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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1918
Page
4
The Lewistown chamber of commerce asks Congress to authorize McAdoo to build a missing Great Northern short line from Fairview to Cut Bank. The proposal argues 60 million bushels of wheat could be produced annually along the route, with thousands of settlers lured by the railroad and land booms in Fergus and Dawson counties.
Farmers and several Montana farming groups in Great Falls formed a committee led by W S McCormick to push for a primary wheat market within the state. They urged the legislature to back a plan to set 1918 prices at the US average and to base Great Falls price margins on freight, aiming for higher returns than the $1.91 per bushel seen in late 1917.
Cato Sells, Indian commissioner, urges that Indians enlist in regular army units rather than form separate Indian regiments. He argues unity and equal treatment, notes Indians already buying Liberty bonds and serving in large numbers, and advises patriotism be taught without racial segregation.
A state roundup of dispatches notes Montana groups engaging in war work drives. Knights of Columbus in Great Falls raise 10000 for national war effort. Senator Paris Gibson, founder of Great Falls, is gravely ill at home. Lewistown business leaders rally to raise 36000 for the chamber of commerce. Helena reports a new state highway and bridge chief engineer, Paul Pratt. Adjutant General Greenan notes 1100 Montana navy enlistees and 11 in the naval reserve between April 1917 and February 1918. Ice supply fears as winter ends. Great Northern line project stalled. government potential takeover possible. Roundup flour mill orders revised to meet local needs only. Exemption board appeals heard, including a 62-year-old wife seeking deferment for her 29-year-old husband. Major Jesse Roote of the 163rd U.S. infantry writes from England amid hospital recovery. Bozeman forest officials refute elk starvation claims, finding elk healthy. Be fore the divorce hearing, man vanishes after remarriage. possible abduction suspected. Butte recruiting sergeant Bryant pushed national calls for west-sourced soldiers, including remount and guard roles. Fort Benton sues for 15000 over an alleged 24-hour detention and false arrest.
Boston Lynn Massachusetts shoe factories resume production after a wage agreement. About 105 factories are affected and 20 000 employees return to a 41 hour week with Saturday as a half holiday. The settlement ends a labor stoppage and restores full operation.
Montana youth Private Cleveland A. Hodges in the 163rd U. S. Infantry wrote "Come on You Yankee Oh Come on You Boy" to be played by his regimental band upon entering France. The sale funds will be placed in a bank for the writer. Reeves Music House Helena invites orders and mentions another Montanan piece "Dear Montana."
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