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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1917
Page
4
Montana boys can aid Europe by trapping wild animals for government pelts used in aviator coats and military gear. At a St Louis sale allied governments bought 790,000 pelts. prices rise from 5 10 cents to 30 40 cents, some red fox reaching 47 50. Wildcat, skunk, muskrat, mink, and opossum pelts high. farmer trappers enlistment boosts supply and earnings.
Montana state funds have lent to 133 farmers for 315,440 dollars, with more loans pending and projections of at least 500,000 dollars invested by year end. October saw 40 loans totaling 105,900 dollars approved, while 65 loans were approved for 165,950 dollars. Cash in school funds stood at 1,969,939 dollars as of October, with 372,283.73 dollars invested that month, including farm loans.
A brief note condemns endless complaints and pessimism offering no improvement, urging readers to stop moaning about misfortune and instead seek practical steps or changes to better outcomes. The fragment hints at frustration with excuses and a call for proactive attitudes.
A terse adage notes that some men hold the belief that their wives are always wrong while their watches are always right, reflecting a humorous gendered stereotype about domestic disputes and timekeeping.
The piece urges farmers to prepare now for winter by listing needed odd jobs, gathering lumber nails and hardware, paints and brushes, and noting machinery to overhaul. It highlights buying materials in advance to avoid trips to town during bad roads, reducing lost time and crop risk. It stresses overhauling tools, building and fence repairs, and house improvements to be ready for the next season.
W J Swindlehurst state fuel administrator warns of a fuel shortage in Montana for the coming winter and urges homeowners to overhaul heating equipment to seal weather strips double windows pipe coverings and flues He stresses damper control clean surfaces and soot as a poor heat conductor and calls for careful use to save domestic coal
A Montana agriculture article recounts experiments and Farm Service data showing straw can sustain cattle through winter when paired with small amounts of concentrated feed. It notes oat straw most nutritious, compares varieties, and urges farmers not to burn straw as hay prices rise.
Montana stockmen warn of a looming cattle and sheep shortage as shipments to eastern and western markets surge. Secretary D W Raymond of the state livestock commission reports September and October shipments 66 percent higher than last year, with Chicago seeing 112 2658 head in that period and steers up 14 593 head while cows rise by 28 283 and calves soar from 95 to 3 187.
Professor C N Arnett reports strong Montana representation at the Northwest Livestock show in Lewiston Idaho with A B Cook Townsend winning multiple Hereford prizes including an aged cow and champion two year old heifer. J D Miles Livingston and Bozeman breeders also claim top Shorthorn and Hereford awards.
In the Remini district of Helena national forest a farmer learned from beavers how to store mountain stream water for irrigation. He applied to Supervisor J B Seely for a permit to build a small reservoir on a tract of land. The dam example shown by beavers suggests a larger dam could irrigate his fields, benefiting the beavers by increasing water beyond current levels. Beaver numbers are noted as high in the Helena forest.
Angie Acme of Riverside II, a Woodland Cal Holstein cow, set three world butter production records in a University of California test. She produced 1,331.41 pounds in 365 days, 1,167.96 pounds in 305 days, and 2,426.61 pounds in two years, surpassing Keystone Beauty Plum Johanna from Pennsylvania. Her milk totals reached 24,682.7 pounds in 365 days and 22,092.8 pounds in 305 days.
In Hill county near Havre, neighbors organized a wordless act of aid for Guy Chase. While he was ill, friends plowed, harrowed, and seeded 80 acres of winter wheat on his farm. The surprise work left the couple overjoyed at the community display of kindness.
Dr M E Knowles a renowned state veterinarian and former state vet has been appointed to a second lieutenancy in the army reflecting his professional service and military commission.
Chicago opening of the opera season featured the Star Spangled Banner. Dr James C Monaghan United States consular official in Kingston Jamaica dead. Dutch and Austrian forces see movement. Rockefeller Foundation pledges a million for Y war camp recreation. Queen Liliuokalani’s death and state visit in Hawaii. Swiss plan food aid to American POWs. Baltimore and Ohio to remove observation cars. Russell Chamberlain enlists in navy. Met Opera omits German songs this season. War risk insurance offices expand to France and U S camps. Pershing seeks 10 000 policy raising expeditionary total to 2 200 000. Floral tributes at Mrs Woodrow Wilson monument. Candy makers warned on sugar purchases. Swedish ships to carry Belgian relief. Albert James Humboldt Bay Indian chief’s son arrested as slacker. Silver price control debated by U S and Britain. New trial sought for Frank Dunn in Montana murder case. Theodore Roosevelt elected honorary fellow. Whale meat rising in San Francisco Seattle markets. Minnesota bread sale price change. Philippine destroyer and submarine project proposed at U S. ICC supports through routes and joint rates. War Industries Board rep Horning to negotiate motor plant takeovers. AFL seeks to avoid wartime strikes. Flour sales restricted to signed mills. Methodist church growth up 403 173 with foreign gains. British labor favors continuing war. South Wales miners oppose further conscription. First liberty airplane motors begin decisive production. Loan restrictions to allies under review. Dewey Kern captive near Luneville. fiancee Iva Moore trains as army nurse.
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