Taxes Rise Across Sweet Grass County in 1974 Levy Plan
The 1974 tax plan brings higher levies for most districts as new state funding rules and permissive levies shift costs. In Big Timber the levy is 195.29 mills, up 19.22 from 176, with county and state categories rising sharply. Some district levies drop while others like Melville, Reed Point, Grey Cliff and Rapstad rise. retirement and social security costs shift to a county wide levy. Taxes fall due in two installments, with penalties after November 30 and May 31, based on assessed values and state schedules.
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Big Timber
McLeod
Springdale
Bridge
Melville
Reed Point
Grey Cliff
Rapstad
City of
Sweet Grass High School
Rapsta
Sweet Grass County Fair Opens With 177 Entries
The 37th Sweet Grass County Fair begins with 177 youth entries from 4-H F FA and FHA. Livestock showings and judging start at 9 a.m. with interview judging new to the program. Sale of steer hog and lamb entries set for Friday at the fairgrounds with a Parade of Champions and round robin showmanship event.
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Sweet Grass County
Olaf Brekke
Big Timber Jaycees
Brekke
Gene Lurber
Livingston
Chuck Egan
Columbus
Sweet Grass County Fair
4-H
Stage set for garbage hikes in Big Timber council
Big Timber City Council Monday night laid groundwork for higher garbage and landfill fees to meet state and federal landfill rules. A $32 000 garbage budget and new bid process for landfill services were approved as officials discussed rate schedules based on weekly pickup volumes.
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Big Timber
McLean Clark
Everly Enjoys Visit to Sweet Grass County
Phil Everly returns a call saying he enjoyed a visit to Sweet Grass County. The note points readers to a Flowers section story on page 3 and a Wiligro Garden Club Show with flowers everywhere, plus a page 8 story and pictures.
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Phil Everly
Sweet Grass County
Wiligro Garden Club
County eyes car crusher plan to remove junked vehicles
Sweet Grass County commissioners, with Big Timber Salvage, plan a week long car crusher operation in October led by Stanley Nevin to crush about 100 vehicles daily. The aim is to remove over 400 junked cars, store them for future crushing, and explore a joint city county landfill with private operation and fees for county residents.
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Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
Stanley Nevin
Big Timber Salvage
Pocatello, Id
Bjarne Bjorndal
Jaycees
Bjorndal
Ed Sell
Sell
tWe
Big Timber City
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Margaret Busha
Montana State Fiddler's Association
District 4
Moose Lodge
Evelyn Rudy
Billings
Jim Duke
Laurel
Chuck Alkire
Chris Schott
Greg Cliff
John Bailor
Stan Todd
Clark
Martha Taylor
Taylor
American Legion Hall
American Legion Auxiliary
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