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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1925
Page
2
For sale is a fully furnished lunch wagon seating 16 with screened enclosure, ice boxes underneath, a Majestic range, 15 gallon reservoir, complete cooking utensils, and new Studebaker trucks. Charles F. Smith of Shawmut Montana, 78, offers it at half price if taken within 30 days.
Big Timber Building and Loan Association offers loans on city property for erecting buying or improving homes and for home owners a Pur pose. J A Lowry treasurer. Also advertised is Big Timber Supply House for groceries hardware heaters ranges and farm implements.
A candidate announces re election for mayor pending voters at the April 6 city election. He pledges to continue the previous four years of city business methods and asks for public support.
The congressional land grant inquiry heard two Northern Pacific claims totaling about 3.5 million acres. Portland attorney James B. Kerr said 2.2 million acres are due as compensation for land returned to the government, while 3.8 million acres are classified as mineral and must be returned, with 1.6 million acres potentially replaced. The forestry service contests the value of the returned lands. A separate 1.3 million acre claim concerns compensation for land surrendered at the Crow reservation. the debate over replacement lands continued when the panel adjourned to Saturday.
The National Fire Waste council at a Washington meet named Indianapolis grand winner of the 1924 fire prevention contest held with the U S Chamber of Commerce. In class four Billings Mont was second. Albany Ga won class four. Aggregate fire losses dropped $4 000 000 across 256 cities. their per capita loss was $3.10.
Governor Rodriguez of Lower California orders the closure of every house of ill fame in the northern district and the deportation of foreign inmates. About 100 resorts and 500 women inmates affected, 800 percent foreign. Deportations target those from abroad, with strict enforcement to follow. Resorts fear economic impact amid prior gambling ban and border closure measures.
Secretary Kellogge intervened to keep Eddie Savoy in active service at the state department past retirement age. The long serving doorman, senior employee by years, entered as a page under Hamilton Fish and has guided diplomats and ambassadors through many administrations and events since Grant era.
In Big Timber's early days, 1886 onward, Goughnour became the town’s first milkman and lumberman. He arrived 1896 from Livingston, worked rough streets and cow paths, and later held roles as alderman treasurer and mayor in Livingston before serving as deputy county clerk.
Local items recall Custer battlefield photos at Richard’s drug store and George Briner’s cement block factory arrival. Big Timber voters approve water works bonds by wide margins as town officers are elected with orderly mass convention results.
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