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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1930
Page
2
A notice announces piano lessons available after a music course completed by Kate Dell Barden of Portland. Lessons offered at the William Muir residence to any number of pupils. A separate item reports a large pipe wrench placed by mistake in a car, owner referred to Grand Hotel.
Prohibition Director Amon W Woodcock outlines a Safercomse policy targeting large scale violators to reduce minor cases clogging federal dockets. He expects fewer cases despite more agents, stressing sharp lines between petty and major offenses.
North Pacific Grain Growers Inc reports daily wheat purchases between 50 000 and 106 000 bushels with aim to average 109 000 a day. A F E Kelly says 57 local co operatives in Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana actively buy. He projects handling about 20 million bushels of Inland Empire wheat and notes farmers mostly support the farm board acreage reduction plan.
Money to loan on city property for erecting, buying or improving homes or to home owners for any other purpose. Big Timber Building Loan Association. J. A. Lowry, Treasurer.
Chicago August 2 an epic battle for the U S senate unfolds in Illinois Ruth Hanna Mc Cormick and James Hamilton Lewis lead the clash. Conventions in Springfield mark the kickoff with Democrats Aug 20 and Republicans Aug 22. McCormick will speak at the GOP gathering while Lewis outlines prohibition and taxation plans as core issues.
MISSOULA Aug 1 Foresters report vast fires burning across western Montana and the Idaho Panhandle. About 250 firefighters battle a Trout Creek front while reinforcements arrive from Spokane and Missoula. The Cool Water Creek fire near Kooskia has ravaged 1400 acres as crews push to halt spread and prevent spot fires. Regional forester Evan W Kelley urges strict fire rules as he warns against unauthorized fires.
Nebraska voters face a two party senate race with Republican and Democratic contenders. Senator George W. Norris campaigns across the state defending his GOP credentials while W. M. Stebbins blocks regular party ties. Aaron Read runs on a wet platform, Gilbert Hitchcock and Jennie Callas head the Democrats as factions firm up before the August primary.
Big Timber correspondent notes building fever in town with remodels on Main Street and new construction by Budd Bramble. Wool buyers visit as prices stay low, while H O Kellogg plans to move in next week and Roxy boasts a new residence. School board reemploys Ellis and Jacobs with higher salaries as town eyes a new schoolhouse and better educational standing.
Local items recount residents, visits, and happenings in Grey Clif and nearby towns. Mentions Clarseece Stevens, Patterson Co. store, and families Kellogg McCall Leasby Paulson Solberg. Juvenal travel to Billings for a circus, and Roosevelt nomination by the Progressive Party in Chicago.
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