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Big Timber Pioneer

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1934

Page

2

Falls Author Publishes First Short Story in American

Mrs. F R Schemm of Great Falls, author of Fireweed and Hopwood prize novel of 1933, has a short story in the August American magazine titled Comfort Me With Apples. Written under her pen name Mildred Walker, she and her husband Dr Schemm of the Great Falls clinic, with their children, moved to Great Falls last October.

F. R. Schemm Great Falls

Helena Moves Ahead With New High School Construction

Helena school officials led by Chairman E. M. Hall plan to continue building the $500,000 high school despite a federal injunction. The case centers on wage claims reviewed by the National Labor Board. bids exceeded the limit, later reduced to create funds for an athletic site.

Charles N. Pray M. Bourquin E. M. Hall Helena Bourquin State Federation of Labor National Board of Labor National Board National Labor Board Labor Federation Pray Hall

Old Horse Sale Yards Largest in World in Miles City

Miles City hosts the A B Clark Horse Sale Yards once a national slaughter point. The yards drew buyers from ranches across the range with pens, chutes, and a grandstand. World War I boosted volumes as English French and Italian officers bought thousands of horses shipped by train to Miles City for military use.

Miles City Kenneth McLean Garland Montana A. B. Clark Tongue River Bridge Fort Keogh United States Percy Goslett States Canada Browning St. Louis Clark Mexico C. B. Ingham Ed Love Sherman Hunt Miles City Horse Sales Ernest Snelling Miles City Company Haygate England Montreal Avaline Col C. N. Moore Billings Col. Browning

Pioneer Hank Loranger Remembered In Shelby Yarn

A Shelby legend recalls Hank Loranger once a Hill County sheriff and Ches ter saloon owner who allegedly served a drink to a man who died from exposure. The tale says the killer stood with a knife before Loranger struck and the man froze to death, with no trial ensuing.

Ank Loranger Shelby Aldtimers Hill County Chester California Hank Loranger

Fort Peck Worker Dies in Conveyor Belt Accident

Oliver Spracklin 31, Mason and Walsh Co. tunnel contractor, was killed at Fort Peck when caught in a conveyor belt near the downstream portal. No witnesses. body freed by cutting the belt, died of injuries. Born in Iowa, married with one daughter. funeral in Jordan.

Oliver Spracklin Mason & Walsh Co Fort Peck Glasgow C. L. Powers Jordan Jordan Cemetery Spracklin Iowa

Man Barricades Cabin Fends Off Deputies Officers

Deputy sheriffs from Pondora and Teton counties retrieved Christens from a cabin in Little Badger county after he barricaded himself armed with a rifle. He attacked rangers over cigarette safety. He was transported to Choiseau for investigation.

Pondora Teton Badger Country Christens Little Badger Choiseau

Darfur Natives Store Water in Hollow Trees

Reports note how people in Darfur, west of Sudan, store water in hollow trees to endure drought conditions.

Darfur Sudan

Chinook Area Reports 25 Bushel Winter Wheat Yield

Winter wheat on farms of W F Vogt and D W Vogt south of Chinook yielded about 25 bushels an acre and graded No 1 dark hard winter. Grain was brought to Chinook elevators and samples sent to the Great Falls lab for protein. prices at Chinook ranged 75 to 79 cents per bushel. The Vogt brothers, long-time growers, find the crop satisfactory as it matures before mid-summer drought risks.

W. F. Vogt D. W. Vogt Chinook Great Falls Vogt Brothers Drouth

Early Day Cattle Shipment From Montana Rail Yard

The Flat Willow lower Judith and Armell's creek roundups completed. Beef cattle will be shipped at once by rail from Billings as reported by Livingston Enterprise in November 1884.

Livingston Mont.) Enterprise Flat Willow Lower Judith Armell’s Creek Billings

First Treatise On Color Blindness Published in 1794

In 1794 a work regarded as the earliest treatise on color blindness appeared, marking a milestone in vision science. The document argued for understanding color perception differences and influenced later studies in ophthalmology and color theory.

Population growth: US nearly quadruples from 1860 to 1980

The population of the United States in 1980 was nearly four times that of 1860, reflecting dramatic demographic expansion across the late 19th and 20th centuries.

United States

Some Counties Will Not Have Pheasants in Montana

Five southern Montana counties Yellowstone Stillwater Carbon Rosebud and Big Horn will be excluded from the pheasant distribution to protect grain fields. About 3,000 birds have already been released and the remainder will go to sportsmen as fast as possible. Glasgow Scotland to build 20008 municipal houses.

Montana J. W. Carney Yellowstone Stillwater Carbon Rosebud Big Horn Carney

Cath cura Talcum Powder Advertises Fresh Skin

An advertisement touts Cath cura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic and scented economical powder for face skin baby and dusting. It claims it renders other perfumes superfluous and promotes Cathcura Toilet Trio including Soap Ointment and Talcum.

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Ikodak Fargo, N. Dak Bozeman Canning Company Treasure State Farm and Livestock iTale Cdl Benll Wand Bs Sweden The Merrick Laboratories E. Lake &J Chicago, Ill the Great Falls MR. H. F. Johnson MR. F.S. Wolfe Great Falls Commercial College Manchuria Scotland Clark’s Fork Valley Blackfoot Land Development Company Missoula, Mont Mon Anaconda Copper Mining Co Anaconda, Mont Wendell S. Brooks Billings Polytechnic Institute School of Vocations and Technology Business College High School School of Music Harvard Leland Stanford Polytechnic Ernest T. Eaton President Polytechnic
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