acre foot by a Secretary of the Treasury order dated April 16, 1921.
Ardmore Man Is Promoted to Oklahoma Legion Commander
H. B. Fell of Ardmore Oklahoma, commander of the Oklahoma department of the American Legion, is vice president of a steel cone construction company. Born in Wilkes Barre Virginia, he was educated at Mercersburg Academy and Princeton University. A former construction engineer, he rose from second lieutenant to major in the army and led George R. Anderson Post No.5 of Ardmore to election as department commander at the latest Oklahoma convention.
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H. B. Fell
Oklahoma Department of the American Legion
Ardmore
Okla
Wilkes Barre
Bir Fell
Harry Hillman Academy
Mercersburg
Princeton University
Fell
Pennsylvania
Fort Niagara
N. Y
George R. Anderson
Legion
Oklahoma
Plan to Fight Propaganda by American Legion Leader
Henry J. Ryan, successor to Arthur Woods as national director of the Americanism commission, outlines a program to curb anti American propaganda. The plan seeks immigrant education, tighter immigration laws, limits on Bolshevist propaganda, broader citizenship education for native born adults, and English as the sole school language with compulsory U.S. history and civics. The Legion will press Congress to urge states to enact statutes reflecting these changes.
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Henry J. Ryan
Arthur Woods
Americanism Commission of
The
American Legion
Legion
Ryan
Mr. Ryan
America
Congress
Wisconsin World War Hero Becomes Senate Sergeant at Arms
Sergeant Vincent P Kielpinski, a World War II veteran and Distinguished Service Cross and Croix de Guerre recipient, kept a Thirty-second Division platoon in top form and was chosen by the Wisconsin Senate to serve as sergeant at arms. He organized the Quentin Roose West Post of the American Legion and serves as its commander.
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Vincent P. Kielpinski
Wisconsin State Senate
Kielpinskis
American Legion
America
Quentin Roose
West
Legion
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Little
R. A. Solde
Col. Hi Price
Lower Whitewater
Joe Albus
Géorgie Sammons
Ole Lowe
Mrs
O. C. Busche
Strommen
J.B. Franklin Place
Charley
Bill Hymer
Canada
George Sammons
Tatham
Huntley
Huntley School
A. M. Strommen
Myrtle Mole
Sacco
STORK
DR Keomep
Coburg Bank
Senate
Wisconsin Legion
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