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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1927
Page
4
Bradley, who lived in Grey Cliff for over thirty years, was praised as a hard working, trustworthy man who paid his debts and never bothered others. Friends noted his education and mastery of Norwegian, contrasting it with slangy English today.
The Chicago event attempting a nude Lady Godiva replica in a $10,000 frame ended in disappointment. Tickets ranged from $3 to $15 with 3,000 seats sold, but curtain mishaps and limited spectacle left patrons unimpressed and labeled Americans as money-spending mad.
Helena Independent lauds Jay G. Larson state superintendent of banks for stabilizing Montana's banking system after a period of decay. He faced eighty five banks in trouble, guided recoveries, secured aid from banks and the federal reserve, and prevented many failures that would have harmed depositors and stockholders.
Governor Erickson selects Arthur J. Lochrie of Deer Lodge to run the Montana banking department succeeding Jay G. Larson. Lochrie orga nized United States National Bank in Deer Lodge seventeen years ago and built it to over a million dollars in resources. He also organized a leading western Montana building and loan association with $350 000 resources. The governor praises appoint ments for experience integrity and business success to oversee state chartered banks.
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 13 to 10 to apply the planned corporate income tax cut from 13 percent to 11 percent to payments due March 15. The bill, a 2326 million tax reduction, will be sent to the House after the next session. Garner of Texas demanded postponement for the current year. Insurance company taxes were also cut from 12 to 11 percent.
In Geneva on November 30 the Soviet delegation urged total disarmament by all nations, offering to destroy land, sea and air forces if others do likewise. Delegates were stunned though some viewed the proposal as impractical and unlikely to be adopted soon. The plan ado not seek instant detailed action, awaiting next commission session in early 1928.
Montana Supreme Court voided Bozeman's liquor nuisance ordinance which tried to define mere possession of contraband liquor as a public nuisance. The ruling cites the eighteenth amendment and Volstead Act keeping possession and sale of contraband liquor illegal. The Gallatin district court is ordered to dismiss Oscar Merrill's case.
In New York on November 26 about 200 Republicans will convene at the Union League Club to press for a wet stance at the 1928 Republican convention. speakers include former Senator James W. Wadsworth and Columbia President Nicholas Murray Butler, with the event backed by an anti prohibition group. The meeting aims to counter dry forces and raise funds to counter the Anti Saloon League 5 million war chest while planning congressional opposition to national prohibition.
Montana leads every state in crop conditions for August through November. U S Department of Agriculture figures show Montana at 152.4 percent of the 10 year average on November 1, well ahead of North Dakota at 122.8 percent. The US average stands at 102.4 percent.
Helena reports Montana oil production rose sharply in the state Public Service Commission division annual tally. 1926 output reached 7.58 million barrels, up from 1.39 million in 1921, with Kevin Sunburst field dominating at 85.8 percent of total. Cat Creek shows a marked drop from 1921 to 1926.
In St. Paul police suspect a quarrel between old sweethearts led to the death of Mrs. Lillian Schackelford, 40, of Minneapolis, shot in a hotel bed where she and M. A. Norton, a Prescott Oregon lumber mill worker, were staying as man and wife. Norton is critically wounded with a head wound.
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