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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1922
Page
1
The second annual commencement at Sago High School featured six graduates, five girls and one boy, receiving diplomas. Rev. T. F. Rucker gave the address as the gym crowd listened. seniors plan to attend college. Basketball team members received sweaters, and a junior banquet followed.
Selena May 17 The land squatter era in Montana is nearing its end as cadastral surveying advances. J Scott Harrison assistant supervisor says surveys in the Montana district should be practically done by season’s end with forest reserves left for next year. Field staff has diminished from thirty to ten. funding for the next fiscal year starting July 1 1922 remains uncertain.
A Spokane reader lauds the Saco Independent from Spokane Washington for its quality and suggests the Saco population may be misprinted as 3500 rather than 350. The letter notes external interest in Bowdoin oil and reflects broader views of the paper’s reach.
The county faces a grasshopper outbreak risk as millions of eggs may hatch. The Farm Bureau plans quick action and public information to protect future crops, with a designated official to monitor and coordinate responses across the county.
Three recent measures aid ex soldiers in homestead gains. First, credit for residence in homestead claims extends to those discharged with compensable wounds or disabilities. Second, absences for vocational training now apply to veterans finished with government treatment. Third, disabled desert land entrants in reclamation may submit final proof without extra reclamation steps but must continue required payments.
The body of M. Blanchard, a sheep herder from Butte, was found a mile south of Oswego by an Indian rounding horses. Coroner Peter son and County Attorney Working with Deputy Hess held a coroner inquest. Blanchard, who borrowed a horse on April 18, likely drowned crossing the Missouri River, died from exposure while seeking Oswego. The body was taken to Glasgow for relative inquiries.
Weather Bureau records from Death Valley California show an average maximum of 126 degrees in 1911 onward. July 1917 averaged 107 degrees and July 10 1913 reached 134 degrees the highest natural air temperature recorded. Low annual precipitation under two inches and Death Valley running below sea level with irrigation making land arable.
The Supreme Court rules that a Reclamation homestead is not subject to taxation until perfected and a final certificate issues. Many projects have seen land taxed for county and state purposes after final proof, but the decision makes such levies illegal. This affects settlers on government projects.
Bargain shoppers find large aluminum preserving kettles priced at 99 cents each at the Co operative today. Limited quantities reported as customers flock to the sale.
Phillips County oil group advances to spud a test well on section 6 township 32 range 33 near the Bowdoin structure. A. J. Collier cites high point for testing as Saco and Malta back the venture promising vast production potential and the Bowdoin dome touted as the largest in the Montana oil field.
In Musselshell Montana forty one and three eighths cents paid by an eastern wool buyer for the Smith Brothers clip totaling 175000 pounds. Offers of 42 cents were made and declined by Montana Wool Growers association secretary H H Pigott at Helena. The purchase marked one of the largest best graded wool consignments in the state.
A farm workman uncovered a vertebra fragment during irrigation ditch work south of Sidney. The enormous bone, from a prehistoric monster likely hundreds of millions of years old, was exhibited before being sent to the University of Montana Missoula. The find suggests the creature may have been at least a hundred feet long.
A Courier note explains dinosaurs as large land reptiles with a wide ancient distribution, especially in the western United States. Early specimens show crocodile-like relations, but later they evolved into a distinct group, becoming the largest land animals.
In Salt Lake City on May 17 Matthew McBlain Thompson Thomas Perrot Dominic Bergera and Robert Jamison officers of the American Masonic Federation were found guilty by a jury on 10 counts of defrauding. Sentencing is set for Monday.
The Co op advertises alum inum teakettles for 99 cents, noting prewar price of about $3.00 as evidence of decreasing costs. The item is described with a sense of thrift and wartime economy.
The piece promotes Netted Gems and Irish Cobblers as ideal for the region with strong market demand. It notes possible 400 bushels per acre yields and urges planting a seed patch for next year while citing government reports on crop purity and quality.
The Red Cross led by John Barton Payne and President Harding appeals for half a million dollars to aid Mississippi Valley flood victims. Local chapters mobilize funds as 31,000 homeless in Mississippi are fed, with prior $100,000 aid already allocated. contributions support shelter, food, clothing and health needs nationwide.
The Rev Charles E Auger pastor of the M E church at Saco and Mrs Jessie S Weeks of Great Falls were married at 6 30 PM Saturday at the bride’s Central Avenue home. The ceremony was by Rev M H Needham. They will make their home in Saco. Auger formerly Bay Secretary at the Y M C A and came to Saco six months ago from Opheim country.
In Chicago a domestic relations court heard Joseph Tagliari admit he struck his 17-year-old daughter after she asked to adopt bobbed hair and rouge. Judge Adams fined him $100 and pressed him about a "perfect daughter" who stays at home.
New York May 17 A lighthouse for airplanes described as America’s first permanent aviation beacon will be inaugurated Monday at Sunset College Point Long Island at the mouth of Flushing Bay. The 14 inch high power searchlight will shine from Sunset at midnight.
Department of the Interior notice states Oscar Theodore Monson of White Water Montana filed intent to prove up a homestead claim on East Half of section 12 township 36N range 32E M M. The three year proof is set before U S Commissioner N J Brandt at White Water on June 17 1922 with witnesses John Voje Archibald Buchanan Edgar BR Coon and Russell Seward all residents of White Water Montana. E M Kirton Register
Washington reports easing financial needs for agriculture as War Finance Corporation loan requests decline. In late April the corporation issued 230 loans totaling 7.846 million dollars for two weeks, after averaging over 1 million dollars daily for several months.
The American Refining company of Great Falls won a city corner in Glasgow at Fifth street and Second avenue South for an up to date filling station to be erected in the business district.
New York May 16. Leaders of non-partisan labor promoters vow to tie up the administration for two years by sending 125 men to Congress. The New Haven Lines Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen chairman pledges to tie up Harding similar to Wilson era. W N Doak, vice president, denounces the current administration while praising Socialists and urging a Democratic Congress.
Washington reports twenty percent of U S forest fires in 1921 were caused by careless tobacco smokers. The Forest Service notes fires destroyed millions in standing timber, with lumber prices affecting construction. It cites growing national forest use and rising prevention challenges.
An optimistic notice advertises pure aluminum goods including a calculator teakettle double boiler and roaster at 99 cents each in a cooperative store sale today. The pitch highlights guaranteed quality and bargain pricing to attract shoppers.
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