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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1918
Page
6
Dairy Commissioner Fluhr attributes the butter price surge to heavy government purchases for the war effort. Retail and storage butter rise to 60 to 80 cents per pound with Montana prices near Chicago levels. milk could drop if his plan for municipal milk stations reduces delivery costs.
Red clover thrives with healthy soil and good seed quality. Hard seed and adulteration by yellow trefoil reduce stands. plant home grown seed and ensure soil has potash phosphorus and lime. For best establishment in clay soils cover seed one inch, sandy soils one and a half to two inches, then roll and harrow.
A study by Clay, Robinson & Co. shows Chicago cattle averaged 947 pounds in Jan-Aug 1918, about 20 pounds under 1917 and the lightest on record. If priced by weight, 1918 receipts would yield far less beef than actual beef on foot due to lighter cattle, reflecting a war era shift toward faster turnover and shorter feeds.
Reports from Browning to Conrad cover Indian fair losses, navy train visits, water main projects, sedition arrests, fires, property valuations, newspaper ownership change, new water system plans, relief funds, bridge bids, forest administration, a roundup trial, a giant service flag, grain-binder invention, tax totals, draft-board rules, sedition case damages, slacker rounds, Red Cross takeovers, hotel association meeting, and Project Walier Day with irrigated crop exhibits noted statewide.
A nationwide influenza epidemic, already harming the East and South and causing deaths, has appeared in Montana counties. The bulletin urges doctors to rest, fresh air, nourishment, and Dover's powder, with bed rest until fever abates. It covers transmission, isolation, disinfection, and cautions about pneumonia.
The Y O ranch, a top showplace in the Missouri valley, may become as famous in the motion picture world as Miller Brothers 101 ranch in northern Oklahoma.
C P Burnstad owner of Y O with 40 000 acres of grazing alfalfa lands will complete a 6000 foot film at Standing Rock Indian fair Fort Yates. The production features his roughrider outfit and full-blood Sioux tribesmen portraying tribal dances and life including chieftains ghost and war dances and ceremonies.
Complete returns from Montana counties show 101 004 men ages 18 to 45 registered under the selective draft on September 12. The total is about 16 000 below the government quota and roughly 14 000 under General Greenan's forecast based on 18 counties. Remaining counties lagged behind the Greenan estimate.
Montana Pioneers society approved plans to erect a monument for John Bozeman pioneer settler of Montana. The statue will be placed on the banks of the Yellowstone River.
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