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Newspaper
Ismay Journal
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
1
Wartime style reminiscence describes Witney Creek Saw Mill Boys and workers like William Striker and Ned Wollaston at the Fallon area. It notes large stockyards east of town being reduced, marking the end of the old cattle shipping era once Fallon was a major point, with a runaway team incident near Mr French’s property ending in vehicle damage.
Ismay plans four new stores with Chas deGraffenreid erecting a one story frame building between his saloon and the post office. Frank Gen sley contracted for the project and work on the foundation has begun. Jos Shaivitch will occupy the new building with a modern clothes and furnishing shop to welcome local customers.
A Saturday night dance at the new hall on Pen nel creek drew thirty eight couples. The Ismay Orchestra provided music and enjoyed a pleasant ride to and from the grounds. The bowery hall sits on W C Hoff man’s farm in a shaded bend of the creek, a fine 30 by 36 foot structure with a good dancing floor.
The Ismay Creamery will open to patrons starting Saturday August 16 to receive cream twice weekly on Tuesday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Leon C. Hayes is engaged as buyer while machinery is being arranged to start full operation.
A discussion on how sap travels from absorbing roots to treetop and the role of internal pressure far exceeding capillarity. It notes pressures of eight to twenty atmospheres driving buds, leaves, and growth, and praises the mechanical construction of tree vessels as marvels revealed only by powerful microscopes and chemical study.
Alfred VanderWort of Westmore Montana filed notice of intention to make three year proof to establish his homestead claim on Section 32 Township 10N Range 57E Meridian. The proceedings will occur before Leon C Hayes at Ismay Montana on September 17, 1913. Witnesses are Edwin Patterson David O Young Carl Stolts and George Griffith of Westmore Montana.
Department of the Interior notice states John Cook of Ismay Montana filed homestead entries No 0170 and No 02765 for lands in section 28 township 11 range 57 west on the Miles City district. Five year proof required with witnesses Stephen Macomber Archibald Cook John J Doran and Hans Larson all of Ismay Montana, before Leon OC Hayes U S Commissioner at Ismay on September 12 1913.
A fragmentary reference places Paul R Frothingham arguing that the best way to teach virtue is to live it, emphasizing practical example over precept. The terse note hints at a broader discussion on moral instruction and character formation.
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