Community Notes and Local Visits from Big Timber Area
Reed Point Earl Findley visits brother Stev in town as Ardith Robbins and cousin Sam Robbins join relatives at Fishtail. Harvesting begins. Joe Deeney and Harry Krueger harvest. Several trips to Billings, Columbus, Sheridan, and Bozeman. locals attend business and hospital visits. Grasshoppers threaten crops. cattle marketing advised. CCC crews, TB tests, and hospital stays noted. City budget hearing announced for August 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Findley
Billings
Stev
Bill Slumann
Ardith Robbins
Sam Robbins
Fishtail
Joe Deeney
Harry Krueger
Irve Rash
Donald
Lester Fan
Jess Seymour
Cody Bovee
Frank Meacham
Virg West
Columbus
Mary Ann McGinnis
Abbie Deckert
Laurel
O. E. Schuyler
Milt
Sheridan
Veterans
Palmer
Mae Mettling
Kelley
Tacoma
Maud Hamlin
Montevideo
Minn
Thomval Krone
Chas. Renfield
Big Timber
Edward Whitford
James Friend
CCC
Bozeman
P. O. Nore
O. L. Shutes
Tom Friend
R. Kreiger
Williston
N. D
Dr. Pullman
Freeman
S. D
Sweet Grass County
Dorothy Halls
Lucas
Iowa
Virginia Foster
Butte
Bill Halls
Hazel Stebbins
Livingston
Cecelia Deeney
Isley
Weeping Water
Neb
Evangelical Church
George McKelvey
Columbus Hospital
Bud Kerr
Chas Renfield
Swan Lind
Big Republican Rally Expected in Yellowstone Conference
Billings Montana reports a planned 180 member Young Republicans delegation to the 11 state conference at Canyon Hotel Yellowstone August 23 and 24. Walter Rubge Idaho director confirms and Idaho and Washington leaders pledge attendance. Notables include Col Theodore Roosevelt Hamilton Fish Jr Harold Hoffman. State meetings August 23 precede a combined session August 24 led by George Olmsted Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Mont
Idaho
Young Republicans
Canyon Hotel
Yellowstone National Park
Mike Reynolds
Walter Rubge
Boise
Young Republican League
Washington
Herbert A. Bailey
Seattle
Reynolds
Montana
Young Republicans League
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Hamilton Fish, Jr
New York
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
George Olmsted
Des Moines
Young Republicans National Committee
Classified Ads Include Livestock Rooms and Machinery
Classified listings show a five year old Jersey cow for Thornton Carter in Grey Cliff, a registered two year old Hereford bull for Will R. Lemen in Melville, a furnished room for lodging or light housekeeping with phone 165 M, a brand new No. 20 McCormick Deering Farmall tractor priced at 575 dollars for J. W. Breen in Harlowton, Montana, and a 314 hay wagon with a sharpening machine offered by S. P. Harvey in Big Timber. A white cloth sack with clothing, shoes, and two books from the Big Timber Library was lost on the Main Boulder highway near Clydehurst Speculator Creek. reward for return to Grand Pool room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Thornton Carter
Grey Cliff
Will R. Lemen
Melville
McCormick-Deering
J. W. Breen
Harlowton
Mont
S. P. Harvey
Boulder Highway
Clydehurst
Speculator Creek
Big Timber Library
Paine
Mark Twain
Grand Pool Room
County Board of Equalization Schedules August Session
The board of county commissioners will sit as a board of equalization on Wednesday, August 7, 1935. Any person with objections to land valuations should present them. Sweet Grass County Montana, E R Patterson, Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Equalization
Sweet Grass County
Montana
E. R. Patterson
Marriage Notice and Local Social Gatherings Highlight Helena Events
Announced wedding plans for Thomas W. Marshall and Barbara Fraser set for July 27 in Sheridan Wyoming with home to be at Monte Vista apartments in Helena after August 15. A Helena luncheon lists numerous local attendees. Evangelical church district meeting gathers leaders from Billings Columbus Missoula Big Timber Absarokee Livingston and Rapelje with a banquet for 131 guests and prayers led by Nels Helleren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Ferguson
