Collecting historical relics and odd finds in Stillwater country
Big Timber residents and visitors examined Mrs. Harvey Bliss collection for the Sweet Grass county museum. Herman Uterhohle recalled the pow der horn found near East Boulder in 1889 or 1890 by W. F. McLeod, later owned by J. F. Clark ranch owner, and given to Bliss. He also recounted bear trap wrists and two mountain sheep heads found in Trout Creek. The notes include a Christmas reflection letter to Jack Muir about aging and changing times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Bliss
Sweet Grass County
Big Timber
Herman Uterhohle
Boulder
W. F. McLeod
J. F. Clark Ranch
Bliss
Utermohle
Utermohie
Trout Creek
Stillwater
Mr. Bliss
Reorganization Push for Fish and Game Dept In Montana
The Montana Wildlife Federation urges the next legislature to revive House Bill 329 to reorganize the Fish and Game Department. Delegates from across the state, including Harold Woods of Missoula, elected new officers and set Helena as the 1950 convention site. They propose licensing reforms, higher fines, and broader powers for agencies to manage violations and beaver removals, plus scrutiny of licenses and possible mandatory manslaughter charges for hunting accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Wildlife Federation
Montana
Fish and Game Department
House
Senate
John W. Bonner
Livingston
Bonner
Commission
State Board of Examiners
Federation
Harold E. Woods
Missoula
W. V. Crissey
Helena
R. J. Watson
Dillon
Earl Nott
Columbus
al Riegel
Billings
National Wildlife Federation
San Francisco
Woods
Fish and Game Commission
Miles City
Prizes Offered for Yale Decorations in Big Timber
The JayCees and Montana Power Co offer 15 for first prize and 10 for second for the most interesting and original Christmas decorations in Big Timber's residential area. Displays must be visible from the street and lit for a night judging by a five member committee after dark on December 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
JayCees
Montana Power Co
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Set for Friday Evening
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Friday December 9 at 8 p.m. in the Lutheran parish hall. Initiation will be held and the district president will attend as a guest.
My 1923 impression of young students and aging peers
A speaker recalls 1923, noting freshmen seem very young and polite, with an average age near seven and undergraduates addressing him as sir. He reflects on his generation nearing middle age, while peers appear older and his old roommate fails to recognize him.
Grade School Cagers To Meet Columbus
The Big Timber grade school team will play Columbus in their season opener per Coach Bob Deegan. The game precedes tomorrow night’s Sheepherder-Columbus tussle in Columbus, with third through sixth graders coached by Roland Decker and seventh and eighth graders by Bob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Columbus
Bob Deegan
Roland Decker
Bob
Ronald Dahl
Richard Hults
Jerry McCauley
Tommy Hoskinson
Don Kinsey
John Hager
Harold Helen
Ronald Widdicombs
Reynold Coughlin
Don Mlekush
Jack Robbins
First Home Game Here Saturday
The Sheepherders host their first home basketball game of the season Saturday night against the Roundup Panthers after a Friday road game at Columbus. Coach McElwain lists eleven players in the first string and season tickets are $5 for at least 12 home games.
