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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1902
Page
4
Rail link proposed from Big Timber to Cooke City gains interest
Surveyors in the Big Timber area revived talk of a railroad to Cooke City. Proponents say eighty miles would yield steady revenue, with Cooke’s mineral ore, Boulder district freight, coal and timber along the route. A practical route could bring employment and rapid development for both communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooke City
Cooke
Boulder District
Montana
Pony Sentinel Publishes Notable Special Number
The Pony Sentinel issued a creditable special number detailing Pony's resources, its business houses and people, accompanied by half tone illustrations, highlighting Pony to the outside world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pony Sentinel
Pony
Jim Hill Opposes State Rail Expansion
Jim Hill states no more railroad building in the state. The remark excludes the Big Timber Cooke City road project. Hill will not participate in that deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hill
Cooke City
Mr. Hill
Will Be a Big Meeting at the Track
Less than two weeks remain until the race meeting which promises to be the grandest since the association began. Fourteen crack racers are on site along with several more in town. A shipment of top horses from the Butte meeting is due, with record trainers among them. Horses listed include March, Little Tom, Shelly, Ten Pin, Katie, Blood Raw and Harry N. Up to forty or more horses may compete and crowds are expected to exceed previous years. The band will play daily before races and between heats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
Butte
March
Little Tom
Shelly
Ten Pin
Katie
Blood Raw
Harry N
Heyer Begins Survey For Big Timber to Cooke City Rail Link
Civil engineer J H Heyer arrived with supplies and a crew to survey a potential railroad route between Big Timber and Cooke City. He will assess lines for possible steam or electric operation for eastern capitalists amid reports of rich iron coal deposits and vast timber in Slough Creek and Stillwater country. Heyer plans to remain in the field through November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Heyer
Cooke City
Heyer
Steel Trust
Boulder
Cooke
Stillwater
Slough Creek
Special meeting of County Commissioners considers Big Timber incorporation
The Board of County Commissioners met in special session with Francis Irvine chairing and J H More clerk. They reviewed the petition for incorporation of Big Timber but left it on the table due to questions about legality, to be addressed at the regular September session. Attest: d H Moore County Clerk, Francis Levine Chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Francis Irvine
O. B. Nevin
R. J. McConnell
J. H. More
Big Timber
Market Letter From Nye and Buchanan Co Live Stock
Nye and Buchanan Co South Omaha reports a large cattle receipt with beef cattle steady and feeders higher. Desirable cows stockers and feeders up a dime, common cattle weaker. Feeder and killer cattle 480 to 560, fair 24.25 to 4.80, stockers 3.00 to 4.00, common 2.50 to 3.25, canners 1.75 to 2.50, calves 2.20 to 4.50, high grades 4.50 to 5.50, yearlings 3.40 to 4.00, ewes 2.75 to 3.40, lambs 5.00 to 6.00. Hog receipts light but market weak, range 6.50 to 6.75. Sheep last week over 50,000. mutton broke while feeders strengthened. stock lambs 3.50 to 4.00.
