MONTANA TO
FORGE AHEAD
THIS YEAR
HELENA. Mont.. Jan. .'!1 tliy Asso
ciated Press). With thousands of
acres of new land under the plow sis
a result of the war. and with accu
mala etl building operations, post
I limed because of the war. either con
templated or under way. to a total of
more than half a million dollars, state
officials here predict that the prog
ress of Montana in every line will be
greater in the next three years than
in the deouHie preceding lul l.
Already plans are being made by
state and county councils of defense
to place returning soldiers in the gen
eral plan of development of a greater
state, either in agriculture, mining
or industry. The larger part of the
1)5,000 men furnished by the state to
the armed forces of the nation were
taken from the agricultural sections of
the state Correspondence with
county councils of defense, according
to Charles 1). Greenfield, Sr., seen* j
tary of tin State Council of Defense,
indicates that all of these men will
find employment in their home com-1
inanities, and with the anticipated
development of agricultural resources,
many in addition.
Men in the army and navy who
wer- taken from other than agricul
tural pursuits will find no trouble
in getting back their former employ j
ment." said Mr. Greenfield. “Employ
ment for returning soldiers is not a j
problem which will lie difficult of so- j
lution in Montana In almost every !
county of the state there is an organ
ization. composed of members of the
county council of defense. Red Cross
chapter and other organizations,
which has ils plans already made to
aid the home-coming soldier and
sailor, whether he is wounded or phys
ically lit. to become again a self-sup
porting member of the community."
Resides the deferred const ruction
of more Ihan half a million dollars re
ported to the war industries hoard by
tlie State Council of Defense, a large
amount of new construction is ex
pected during the expenditure of
$.9.(1(1(1.1100 on public roads by the na
tional government, the state and the
counties is estimated for the year by
the stale highway commission. Rail
road construction (hat had been
planned by transcontinental lines tra
versing Montana, and which was halt
ed by the war. aggregating several
thousand miles, also is expected to
is put through during liilit and 1920.
RED CROSS UNIT HAS
ARRIVED IN SIBERIA
VLADIVOSTOK, Dec f> I by mail).
A Red Cross unit from the Philippine
islands has arrived here for service
in Siberia. Some members of the unit
t ill '"ave in the near future on the
li.Ih r-dii f train for the interior, to
d strlbute winter garments to the
need; tin g the Tntussiberian railway
and p..iti ularly lo railway employes
who It tv. iept their posts under
most tryi't circumstances, and in
spite of the fact that their pay in
some instances is three months in
arrears.
PORTLAND WILL
PROVIDE JOBS
FOR TROOPS
PORTLAND, Ore., Jail. 31 (by Asso
ciated I’reasl. -"If (here are no Jobs,
then the city and state must make
them." said Mayor George Itaker of
Portland, addressing a conference of
eight hundred delegates recently
called here to outline a state recon
struction program. "If there is not
Money In tin- treasury to do it, the
people must vote the money. We
must open up our natural resources.
We want no charity bread lines and
beds for Oregon's soldiers when their
duties are done."
The delegates, representative of till
activities and districts of the state,
were called together by the mayor as
chairman of a general reconstruction
committee named by Governor Juntos
Withycombe to devise means of pro
viding employment for Oregon's light
ing men when they tire mustered out.
As a result of the conference an at
tempt is being made to determine to
■vhat extent private employment can
I rovltle work anil state, county and
m micipal governments are to be
usk«d to inaugurate campaigns for
pula c improvements.
It ii estimated that approximately
thirty housand Oregon soldiers will
be mustered out of service during
Pill*. While many will go back to
their former jobs, thousands will have
no positions. There is neither a
shortage nor over-supply of labor in
tile state tit present, according to Itg
ures presented at the conference, lly
urgent appeal to employers it is lie
licvctl jobs can be found for about
one third of the returning soldiers.
What to oiler the rest is the prob
lem now being worked out.
SERBIANS RETURN TO
THEIR N< E COUNTRY
COHFC, Dec. 2k (by mail). Now
that the Serbian government and civil
inn refugees have returned to their
native country, this little island off
the Greek coast, to which they were
driven by the Austrian invasion, has
resumed its pre war appearance.
Across the harbor, however. Is sol
emn and mute evidence of the terri
ble misery and privation suffered by
the Serbian army and population in
their tragic retreat of IBID. On a
small. grass-covered island. now
called by the natives "the island of
the dead." are several hastily-made
cemeteries, where are buried thou
sands of victims, soldleres and civil
ians alike, who succumbed to starve
lion and disease in the headlong (light
of the Serbians three years ago.