Services Held For Former Resident Mae Doores Whelan
Funeral services were held at Ferkins chapel for Mae Doores Whelan 64 born in Shelbyville Mississippi December 12 1885. She lived in Montana from childhood and the family operated Twodot area ranches and restaurants. Surviving husband J W Whelan son R Walter Whelan Martinsdale a daughter Mrs Howard Harper Twe dot three sisters and three brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlowton
Mae Doores Whelan
Ferkins Chapel
Judith Basin
Garneill
Big Timber
Big Elk
Twodot
J. W. Whelan
Twodot Ranch
R. Walter Whelan
Martinsdale
Howard Harper
Twedot
Vivian Nagues
Flo Clinger
Missoula
Helen Hall
Seattle
Edward Doores
Perryton
Texas
Delbert Doores
Polson
Howard Doores
Court News Summary of Divorces and Estates
Inga Holland granted divorce from Herman Holland with her prior surname Inga Mortenson restored. Harry Robert Hart will admitted to probate with Barbara Hart named executrix. Sale of Albert John Van Patten personal property ordered. Joseph Morstein Jr. vs E A Schultz quiet title action heard. title quieted for plaintiff. Lars Skibstad estate administratrix Sarah Tollefson ordered to pay distributive shares to Oscar M Ulsaker vice consul for Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inga Holland
Herman Holland
Inga Mortenson
Harry Robert Hart
Barbara Hart
Albert John van Patten
Joseph Morstein Jr
E. A. Schultz
Lars Skibstad
Sarah Tollefson
Oscar M. Ulsaker
Norway
James J Lacklen Dies In California
James J Lacklen aged 63 died suddenly at his Long Beach California home last Thursday of a heart ailment Funeral services were held in Long Beach and he was cremated Interment will be in Seattle He resided in Big Timber 25 years before moving west He was active in Lions Club road committee and a past district governor He served on the draft board in World War I and ran an auto service business Born March 5 1836 in Steeleville PA came to Billings in 1917 Married Laura Conlyn in 1910 and moved to Big Timber in 1921 Survived by his widow a daughter Hester Tuttle a grandson Kenneth William Tuttle three sisters and a brother An additional brother Jesse Lacklen preceded him in death The widow plans to move to Seattle to live with their daughter
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James J. Lacklen
Long Beach
Calif
Coon Funeral Home
Ralph Lee
Atlantic Ave. Methodist Church
Seattle
Lacklen
Big Timber
West Coast
Lions Club
Harlowton-Big Timber
Lions International
Steeleville
Billings
Laura Conlyn
Wilmington
Del
Hester L. Tuttle
Kenneth William Tuttle
W. C. Evans
Mary Miller
San Diego
Burt Talcott
Great Falls
Edward Lacklen
Jesse Lacklen
Los Gatos
Federal payment on hospital at Big Timber
The state board of health reported the first federal payment for Sweet Grass County hospital at Big Timber has been made this month. A state warrant for $18,943.43 was sent to the county to begin payments for the 10 bed hospital under construction. The project is estimated at $159,000 with $53,000 to come from federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
State Board of Health
Sweet Grass County
Big Timber
Robert J. Munzenrider
Board
I Munzenrider
US woolgrowers fault federal grazing cuts on sheep decline
Howard Vaughn, president of the National Woolgrowers Association, denounces federal grazing permit reductions as driving U S sheep numbers down from 50 million breeding sheep in 1942 to 27 million now. He warns higher meat and wool prices if cuts continue and notes growers favor tariffs or production payments if tariffs cannot rise. The convention will vote on the 1950 wool purchase program. The Make it Yourself With Wool contest showcases entries from multiple western states.
