75 Years Ago

Items taken from weekly issues 75 years ago, from the Daniels County Leader, est. 1922 (continuation of the Scobey Sentinel, est. 1912).

July 26, 1951

Ball Park Work This Year Will Be Leveling– The Scobey ball park project this season will consist chiefly of leveling and the erection of a backstop, Mayor Chet Solberg stated. This may quiet the fears of some who appeared alarmed at what they thought might be a vast and extravagant outlay of city funds. Other observers indicate that they hope it does not take long to have a full-fledged ball park as it seems to have a county fair, a fund for which has been building up by an annual one-mill levy for many years.

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