Grass Range News Highlights Community Plans and Tragedy
The town eyes a clean-up day and a trip to the Old Swimming Hole as warm weather improves crop prospects in Grass Range. William Shawhan hauls gravel for town concrete work while the Grass Range Becket Forest Grove road advances toward completion in two to three weeks. Mrs Lew Barney dies at 22 from a carbolic acid error. funeral held in Lewistown. Grass Range hosts Klein’s baseball, previews Winnett visit with air travel offers, and notes rising tourism as roads heat up in July. County agriculturalist Peterson reports the best crop outlook in the county with large wheat and corn plantings nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shawhan
Robert Ayers
Hazel Ricks
Becket
Amos Snyder
Laurin Snyder
Forest Grove
Lewistown
Lew Barney
Barneys
Barney
Jackman Ranch
Riddick Boys
Bob Ayers
Grass Range
Peterson
Sudan
New Business Opens in Grass Range
The Custer Hiway Coffee Shop opens Saturday offering coffee sandwiches light lunches and Colonial ice cream from Lewistown. The shop aims to be a social spot for local women and girls with weekly specials like fresh crushed strawberry sundaes. Mrs Focht will provide public stenography services and Mr Focht along with Margaret Sayler will run auto livery and light trucking from the Grand Theater area building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer Hiway
Lewistown
Derrick Finished at Button Butte Well Site
The 6 ton boiler for Button Butte is on the ground and the derrick is completed at 84 feet. Four builders finished the job in three days while drilling crews prep for rigging this week with June underway. Grass Range visitors note activity as Minnesota Beach farmers sign with Walker Bros for summer development. Flatwillow Basin Oil & Gas Co signs over holdings to a larger company with a forthcoming report next week.
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Button Butte
Jack Rowley
Minnesota Beach
Walker Bros
Flatwillow Basin
New Train Schedule Pleases Grass Range Residents
Grass Range residents welcome the new train schedule enabling travel to Lewistown before seven in the evening and returning in time for supper to keep evening appointments. The timetable details follow.
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Grass Range
Lewistown
Mail Order Drug Store Services Promoted
Prompt attention to mail orders for any drug item with guaranteed service and satisfaction. CENTRAL DRUG STORE K. E. Hodges, Prop., Lewistown Montana.
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Central Drug Store
K. E. Hodges
Prop
Lewistown, Mont
Winnett Sells His Sheep in Montana Deal
W. J. Winnett sold his entire band of more than 5,000 sheep to Charles O'Donnell and F. W. Foulkes of Billings. Several carloads have already shipped while the rest will follow. Retiring from the sheep business since 1884, he cites range scarcity and lack of competent help as reasons, signaling a shift away from Montana ranching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Winnett
Charles O’donnell
F. W. Foulkes
Billings
Winnett
Montana
Winnett Times
Groundhogs Delay Spring Cheer At Zoo Park
Crowd flow at the National Zoological Park drops in cold Sundays but visitors still seek indoor animals. A mother hippopotamus draws attention as two boys joke about the hippo’s massive mouth while watching her eat hay.
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Zoo
National Zoological Park
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Notary Public
Louis Helvern
Musselshell
Hedge
W. J. Maddox
George Maddox
W. J. and
Heath
Winnett Teigen
Fred Brunkhorst
Mgr
Grass Range Mercantile Co
DeLaval
Ford
Pioneer Imp. & Auto Co
Rass Range
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