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Denver
National Woolgrowers Association
United States
Howard Vaughn
Dixon
Calif
Association
Vaughn
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Rex Beach Ends Life to End Throat Ailment
Rex Beach the famed chronicler of the North West shot himself Wednesday in Sebring Florida, ending a battle with a throat ailment reported as cancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Beach
Sebring, Fla
Great Northwest
Pledged Bill Campbell Joins Phi Sigma Kappa At MSU
Bill Campbell pledged into the Mu Deuteron chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa at Montana State University in Missoula. The Northern Pacific Railroad paid the first half 1940 taxes totaling 24,446.30 to Treasurer Lillian Peterson. total railroad taxes for the year run about 48,254.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Campbell
Mu Deuteron
Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity
Montana State University
Missoula
Northern Pacific
Lillian’ Peterson
Yellowstone Dam Plans Start in Five Years Near Livingston
W E Rawlings of the Bureau of Reclamation says construction of a dam or dams on the upper Yellowstone near Livingston will begin in about five years after surveys to determine the most feasible site. Four sites Mission Lower Canyon Emigrant and Yankee Jim will be studied. The goal is basin regulation to meet irrigation and power demands with long range planning to minimize unit costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston Enterprise
Yellowstone River
Livingston
W. E. Rawlings
Bureau of Reclamation
Billings
Rawling
Enterprise
Emigrant
Bureau For Development of
Yellowstone
Senate
Services Held For Fred Schallock
Funeral services were held at Big Timber Lutheran church for Fred Schallock 72 who died of a heart attack last Wednesday. Rev. E E Tollefson officiated with Lowry's in charge. Interment was at Mountain View. Survived by his widow two daughters a son four grandchildren and three sisters. He lived in the Big Timber area since 1899 and worked on several ranches before retiring to the town in 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber Lutheran Church
Fred Schallock
E. E. Tollefson
Lowry’s
A. Ronald McDonnell
Ted C. Busha
E. O. Overland
R. L. Tolson
A. R. McDonnell
Stanley Hanson
Arnold Johnson
Borddie Green
Lewis
Boulder
Gibson Country
Simmons Bros
del Whitney Cattle
Ben Brown
Bert Shory
Veasey & McDonnell
Melville
Schallock
Marjorie Brown
Big Timber
Alan
Irene) Kuhlman
Park City
Utah
Wallis Schallock
Emma Nothart
Cashton
Wis
Phil Melvin
LaFarge
Minnie Clark
Sparta
Leslie Brown
Sylvia Kuhlman
Larry
Eleanor Kay Schallock
Mystery Comedy to Be Presented by Sweet Grass Thespians
The Sweet Grass Thespians stage a detective thriller based on Joseph Scott's They Did Away With Uncle. Cast includes Harvey McIntyre and Larry Furstenberg with a lineup of nieces, nephews, and staff. The play runs December 14 and 15 in the High School auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Scott
Sweet Grass Thespians
Uncle Avery
Harvey McIntyre
Sheriff Rollo
Larry Furstenberg
Bruce
Alexandera
Ben
Glenda
Avery
Dick Patterson
Lois Read
Bernard Bryan
Catherine Arneson
Betty Loftsgaarden
Gordon Boyd
June
Solveig Thompson
Patricia Bouse
Winnie
Barbara Officer
Mervin Wertz
Carpenter's Remains Arrive for Idaho Funeral Service
The body of Grant Albert Carpenter 31 who died November 19 in Anchorage Alaska from peritonitis arrived in Grangeville Idaho. Funeral services are set for Saturday 2 p.m. at Robertson chapel with Christian Science rites. Burial at Prairie View cemetery. Survived by wife Ruth at Kipnuk Alaska son Richard Grant 5 daughter Judy Lee 5 months and father Frank Carpenter Grangeville.
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Carpenter
Idaho
Grangeville
Ida
Grant Albert Carpenter
Anchorage
Alaska
Robertson
Christian Science Service
Prairie View
Mr. Carpenter
Big Timber
Mont
Ruth Sherwood
Red Lodge
Lewiston
Grant
Richard Grant
Judy Lee
Frank Carpenter
Seattle
Forsythe Elected President of Big Timber Jaycees
Howard Forsythe Jr. was elected president of the Big Timber Junior Chamber of Commerce. Gilman Aller became first vice president with Bob Davis as second VP Arthur Boettcher secretary and Orvin Flare treasurer. The Boosters added 400 toward the swimming pool, joining prior 1,000. Pool to be ready this summer as back-fill settles and weather improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Forsythe Jr
Big Timber Junior Chamber of Commerce
Forsythe
City Food Market
Gilman Aller
Bob Davis
Arthur Boettcher
Orvin Flare
Boosters Club
JayCees
Boosters
Mrs O Miller to Visit Daughters in Idaho and Washington
Mrs O Miller will leave tonight for Wallace Idaho and Longview Washington to visit her daughters for the remainder of winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. O. Miller
Wallace
Idaho
Longview
Wash
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jack Muir
Game Dept
Wildlife Federation
Yale
Court News
California
U. S
Yellowstone Dam
Junior Chamber
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