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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1922
Page
3
A state map shows dairy cow development as key to Oklahoma growth. Tick eradication across about 90 percent of infested land boosted dairy output, with 1921 figures totaling nearly 9.94 million pounds of butter fat and 9.53 million pounds of butter worth over 7 million dollars combined.
Helena figures show the one cent a gallon retail gas tax, passed by the last legislature, has yielded 270,808 dollars to the state school fund and 135,404 dollars to the state general fund. Billings reports a new firm, the State Dairy and Loan Livestock Company, filing incorporation papers. Helena Lieutenant Governor Nelson J. Story Jr. arrived to serve as acting governor for ten days.
An advertisement urges readers to combat hair loss with Danderine claiming it stops shedding, clears dandruff, and restores life and growth to hair. It promises strong, thick, long hair and notes the product is non greasy and widely available at drug stores.
The Montana Tuberculosis Association starts its Christmas seal sale on Thanksgiving with county chairmen distributing 336,000 seals. Proceeds fund public health nurses, child welfare, and tuberculosis education within the state, with five percent supporting national efforts. the 1922 design features a mother and child and a Christmas tree.
Missoula resident H. M. Smith, an electrician formerly with Northern Pacific, was nearly instantly killed at St. Regis when a shotgun he was cleaning discharged by accident.
Bozeman Blaine Ferguson, irrigation specialist with the Montana Extension Service, is named agricultural agent in Pondera County. He will oversee farming programs, irrigation projects, and farm advisory services.
The text describes Bayer aspirin as a medicine for general pain, noting the Bayer brand with directions, boxes of twelve tablets, and bottles of 24 or 100. It mentions the drug as monoacetic acid ester of salicylic acid and references drudgists selling these products.
A Sheridan State bank vault was broken into one morning, with 193.85 from a cash box and 36 safety deposit boxes looted. Loss estimated around 20,000 with Liberty bonds and jewelry seized. several named local owners identified as victims. Authorities suspect skilled yeggmen used sophisticated methods, with tracks and vehicle sightings in Twin Bridges and nearby areas. A reward likely, indemnity covers the bank’s loss, and investigation continues.
The November forecast reports flax at 1 125 000 bushels, down from 1 350 000 in 1921, but higher flax prices push value near 2 million dollars. Potato output reaches 6 174 000 bushels, up 1 114 000 from 1921, while apples total 780 000 bushels versus 975 000 last year.
Havre county agent A Campbell leaves extension service to join the state farm management department under M L Wilson. In Missoula a fugitive with 20 aliases, Russell P Jonah, allegedly stole government transport and lodging requests from the veterans bureau and travels the country with them. In Harlem a fire destroyed six stacks of baled hay after a freight train passed, amid a stiff gale. In Billings Charles ODonnell, long tied to the livestock trade, is noted for his decades of involvement.
An advertisement urges quick relief from a cold or grippe within hours using Paper's Cold Compound tablets. It claims the product clears head and nose, removes feverishness and headache, and avoids sickness or discomfort. Sold by druggists for a few cents with guaranteed results.
Sun River guides claim More elk roam Lewis and Clark county than any other U.S. region federal lands in the state boast higher herds than Jackson Hole Wyoming and surrounding areas drawing attention from hunters and guides alike.
Cascar boxes offer relief from cramps overeating headaches biliousness indigestion sour stomach and gas. A pleasant candy tasting remedy promoted as the most wholesome physic for both adults and children with a price of 10 cents per box and claimed to ease distress by morning.
In district court a man from eastern Montana and the northwest was acquitted after a grand larceny trial. He faced charges for mortgaging a bond of 2400 sheep he did not possess. The jury returned a verdict in sixteen minutes. Lewistown notes Mrs Ellen Knudson is acting temporary postmaster at Winifred. Near Twete farmer A L Bolstad reports five cows and a heifer poisoned by rye straw from a field once treated with grasshopper poison, the first such stock losses from hopper poison in straw. Joseph Schlass reports two more cattle affected.
Cleveland Six convicted traffic violators, escorted by two officers, were ordered by Municipal Judge Sawicke to attend the funeral of Catherine Gilmore a seven year old girl killed by a car while crossing near her home.
An old advertisement touts Pape’s Diapepsin as the fastest cure for indigestion and related stomach distress. It claims immediate relief from gas acidity heartburn sourness and fermentation with a small cost and wide drugstore availability.
A compilation of assorted ads from a Montana newspaper page featuring raw furs and fur services in Sioux City Iowa, cleaning and pressing for clothes and masquerade costumes, repair and sharpening services for razors, home weaving and beauty parlor offers, sewing machine attachments, Kodak film processing, watch and jewelry repair, glass framing, assayers and chemistry, radio sets DIY kits, billiard supplies, orchard fruits and prunes direct from Oregon, honey and Clover Honey, and personal ads for astrology, marriage, and wealth seekers.
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