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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1918
Page
8
Mixed train service runs daily except Sunday. Leaves Lewistown at 9:00 a.m. and arrives Becket 11:30 a.m. then Grass Range 12:20 p.m. Teigen 1:00 p.m. Winnett 1:45 p.m. Returns depart Winnett 2:45 p.m. Teigen 3:30 p.m. Grass Range 4:15 p.m. Becket 4:40 p.m. Arrives Lewistown at 7:00 p.m.
A bustling town page notes Third Liberty Loan bonds for sale and a meeting tomorrow night at Moose hall with outside speakers. Local social events include a Red Cross benefit at Snyder's barn Becket on the 20th and a community dance. seeding is progressing and cleanup day is designated for the 16th. Town residents move about with visits, teaching, and a Hoover dinner, while local business and school activities, parades, and Loyal League appointments fill the spring schedule.
A Liberty Bond meeting is scheduled for Friday evening at Moose Hall with several speakers addressing the audience. The program includes band music and a call for strong attendance to ensure a successful event.
Percy S. Taylor died Sunday morning at the ranch home of his son F. P. Taylor fifteen miles north of town. The body was taken to Lewistown by undertaker Creel and shipped to Dakotah Minnesota for interment. Family members accompanied the body. Mr. Taylor was a native of Wisconsin and 64 years old.
At the April 8 1918 Town Council meeting it was resolved to designate Tuesday April 16 1918 as general cleanup day. All residents are urged to clear alleys and yards and close businesses in the forenoon to aid the town cleanup effort led by Town Clerk J B McKenna.
Weekly update shows donations to the Armenian relief fund totaling 3354.25 with 318.25 contributed that week. Names include Mrs B H Braniff Mrs Mat Palmer Mrs Walter Maddux Mrs Wm Shaw han Mrs J H Charters and Forbes Leslie among others. H O Skern is treasurer. payments to him.
Oscar Mitchell donates a pure bred shorthorn calf named Villager's Best to the Red Cross. Roan calf born June 1, 1917, sired by Vil lager out of Village Nonpareil, with top show lineage from Oregon. Proceeds go to the Red Cross. sale date to be announced.
The Red Cross benefit dance at the mill Saturday night drew a large crowd and strong finances. The venue was festively decorated, well heated and lit, with two floors ample for dancers. Local talent included a school band and an orchestra on the first floor and a Mastertone with an accordion on the second. Receipts netted $50 for the Red Cross. the first Koenitz dance at the mill brought in $125.
Department of the Interior announces that Anna Neumann of Grass Range Montana filed notice of intention to prove up on her homestead entry number 023814 and additional entry for section 5 township 16 north range 24 east Montana meridian. Three witnesses Letitia Earl Wyman Davi Harris and Neumann all reside Grass Range. The proceeding will be before R W Blake U S land office Montana on the Sunday of May. First published April 11.
Miss Mary Newell of Lewistown led a bread and cake demonstration on Saturday. April 3 attendees included Mesdames Braniff Ferguson Footitt Hedge Miles Shawhan Brandt Ekern Blake Wiseman Charters Jaspar and A C Wetzig. Donations listed total cash gifts and in kind, plus a Plymouth Rock egg sale by P G Nelson for Red Cross. A sewing machine is requested for a few weeks and a Liberty Loan meeting is planned Friday evening.
The town council met in adjourned session to canvass the Monday April 1 election results and record alderman terms by ballot. S. Clark Jr. and J M Vrooman drew long terms in wards one and two. The ditch tiling on Second Street will be investigated for supply and cost. The road through John Hood's property and a general cleanup on Tuesday April 16 were noted before adjournment.
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