MEXICAN MINISTER TO
BOLIVIA IS NAMED
MKXICO CITY. Jan. 31 (by Asso
elated Press). Alfonso Siller, accord
ing to a semi-official organ of the
government, has been appointed Mex
ican minister to Bolivia.
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and most reliable world news.
HUNS DESTROY
A .INDUSTRY
IN BELGIUM
—
BltCSKKHS. Dec. 21! (Correspond-;
once of the Associated Press).—Thus j
far it has been impossible to estimate
the extent of damage caused in Bel
gium by the Germans, or to fix. even
approximately, the amount of Indem
nity which Belgium will demand from
Germany.
In the majority of the factories
which the Belgians were allowed to
operate during German occupation the
plant remains, but everywhere all
stocks of raw material have been en
tirely removed.
In the other factories, which the
Belgians were not allowed to operate,
there was a systematic removal of all
tin- machinery, which was dismantled
and sent to Germany. The names of
the German manufacturi rs to whom
the machinery was shipped have been
ascertained.
Belgian industrial circles seem to
be divided ns to whether to attempt
to recover the stolen property from
Germany, now necessarily .worn, or
to buy new machines abMgjl and to
make the Germans pay for* hem
The Belgian coal Helds in the re
gions of Mens, Charleroi and Glege
were operated by the Germans, who
used Belgian coal as currency to ob
tain from Holland provisions cattle
and horses. Thus, while the Belgian
population suffered from cold, coal
rose in price to 400 or BOO francs a
ton, and Belgians witnessed tile spec
lacle of workmen weakened by pri
vations forced to drag heavy carts
loaded with coal, taking the place of
the horses which the Germans had
The industrial region of Charleroi
suffered severely at the hands of the
Germans, who destroyed tho machines
which they <1 id not lake- nway and re
moved all material of which they |
could not make use. A great amount
of work will be necessary to clear
up tho wreckage, and even if the
stolen machinery or Its equivalent is
obtained it will he impossible to re
sume production before the middle of;
next year.
Nothing now remains of the estab
lishment of Thy-le-Chateau, which an
nually turned out about 200.000 tons
of steel. Sixty coke furnaces, four
blast furnaces, four twfcai£~-t»n con-1
verters and six sets of flattening ma
chines have been destroyed or sent
beyond the Hhine.
Some of the steam engines were
blown up and furnaces were destroyed
by cutting down the supporting col
umns. The damage there amounts to
, soveral millions of francs.
It would be easier to enumerate
| what the Germans have left than to
describe the ruin they have caused.
IOWA WANTS BOXING
TO BE LEGALIZED
DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan III (by As
sociated Press). There Is a strong
possibility that the Iowa legislature,
which convened January IS. will be
asked to h galize boxing and appoint
a commission to supervise tin- sport
With an army cantonment adjoining
the city, boxing lias flourished here
for more than a year, although in
the past ft w months it has been on
the wane, due mainly to several dis
appointing bouts.
it is said that a law similar to that
in force in Minnesota would be satis
factory to Iowa ring fans, with bouts
limited to either ten or twelve rounds
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WOMEN GOLFERS TO
ENTER TOURNAMENT
CHICAGO. Jan. til (by Associated
Press). The Blue .Mound Country
Club of Milwaukee is in the field for
a lill'J championship tournament of
the Women's Western Golf Associa
tion The award will be made at the
next meeting of the association,
scheduled for February. The 1918
tournament was held at Indian Hill
Country Club. Winnotka. Ill
FORMER FOOTBALL STAR
TO JOIN N. Y. AMERICANS
CHICAGO. Jan. :'.l i by Associated
Press). George Hallas. former Ini
versify of Illinois athletic star, and
one of the mainstays of the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station football
and basketball teams, will get a try ;
out for the out Held with the New
York American League club next J
spring.
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TRAP SHOOTING TOURNEY
TO BE SETTLED SOON
KANSAS CITY. Jan. 31 (by Assn
ciated Cress) The annual midwinter
trapshooting tournament, the big
event of the season for trap-shooters
of the Central Western statese, will
be held in Kansas City February lb
to la. With the revival of interest
in sports, many marksmen will be
here to face the traps, tournament of
flcials believe.
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I). 11 Sexton has purchased Robert
(lottschalk's interest in the Alaskan
hotel, and all persons having bills
against the hotel should present them
at once to Mr. Sexton, who has as
sumed these accounts. 3-tf
Mr. Business
Man
t
By the recent addition of many new
type faces and other equipment we have
made of our JOB DEPARTMENT one
of the finest in Alaska. We are now in
a position to handle your orders with
even more neatness and dispatch than
before. How about that order for sta
tionery you were wanting right away?
Just step to the phone and call us—
we will do the rest.
Prices? Well—, you will find them
always RIGHT.
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