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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1925
Page
4
In the latest commissioners meeting a halt is ordered on officials who treat the budget as optional. Each official must stick to its allocated current expenses and no excess will be allowed. The move commits the county to retrenchment and fiscal discipline.
Joyous news for auto owners and Yellowstone trail travelers as the commission plans to gravel the eleven mile trail section now rough from Conwell hill to Busha lane. Big Timber residents also see hope for graveling all main streets, with four streets currently in fair condition and others worst in Sweet Grass county.
The New York Herald outlines a table showing thirty-one states increased presidential votes since 1920, while seventeen declined. Tennessee and Missouri saw the largest drops. Georgia Mississippi and Texas rose. Indiana Utah Wyoming Rhode Island and several others led in turnout with more than 60 percent of eligible voters. The piece critiques low participation and urges greater voter involvement in a democracy.
The piece questions paid language improvement schemes offering over 100 percent gains for five dollars a month. It attacks paid uplifters and ads that promise to do what governments and courts should do, appealing to the general public.
The speaker argues for a system that teaches thirteen and fourteen year olds to express themselves in simple English. He notes national spending on this goal, cites newspaper ads offering to educate youth, and recalls failed attempts to train college graduates on country papers. He calls for repealing obsolete laws, reducing litigation costs, and relying on employers for practical on the job training.
In Butte Mont Aug 11 Opposition to the United States entering the world court was urged in resolutions by the Ancient Order of Hibernians at their biennial state convention. Other measures backed Irish self determination and unity to secure prominence among nations. State officers were re elected Rev T Morony W J Sewell John D Sullivan J M Brown Rev M J McCormack. Mrs Margaret Kiley elected president of the ladies auxiliary. The two day convention closed with a banquet.
The article notes closures of Middle and Upper Oregon creeks and Trout creek headwaters in Mineral county for one year, with Bear Gulch and Big Sage creek in Liberty county also closed for one year. The meeting adjourned tonight and was attended by Chairman Thomas N. Marlowe of Missoula, Joseph L. Kelly of Anaconda, and E. A. Wilson of Livingston.
The will of the late William J. Bryan, written before his death at the Scopes trial, was filed in Dade county probate court Miami. It provides for his family and earmarks funds for churches and a boys military school under evangelical supervision, with Mary Baird Bryan named executrix.
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