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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1939
Page
2
The city of Hamilton will gain a new municipal park spanning 753 acres donated by Anaconda Copper Mining Co. The land sits on the site of a lumber mill founded almost 45 years ago by Marcus Daly.
D. T. Kelly, famed Butte hunter and marksman born 1854 in Maryland, recalls November 8 1889 the day Montana was admitted as a state. He describes the Gagnon mine whistle and his buffalo hunting routes across Nebraska and eastern Montana, the dangers, and changing ammunition and methods as he reflects on a life between hunting and sawmilling in Butte.
Kelly, a Butte pioneer, recounts hunting days and ties to notable figures. He recalls a mine accident harming his eye thirty five years earlier and speaks of using pulpy matches for caps after serving in Missouri. He mentions Quantrill Wyatt Earp Buffalo Bill Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
Cas cade county moves to build a two mile east of Great Falls home for its needy aged on a 220 acre site beside Giant Springs park. The Works Progress Administration would review a $107,697 construction project with the county contributing $80,000.
The document outlines bond funding allocations totaling $107,697.30 with 55 percent to be funded by bonds. It lists amounts for a main bus project, barns and corrals, a water main, a driveway, and sewage disposal. It notes plans for constructing a concrete main building and associated infrastructure.
Federal geological survey reports the Yellowstone, Big Horn, and Powder rivers are lower this year than 1937 and 1938 but align with normal runoff for their drainage areas. The decline reflects a natural fluctuation rather than a sustained drought.
American engineered equipment will be installed at a new steel plant in Athens Greece with funding and supervision by local authorities. The project marks a major upgrade intended to boost production capacity and modernize industry in the region.
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