The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-10
State Educational Institutions Ordered
to Stop Taking German Language
Observation-Disclosures Draft
Men to California.

ces as clerks and stenographers, into
the Red Cross and other activities.
Vacancies in the teaching staffs OF the
cities have been filled by drawing upon
the teachers of smaller towns which In
turn have drawn upon the country dis
tricts.
.The situation is really becoming Sc
rious, and / am sure that when more
school authorities having supervision
oyer high schools realize 1t Is a patri-
otto endeavor, II nothing more, more
high schools will have rural teacher
training courses established under the
provisions of the state aid vocational
act.
Seven Montana high schools have
already awaited themselves Of the pro-
| visions of this state act and have es-
| tablished such courses. Great Falls Is
now contemplating putting In this
course, and is the first large city IN
the state to interest itself in the mat
ter. The high schools that have estab-
lished these courses are kalispeil
Lewistown. Glasgow, Sidney, Mendive,
Croteau and Livingston.
"The state law provides that the
state will defray half the salaries Of
the instructors employed In rural
teacher training work"
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Montana Gets 17e Banners.
Every one of the six states in the
ninth federal reserve district, every
county and nearly every township in
the district has won honor flags for
over-subscribing their quotas In the
third Liberty loan campaign, according
to information reaching Helena. Or
ders for 5000 honor flags for the dis
trict have been sent to Washington.
Montana communities have won 176
honor flags.
/ 10000 Auto Tags lssued.
/ With eight months still to go. the
automobile licenses issued during the
first four months Of this year by Sec
rotary of State c.. r. Stewart total
10000 or within 5000 Of as many as
were issued during the whole II
months of last year. Applications for
licenses have fallen off, but are stu
coming in at the rate Of 200 day.
lit is estimated that from $4,000 to
$4,000 machines will be registered be-
fore the year closes.
In 1915, the first year licenses were
required, 10000 machines were reg
istered in Montana The following
year $4,000 machines were licensed and
In 1917, 1900
Rigid Order Promulgated.
The order requiring all able bodied
persons to work not less than five days
week, put into effect by the state
council of defense, Is mild compared
with an order put into effect recently
on the Blackfeet reservation.
State Veterinarian W. J. Butler, who
has returned to Helena from the res
ervation, reports the agent sent out
word that all male adults would have
to work this season, and he advised
employers that in case any OF their
men quit without giving valid reason
that they should be arrested and
brought into the agency. Then, If az
investigation disclosed there were nc
reasonable grounds for the man quit
ting work, the Indian court is to attend
to the case.
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Montana Draft Men to California.
: Beginning May 10, and continuing
for four days, 354 Montana draftes
men will entrain from their home coun
ties for Fort Mcdowell, near Sal
Francisco, Adjutant General Phi
Greenan has been advised. The mel
: go under a regular draft call, but /
Is understood that instead Of bein,
: assigned to the national army, will b,
used to fill gaps in the regular regi
: ments.
|. Game Warden De Hart has sent on
n 10000 fish and game licenses aroun,
q the state and henceforth all fishermel
must be supplied with the 1918 certif
Q icates. This applies TO: women as wei
n as men over the age Of IA years.
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ii Stop Taking German Papers.
n Supplemental instructions have bee
! sent out to state institutions by Chan
= cellor E. c. Elliott directing that al
: subscriptions to newspapers and gen
{ eral periodicals printed In the Germa
: language, be cancelled. He further d
l. reefs that the rendering of represer
If tative German musical production
It should be avoided In all public excl
% cises of the institutions or during tn
se recifals, ID view OF Ine present cr1'
icel and sensitive state of public opiz