Library of Congress · resource:sn85042379/1918-08-16/ed-1:page:2
Image 2 of The Glasgow courier (Glasgow, Mont.), August 16, 1918
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HUES CITY KEEPS OPEN BOOST FOR SCRIBES The newspaper men of northern Montana who were fortunate enough to attend the recent State Press asso ciation convenion at Miles City got a new angle on the metropolis of the Powder River country They went down there with the impression that Milestown was the place of the last stand of the cowman accustomed to living in the raw They expected an outing on the frontier with all its red blooded riotness In this they were disappointed They found Milestown one of the robust cities of the state the home of 10000 happy and prosperous peo ple The only evidence of the old puncher days was the substantial foot ings of the banks They found a beau tiful city of substance paved streets so modern and up to the minute that all automobiles must be parked in the center of the pavement substantial and modern business buildings blocks of them palatial homes bord ering beautiful boulevards the most pretentiousElks home in the state and the most hospitable people there are in any city in all the west Every visitor who went to the con vention came away with the impres sion that a
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montana historical society; helena, mt. 1918-08-16. Image 2 of The Glasgow courier (Glasgow, Mont.), August 16, 1918. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85042379/1918-08-16/ed-1/?sp=2
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