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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1919
Page
6
Treasure State advice stresses canning meats promptly after animal heat dies, using first class jars lids and rubbers, and preferred steam canners over hot water baths. Tighten screw lids, loosen bail types, and avoid adding extra liquid unless needed to heat through the meat.
Five thresherman schools will be held in Montana as the agricultural engineering department at the experiment station and the extension department of the agricultural college organize three day sessions at Bozeman Billings Great Falls Plentywood and Glasgow. Lectures on day one precede hands on study of threshers with machines from leading makers available for use by instructors and participants. County farm bureaus and implement dealers back the program to ensure broad attendance.
The court upheld house bill 30 which classifies taxable property and sets class percentages for tax bases. The ruling affects assessors who had relied on prior methods and now must reapply the new system. A friendly suit by David Hilger challenged whether the law met constitutional requirements for uniform taxation.
A historic court ruling defends inherent legislative authority over taxation and uniform rates while rejecting expansive interpretations of assessment. The decision requires clear constitutional limits and orders an injunction in Hilger v. Moore, with Justice Cooper dissenting on the tax percentage scheme.
Mrs. Martha Harrison Davidson of Anaconda selected to christen the U S S Deer Lodge soon to be launched in Portland Oregon. The ship's naming honors Deer Lodge county for war support. Davidson is widow of Chauncey Davidson who died at sea when the Tuscania was sunk while en route to France with the Twentieth Engineers.
Returned soldier C. R. Mullins received relief as neighbors organized a one day effort to plow drag and seed 40 acres. Nineteen outfits including a tractor operated by 81 horses with 41 workers plus women and children who served two meals.
Indians from Montana and northern Idaho will attend a week of dances and athletic events at St. Ignatius beginning July 4. The program includes a $100 purse baseball game, a $250 purse wrestling match, and other sports, all set on the Isidor Woodcock allotment grove though site choices remain under review.
Miss Ina Akins daughter of Lewistown merchant J. H. Akins wed Capt. James E. Crutchfield who arrived from Singapore via India to claim her. The couple rekindled a romance started in Manila in 1914 before the war interrupted it.
A notable frame building at Main and Galena streets in Butte, once famous as a gambling haven run by Jack Dowd the square gambler, was torn down to make way for a new structure. Dowd offered games from fantan to odd bets with a staff of Asian dealers. the loft served as a gambling den in earlier days, and the building later operated as a livery stable.
General Phil Greenan states the War Department will seek family wishes on permanent disposition of overseas fallen soldiers. If remains return to the U S they will be buried at the former home or a national cemetery per relatives wishes. All expenses including transportation and preparation will be covered by the government upon application to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in Washington D C.
The Montana trade commission sets tolls for grinding flour and related services. Rates depend on mill capacity and distance from the railroad, with appeal rights and a provision for reasonable profit while barring unjust gains.
An experienced beekeeper argues that beekeeping as a side line yields more profit than poultry with equal investment and less time, provided care and knowledge are applied. A good Italian hive costs 8 to 10 dollars and should produce about 75 pounds of honey per year, often more, justifying the cost.
A fleet of the Yellowstone Park Transportation Company's 12 passenger touring cars carried a Montana delegation to the Rotary Club convention in Salt Lake. Mon aco Oils are used exclusively by the big yellow buses.
The Deer Creek Bloomfield Telephone company announces a plan to operate lines and exchanges at Glendive Bloomfield Lindsay Richey and Stripek in Dawson county. Articles of incorporation filed with the secretary of state name 61 Dawson county stockholders and capital stock of twenty thousand dollars.
An inventor promotes electric brooders as simple heat sources for chicks. A box with a 60 or 100 watt bulb, carpet or sack cover, and a wire guard is suggested, with a feather hover as a more natural alternative. Multiple brooders in a room plus a coal stove backup ensure stable heat and healthy chicks.
Lon Ellis Dad Minagh and Amos Ekegren are said to have five bears to their credit while hunting near Lib by. If Lon keeps these trips up for several years he may need a museum to house his trophies.
In Miles City the opening day of a major horse sale drew about 3000 animals with few buyers and low prices. Fresh unbroken horses sold around 12 to 20 dollars, while larger harness-trained animals commanded little bid. Local horsemen say prices are the lowest in years.
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