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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1930
Page
4
The Pioneer marks its eighteenth anniversary under current management with a reflective note from the editor. He arrived broke and remains hopeful, recalling better times while grateful for Sweet Grass County and Big Timber's kindness. He pledges to deliver Montana's best weekly, leaving readers to decide if he has.
The AP reports the short session will be steered by three House leaders Speaker Longworth Tilson and Snell. Montana weeklies claim five Republican leaders in the lower house but Washington correspondents identify only these three as the central figures. Congressman Leavitt remains less known in Washington than among Montana editors.
A report by the governor’s crime commission urges granting judges a right to comment on evidence in trials but does not specify if judges should deliver opening or closing arguments or both.
The board of county commissioners met December 1, 1980 in regular session. Members Leashy Olson Farr and Conwell attended. Claims were examined and approved with various sheriff, clerk, judge, and public works expenses listed and warrants ordered drawn.
Local families and travelers populate Reed Point area with holiday visits and routine trips. Movements include Harlan family stops in Livingston and Missoula for medical care, plus friends and relatives visiting Laurel Billings and Gardiner for Thanksgiving and vacations.
The minutes list pension payments to widows and others plus various bridge and labor fees. It notes the Mary R. Cruse widow’s pension disallowed for report failings, adjournments to December 2 and 3, 1930, and staff changes including a new county treasurer S. C. Bailey. Multiple tax refunds and routine local expenditures are recorded.
The text records former President Hoover urging Congress to study remedies for economic evils without sacrificing the core aims of trust laws. He favors temporary federal aid for state and local health services for children and disease control, especially in feral sections, and later considers government actions to reduce instability and reorganize administration including Civil Service and postal rate adjustments.
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