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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1907
Page
3
A large paper company forms a substantial business combine in Deal. The move consolidates local firms to create a stronger regional operation. Authorities note expected growth in paper production and distribution channels.
A Milwaukee area informant claims the International Paper Company is behind a merger that would bring nearly all print paper mills in Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan under one umbrella within twelve months. He says the deal would push prices up to four cents to jobbers and six to small buyers and leave Great Northern Paper as nearly the sole remaining rival.
The Wisconsin harvest fields face unrest as courts allow civilized Indians to buy whisky. Many farmers’ sons drift west for field work in Minnesota and Dakota, while local Indians hire on at two dollars a day then spend their earnings in lengthy drunken binges.
Physicians report Legrand Powers, a Minneapolis man ill with typhoid fever in Washington, showing improvement this week. His temperature has dropped and his general condition is better than earlier in the week.
Details from Buenos Ayres describe the American bark Prussia ashore near Findero Bay with fourteen passengers and four sailors dead. The captain reportedly died by his own hand as the vessel ran ashore after leaving Norfolk on March 20 bound for Townsend.
Pierre South Dakota August 18 M G Guthrie was arrested by State Hotel Inspector Hopkins for violating hotel fire escape provisions. The case was dismissed after Guthrie complied with the statute.
Afton Iowa August 18 Louis Whitehead two year old son of R L Whitehead was probably fatally injured after swallowing concentrated lye authorities reported.
Five people were crushed to death and eleven injured when a two story boarding house at 55 Fry street collapsed in Chicago. Four victims died instantly and one died shortly after being taken to a hospital. Police and firefighters crawled under the ruins to recover the bodies.
Boston August 18 J Warren Hastings a trusted official of the United States subtreasury here was arrested on charges of embezzling 3000 from the government June 7. The money was taken from a package of 105000 in bills prepared for shipment to Washington and retirement. A fellow clerk who was responsible covered the shortage.
A counterfeit check for the exact fine imposed on Standard Oil by Judge Landis arrived at the Treasury from Toledo. It bore signatures of Standard Oil and John D. Rockefeller, causing amusement among Treasury officials.
New York August 18 The contest between the Baltimore and Ohio and Hill Morgan interests for possession of the Chicago Terminal Transfer Railway company has ended. A new agreement was reached by which the Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Evans ton Quincy systems will become joint owners of the Chicago Terminal and will share its facilities under an equitable division of its track.
Norfolk Virginia August 1 plan to open Jamestown exposition on Sundays with small admission and no concessions submitted by Director General Barr to Secretary Cortelyou. Action on the proposal expected in a few days.
Grain and livestock prices from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth and Chicago dated Aug 18 show varied bids. Wheat No 1 Northern around 95 cents to 97 cents, corn No 3 yellow about 51 to 54 cents, oats roughly 46 to 47 cents. Cattle and hogs trading with range values in Chicago and Sioux City and at South St Paul with steers 5.50 to 6.25, hogs around 6.10 to 6.50, lambs 5.50 to 7.30.
Cleveland reports that John D. Rockefeller does not deny the reported interview and says the administration policy spells financial disaster.
Washington August 18 The government prepares to file a suit against International Harvester for alleged Sherman anti trust violations. DOJ officials are drawing the papers for the proposed action.
Three inmates escaped the county jail in Wahpeton North Dakota last night around seven o'clock and were chased along the Red River before being captured.
A massive blaze at the International Flax Twine plant in Hazel Park, St. Paul, started in the south warehouse. Firemen fought six hours to save the facility as a strong south wind drove flames toward the intact sections and a brick firewall slowed the spread. The loss was pegged at about 1,000,000 with 20,000 in the affected area.
In St Paul on August 15 reports urge men to work in North Dakota harvests. The crop outlook is strong and wages may be higher than previous years with steady work through mid November. A. J. Wells cites a need for at least 7,500 laborers as farmers struggle to secure help.
Two more bold attempts at housebreaking are reported in St Cloud Minnesota. Charles Michaelson of East St Cloud woke to a intruder entering via a raised window and chased him with a club. the burglar leaped out and escaped. Gottlic Gehrenbech at Twelfth avenue and Fifth street halted the thief by grabbing his coat tails but the man broke free and fled through the door.
