News of Town and Grass Range Time Table
Grass Range timetable lists daily passenger service except Sundays with morning departure 7 a.m. to Lewistown 8:45 a.m. and return 5:40 p.m. plus a mixed train to Winnett operating Tue Thu Sat, Lewistown to Winnett and back. Various local notes, social events, and War Savings drives follow alongside business and community updates.
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R. R
Grass Range
Lewistown
Drylanders and Community Events Highlight Local Page
Snow drifts and a loaded saw dust load lead to a cut bank mishap with no injuries. Drylanders plan a threshing outing, Red Cross fundraiser, and a District dance with music by Baldy Strang. Thrift Day boosts sales at area schools and post office stamp totals reach 80 dollars.
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Red Cross
Becket
George Ayers
Walker and Apple
Magnus Johnson
Wist
Montana farmers hesitate to plant more crops due to labor fear
E L Currier, U S Department of Agriculture Farm Help Specialist in Montana, says harvests will proceed even with larger acreage. He notes Canada’s wartime farm output rising despite manpower losses and outlines county level organization to ensure labor, plus February labor surveys conducted by the state public school system with two school-closure days to collect data. dates to be announced.
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E. L. Currier
Federal Farm Help
Montana
Canada
E. Lg Currier
U.S. Department of Agriculture
For Sale Two Hundred Fifty Bred Ewes
For sale is a flock description of two hundred fifty bred ewes with contact by addressing this office. Includes no further details on breed or location beyond the office reference 62-21.
School Notes Highlights Top Students and Activities
The highest grades were earned by Emma Koenitz and Ray, with Mabel Clark top in eighth and Rachel Clark in sixth. Katherine Brugge led the grammar room average, as the school band progresses. Mrs Lebbs visited, semi finals set for Jan 24-25, and students marched to the post office to buy Thrift Stamps.
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Emma Koenitz
Ray
Mabel Clark
Rachel Clark
Katherine Brugge
Lebbs
Waite Entertainment Delights Fergus War Relief Trustees
The Fergus County War Relief Association welcomed Miss Ruth Waite for an illustrated travel lecture on Japan China the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands. Her singing drew the best appreciation despite belated trains poor hall lights and other difficulties delaying the start.
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Fergus County
Russian Flour Mills Idle Report From London Committee
A federal food administration report shows December 1917 Russia flour mills operating at 55 percent normal capacity. Of 1,479 large mills, 55 percent normal, 21 percent reduced output, 15 percent abandoned. 156 largest mills stopped, 1000 mills down 28 percent annual output, total flour output down 33 percent. Causes include transport difficulties, sack shortages, mobilization taking workers, and selling flour below cost.
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Boseman
Mont
Federal Food Administration
London
Russia
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Herb Bennet
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the Waite Entertainment
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