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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1935
Page
3
Former President Herbert Hoover addressed 1,300 Ohio Society of New York members criticizing the New Deal as injurious to 120 million Americans. He urged a constructive fiscal program including balanced budgets, local relief control, stop of public works waste, and return to the gold standard.
The Evangelical Church invites parishioners to Sunday School at 10 a m and morning service at 11 with a sermon titled The Reconciling Son. An evening service at 7 15 features Theme Gods B A Degree while a Friday meeting of the E L C E includes social time. The Sunday School will present its Christmas program on Christmas Eve.
EF Tate, pastor, announces Sunday School at 9 45 am worship and sermon at 7 30 pm Pilgrim fellowship 7 30 pm Tuesday Choir rehearsals 7 30 pm Wednesday Bible study 8 pm Wednesday.
Services in English at 11 with Pastor A A Holbeck. Midweeker Wednesday 7 30 PM. Ladies Aid meets Thursday 2 PM in Parish Hall. Choir rehearsal Thursday 7 30 PM. Junior choir Saturday 11 AM. L D R meets Tuesday December 17 at 7 30 PM with Christmas party for mothers. Confirmation class Wednesdays 4 30 PM and Saturdays 4 PM.
Fr Schuh pastor to celebrate Mass on the second Sunday of each month at 9 30 a m and on the fourth Sunday at 11 a m according to parish timetable.
A $250 reward is offered for information leading to the first conviction of anyone stealing horses or cattle belonging to any paid up member on the protected list. Grant Bilgir is the secretary at Hunters Hut Springs Mont.
Dorothy Roukema placed second in a state tuberculosis association essay and received two dollars. Big Timber sent three teams to Columbus for a December 7 event with boys and girls matches, noting wins by Columbus and local independents. The S. G. Cheerios pep club, youth activities, and class projects were highlighted along with planned December 20 party and December 9 Home Economics banquet.
The article explains that butterflies and moths gain their beauty from thousands of microscopic scales on their wings. It notes tropical species can have about two million scales, arranged like overlapping tiles. It distinguishes butterflies by knobbed antennae versus feathery moth antennae.
The article surveys historic waterworks from Egypt's Lake Moeris dated to 200 B C to India and biblical references. It notes Rome's water supply as a marvel of ancient times and mentions reservoirs as early features in the Nile valley.
Collier's Weekly notes that English royalty endured scandal and punishment including Henry II flogged in Canterbury for Becket murder, Edward of Wales imprisoned for striking a judge, and Queen Caroline sued for divorce before the House of Lords.
A cheeky overview traces doors from earliest cave entrances used to shield families to medieval ship shaped gates. It notes hinges and solid oak panels in feudal times and highlights the Black Hills name meaning Paha Sapa from Sioux language with peaks reaching 7 242 feet.
The oldest coal bearing rocks are Mississippian age while Pennsylvania coal measures are Pennsylvanian. Carboniferous formations extend to northern Pennsylvania. north of them lie Devonian rocks, not coal bearing, per Washington Star.
The passage notes hawks, the little owl, the weasel and the gray squirrel as enemies of starlings. It adds that weasels and squirrels prey on nests, while rook, magpie, and jay threaten sparrows but not starlings due to the starling’s larger size and aggressiveness.
The article notes about 9,000 islands owned outside the United States boundaries and highlights the difficulty of defining land. It mentions numerous islets surrounding larger oceanic islands and cites roughly 7,000 islands in the Philippines archipelago.
William Strickland travels to New York to visit his old home. A neighborhood dance was held at Mr and Mrs Alva Lamps home Saturday. Big Timber Commercial club names a committee to advertise Sweet Grass county on billboards near the Northern Pacific station. Scandinavian Brotherhood of America forms Sweet Grass Lodge with officers announced. Craig visit noted. Fundraising for a parsonage proceeds at Congregational church. Benj Urner offers to sell city lot with wall-use conditions. A birthday ranch gathering for Mr and Mrs Thomas Prather hosted by neighbors.
Report covers local projects as Pioneer Lee Warren completes a mammoth stock shed on his Carney ranch. Alex Fyfe paints the new high school addition with assistance from E. F. Dahl of Reed Point.
A collection of brief items reports an 8 inch snow depth from last Saturday and a subzero snap. Several social items note travel to California and Minneapolis. Local business and civic items include a rate hearing for Home Telephone Co and a postmaster exam in Springdale. A resignation and vacancy petition affect Springdale county commissioners.
Dr L H Townsend, osteopathic physician, based in Big Timber at the Masonic Building, offers medical services with contact by ce phone.
Dentist offers 9 am to 5 pm hours with evening appointments by request at the Masonic Block Big Timber Montana. Phone number listed as 38.
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