Canada’s Western Prosperity Driven by Farm Boom and Trade
Reports from Canadian industry credit men highlight strong Western business, rising cash payments, lower farm debts, and a wave of land purchases. Crop prospects are excellent, car ownership climbs, and postwar rebuilding offers vast opportunity, with Canada seen as a growing economic partner to the United States and Britain.
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Canadian Credit Men’s Association
West
Prairie Provinces
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Northern Land Companies
Western Canada
Manitoba
Automobile License Department
Kingman Nott Robins
Farm Mortgage Bankers’ Association of America
Monetary Times
Europe
Truthful Women and War Talk Tale
A humorous piece contrasts a detective praising women’s truthfulness with an anecdote about a husband’s last words. Another vignette reports Winchester barbershow patrons often forget to pay, recounting a California visitor who left without settling his bill in Indianapolis News.
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Winchester
California
Indianapolis
Raat 5 Percent Tail Ends in a Love Plot
A fragmented notice hints at a dramatic scene where a woman persuades a man to admit love. The scarce readable text references emotional tension and a confrontation that leads to a stated sentiment. Further context remains unclear due to the damaged OCR.
Big shift in range grazing tested at Helena forest
Superintendent Seely and James T. Jardine report that letting sheep roam freely on the Helena forest reserve yields higher returns than nightly corralling after a three day inspection. Ranchers observing the flocks expect a marked change in local ranging practices soon.
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Helena
Seely
James T. Jardine
Washington
Swedes in Montana Idaho elect leaders at session
The Swedish Young People's conference of Montana and Idaho elected Rev C D Swanson Missoula president and Mrs E M Shoemaker Helena secretary with C Eastberg Idaho Falls treasurer. Resolutions favored state wide prohibition and laymen pledged votes in November referendum.
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Helena
C. D. Swanson
Missoula
Swedish Young People’s Conference
Montana
Idaho
E. M. Shoemaker
C. Eastberg
Idaho Falls
Extension work costs Montana nearly seventy-five thousand a year
Bozeman officials say the extension department of the state experiment station costs about 75 000 dollars yearly. Director F S Cooley notes this budget supports personal contact with about 100 000 farmers through station employees or direct assistance during a farmers picnic journey to Race Track in Butte.
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Montana
F. S. Cooley
State Experiment Station
Bozeman
Butte
Thousand Masons Parade in Butte for 50th Anniversary
More than 1,000 Masons joined a parade through Butte streets to mark the 50th anniversary of the A F and A M in Montana. Delegates from across the state attended the opening session, with about 150 delegates present including the Eastern Star. After a routine business session, delegates enjoyed a city automobile ride.
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Butte
A. F. and
A. M
Montana
Eastern Star
Helena Crop Reports Show Strong Yields Across State
Crop reports from Bitter Root and Saco district indicate yields well above ten year average. Wheat in Cutback and Chester areas are generally good with Chester crops called the best in sixteen years.
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Helena
Saco
Chester
Elevators Expect 8 Million Bushels in Montana Trade
Equity elevators in Montana plan to handle eight million bushels of grain this year. A. H. Freie, grain sales manager, says representatives have formed a marketing association with headquarters at Great Falls to enable big lots and better prices for farmers.
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Great Falls
Equity Grain
Montana
A. H. Freie
Equity Elevators
Montana Banker to Leave State
Great Falls Montana marksman Mark Skinner longtime organizer and first manager of the Commercial National Bank will move to St Paul Oct 1 to take the vice presidency at the First National Bank of St Paul. Skinner is regarded as one of Montana’s best known bankers.
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Montana
Great Falls
Mark Skinner
Commercial National Bank
First National Bank
St. Paul
Skinner
Bankers Elect Officers After Montana Convention
The Montana Bankers association adjourned after a three day gathering in Miles City. A. J. Covert of Billings was elected president and E. A. Newton of Great Falls remained secretary-treasurer. The group approved a resolution favoring arbitration of the railway question and sent resolutions to Washington on bankruptcy act repeal and postage rates.
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Miles City
Montana ‘Bankers’ Association
Gart
Helena
A. J. Covert
Billings
E. A. Newton
Great Falls
Questins
Toveriak
Fun at Sweet Pea Carnival in Bozeman
Bozeman hosts the Sweet Pea carnival with driving horses and a Bozeman Liv ingston ball game drawing large crowds. The Gulch, run by the Bozeman Elks, imitates an Alaska mining town with gambling and drinking using play money, opening at eight and drawing crowds into the early hours.
