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Big Timber Pioneer

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1921

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Pudding in Day Fixed for Monday Afternoon Dance Event

The article details a Monday afternoon pudding in day with a 5 o clock start, dinner for attendees at the hall, and a big dance in Livingston. Tickets include dinner and dance for 1, non attending guests pay 50 cents for dancing privileges, with limited car access and early closing at 3:30. A company crew works on derrick construction nearby, with oil exploration details and depths referenced. The Timber Oil Syndicate and local officials plan to open offices next week in Dillon and Jed county. A Powder River screening shifts dinner earlier, with about 150 expected attendees including Mrs. Laura Stewart preparing the meal, and the event emphasizes inclusion of both ladies and gentlemen.

Livingston Derrick Aly Patterson Timber Oil Syndicate Ble O. Selway Dillon State Senate Republican Wool Growers’ Association HH. S. Steiner Motor Jun Jed County Fox Indianapolis Sweet Grass County American Legion Powder River Montana Laura Stewart

Potter Made Party Defendant in Koski Libel Case

Deposition of M. fs warden of the state penitentiary taken at Deer Lodge relates to a federal suit by Emil Koski seeking 200000 for alleged false arrest and persecution tied to the Liberty committee during the 1917 war. Libby Johnson’s murder is tied to the case and questions about the committee and wartime actions are noted.

Fiies Gathon County

Dirigible ZR-2 Disaster Kills Many in Hull

Hull England August 24 seventeen US Navy and twenty seven British Navy officers and men died when the great dirigible ZR-2 collapsed over the Humber river during a test flight. Only five of 49 aboard survived. The craft buckled amidships and plunged into the river after hours aloft in bad weather.

Louis H. Maxfield Emory Coil Henry W. Hoyt Marcus H. Kenterly Valentine N. Reig Charles G. Little Howden Co. J. Allar Robert Coone L. E. Crow Putnam Airdome Hull Humber Baloon N. P. Walker

House Passes New Tariff Bill By Strict Party Vote

The 1921 tax revision bill passed the House 274 to 125 on party lines with three Democrats for and nine Republicans against. It repeals the excess profits tax and raises the corporate income tax to 12 percent, aiming to cut total revenue in the next fiscal year and shift effects into 1923.

House Washington Campbell Pennsylvania Dupre Lazare Louisiana Beck Wisconsin Clague Minnesota Lampert Michaelson Illinois John M. Nelson Sinclair North Dakota Voigt Woodruff Michigan London New York Senate Senate Finance Committee

Billings Man Killed In Auto Wreck Near Red Lodge

Edward Kraus 50 of 213 South Twenty third street Billings died instantly when the car he rode in overturned on the Red Lodge road between Silesia and Rockvale at about 8 am. The body was taken to Billings for interment. Kraus, a copper worker formerly of Milwaukee, was a passenger in a party of five traveling to pick cherries along Red Lodge creek. The driver Pfeiffer and three women were thrown clear. Kraus was pinned beneath the running board with injuries. Witnesses reported the car appeared to travel at a moderate speed but veered too far to the road’s edge. The other occupants were brought back to Billings by passersby except Kraus.

Billings Edward Kraus South Twenty-third Street Red Lodge Silesia Rockvale Kraus Red Lodge Creek Milwaukee

Governor Frazier Will Hold Onto Job

In BISMARCK on August 23 Governor Lynna J. Frazier along with William Lemke attorney general and John N. Hagan commissioner of agriculture rejected reports they planned to resign before the November recall election as fabrications. Lemke warned opponents and pledged to meet them at Philippi for a decisive confrontation.

Bismarck N. D Lynna J. Frazier Wm. Lemke John N. Hagan Philippi

Grain Rates to Atlantic Ports Reduced by Railways

Western grain men testified before the interstate commerce commission that eastern railroads cut rates on Chicago to Atlantic coast exports to meet Canadian competition. The record includes a request to reduce grain freight rates by seven and a half cents a hundred pounds from Mississippi river territory to the Atlantic coast. Experts cited lake route movements while noting potential wage reductions could lower overall freight costs.

Washington Interstate Commerce Commission Chicago Atlantic Mississippi River Atlantic Coast Buffalo Georgian Bay C.B. Bee Missouri Railroad Commission Lakes Daniel Kelly South Dakota Railroad Commission Potter Mr. Kelly

Cockran Attacks Harding Over Soldier Bonus Delay

Rep Bourke Cockran of New York criticizes President Harding in the house tax revision debate for addressing Congress and urging delay on soldier bonus legislation. He argues the president overstepped constitutional bounds by addressing the senate to the exclusion of the house and reads a resolution to vindicate the house’s rights.

Washington Harding Bourke Cockran New York House Senate Congress Cockran

Senate Debates Over Harding Visit Against Bonus Bill

President Harding faced fierce Senate debate after his personal appearance opposing the soldiers bonus bill. La Follette attacked executive interference, Lodge referenced Wilson's peace speech, and others warned that the president’s conduct lacked constitutional authority. The clash highlighted tensions over pending legislation and executive influence.

Senate Harding Idaho LaFollette Renee Opatien

Former Treasurer Frees Funds Return Request

CHICAGO August 23 Fred E Sterling lieutenant governor of Illinois and recently indicted with Governor Len Small and Vernon Curtis of Grant Park Ill on charges of embezzlement and conspiracy involving 82 000 000 of state funds today forwarded a draft for 391 386 28 to Edward E Miller his successor as state treasurer In a letter Sterling explained the sum was all the interest collected by him on state deposits since May 31 193 and included interest to date on such collected interest items from the dates when the same came to his hands

Chicago Fred E. Sterling Illinois Len Small Vernon Curtis Grant Park Edward E. Miller Washington

Strike ballots prepared for 489000 Big Four unions

Cleveland reports strike ballots ready to mail to 489000 members of the Big Four railroad brotherhoods and Switchmen's Union. A joint conference of executive committees and grand officers debated ballot wording and resumed discussions to address wage cuts and overtime conditions after June railroad labor board reductions. Executives from southwestern roads did not attend.

Cleveland Switchmen’s Union of North America Brotherhood West Southwest Railroad Labor Board Chicago Southwestern Roads

Minister and Wife Killings Near Sterling

Two people killed when their car was struck by a Northern Pacific passenger train near Sterling are believed to be Rev. Wm. B. Gage and May Gage. The couple, possibly from Des Moines Iowa or Aberdeen South Dakota, were returning from a Yellowstone tour when the crash occurred.

Bismarck N. Dy Sterling Northern Pacific Wm. B. Gage May Gage Des Moines Iowa Aberdeen S. D Yellowstone Park

Auto tragedy reported in Aberdeen involving Gage couple

Reported in Aberdeen South Dakota on August 23 Rev William B Gage and his wife May were said killed when their car collided with a train at noon. A fragment mentions Merling traveling from Yellowstone Park and identifies Henry M Gage as a brother.

Aberdeen S. D May Gage Merling Yellowstone Park Henry M. Gage

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