Sheriff reports week of incidents in Sweet Grass County
Sweet Grass County sheriff logs report of calf killed on Highway 10 near Grey Cliff eight miles east of Big Timber with investigation into the driver. Missing Billings girls found safe near Four Mile south of Big Timber. Hay thefts reported in Grey Cliff area amid larceny alerts. Burglary at Dugout. bow and arrows and tennis balls missing. Distant thefts, intoxicated public place arrests, and a Reed Point hitchhiker bag incident noted. Yearling heifer stolen or astray reported. intoxicated driver jailed then released. Jaycees stand larceny involves ice cream and hot dogs. vehicle license plate taken. case under investigation.
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Sweet Grass County
Highway 10
Grey Cliff
Big Timber
Billings
Kenneth Thompson
Four Mile
Thompson
Robert Hauck
Dan Todd Sr
Reed Point
Four Winds Inn
Big Timber Jaycees
John DeCock
Accidents Reported Around Big Timber Area
Several traffic incidents are recorded near Big Timber Montana with damage totals and minor injuries. James Hansen of Big Timber had a pickup rollover after avoiding cattle on a county road. Clarence Clayton of McLeod sustained minor injuries from a Jeep rollover near Big Timber. Joni Hostatler of Fairmont West Virginia was charged with careless driving after a bridge impact near McLeod.
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West Virginia
McLeod
Gail Keith
Joni Hostatler
Fairmont
W. Va
Keith
Big Timber Fire Calls Highlight Week of Grass Blazes
Fire crews battled multiple blazes within one mile along the Burling ton Northern tracks east of Big Timber on August 3. Four to five fires consumed ground plus a barrel garbage burn. Another forest fire was reported by Livingston police at 7:23 p.m. August 4 near Froze o death creek in the National Forest three miles south into Park County.
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Burlington Northern
Big Timber
Koa
Livingston
Federal Aviation Administration
National Forest
Driver Charged After Frozen Potato Load Crash
Mike Crater of Lincoln Nebraska was charged with careless driving after his semi trailer with frozen potato products ran off Highway 10 west of Big Timber and rolled onto its side. Crater said he fell asleep while traveling east about two and a half miles from town. Ken Patterson of Lincoln was a passenger. neither was seriously injured. The truck sustained minor damage and its cargo was transferred to another trailer by mid afternoon.
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Highway 10
Big Timber
Mike Crater
Lin
Coln
Neb
Crater
Montana
Gail Keith
Ken Patterson
Lincoln
Keith
Truck driver reports 265 robbery on Interstate 90
South Dakota trucker Herb Eakman of Spearfish said two men flagged his Bee Line Trucking Co. rig near Grey Cliff at midnight on August 5. They ordered him from the cab at gunpoint, forced him to lie in a barrow pit, and fled in an intermediate car with white plates. Police issued an all points bulletin but had no fresh leads as of Tuesday.
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South Dakota
Grey Cliff
Herb Eakman
Spearfish, S.D
Bee Line Trucking Co
Baker
Eakman
Sweet Grass County
Kenneth Thompson
All Points
Thompson
New Aeromagnetic Map of Yellowstone Area Released
The U S Geological Survey released Aeromagnetic Map of Yellowstone National Park and Vicinity Wyoming Montana Idaho for study in Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology Butte. Contours show total magnetic intensity with 20 and 100 gammas intervals and no surface features. Copies available for private purchase from the Denver office Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Moscow and Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Butte Montana 59701 with Montana prints costing 4 dollars plus 30 cents postage.
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U. S. Geological Survey
Yellowstone National Park and
Wyoming-Montana-Idaho
Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology
Butte
Stillwater Complex
Yellowstone Park
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Denver
U.S. Geological Survey
Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology
Moscow
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Montana Bureau
Local notes and folks from Big Timber area
HOUSEGUEST Mrs Elaine Adam Warner of Billings has been a guest of Beulah Patterson for the past few days greeting old friends and enjoying the rodeo parade. FISHING GOOD BEARS TOUGH Scott Hoskinson of Pukulani Hawaii vacationed in July with a Montana stop cut short by a virus in Alaska. He fished with a loaded 30 06 on his back while brown bears up to 1000 pounds fished holes nearby. ATTENDS YOUTH CONFERENCE Doug Brekke son of Mr and Mrs Olaf Brekke left July 30 from Billings with youth from several towns for the All Lutheran Youth Gathering in the Astrodome Houston Texas. About 19 500 youth registered.
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Elaine Adam Warner
Billings
Beulah Patterson
BEARS
Scott Hoskinson
Pukulani
Hawaii
Montana
Alaska
Brown Bears
Doug Brekke
Olaf Brekke
Laurel
Big Timber
Livingston
Missoula
Bozeman
Houston
Texas
All Lutheran
Astrodome
Doug
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James Kania
Green Bay
Wis
Kania
Colorado
Leo Arbian
McLeod Street
James Hansen
Montana Highway
Richard Henthorn
Clarence Clayton
Sweet Grass Memorial Hospital
Clayton
Wagconeer
Bill Clayton
Barrow Pit
Jim McCauley
Yellowstone
Alice
Toots Mosness
Agency
Rudy
Alice) Mosness
Forrest
Selma) Gibby
Mrs. Donald (Toots
Mosness
McLeod St
Montgomery
E Tedigas
Montanan
Gallatin
Camelot
Champion
Falcon
Shelterex
Blair
Medallion
Superior
Big Timber Pioneer
the Buckskin Press
Mystic Warriors of the Plains
Weiner
Holm
Timmons
Dozer Service
Perry Moore
Musselshell Valley
Moore Ranch
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