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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
3
A collage of brief reports from New York to Vienna and Mexico City covers currency shifts, rail and oil moves, naval and aviation plans, legislative debates, and notable wealth. Highlights include oil region plans for Tampico, a colossal British dirigible project, massive life insurance holdings among top financiers, and troop withdrawal timelines in Europe.
W B Matheson of Deer Lodge aged 63 enlisted after claiming to be 42, joining the quartermaster corps and sailing to France from Fort Wright. A Spani sh war veteran with the Third Cavalry, Matheson served in Bordeaux duties and hoped for action in Mexico before the armistice. He reflects on age and service with humor and pride.
Townsend James Kelley, once unable to speak for fourteen months due to gas exposure on the Argonne front, surprised himself by requesting a waltz while a phonograph played. He has since regained his speech and now talks as well as ever.
The State section reports a new Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Ashland with 28 charter members, drought aid efforts from the federal animal industry in Billings, a record wool clip sale in Phillips County at 60 cents per pound, and unrest in Eureka as workers strike for an eight hour day. Also noted are oil and aviation developments in Roundup and Butte, a fatal fire near Logan, a drowning of Rev Kohler and his brother, and ongoing timber and railroad surveys in Missoula.
Montana’s Big Hole Basin earns the label greenest area as ranchers from Beaverhead county round up a brisk haying season. About 150 stacks of hay totaling 150 tons each are produced daily, with 80 percent of wild hay expected to be harvested. Farmers plan to sell hay for stock cattle and sheep at 18 to 20 dollars per ton, aiming to finish by August 15.
Four chair, well equipped dental office in the state’s largest town. Doing good business. Seller cannot give personal attention. Address Box 148 Great Falls Mont. DETECTIVES REVELARE SECRET SERVICE handles only high grade cases. Covers northwest including St Lake Bo Pocatello Portland Butte. Address communications to Pocatello Idaho. L.8 May, President.
Major M. E. Knowles, longtime state veterinarian and Montanan famed for leading evacuation and animal care for American expeditionary forces, returned to Helena after a rapid rise from lieutenant to the top rank in the army veterinary corps. He served on General Pershing's staff and headed the corps overseeing all army animals overseas.
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