Rain harms rye in Ringerike. Bergen to host British consul and expedition botanist Hannah Reswell Diesel. Tunis sends Tunis squads to Christiania for trade talks. Oslo hosts hygienic congress with Prof Otto Grennes. Norwegian fund raising debated to aid Mother Norway. Bergen Tidende urges self-reliance and university funding. Bohus landslide and Swedish socialist fight against impure literature. Sveaborg to be abandoned by Russians. Dr. Erick Nystrom, Bible translator, dies in Algiers. Temperance congress in Stockholm attracts 20 600 parade participants. Prison chaplain Ernberg cites rural youth crime link and urges staying home.
Minneapolis, Rochester & Dubuque Traction Company officials met with Faribault Commercial Club to discuss building a line through Faribault Minnesota They asked citizens to secure the right of way from Northfield to Faribault through the city and several acres for a terminal site They considered purchasing the Scott mill water power on the Cannon River four miles north to supply power The plan shifted from a westward route to a route directly through the city.
John Peffer was jailed by Deputy Marshal Rider on a charge of stealing a letter from the St. Cloud post office. Nick Lambert, owner of letters missing from his post office box, set a decoy letter in his box and watched as Peffer opened it and was seized. Peffer admits guilt and seeks federal sentencing.
Lemars Iowa August 15 Miss Mary Van Ashell and Charles Trafford long time pioneers of the county announced they were to keep their marriage secret for eight months. They were wed on November 18 1906 at Fremont Nebraska and will start housekeeping.
Leone Russell, the child of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Russell in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, suffered serious burns when a lighted candle set her dress on fire while she played with it. Doctors say the burns on her right side are painful but her recovery is expected.
Fergus Falls Minnesota August 15 A vein of sand marl was found by Frank Sundberg who lives near town A sample was sent to the state university chemistry department for analysis and Sundberg was told the sample resembles marl with value dependent on composition Marl has multiple uses including putty and polishing manufacture
Faulkton August 15. A horse owned by John Small was found imprisoned in an abandoned well for two weeks. The animal survived with no food and was able to stand on its feet upon rescue.
Six Milwaukee residents escaped death after an automobile overturned a carriage on the Whitefish Bay road. The car teetered on a 200 foot embankment before a fence prevented a plunge. Four people were hurt in the crash and were taken for treatment.
A meeting of fourth class post masters from Winona county is set for August 26 at the Winona post office to organize a county league in cooperation with state and national bodies. The goal is to secure salary increases matching higher department scales and duties.
Rev. William H. Sallmon, president of Carleton College, declines a proposal to become chief assistant pastor at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York with a salary of 3000 dollars annually.
The St. Paul to Chicago passenger rate will reduce to eight dollars tomorrow from eight eighty seven. The new two cent rate in Wisconsin triggers the decrease and pushes the Chicago fare to eight dollars, the lowest level anticipated.
Appleton Wisconsin August 15 Mrs Creszentzian Weiss aged seventy seven years died suddenly while calculating her interest on land a blood vessel burst in her head causing her death authorities said she collapsed after completing the figures for her account and died instantly.
Joseph Wagner an ice man fell two stories at Swift and Co warehouse injuring his spine and internal organs He slipped while lowering a hoist from the second floor to the basement and plunged through the shaft in St Paul on August 15.
Le Grand Powers of Minneapolis, chief statistician of agriculture in the census bureau, is seriously ill with typhoid fever at his home in Washington.
The report notes a brewers strike and lockout in Goteborg while the La Plata Steamship line plans two new 6000 ton ships for next fall. Livestock exports in 1906 were valued at 4.75 million crowns with cows leading shipments. King Oscar has posed for sculptor Milles, who will carve a bust for the theatrical association, a first-time event. The Ume river’s flood has inundated Berg Bran and Vannas, unmatched since 1888, hurting crops as accountants scrutinize Lieut. Lillieskjold’s default, with deficits now measured in millions.
Dr. George Dreyer of the University of Copenhagen is named professor of pathology at the University of Oxford. Denmark honors the selection as a matter of national pride. A Danish Icelandic commission reports on defense, with the rigsdag to review. King Frederick in Reykjavik affirms Iceland’s free country status while remaining united with Denmark. The Editor’s Voltimatum ridicules a hailstone tale.
A citizens committee presented Gen. Putnam with a flag and declared that wherever it is planted it should remain. The enemy offered to surrender to avoid further such branding.
The Baltimore American questions whether elite society should embrace silence as many people continue talking even after thinking. The piece contrasts noisy chatter with a call for reflective behavior among the social cohort.
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