Grass Range News Items and Community Happenings
Amos Snyder expected home. Mrs. Richard Winger remains in Lewis town hospital with a return planned next week. A baby girl born March 10 at Sioux City to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brandt. Brandts to Montana by May 1. Womans Club meeting attended by Mrs. Kendall, Mrs. Sayler and Margaret. Prestolite Co. rep J F Peterson demonstrates Ever Ready Welding Apparatus at Laird garage. W H Cullington to begin main street grading. gravel pit opened near the livery. Winter wheat reports say no kill, crop prospects bright. Grass Range events March 20 include community sale Fergus County Good Roads meeting and masquerade. Hugh Roberts back from Snohomish to work this season as tractor expert. George and Dave Hofer arrive from South Dakota to prepare for spring. Dave to Canada then return with family. Interest in forming a local baseball league across towns. Mrs. C Walsh at Lewistown for brother Henry Surprenant's illness. paralysis with slow recovery. P T A social at school Friday 8:30 with program and refreshments. hostesses named. Grand Theater movie machine en route from Duluth. possible delay due to North Dakota blizzards. promises a first class show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Snyder
Richard Winger
Becket
Lewistown
Henry Brandt
Sioux City
Iowa
Brandts
Montana
E. E. Kendall
J. E. Sayler
Margaret
Kendall Ranch
Womans Club
J. F. Peterson
Prestolite Co
Seattle
Laird Garage
W. H. Cullington
Main Street
Fergus County Good Roads Assn
Hugh Roberts
Snohomish
Wash
Hugh
George
Dave Hofer
Winger
South Dakota
Dave
Canada
C. Walsh
Henry Surprenant
Fergus
Helena
Vrooman
Barnes
Walsh
Stevens Faces 7 to 14 Year Term on Bank Trust Charge
Helena March 12. Judge R Lee Ward sentences Stevens up to 14 years for the Bank Trust case in state court. Maximum penalty set at 7 to 14 years as of Nov 5 last. Counsel obtains a stay of sentence pending appeal and a new trial is sought.
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Helena
R. Lee Ward
U Bank Trust Ay
Stevens
Ment
Parents Court
Mass Meeting to Nominate City Officials at Moose Hall
A mass meeting will be held in Moose hall next Saturday evening March 20 for nominating a candidate for mayor and aldermen. Three aldermen are to be elected two in the First ward and one in the Second ward. All qualified electors including women are invited to attend.
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Moose Hall
Oil Drilling Plans Near Grass Range in Wild Horse Lake District
Several companies, including a new entrant, plan to drill for oil north of Grass Range by mid summer. The latest firm reportedly holds strong leases in township 17N, range 24E on a well defined dome west of Wild Horse Lake in California, with potential significant interest in the area.
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Grass Range
Wild Horse Lake
California
Wellman Grocery Store Reopens Under New Management
Fred Brunckhorst of Winifred Montana and Mrs Bertha L Jones of Marion Indiana arrive in Grass Range to run the Bank Store known as Wellman Grocery. Store to open March 20 with a large sale starting March 25 to clear room for a carload of new stock. They pledge replenished stock and a complete line at all times and emphasize service as a specialty.
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Fred Brunckhorst
Winifred
Mont
Bertha L. Jones
Marion
Indiana
Grass Range
Wellman Grocery Store
Five Horses for Sale by M C Bolles Teigen Montana
For sale five head of horses listed by M C Bolles Teigen Montana State. Details on make condition and price provided upon review. Address unknown.
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M. C. Bolles
Teigen
Mont
Oil geologist scouting Fergus area for possible field
L. W. Walker of a major Texas oil firm visits with Mrs. Granville Stuart to inspect land north of Lewistown including the Three Deuce Ranch. The party follows Stuart’s historic notes mapping a region once eyed for oil, paralleling a past pioneer visit to the Gilt Edge country cut short by a Kansas City wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Walker
Texas Oil Company
Granville Stuart
Deuce Ranch
E. G. Abbott
Lewistown
Walker
Fergus
Pennsylvania
Kansas City
Lumber for Sale at Grass Range Ranch Mill
Native lumber offered from a ranch east of Grass Range. 5 million feet available in 2x4s and 6 8s up to 16 feet plus sheeting boards. Price set at 20 dollars per M feet for the next 30 days. Address provided on request.
Terms of Sale for Cash and Credit on Selected Sums
All sums of 25 dollars and under must be paid in cash. Sums over 25 dollars may be paid over time until October 1, 1920, on approved notes with ten percent interest. A five percent discount applies for cash on all sums over 20 dollars. No property may be removed until settled. Settlements to be made with the clerk.
Easter Week Basket Social Planned by Sunday School
After a vacation for church repairs the Sunday school plans a basket social on Wednesday night to help pay for remaining church improvements. The Leaguers praised the church’s progress and urged support as they await a new resident pastor amid district preacher shortages.
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Schooolhouse
Oversley
Epworth League
Farm equipment sale notice at Snape
Oliver plow four stubble three breaker bottoms John double disc eight ft in good condition at Snape. Lay WM Pearce.
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Oliver
John
Lost on the Canadian Line A Southerner Seeks a Colored Woman
A Savannah News report quotes a Southern man at a Canadian railway station asking about a color woman. The exchange highlights mispronunciations and racial slang as the traveler wanders, saying he has not seen a colored lady in ages and hopes to find a Negro woman on the other side of the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Columbia
Los
Boas
Hugh
Savannah News
Notice of Sale of Real Property in Estate Case
Roy C. Cromer as administrator announces sale of 142 acres in Fergus County Montana by private cash bid. Property includes Lots 1-4 and quarters in Section 1 Township 16 Range 24, subject to encumbrances. Bids received at Greene law offices or with administrator. ten percent cash with bid. dated March 16 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy C. Cromer
Henry Kirkgard
Henrik Kirkegaard
Montana
Montana Meridian
Merle C. Greene
Montana Buccaneen
Bank Electric Bus
Lewistown
Landis Declares Socialists Treasonable at Legion Banquet
Federal Judge K. M. Landis of Chicago denounced the socialist party as treasonable during an American Legion banquet in Champaign Illinois. He asserted that there are 100000000 socialists in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
Ill
Socialist Party of the United States
K. M. Landis
Chicago
American Legion
War Crime Label Sparks 1917 Contention at St Louis Convention
Judge Landis criticizes citizens who branded the declaration of war a crime and rails at those urging continued involvement. He cites delayed or lenient punishments, contrasting harsh sentences for traitors with trivial penalties for minor infractions in the war area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landis
St. Louis
Ferring
L.r
Leavenworth
Victor L. Berger
Oil Land Leasing Law Prompts Interior Department Action
Eremia Collins of Washington D. C. discusses a sweeping land legislation overhaul concerning oil leases. The act affects homestead and agricultural entry rights and patentees where mineral deposits are reserved, raising numerous procedural questions to be adjudicated by the Interior Department and potentially higher authorities in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior Department
Mneu
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Edison Phonograph
John Westberg
Frank F. Miles
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Atty
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