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Big Timber Pioneer

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1941

Page

8

Reed Point News: Community Weaves Events at Local Meet

Local Reed Point notes show Mrs. Marie Moler hosting and multiple families traveling for visits and weddings. Residents attend card parties, threshing, and music camp updates at Gunnison. Fire safety urged as town organizes for emergencies and a Big Timber barbecue gathering draws many locals.

James Friend, Jr Dean T. H. Deckert Mildred Acme Wyo Grant Orth W. R. Davis Laurel James Friend Kenneth Goddard Joan Bonnie Brakstad Livingston Lewis Schuyler Jimmie Huff N. P. Railway Company O. L. Shutes Roy Lamb Marie Moler Pete McKeith George Deeney Edgar Seibert Nettie Lamb Wayne Eder Virg West Swan Lind Guy Thompson Goman Brothers Thompson Goman Ranch Illa Ostenson B. C Bare Arthur Neumann Bess Deeney Billings Madge Petrie Jack Cline St. Patrick’s Church Elda Geraldine Neumann B. T. Deeney P. A. Huntley Elwyn Wienandt Gunnison Colo Weinandt Western State College Husky Philip Smith Riverton Husky Company Harry Schmitt Ballard Bare Arthur van Oosten Henry Miller B. C. Bare William Golden Floyd Ferguson Arthur Seebert Charles Lester Wienandt Morrison Wisconsin Bismark N. D Fargo KGHL Montana Central Lon Hollingsworth Lewis Guthrie Milo Collins Francis William Langford Billy Robert Cunningham Frank Cunningham Portland Joe Martha O. E. Schuyler Carl Mysse Arthur Sibbit George Berrie Mary Ann C. P. Schuyler

Notable Local Visits and Tragic Death Report

A roundup of regional travel notes includes Roy Budd returning from the Butte mines, Wisconsin visitors M r and Mrs Walter Maquin and Bertha Mahilberg, and a Polson to Reed Point visit by F M Harlan and family. Livingston nurse Ruth Wise ends her life. funeral by American Legion. Track damage from a cloudburst delayed rail traffic. repairs mobilized with 50 workers and 20 carloads of gravel.

Butte Roy Budd Wisconsin Walter Maquin Bertha Mahilberg Jake Wagner Fon du Lac Wis Wagner Polson F. M. Harlan Leslie Kenneth Keith Harlan E. M. Kerr Reed Point F. M. Lamp Florence Lamp Yakima Wash Glacier Park Coast Points Laurel Axel Arvidson Nels Vordahl Northern Pacific Bob Heebner N. P Tom Dooley Springdale Billings Livingston Ruth Louise Wise Edith Lott Duluth Minn W. E. Bird Park Post American Legion Montana Red Cross Fort Lewis American Legion of Mountain View Lewis D. Smith Legion Martinsdale Company Miller Bros John T. Murphy Big Coulee Merrill Highway No. 10

Unemployment Drops Sharply as WPA Reports July Figures

The Works Progress Administration announced 5.6 million unemployed in July, down nearly 4 million from a year earlier and 300 thousand below June. A defense activity upswing helped cut joblessness. from April to May this year, unemployment fell by about 1 million.

Washington Works Projects Administration

Indian man fatally struck sitting on tracks near Lodge Grass

Pete Wallace 41 Crow Indian was killed when a Burlington train hit him while he sat on the tracks near his Lodge Grass cabin. Sheriff Ulrich said the accident likely occurred about 2 am. body found by a section foreman. Survived by widow Birdie Three-Four-Tovs and several children.

Hardin Pete Harry) Wallace Lodge Grass Henry Ulrich Wallace Birdie Three

Vaughn Market Set to Open Next Saturday

Roy L. Vaughn completes vault removal at Dixon building remodel including 200 lock boxes for self service storage. Quick freezing service and cartons for food offered with Mrs. Vaughn in charge of groceries. Norman Ostenson relocates equipment to rear for his end of business.

Roy L. Vaughn Dixon Building

New Federal Regulations Aimed at Stimulating Factory Output

President setting discussions outline a regulatory framework via the 12 Federal Reserve banks to curb post emergency industrial downturn. The rules would affect consumer loans for repairs and existing homes but exempt loans for new homes and productive tools like farm equipment. Banks stores and finance firms will participate in hearings as regulators draft details.

Eccles Federal Reserve

Representative Group Listed From Montana Farm Bureau Pages

A compiled roster includes Montana groups such as the Big Timber Tana Farm Bureau Federation and Sweet Grass growers with leaders A Lamp and W E Cole. It lists officials from the Forest Service in Missoula Livingston Gardiner and Boulder districts along with rangers and support staff.

Tana Farm Bureau Federation Big Timber Sigurd T. Lavold Sweet Grassweet Growers Association Ralph Hauser Upper Boulder McLeod A. Lamp Sweet Grass County W. BE. Cole Walt L. Dutton Division of Panel Management Washington, D

Card of Thanks for Burial Assistance

The family thanks friends for aid after our father's burial. Special thanks to pallbearers and Mr and Mrs Albert Esp R. A. Clark Co. L. Clark Mrs. D. Williams.

Albert Esp R. A. Clark L. Clark D. Williams

Barbecue Draws Crowd as Local News Mixes Notices

The Bridger Creek column reports a busy period with crops and grain, showers cooling weather, and a community barbecue in Big Timber drawing many residents. It notes a hospital patient, an upcoming ice cream social, a Pioneer Society gathering, and visits from Will Zimmerman returning from Alaska with family plans pending.

Bridger Creek Estelle Fraser Jonnson O. P. Terland Deaconess Billings Pioneer Society J. G. McComas Church Flemming Ranch Big Timber Will Zimmerman Michigan Anacortes Wash Johnson Home

Man Wanted to Run North Wheatland Route in Montana

Classified ad seeks a reliable man with a car to operate a profitable permanent business selling 200 household products and farm necessities in North Wheatland area, Meagher and adjacent counties. Contact Adam Roth in Big Timber or send correspondence to Rawleighs Dept MTG-13-212R Minneapolis MN.

North Wheatland Meagher Rawleigh’s Adam Roth Big Timber Mont Dept Minneapolis Minn

Warning posted at Cunningham place against removal

A notice warns that anyone removing any item from the Cunningham place will be prosecuted to the fullest extent. The terse placard provides no further details but signals strict enforcement.

Cunningham Place

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