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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1917
Page
3
State Treasurer Harry M. Allen reports strong Y M C A fundraising in Montana toward a $90,000 state share of a $35 million national campaign for soldier aid. Local workers praise reports and express readiness to send more than their share.
Miss Mayme Kerr, famed for travelers aid in Billings, is appointed matron at Miles City Industrial School. Her years at Billings station linked railroad and YMCA work, helping hundreds of young women and steering many away from vice. Her experience and community endorsements backed her for the deputy humane officer role, though a man was chosen for the post.
After a decade long search eastern lawyers locate William O. Rogers once Claude Van Wyck. Adopted by the Rogers family, his New York bank estate was held for him since infancy. The man, now a locomotive fireman, learned of his fortune and remained modest as officials arrange transfer and the story notes his quiet life and pursuit.
Plans for the 1918 state contests under the National Federation of Musical Clubs begin with announcements that events will run November 1 to 15, 1915. District contests follow, then the biennial program in June 1919 at Edward MacDowell's home in Petersboro New Hampshire. Winners Solon Robinson Marie Loughney and Graham Harris tour the U S in concert work. adsworth
In 1863 Blackfeet bands began raiding for horses amid rising white influx after gold discoveries. Hostilities expanded to include Blood and Piegan groups with mutual killings. A partial peace persisted as whites and Indians traded at Fort Benton. The period ended with the Piegan punishment by Colonel Baker in January 1870. In 1864 65 Piegan raids burned Sun River agency, drove relocation, and led to executions near Sun River Crossing. A German clerk Hunkle and companion Petit Cris were captured by Piegan warriors, stripped, and killed after a cold march.
Virginia City’s Sallie Bickford, sole woman of color to run a public utility in the United States, governs a historic water system inherited from her husband. The 50 year old plant, built by A M Holter, uses wooden pipes and still delivers reportedly premier water, now facing a 10 percent rate increase and city council scrutiny.
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