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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1919
Page
1
The American Red Cross outlines a five‑society world plan to extend relief work as it transitions to a permanent leadership under Dr. Livingston Farrand. The report notes over 8 million members, ongoing hospital and canteen services, and missions to Europe the Near East and Russia, with continued home relief efforts.
Lee Flegal and John York attended the February 25 26 purebred stock sale at Williston. York bought three Hereford bulls and two Pecheron stallions while Flegal acquired six Aberdeen Angus bulls. The move signals a shift from common herds to purebreds, with more ranchers likely to follow as range land tightens.
A reflective verse urging honesty and self restraint. The speaker seeks a clear conscience, freedom from corruption, and humility before family, promising to live rightly, avoid fraud, and keep faith with his wife and children.
The note touts land at 500 dollars per acre near North YakimaWashington promising irrigation with level plots and rolling hills suitable for alfalfa crops claiming Yakima Valley was a desert before irrigation and now resembles a single city district with rich soil and multiple harvests. It mentions Verni Vaupel of the Saco Drag store returning home after months in the area and compares Yakima Valley to Milk River Valley noting irrigation transformed land use and fertility.
The article lauds Dr Livingston Farrand as permanent head of the American Red Cross and highlights the nation-wide unity and sympathy shown during the war. It notes Mr Davison as chairman of the International Commission will represent the American Red Cross in planning extended activities and will travel to Europe for several months.
Olaf Berg, a north country volunteer from Camp Lewis, arrived home on furlough bearing severe wounds from the Artois Forest fighting. He lost an eye and has a mashed right hand from a German grenade explosion, after being picked up on the battlefield and treated in multiple hospitals since May. His company saw heavy casualties with most escapees listed as injured or dead, yet he notes German forces were retreating before his injury.
The Saco Odd Fellows announce the St Patrick's Day dance on March 17 at the El O F Hall. A strong live committee is in charge to ensure a top entertainment experience and wide invitation. Attendees are urged to remember the venue and date.
Phillips county farmers have accessed seed grain loans from the federal government through the Farm Bureau office in Malta. The loans total about 150000 dollars and are expected to support roughly 40000 acres of spring wheat this year.
A military general described many cases where soldiers received long sentences for disobedience or minor offenses. He noted a private jailed fifteen years for leaving base to visit his family, later reduced to three, and a young private punished harshly for refusing to surrender a cigar package to a superior.
Professor Edwin A. Lee notes a typical case of departmental incompetence at Washington. A wounded overseas soldier awaiting Smith Sears act re education has seven months of pay in arrears and no compensation for his wound. Meanwhile nine others arrive in Berne with back pay of 200 to 300 dollars each and honorable discharges for service in Leavenworth prison as conscientious objectors.
Major Fred Jorgensen reports Utah inventor John M Browning of Ogden who created machine guns used by the government must pay more than 700100 in income tax to the federal government. The finding follows details of Browning's earnings exceeding 1 000 000 from his inventions.
The senate agricultural committee approved the Kendrick bill to regulate the meat packing industry. It calls for licensing packers facilities and separating stockyards from packing companies while allowing two years to dispose of stockyard interests. It also regulates refrigerator cars under the interstate commerce commission.
The federal aid program approves 13 road projects in Montana totaling 87.5 miles at an estimated $244,198.43 with federal aid of $122,094.71. None of the projects is yet completed. Montana’s federal aid allotment reaches $993,169.32 with $38,383.54 paid into the national road fund.
A War Department table shows state contributions to the army during the war. New York led with 367 864 while Montana is credited with 36 293 soldiers. Totals include overseas garrisons and the American expeditionary forces.
Conferees in Washington reach a bill allowing discharged soldiers sailors and marines to retain their uniforms and granting five cents a mile travel expenses from discharge to home. The measure also drops an extra one month's pay for officers and enlisted men on discharge and specifies a bronze insignia medal as the honorable discharge emblem to be issued by the War Department.
Paris February report details the first meeting of the Provisional Council of the American YWCA at 8 Place Edouard VII. Mrs. Robert Lansing presided. delegates from Union Chretienne des Jem ailles, Student Movement, Foyer des Allices, Amies de la Jeune Fille, National Council of Women attended. Notables included Mme Jules Siegfried and Miss Charlotte Niven. The council aims to collect and share information on women’s conditions and to develop standards for future work with weekly departmental meetings and a monthly full council gathering. Delegates stay at Hotel Petrograd while in Paris.
The War Work Council of the YWCA plans to send an industrial commission of women to England France and Italy in April to meet labor leaders and promote world fellowship among women. Members include Mrs Raymond Robbins Miss Florence Simms and others from the YWCA and labor groups.
The sundry civil bill allocates Montana funds including Milk River irrigation 234000, Sun River 141000, Huntley 95900, Lower Yellowstone 59900, Glacier National Park improvements 85000 with road work to park boundary, and Yellowstone National Park improvements 255500.
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