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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
4
Alfred Atkinson state food administrator appeals to parents to support boys and girls club work to boost state production. He urges United States-wide effort for a large crop and notes club experience educates youth for future community leadership. Service cards issued to registered club members, with thousands already distributed.
The Montana state council of defense will oversee a cash sale of 500 to 1000 Ford tractors, delivered to a central Montana point around August 1 at about 825 per unit. DD R Nihills of Roundup seeks to ensure service with a competent force of experts and full repair lines. Demonstration machines may precede shipment, with details to publicize through state papers.
American soldiers are set to reinforce the Italian army as Austria advances. The move aims to bolster defenses and deter further aggression, signaling close Allied cooperation during the conflict.
A poem praising farmers marching to war and work, linking plowed fields to liberty. It extols yeomen, soldiers, and harvests, claiming furrows and tillage sustain freedom against tyrants as they labor from sea to sea.
Montana police report wide carry of concealed firearms by men across the state. District judges are urged to be extremely cautious granting permits to carry guns after council investigation showed many applicants claim danger to obtain self protection. The Montana Council of Defense passed a resolution urging judges to tighten scrutiny.
President Wilson tasks Chairman Baruch to form a War Industries Board bureau to closely monitor progress in war work including coal steel production war materials and transportation.
Arthur T. O Leary a Butte youth and self taught aircraft inventor plans training at Bozeman. He expects to take his home built airplane as a mascot and may attempt to smuggle it across. The Red Cross chapter of Butte offers a comfort kit but he cares more for his machine whose stabilizing device he describes to friends. He aims to fly a few thousand feet during spare moments if military rules permit.
Matt Alderson recounts early Shorthorn introductions from Missouri in 1865 and the growth of Montana stock breeding. He highlights key breeders, the Montana Shorthorn Breeders' Association formed in 1916, notable herds from Helena and Dillon, and calls for expanding cattle on farms to raise millions annually. He notes high state-wide interest, breeding success, and future livestock development potential.
A plea for divine rain during drought. The poem asks God to temper hot winds and bless grain so a bumper fall crop feeds the world and supports the war effort. It emphasizes farmers’ sacrifice and reliance on rainfall.
FE. R. Seaver, a lineman, was killed by lightning 25 miles south of Great Falls near Orr. Montana Power Co through the state compensation board paid the death compensation in full on the second day after the accident, a record speed in settling such claims.
A roundup of incidents across Montana towns including sedition verdicts in Lewistown, heat and crop damage in Roundup, a $50,000 branch warehouse plan in Malta, mine fire damage, and local bonds and infrastructure projects. Notable items include draft deserter rounds in Butte, school and hospital news, and weather affecting fires and crops.
Ralph W. Miller, a yeoman on the President Lincoln when it was sunk by a German U-boat, turned up alive on American soil after spending 18 hours on a raft. Unaccounted for, he was thought lost, and his telegram to Egbert Carney of Anaconda confirmed his safety. Miller had been a timekeeper at the Berkeley mine before enlisting, and his exact mission at the time remains unclear. He resided with the Carney family in Butte.
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