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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1924
Page
2
An old couple recounts their grandson Bill who ran off to fight in the Civil War era. They recall his loyalty, the village gossip, a farewell note, and a vision guiding Bill to serve, mirrored by a returned hero's speech and a grandfather’s wartime song.
The Hepp well on the Big Lake structure in Stillwater County Montana surfaced oil on May 133 and gushed 30 to 40 feet into the air at intervals. It is 30 miles northwest of Billings and was brought under control May 18 using a reducing nipple. Officials estimate potential flow around 1500 barrels per day as activity saturated the rig area.
M Mann er, who with John Buchanan helped start the Montana Post at Virginia City in 1864, plans a June visit to Montana from Lebanon Indiana. He will travel via Chicago Fort Benton and Great Falls to see Fort Benton and revisit early territory sites, arriving June 10 or 12 for two to three months.
Beartooth National Forest plans about 18 miles of road work across Crocked creek Pryor district Luther to Red Lodge ranger station Lodge Pole creek main fork and west fork Rock creek totaling roughly 18 miles. Trails to be expanded by about 27 miles including Timberline west fork Sundance Lake Lake Fork Stillwater to Sioux Charley Lake. About a fifth of the funds will go to trails with work already starting last week on the main fork road.
Oreo Malinak a 21 year old rancher near Leonia was killed in a奇 unusual accident when a cut tree fell striking a second tree which then toppled a third and a fourth forming a square and fatally striking him.
Bert Wilson of near Broadus was brought to Holy Rosary Hospital Miles City with a broken right leg and other injuries after a horse fell on him.
State higher education institutions schedule graduation exercises for next month, with dates June 11 and 12 noted. The School of Mines at Butte reportedly plans June 4 as a preliminary or related event, though official confirmation is pending at the office of Concone Brannon.
A Garfield County constable named Ross Ricks, appointed in Tindall district, arrested a locally feared man, rode to the jail alone, shared supper and a bed with his prisoner, then transported him 40 miles to the county sheriff at Jordan. Western Garfield residents praise the new quiet in the area under his watch.
Stillinger C A of Montana since 1883 died at his Iron Mountain home after a two month illness. He started the first passenger boat on Flathead Lake. He was 64. Cashmere Pioneer Passes at 75 born Lexington Ky 1850. Her family wagoned west in 1880 and settled in Beaverhead valley with her daughter married to Isiah Cashmere in Dillon.
Grain and livestock price roundup reports Montana freight basis and regional quotes. Wheat values range from 85 to 93 cents, corn 52 cents, flax at 2.10 dollars per bushel, cattle top 11.75, hogs top 7.50, sheep 14.50, silver 65.44 cents per ounce, copper 18.5 cents per pound, lead 7 cents.
Dispatch reports early progress on a new power line with poles sourced near Hardin and distributed west toward Sarpy and Billings. Survey crews and moving camps are noted as work advances, with completion anticipated soon.
A fragmentary OCR note mentions seeds and a state related to farming. It references a person or organization unknown, with unclear context and no clear event or outcome. Further readable details are needed for a solid summary.
Dillon plans call for a $125 000 library building designed by Melver and Cohagen of Billings to be completed by early week. The fireproof brick facility includes a 300 seat reading room a 65 000 volume stack area offices workrooms and classrooms with a water purifying ventilating system and thermostatic heating. This is the firm’s second large Montana library project following Missoula university library.
The line reports 34 carloads in one week and 256 total to date sending coal from the Armells Creek head to the Forsyth region. James Regan says 200 workers at Horton pit and roadbed projects, 40 in coal mines, with an eight yard electric shovel soon. Power lines will run Billings to Coalstrip to supply the mine complex.
The Catholic church at Ekalaka moves forward with preliminary work. Stone will be quarried on George Thompson’s farm three miles south. Estimated cost to construct the edifice is 5000 dollars excluding furnishings. The church will be named St. Joan of Arc.
Attorney Oliver Phillips and Earl Vance claim the fastest Lambert to Glendive run in under 33 minutes covering about 54 miles by road, averaging roughly 100 miles per hour in Vance’s plane.
Albert Jesse of Powder River found two hogs dead in a truck bound for Miles City. Despite relief efforts, five more hogs died as extreme heat suffocated them in close quarters.
Mrs. Charles F. Riebe, wife of the Perma hotel proprietor, died in a Missoula hospital from burns and injuries after the hotel was destroyed by fire on May 10.
Readable fragments describe a $50,000 church building planned for Havre by Stanley and Baker for St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic church. The brick structure measures 43 feet wide and 106 feet long with cement plaster, two large towers, and seating for about 900, per the article’s rough notes.
A Bible lesson outlines Jeremiah’s bold stand in the temple, facing arrest for prophesying judgment and urging repentance. It covers his trial, charges of blasphemy, and eventual acquittal due to divine commission, noting figures like Ahikam and elders who defend him.
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