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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1929
Page
4
Big Timber hosts a two day rodeo under Joce Lions Club oversight this weekend. Committees named for planning and operations. concessions run by Lions with every booth manned by Lions. Admission is one dollar for adults and fifty cents for youths 12 to 16, offering a chance for ranchers and residents to enjoy a wholesome event in town.
Secretary Hyde argues six million farms cannot merge like plants. Co operation and maintaining one family farm as social unit. Chamber survey finds large scale and small scale earn similar profits, but large farms lack human labor connection and heart. Only merging supported is cooperative membership.
Sioux City Tribune reports Missouri valley residents, led by Kansas and Missouri lawmakers, press for action on a Missouri River navigation scheme from Kansas City to Sioux City. They accuse the War Department of underfunding and delays, demand reasons for inaction, and seek early completion with substantial appropriations.
Gasper Wyoming Aug 11 One man was killed and another seriously injured in a Sunday automobile crash southeast of Casper. Frank Healy 43 a car salesman and Musicians Union president died en route to hospital A J Bober clothing store employee suffered chest injuries severe lacerations and possible brain concussion Both men were thrown from the car after it overturned four times on a hill Bober is hospitalized at Natrona County Memorial Hospital Healy survived by a daughter and a widow Blair Nebraska and a relative in Sheridan Wyoming Mrs Bober traveled from Denver to Casper after being notified.
Aug 2 47 years past Senator Charlies H Williams left Iowa for Deer Lodge Montana with Mrs Williams. He recalled a smooth plains journey and a town then thriving with money easily spent. Deer Lodge boasted the McBarney house as hotel the leading newspaper and Montana college and was larger than Butte at the time.
Chicago report states Chief Theodore Schuppe of Elmwood Park was shot and killed by Cook County highway police after a night of drunken rampage at a road house. Patrolman Fred Bryant fired three times, hitting Schuppe in the heart as officers tried to quell the assault.
The Cunarder Mauretania, 23, completes a westbound crossing in 4 days 21 hours 44 minutes, 4:56 faster than her own record but 4:02 behind Bremen. Capt. S. G. S. McNeil notes weather and a late operation slowed progress. Spray and rough seas marked the voyage from Cherbourg to Ambrose Lightship.
An unclear note states Fletcher returns to civilian status after years abroad with references to Italy and repatriation to the United States. The fragmented text mentions an ambassador and home, but specifics are not recovered.
In Chicago on Friday night three armed men boarded an Illinois Central suburban train at Randolph Street. They forced the motorman to stop at Twenty third Street and forced collectors to surrender money before fleeing. Delbert Suda was killed by a shot through the eye. About £3.00 was stolen as passengers were terrorized. The robbers had been making collections along the urban electric line.
Prehm, former Illinois boxing official, said he was offered 16000 by a gambler to influence the appointment of a referee for the Dempsey Tunney heavyweight fight at Soldier Field in September 1927. He denied Dempsey’s involvement and ejected the bribe giver, reporting the incident to the Illinois commission.
GREAT FALLS Aug 9 C E Jones of 612 Thirteenth street south a pedestrian was injured and Russell Fabre of 921 Fifth avenue north and Henry Lease of Cascade both drivers were fined 95 each in municipal court for reckless driving after an accident at Central avenue and Twelfth street. The meeting of cars at the intersection caused vehicles to strike a telephone post and skid onto a sidewalk. Jones was ragged across a lawn and taken to Deaconess hospital with non life threatening injuries.
San Marcial and San Acacia towns are flooded as Rio Puerco surges toward Elephant Butte lake. Two hundred refugees flee to Las Cruces while relief crews strengthen levees and seek aid from the state health bureau and the American Red Cross. No injuries reported.
In Chicago a man known as a customer in a 3. case was sentenced to life for the killings of at least two men. The court heard he participated in a gun battle and that Peter Lucea was shot to death.
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