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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
2
A Western scientist and others debunk Professor Porta’s December doom prophecy claiming a planetary conjunction and sunspot cataclysm is unsubstantiated. Observers note no credible astronomical backing, comparing Porta’s claims to fanciful weather fears and prankish astrology during a Montana Chinook day.
Urgent appeal says hundreds of cattle in Eastern Fergus county depend on more hay cars arriving quickly. Farmers and stockgrowers come to town hoping to load hay but face delays. Warmer weather and coal miners returning to work offer hope, with hay trains scattered from Aberdeen to Lewistown and from Idaho, yet motive power is short. Immediate action to move hay is demanded.
A reader laments poor government railroad service especially on branch lines, noting Lewistown’s single live engine unsafe to run and Grass Range mail contracts failing under wartime control. The piece urges preparedness, better management, and restoration of efficient service. It also notes the Supreme Court upholding wartime prohibition, with Christmas hopes pinned on a presidential proclamation.
A Civil War era note recalls General Sherman saying he would not have marched if he knew the song Marching Through Georgia would arise. Henry Clay Work, a printer and songwriter, wrote the 1865 tune. The piece is noted for being composed without a manuscript while Work set type on a case. Also mentioned: daily train service will resume on a line starting Monday.
About 1060 coal miners in Musselshell county voted to return to work tomorrow at a Billings meeting. Troops stationed there will be withdrawn at once. Miners in Cascade county have also voted to return to work.
Special to the Democrat-News reports Rev. Dr. Van Orsdel pioneer Methodist minister and Milk River district superintendent is gravely ill at Deaconess hospital after a September stroke and a second stroke. Friends fear death possible within hours.
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