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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1919
Page
5
Tale recalls A. J. Noyes recounting how the daredevil "Whack" Ryan led a prank against a stubborn Swedish emigrant on the 1866 northern Montana expedition. The stunt nearly caused a hanging but a dawn rescue, a court martial, and a mother’s recovery averted tragedy. Ryan later pursued filibustering into Cuba.
General Charles S. Warren recalls a Christmas era meeting with Charles A. Broadwater in 1867 near Deer Lodge. Warren, teaching in Cottonwood Creek, shares a campfire with Broadwater, who reveals his ascent with Diamond R freighting and Murphy Higgins & Company. The encounter cemented a lasting friendship and Broadwater's later prominence as a Montana empire builder.
The 1919 census plan outlines three Montana districts Western with 250 enumerators led by James W Faulds, Northern led by Dr W H Barth, and Southern centered in Billings with Paul Lynch in charge. Field work begins January 2 and must finish by January 31 amid winter weather.
Missoulian editorials endorse a national Theodore Roosevelt memorial movement led by William Boyce Thompson with Montana backing of 25 000 toward a 5 000 000 fund. The piece recalls Roosevelt's Montana ties and urges universal giving as a duty. Dr H W Stevens longtime Anaconda physician dies age 57, ex mayor and Elks leader leaves widow and seven children.
Louis Anderson, a Carbon county farmer, was shot by tenant Jack Maki after a dispute over fencing a haystack. Maki then shot himself with the shotgun to which he applied his toe while atop a hill. Both men were Finns. Anderson had been pardoned after serving time for a prior killing.
A fragmented passage notes how his sensational escape attempts spread his notoriety across the nation, painting him as a daredevil American. The wording emphasizes public fascination with bold, risky acts and the figure's notoriety.
Adjutant General Greenan reports the war department's official 91st division record showing strong Montana representation in the 362nd infantry and 348th field artillery. The 362nd suffered 20 officers and 378 enlisted killed and 43 officers and 1,135 enlisted wounded. the 348th lost 3 officers and 23 enlisted killed and one wounded. The 362nd fought 14 days straight, with among the heaviest losses of the war for that period.
The Prince of Wales spots Helen Little, niece of Washoe mine superintendent Thomas Good, in Billings during a visit and asks for a dance. Miss Little agrees and is introduced, sparking the moment amid social crowds. Next, Billings plans a large United Products canning factory with a brick main building 500 by 100 feet, to process beans peas tomatoes and more. erection and machinery contracts awarded.
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