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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1927
Page
4
Promoters of Sweet Grass county exhibits at Midland Empire and State fairs seek rancher cooperation to ensure a creditable showing this year. Residents with worthy items are asked to send them in or notify County Clerk W. A. Conwell or Benj. H. Daggett so an exhibit can be collected.
Ohio Senator Simeon D. Fess argues it would be a national calamity if Coolidge were not renominated and reelected in 1928. He notes history shows governments endure the loss of leaders and cites Lincoln Garfield Gary and the need for capable successors from both parties.
Police Commissioner Wine laments low dog tax collection in Helena as only 106 of 189 vaccinated dogs paid the $5 or $10 license, while wrecked cars, weeds, street lighting, and unpaved streets raise broader questions about city upkeep and taxes. The tone argues enforcement and urban neglect risk turning Helena into a unsuitable crossroads town.
The piece questions a three cent per gallon state gas tax and new dog license fees. It casts doubt on city services like weed control, street lighting, parking space use, and tree trimming, contrasting with billboard leases and highway signage. Citizens worry about value for money amid _Park Avenue_ and unpaved streets.
Plans for the first annual South Central Montana Ram Show and Sale at Columbus on August 26 and 27 are nearly complete. About 200 head of pure bred rams will be auctioned with entries from Gallatin valley breeders and sheepmen from Park Sweet Grass Stillwater Yellowstone Carbon Golden Valley and Wheatland counties. The event includes a sheep mating demonstration by Montana State College and a lamb barbecue lunch.
Ada Bonner Le Bouef and Dr. Thomas E. Dreher were sentenced to die for the murder of James L. Le Bouef, husband of Le Bouef. The governor will set the execution date. Beadle received life imprisonment for the July 1 killing near Morgan City.
Capt A V Rogers, a 29 year old British war ace, died when his plane Angel of Los Angeles crashed seven minutes after takeoff at Vail flying field. His mangled body lay near the wreck. his wife Mrs Rogers and their eight month old daughter Millicent witnessed the tragedy.
Twenty six young residents of El Retiro, a county home for homeless girls in Los Angeles, walked out and took refuge in the juvenile court. They demanded reinstatement of the home’s self government, overthrown by new superintendent Rosemary B. Gunn, with support from acting juvenile court referee Miss Jean Shontz.
Aviatrix Gladys Roy 25, known for stunt flying, died in Youngstown Ohio after being struck by a spinning propeller while entering a parked plane. She planned a New York to Rome flight, with Lieut Delmar Snyder as co pilot, and had appeared at fairs including Kinsman and near Youngstown. Her brother Chadwick Smith is a pilot on a Chicago to Minneapolis route.
Cheyenne reports train service on the Colorado & Southern between here and Wendover Junction halted by washouts from Wheatland to Wendover. Additional washouts between Wendover and Glendo disrupted lines. seven poles washed out cut Cheyenne Casper telephony. Service restored by Monday. routing rerouted Denver to Casper via Sidney. Rainfall totals 1.21 inches in Cheyenne and 1.6 in Wheatland with high floods on Crow Creek.
More than a dozen Kansas towns flooded by heavy downpours from Friday night into Saturday. The Smoky Hill river surged near Salina, flooding Ellsworth Wilson Black Wolf Dorrance and Marguerie with some homes reaching second stories.
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