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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1922
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a court proceeding with Fare presiding on Monday and references to preliminary matters, a continuation in the forenoon, and a county crime case involving a person named in the text. The garbled source limits clarity on parties, dates, and exact charges.
The 33rd convention selected officers including president and superintendent as delegates to state associations. Names such as J. Nottingham, Bozeman superintendent, and Miss Whight from Helena appear among the leadership. Court notes include trials and juror lists with cases from Montana counties and a statewide tax and mortgage docket ongoing.
Tim Healy becomes first governor general as the Free State constitution is proclaimed by British Parliament. Dublin awaits parliamentary steps to elect speakers and a senate while Healy affirms duties to both imperial and Irish governments. Healy hopes for eventual reunification of north and south and appeals for American moral support.
Congressmen Washington J McCormick and Carl W Riddick reportedly agreed on Fred L Gibson a Livingston attorney for the newly created Montana federal judgeship. Harding expected to appoint Gibson soon after the agreement to fill the post, with Daugherty informing the representatives if they agreed the president would act. Gibson a Montana resident since 1903 and born 1874 in Dundee Michigan has a law background from the University of Nebraska and a history in teaching and publishing before practice.
Helena December 4 Costs and disbursements of the defendant in the state case against Frank Conley former warden of the penitentiary were filed with the district court showing 1771. Of that sum 746 represents half the stenographer fee for the original transcript of testimony furnished to the trial judge. The remainder represents other costs charged to the state as a result of the decision which awarded Conley costs of his defense. Attorneys fees and daily transcript costs will run into thousands of dollars according to Conley’s counsel.
Helena reports the state board of education plans to choose a new University of Montana chancellor before January 1, according to board members.
The Livingstone attorney admitted to the bar in June 1899 began practice in Forsyth. He helped form Rosebud County and served as its first county attorney. He moved to Virginia City in 1903 to practice law and quickly built a successful career.
Helena December 6. Final Montana counts released by the board of canvassers show Senator Burton Wheeler leading with 88 205 votes and John M Evans 36 589 in the Fifth District. Other races include Leavitt 46 499 and Callaway 81 960.
The Montana State Interscholastic Music Meet will be held in Big Timber during the last week of March or the first week of April with an executive committee led by Payne Templeton. A program committee will prepare the event with a maximum of twenty five to thirty entries per school and a fifty cent contestant fee to cover medals pennants and judges. Local arrangements will be handled by a civic committee.
Long Beach California December 5 authorities investigate a possible sea escape after a fur similar to Clara Phillips during her trial was found in an abandoned car near the Los Angeles county jail thirty miles away.
Clara Phillips, serving 10 years to life for the hammer murder of Alberta Meadows, escaped from a Los Angeles jail around 2 a.m. with steel saws. She reportedly crawled from her window, dropped to a roof, and fled on a fire escape, aided by inmates. authorities discovered the sawed bars hours later.
Lausanne December 6 A strong American plea for freedom of the straits with free warship passage to the Black Sea dominated the Near Eastern conference. Allies propose international control with demilitarization and a commission to guarantee open passage.
The budget director recommends $555,000 for the Flathead irrigation project, the largest single outlay in Montana next year. Glacier National Park also faces increased funding by $76,100. Other allocations include Crow Indian project $175,000, Blackfeet $60,000, Fort Belknap and Fort Peck $30,000 each, Huntley $115,000, Milk River $140,000, Sun River $145,000, and various Indian and treaty payments plus a $4,900 Helena assay office.
J F Harrison of Columbus arrived in Billings with an Eagle sandstone sample from the Predmoor lease eight miles NW of Rapelje and 40 miles NW of Billings. The test well reached 777 feet with 33 feet saturated, shot with 100 quarts nitroglycerine, oil rose 200 feet, forecast 20 barrels per day, 46 gravity likely. Harrison plans two more wells in Lake Basin near Gibson and predicts field may rival Sweet Grass.
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