Lee Miller
P. L. Mettling
Mabel Farr
Ruth
H. H. Marlow
Bayers
Kelley
Maud Hamlin
Ster Findley
Thomas W. Marshall
Barbara Fraser
Sheridan
Wyo
Monte Vista
Helena
Marshall
Reed Point State Bank
Evangelical Church
Billings
Columbus
Missoula
Big Timber
Absarokee
Livingston
Rapelje
Lasater
Thiele
Nels Helleren
Grasshopper Control and Heat Wave Uptick Reported
Bridger Creek farmers spread grasshopper poison each morning while the state stock inspector tests cattle nearby for tuberculosis. Sunday reached 104 degrees, staying above 100 into evening. Harvesting wheat is underway but grasshoppers have damaged fields. A Johnson home gathering included multiple Fraser and Cross families from Harlowton Big Timber and Townsend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Fred Hausserman
John Frye
Townsend
Mary Weidinger
John Weidinger
Johnson Home
Sidney Fraser
Chester Fraser
Newton Lay
Stanley Fraser
Harlowton
Harry Cross
Margaret Bryan
Local Cd Resident Recounts Dornix Visit and Early Livingston Life
A Dornix resident visited Mrs J L Goughnour in Boulder bridge and Big Timber recalling life in 1889 when she knew Margaret Bryan Ed Everett and the Pioneer editor Her husband ran a small lumber yard in Livingston later serving as alderman mayor and assessor and died years ago She then moved to California. Tourist travel in Yellowstone National Park in 1935 shows a 10.1 percent rise through July 24 with 14 875 gate entries 6 643 rail arrivals and 124 882 auto arrivals. east gate leads with 49 679 visitors. Gardiner entrance up 1.1 percent. park reports 79 931 fish caught. In Lethbridge Miss Helen Lewis stars in a Jubilee pageant marking the city’s 50 years of growth after Indian eras and missionary and mining histories. Her mother Edna Hatch was Dry Farming Congress queen in 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Goughnour
Dornix
Boulder Bridge
Livingston
Margaret Bryan
Ed Evgerett
Pioneer
E. Goughnour
Lethbridge
Can
Helen Lewis
Edna Hatch
Fort Peck project assured as Roosevelt approves 6 million
The Fort Peck dam and reservoir in Montana will receive a $6,000,000 allotment, bringing total funding to $71,000,000. The Army Engineers say completion must proceed to avoid higher costs, with bids for tunnel linings and control shafts to be advertised soon and relief workers available to supplement labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fort Peck
Montana
Mroosevelt
Army Engineers
War Department
Emergency Relief Administration
Public Works Administration
Two CCC youths hurt as dump truck overturns at Glacier Park
In Glacier Park Montana two Civilian Conservation Corps youths were involved when a dump truck, taken from a park camp, overturned near Many Glacier. One youth died and the other was critically injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glacier Park
Mont
Civilian Conservation Corps
Oil Tank Explosion at Local Refinery Leaves Many Burned
A massive oil tank explosion at a refinery near Midland Empire fairgrounds triggered a major blaze. McDermott, Hiter, and Smith died in hospital after injuries. Walker, dead by 8 pm, was identified by pliers. Fire crews faced intense heat as ten tanks ignited quickly and a lava-like flow threatened nearby structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland Empire Fairgrounds
McDermott
Walker
Id Plum
Plant
George E. Settergren
Hiter
Smith
Billings Deaconess Hospital
Hiber
Billings
Steele
Fairgrounds
Auditorium
Hail Strikes Wolf Point and Northeast Montana
A severe hail storm battered northeastern Montana including Wolf Point causing extensive glass damage, punctured auto roofs, and roof damage in a 15 minute outbreak. Crops suffered across areas from Hinsdale to Saco with disrupted lines and washed bridges in McCone county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf Point
Mont
Montana
Hinsdale
Milk
Glasgow
Valley County
Oswego
McCone
AT THE CHURCHES Big Timber Lutheran Services
