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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1909
Page
1
Ismay area notes show many arrivals from Milwaukee to La Farge and St Paul as land seekers and settlers file on claims around Whitney creek. Travelers include Hartsteladi, Grote, and Walker visiting Ismay and nearby ranches while trains bring new emigrants and prospectors to the Custer County country in Montana.
A flood of names visit Terry from Dickinson Miles City Lemmon Helena and more. Farmers and traders travel to and from Terry with plans for homesteads, church projects, and real estate. the Dry Farming Congress trip and local construction highlight community activity.
Baker Deputy Sheriff Harrison oversees duties in Terry while Chas Clements fills in during Frank Evans hospital stay. William Wagner returns from the Seattle exposition praised as highly interesting. Will Shreve suffers a broken leg on a lumber run to Ekalaka after a draw accident. Paul Dodge, 30, dies hauling lumber near Ekaluk a after being pinned by a log. body sent to Menominee Wisconsin for shipping and funerary arrangements handled by Plimpton.
E G Bright of Custer County on his ranch seven miles southeast of Terry sold the first Montana reared hogs to Terry for home consumption at 10.90 per hundred. Bright has been in Eastern Montana stock business 23 years and this spring planted 25 acres in oats, threshing 1280 bushels last week, weighing 36 1/2 pounds per bushel. He also sowed wheat and in Terry brought a load of it, receiving a check for 10165.5 from Roylee Mercantile Co.
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