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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1908
Page
8
Foreword outlines Ismay’s plan for an independent town paper serving Ismay and surrounding counties. It pledges clear news, local advocacy, and support for developments while postponing broad political disputes until the community settles. The editor expresses optimism for Ismay’s bright future.
Ismay is set to become a voting precinct with influence from major firms shaping farming and grazing near the village. The Northern Blue Grass Land Co. of St. Paul sold land to Dr. Geo. A. Lewis of Tunnel City and to Mr. Stickney. dairy aims include a creamery and Holstein herd by June 1. Local agents Prindle & McVey, Second VP F. B. Brown, and others facilitate development including a completed Ismay to McLean ranch telephone line and a 160 mile service area. The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railway, with a new 24 by 80 foot depot and three railway staff, anchors commerce as Ismay advances progress in business and settlement.
The Dawson county lands near Glendive, 200000 acres, are center stage as optimists dispute claims that dry farming cannot be permanent. Weather data shows Glendive averaged 15.42 inches yearly across seventeen years, yet recent dry farming successes suggest adaptive methods may overcome arid odds.
The article contrasts seventeen year precipitation averages with recent rainfall in Dawson county and argues that past farming methods were inadequate. It cites April to July rainfall and May to June totals, then urges adoption of dry farming techniques like alternate cropping mulching and subsurface packing as promising for moisture conservation and continued success. The piece critiques pessimism and endorses cautious optimism based on broader experience.
A fragmented reminiscence traces a homesteader discussing dry farming on beach land sod. The narrator weighs risks and practical steps like plowing harrowing and sowing, noting uncertain time and labor between days and Saturdays as experience grows.
The article argues Montana farm values rise not just from population growth but from better country living and external contact. Telephone lines rural mail routes and interurban trolleys link farms to markets boosting value and speeding growth, with increases projected from twenty five to fifty percent as facilities expand.
A 250 ton daily coal briquettes factory, backed by Philadelphia capital, will employ about 400 workers at Sully Springs near Medora ND. Government tests show briquetted coal yields more heat and power, with lower cleanup and smoke. Southern railways report 20 percent savings and less flue maintenance due to cleaner burning briquettes.
A fragmented ballad recounts Sir Edwin Edwyn, a squire of dames, who deserts love after learning of a rival. He seeks another maiden who teases him with talk of a costly glove and a bold claim to supremacy before promising marriage. The verses end with forgotten names and muddled lines.
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