Our Town 100Years Ago... December 1925

December 1925. Another year was ending; a quarter of a century almost completed. Christmas was a big deal around the world, even if most front-page news did not reflect it. There was plenty of positive news that might have been considered early Christmas presents.

L.P. Yates, a farmer from Fishtail, Montana, in Stillwater County, was crowned the winner at the International Grain and Hay show in Chicago for his Marquis wheat. Many other Montana farmers won top honors for their Durum wheat.

Locally, there was excitement that the Liberty mine at Mammoth seemed to have cleared several obstacles an...