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Bozeman
Livingston
Gulch
Bozelli Bank
U. S
Helena and Great Falls bid for Farm Loan Bank
Miles City reports the Montana Bankers association convention focused on locating a federal farm loan bank in Montana. Helena and Great Falls competed for support, with welcomes from H B Wiley and Frank Bogart. About 100 delegates attended as Theodore Wold of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve spoke on the bank's accomplishments and its relation to the dairy industry.
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Miles City
Federal Farm Loan
Montana
Montana Bankers’ Association
Helena
Great Falls
H. B. Wiley
Frank Bogart
C. W. Butler
Theodore Wold
Federal Reserve Bank
Minneapolis
Fred W. Merrill
Hibernians Pick Butte For 1918 State Convention
Delegates chosen by the Hibernians named Butte as the site for the 1918 biennial state convention. Elected officers include Joseph B. McDonnell Conda president A P Quin Missoula vice president M J Roddy Great Falls secretary James J Murphy Butte treasurer Father Maroney Chateau chaplain Father Michael McCormick Butte historian. Women's auxiliary officers listed Mary Johnston Conda president Kate Harrington Butte secretary.
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Great Falls
ofHibernians
Butte
Joseph B. McDonnell
Anaconda
A. P. Quin
Missoula
M.J. Roddy
James J. Murphy
Father Maroney
Chateau
Michael McCormick
Woman’s Auxiliary
Mary Johnston
Kate Harrington
Bovard Era Ends as Butte District Head Chosen
In Livingston Montana the Methodist Episcopal conference named Rev Charles L Bovard longtime Montana Wesleyan University president at Helena as superintendent of the Butte district. No successor was named for Bovard and acting president Paul M Adams will oversee the university.
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Butte
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Livingston
Mont
Charles L. Bovard
Montana Wesleyan University
Helena
Bovard
Paul M. Adams
Horses Die From Locoweed In Frying Pan Basin
Rancher C. W. Scott reports many horses have died this season in the Frying Pan basin after eating loco weed which is unusually abundant. He says losses could be reduced if loose horses are removed from infected ranges.
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Dillon
Frying Pan Basin
C. W. Scott
Scott
Ashuelot townsite reaches on Great Falls St Paul road
The Ashuelot townsite marks the new junction twenty seven miles northwest of Great Falls on the Chateau branch of the Tailroad. Construction delays arise from shortages of men and material delaying progress.
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Great Falls
St Paul
Ashuelot
Yellowstone Park Soldiers to Border Move Planned
About 250 U S soldiers stationed in Yellowstone National Park under Colonel L M Brett will be sent to the Mexican border on October 1. Civilian scouts will replace the soldiers at the park.
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Yellowstone Park
Livingston
United States
Yellowstone National Park
L. M. Brett
Farm Land Pays Cost in One Year
Great Falls resident Joseph Holland, member of the American Society of Equity, reports his 320 acre farm yielded crops this summer that will pay for the land in a single year. He grows 220 acres of wheat and 100 acres of oats on the property.
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Great Falls
Joseph Holland
American Society of Equity
Holland
Women Make Up Forty Five Percent Of Montana Voters
Local Montana politicians tracking registration say women account for about 45 percent of qualified voters. One Helena precinct shows women outnumbering men, while overall 30 percent of registration reflects female voters.
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Great Falls
Montana
Helena
Tate
Railroads in Montana Face Higher State Taxes This Year
Montana railroads will pay a total of 81,082,066 in state taxes this year up from 79,195,951 last year, with increases mainly on main lines for Burlington, Milwaukee, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Oregon Short Line. The state board of equalization fixed the valuation, while block signal systems are taxed in each county. The report also notes forest reserves payments to Montana for public schools and roads, totaling 89,851.72, distributed among counties.
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State Board
Supreme Court
Burlington
Milwaukee
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Oregon
Stewart
Treasury Department
Washington
Montana
Congress
Absarakia
Beartooth
Beaverhead
Bitter Root
Custer
Deer Lodge
Flathead
Gallatin
Helena
Jefferson
Kootenai
Lewis and Clark
Lolo
Madison
Sioux
Montana and United States Warehouse Act Compared
Gov Stewart receives copies of the new United States Warehouse Act which became law on August 11 and finds Montana’s law nearly identical in major terms. The Montana act provides for the issue of warehouse receipts and related provisions on the same subject.
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Stewart
Montana
Montiis Aw
How Mrs Bean Met the CRits Nashville Mrs Bean story
Mrs E H Bean of Nashville Tennessee reports relief from menopause changes and a tumor after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She states she required no doctor and recommends others write for guidance to Lydia E Pinkham Med Co Lynn Mass for help.
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Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. H.bean
Joseph Avenue
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