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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1921
Page
1
The railroad labor board aims to reduce wages by 10 to 15 percent across nearly 100 roads, basing cuts on the July 1920 wage award. The final percentage and affected employes are not yet estimated, but figures suggest a payroll reduction between 350 and 400 million dollars. The June 1 decision will set uniform cuts across all roads.
Chicago reports two thirds of last July's wage raise for railroad employees will be deducted starting July 1. From a $600,000,000 yearly rise, nearly $40,000,000 is cut, with maintenance of way laborers losing the full 81 1/2 cent hourly increase. The changes may affect about two million workers and reduce the general average rise by 12 percent.
The text compares US elevation differences and Asian extremes. It cites Mount Whitney at 14 501 feet, Death Valley below sea level, and contrasts with Mount Everest at 29 002 feet and the Dead Sea at 1 209 feet below sea level. It notes Everest is unclimbed and cites a Philippine seafloor depth.
The Department of the Interior will sell 6,480 acres in the Salt Creek oil field of Wyoming at public auction under the oil leasing act. The sale, June 15, 1921, at the U S Land Office in Douglas, will divide lands into 160 acre blocks and include sixteen inside tracts and twenty five edge tracts. A one fifth bonus is due in cash or certified check at sale. the remaining four fifths are paid in four installments with security bonds or equivalent collateral.
One of the largest mortgages handled by the Valley county clerk and recorder's office was recorded. The Great Northern railroad company provides a 166.984 million dollar mortgage to secure gold bonds for rolling stock and personal property. The First National Bank of New York City is trustee. The instrument spans forty four pages, with recording fees of seventy five dollars. The document was furnished in printed form for direct insertion into the record book.
John Hurey John M Kline and John L Slattery three Glasgow lawyers with statewide reputations form Hurey Kline Slattery and will begin June 1 in the Rundle building. Hurley served as county attorney district judge and Supreme judge. Kline known for private practice. Slattery a state senator and newly appointed District Attorney of Montana. Mrs Slattery's plans depend on the Attorney General. Also notes flood along Columbia with diking district 5 affecting 6000 to 7000 acres and a pump house washed away as the dike broke.
Woodland Washington May 31 Flood waters of the Columbia River broke a 75 foot dike six miles north of Woodland and spread across nearly 5000 acres to depths of eight to ten feet. No loss of life reported as residents were warned. Crops including wheat oats and potatoes destroyed and some cattle endangered. About 1000 men rushed to the area to aid. hundreds of livestock rounded up.
The piece praises cold storage and butter and egg preservation as a way for farmers to hold value and money. It cites Wisconsin cheese factories turning $3,359,000 on $1,320,000 capital and calls for creamery and storage plants in every town with state college trained in preservation.
Malta news reports a Montana health move to close City cafe owned by Frank K Nishi gaki after inspections by H M Shea. F Cogswell, secretary of the State board of health, revoked the license as mandated by a new law empowering the secretary to act without board approval. Further revocations urged if sanitation does not improve.
A sea lion weighing 300 to 400 pounds was found wandering in a field near Sunnyvale, California, about a mile and a half from water. A Puerto Rican farm laborer spotted the animal and alerted the foreman, fearing a large winged pig. The animal likely left the bay and became disoriented.
A farmer and his son found a coyote den and, after killing the old coyote, rescued five young pups. The unlikely event is described as a bold act by a lamb or the farmer’s lamb led effort.
Governor Joseph M. Dixon proclaims June 21 as Good Roads Day in Montana urging statewide civic action. He calls for local labor material and funds to improve highways, designating state and local officials to coordinate the effort.
A Salt content estimate from the United States Geological Survey claims ocean salinity could produce a salt block of 4,800,000 cubic miles. If spread across the contiguous United States, it would form a crust over a mile and a half thick. One percent of ocean salt could cover the globe to 290 feet.
Report notes a plan by a group of bankers to aid sheepmen by financing the cattle and wool industries. About 1,000,000 dollars are expected to be available, with articles of incorporation to be filed within ten days.
May 26 Great Falls Montana reports an estimated 70 000 wild cayuses roam Montana ranges threatening grazing. Montana livestock officials discuss responses while Dr W J Butler proposes options from slaughter for meat to fertilizer, though authority and feasibility remain unsettled.
Mrs. Andrew Schillings sent Bernard and George Koke young alligators to Malta. One died. the other remains in the Koke window on Fifth Avenue. The owner seeks reading on alligator care but learns they do not reach full size until about one hundred years old.
Havre residents will see thirty five young women perform a band concert Friday evening at the high school auditorium. O P Thayer leads and will direct the fourteen-number program. The group boasts Havre is the only Montana community with a women’s band.
Yakima Washington May 26 Charles Look a Chinese restaurant owner was convicted of serving impure food and given a sentence of one day in jail with no food except his own cooking and fined fifty dollars by Justice of the Peace C Roy King.
The United States Geological Survey reports radium occurs in nature in exceedingly small quantities, never visible even with a microscope. Radium ore carries only a tiny fraction to the ton and radium forms from slow decay of thorium, then decays to other elements, preventing visible accumulation.
In Tulsa Oklahoma on June 1 a brutal race clash followed an assault on a white girl. The city was placed under martial law, with 300 national guardsmen posted and 6 000 blacks detained. Officials reported 9 white deaths and 65 black deaths, with widespread fires destroying the black quarter and many wounded.
A June wedding report states Miss Frances Tarwater the Great Falls postmistress married Henry E. Barton of Genevieve on Wednesday June 1. The couple left for Great Falls Tuesday night and are expected back soon amid many friends.
A man named Bull shot neighbor Robert Fiegel with a 22 caliber rifle after a fence dispute. Fiegel, riding a wagon, was wounded in the shoulder but survived. neighbors ferried him to town and Dr. Minnick dressed the wound. Both families live near Larch Creek, fifteen miles south.
The Billings Ministerial association organizes a baseball team with Rev. George Mahlon Miller as captain. The clergymen and families plan a first public appearance on June 6 at Duck Creek, Miller serving as pastor of the Congregational church.
Dr. Smith and Ray Robbins returned last Wednesday from a bear hunting trip in the mountains. They brought back three silver tip bear hides in prime condition. A four day snow storm hindered pursuit and forced the bears into winter quarters. Some photos may be used in the Roosevelt highway booklet project.
Winona Lake Ind May 23 Large Presbyterian assembly declines to endorse Billy Sunday’s revival methods. About 1 000 commissioners representing 1 500 000 Presbyterians refuse to approve a resolution praising Sunday’s “sawdust trail” preaching as serious revival tactics.
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