Grass Range Notes on Weather Farms and Local Happenings
Local reports describe warm showers and clear mornings, oil-field booms near Winnett with No. 2 lease pumping 250 barrels daily, and plans to add filling stations at Grass Range and Winnett. The community discusses school bonds, dairy prospects, butter prices, and spring crops across McDonald creek and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Nicholas
Kansas
South Main Street
Chas. Kaufmann
Nebraska
Kaufmann Ranch
Omaha Beach
D. C
Battrick
J. H. Charters
McDonald Creek
Tom Caesar
Belfield
N. D
R. J. French
No. 2
Bender
Grass Range
Winnett
Mr. Caesar
Roy French
Highwayman Shoots Companion in Montana Hold Up
Mandan North Dakota May 13. C J K Costello a Seattle traveling salesman who had told holdup yarns was accosted by two men who drew a gun in Glendive Montana. One robber fired and wounded the other as Costello fled with a large amount of money. The wounded man was taken to the county hospital in Glendive. the other gunman was captured at Dickinson North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandan
N. D
C. J. K. Costello
Seattle
Jordan Hotel
Glendive
Mont
Costello
Dickinson
Pershing Appointed U S Chief of Staff
Washington announces General John J. Pershing will become army chief of staff on July 1 succeeding Major General Peyton C. March. Major General James G Harbord named assistant. Pershing to direct training of the regular army and organized reserve and command them in active operations if needed before retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John J. Pershing
Army
J. W. Weeks
Pershing
Peyton C. March
James G Harbord
France
Service of Supply
Weeks
Regular Army
Organized Reserve
Sign in Window Sparks Curious Ice Cream Naple Idea
A druggist displayed a sign reading Say It with a brick interpreting the phrase as a playful nod to ice cream naplems. The local reaction noted the humor and ambiguity in the storefront slogan.
Legion Meeting Announces Memorial Day Services
A Legion meeting set for Saturday night discusses upcoming Memorial Day arrangements. Rev. George Hirst of Lewistown will speak on May 29 during the observance, with the program to be announced next week. All residents are urged to attend and participate in honoring soldiers who died in war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Novak
Eva
Edward W. Bok
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Geo. Hirst
Lewistown
Bob
Mrs Bergdoll Defends Slacker Son Grover Cleveland
Emma C. Bergdoll of Philadelphia testified before a house committee that none of $105000 in gold treasury funds were used for Grover Cleveland Bergdoll’s burial plot and claimed she spent over $30000 on lawyers and doctors since his escape to Germany. She said Grover would return after the armistice and asserted many other slackers exist, with her own wealth estimated at about half a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Emma C. Bergdoll
Philadelphia
House
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Germany
Grover
D. Clarence Gibboney
Showing of Oil at Black Butte
The Bear Cat drilling on the Black Butte structure hits hard formation at about 630 feet slowing progress. Shale oil appears in increasing quantities. Golden West drilling to resume once under-reamer arrives. Bolston Montana work delayed awaiting a new cable expected to arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden West
Boston Montana
Black Butte
Bolston-Montana
Estray Brown Horse Found Near Grose Range Owner Sought
A brown horse came to the ranch last year and now seeks its owner. Claimant must prove property, pay for keep, and respond to this advertisement. Advertiser: Ted Hanson, six miles south of Grose Range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Hanson
Grose Range
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Becket
Cy Spangler
First National
Snyders
Sam Strange
Montana
Fred France
Amos Snyder
Cale
Great Falls
Association
Mr. France
Companion
Pershing Is
U. S
Legion Meeting
America
Ginghams
Burson Hose
R. & J. Clothing Co
Peete
Ane. & Co
Grass Range Mercantile Co
Eddie Polo
McLean Elevator Company
Grain Growers Elevator Co
J. K. Raugstad
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