A. A. Holbeck pastor presides over English worship at 11. Midweek service and prayer meeting set for 8 p. m. on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber Lutheran A. A. Holbeck
Evangelical Church Service Schedule for Roukema
The Evangelical Church announces Sunday School at 10 a m and sermon at 11 a m on the topic A Mystery Hidden in Past Ages. Evening service at 8 p m features The Mann er of Christ's Second Coming. E L E meets 7 15 p m with Things Jesus Was Sure Of. Thursday 8 p m Bible study and prayer meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Evangelical Church
Andrew Roukema
Jesus
Christ
Congregational Chas Tate Pastor Delivers Morning Sermon
Congregational Church service conducted by Pastor Chas E Tate features morning worship at eleven with a sermon to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational
Chas
E. Tate
Lightning fires surge in Montana forests
Timid residents watched as 450 lightning started fires threatened vast areas in Montana state forests. Fire control units linked by lookouts and radios fought 142 fires on the Nez Perce, 100 plus on Kaniska, and smaller blazes across Clearwater St Joe Lolo Bitterroot and other districts. Mobile crews, CCC workers, air crews and portable radios aided rapid containment despite dry, fire-prone conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Mont
Forest Service
Nez Perce
Kaniska
Clearwater
St. Joe
Flathead
Bitter Root
Cabinet
Coeur d’Alene
CCC
Montana Highway Commission awards five contracts at Billings
The Montana highway commission let five contracts totaling 370 696 41 for road and bridge work outside Helena. Awards went to low bidders, including a 24.332 mile surface project on the Glendive Wibaux road. One Carbon county bid was rejected with readvertisement planned. The meeting also set a Great Falls session for August 30 and discussed uniform patrol regulations and new highway rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Montana Highway Commission
Helena
Glendive- Wibaux
Cascade County
Flathead Lake
Carbon County
Red Lodge
Rockvale
Woodward and Johnson
Joliet
Great Falls
R. E. Toms
Washington
Thomas H. MacDonald
Bureau of Public Roads
L. I. Hewes
Roads Bureau
San Francisco
State Highway Patrol Board
Patrol Board
L. J. Croonenberghs
Missoula
Lou Boedecker
San Diego
Cal
Boedecker
Sheriff’s
TINKHAM SAYS F. D. R. HAS GONE BRITISH
Representative Tinkham accuses the president and the state department of being controlled by the British foreign office. He urges neutrality legislation to bar arms exports to countries at war not party to the conflict, arguing such law would curb Britain’s use of the U S as an arsenal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
British Foreign Office
Tinkham
Mass
Department of State
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Great Britain
Man Held on Threats Against President in Tennessee
George A. Boston a 71 year old resident was held on $2500 bond by U S Commissioner W R Repass in Johnson City Tennessee on charges of threatening the life of President Roosevelt These threats allegedly involved harming trains if the president passed through the city A .38 caliber revolver was found on him and he was sent to Greene County jail in Greenville awaiting a hearing and proof of charges by law enforcement officials
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Tenn
George A. Boston
United States
W. R. Repass
Roosevelt
Green County
Greenville
Repass
Boston
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Reed Point
City of
Ted C. Busha
C. J. Ellingson
Motor Inn
Findland Empire
Bridger Creek
Commission
Douthett Lumber
Rees-West
Bear Creek and
Fromberg ‘Coal
R.A. Traver
Professional Directory
J. A. Lowry Real Estate, Insurance Bonds and Abstracts Undertaking
M. W. Barr
Big Timber, Montana
DR. D. Claiborn
J. D. Herries
Masonic
A. P. O’leary, M. B
Commercial Bank
E. C. Overland
Law
L. W. Baskett
Montana Power Co
Black Big Timber
Big Timberee
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