County Commissioners Set Tax Levy for Next Year
August 11 2002 board of county commissioners met to set the tax levy for the ensuing year with seven members present including Francis Irvine chair and J H Moore county clerk. The group approved rates for state fund general county stock inspector sheep inspection and stock indemnity and allocated school district millage for multiple districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Francis Irvine
O. B. Nevin
R. J. McConnell
J. H. Moore
Nevin
McConnell
State Fund & General
Bouunty
Dice Escagccereveses Aceees Mills
Us Ilf
Invine
Desert land claim notice for Kloteche in Montana
United States Land OfficeBozeman Montana August 19 1902 notice that Charlee V Kloteche of Hunters Hot Springs Sweet Grass County Montana has filed intent to make a desert land claim No 9 for the SE4 NE4 Sec 4 Tp 1 N R 12 E MP M before B M Mjelde Clerk of Court Big Timber Montana on Saturday September 27 1902. He names witnesses James Vestal Marion Cox Edward Everett Byron A Matterson Matthew R Wixson. Register Flist Publication August 21 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Land Office
Bozeman
Montana
Charlee V. Kloteche
Hunters 'Hot Springs
Sweet Grass County
B. M. Mjelde
Big Timber
James Vestal
Marion Cox
Edward Everett
Byron A. Matterson
Springdale
Matthew R. Wixson
Register
Flist
Mining deal in Natural Bridge district transfers multiple claims
Nathaniel Stevens and wife of Andover Massachusetts transfer to Cowles Mining Company several claims in the Natural Bridge district including Hidden Treasure placer and quartz claims Springfield quartz lode Bee Beardsley and Patrick Kennedy placer claims Hidden Treasure No 2 and No 4 quartz lodes and Delta quartz lode plus all water rights and personal property. The sale price is 500 000 shares of Cowles Mining Company stock valued at 1 per share with deeds filed late last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Bridge
Nathaniel Stevens
Andover
Massachusetts
Cowles Mining Company
Hidden Treasure
Springfield
Bee
Post
Woolen Mill to Resume Operations Next Monday
The woolen mill plans to restart after several weeks shutdown. Management has packed and shipped blankets to Butte, Helena, Great Falls, and others, disposing of the first year’s output. About 20,000 pounds of wool are on hand with 30,000 more contracted and an option for more. Manager Whitfield says the outlook is encouraging and four looms will run when work resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Helena
Great Falls
Whitfield
Comedy at the Auditorium Reports Strong Road Show
The piece opening August 28 at the Auditorium features tramp T Rush Thompson in a tale of scrapes and a wrecked life. It blends humor with a hint of sadness as the character drifts from refined circles to a drifting season. The new play is described as thoroughly entertaining from start to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Rush Thompson
Osteopathic Examinations Offered in Big Timber
Dr. O B Prickett, osteopathic physician from Billings Montana, will conduct examinations at the Grand Hotel Big Timber on September 1 for those seeking osteopathic treatment. If demand justifies it he will return on Tuesdays and Fridays each week thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Hotel
Big Timber
O. B. Prickett
Billings
Montana
Great Railway ad touts modern luxury and fast routes
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway promotes its 6600 miles of service with electric lighting on daytime and night trains. It highlights the daylight express, No 2, and Pioneer Limited with sleeping cars dining service and extensive connections to Chicago and the East. It invites travelers to route via its lines and contact for folders and maps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Chicago
Pioneer Limited
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
St. St. Paul
Gorton's Minstrels Set For Audiences This Week
The Gorton's Minstrels management touts superior talent, modern equipment, and new wardrobe and stage effects to meet theatergoers demand. The company promises high class, up to date minstrelsy at the Auditorium on Monday August 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorton
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Sig Ginder
Pioneer
Ofice
D. H. Moore County
Francis Levine
Stock Market
Nye & Buchanan Co
Live Stock Commission
Merchants
South Omaha
Nebraska
D. H. Moorr County
Coe
Bank of Commerce Bidg
Mina
United States
E. S. Beaman
Beastuxy
Mentana
Gerl
THE
GEM
Hottled Goods
P. O
I. Timber
A. E. Walker
Gorton's
Minstrels
Cook
Budd's Drug Store
T. A. Gillespie
Moe
Mont
H. C. Allen
Fire and Life Insurance
J. E. Barnours
Warner
Wagner
H. O. Kellogg's
Gebo Coal and Wood
Telelphone
Howard Brothers
Northern Pacific
Burlington
St. Louis
Tion
Kansas City
Hucsnaul Notes
H. B. Segur
Home Co-Operative. Co
Perth
George A. Neal
U. 8S
Atty
Winifred 8. Pontius
Jackson County
Samuel Eppstein
8. A. Dunham
Treas
American Bank
Corner &H and
Delaware Sts
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