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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1923
Page
4
Sweet Grass County records a remarkable home building surge with around fifty houses built in a year. Prices ranged from 650 to 4000 dollars, totaling about 50000 dollars, reflecting a rapid shift to mobile temporary structures rather than permanent homes.
A retrospective look at the county commissioner role shows taxpayers quick to condemn when funds go to roads and school bonds. They petition for favors, rail at waste, and blame higher taxes, then cuss the commissioners no matter the action taken. The writeup highlights the paradoxical pressure on local officials.
The 1924 presidential contest pits President Coolidge against Senator Hiram Johnson as primaries begin and convention delegates rise. Johnson backs progressives while Coolidge appeals to standpatters. other possible contenders include Pinchot Watson Wadsworth and Lowden. If no one reaches a clear majority, a dark horse may emerge.
The Helena Independent reports that President Obregon remains confident though dispatches from Mexico warn of a renewed bid by the Huerta faction to unseat the government. The article notes Obregon’s reforms for peasants and his crackdown on graft as upheaval grows amid threats from rival leaders.
The piece criticizes pushy politicians seeking graft and travel to Paris, while praising Obregon for progress in Mexico. It notes growing unrest as malcontents threaten the government during a pivotal moment when U S recognition and renewed ties loom. Obregon's health is mentioned as a concern.
Louis Wirak of Merrill visited town yesterday. Mrs. Loasby leaves for Halifax for winter with relatives. Prof H J Bande accepts a teaching post in Sweet Grass county high school. The Bailey Tintinger water rights case nears no conclusion after witnesses, with A H Murray noted as the first homesteader on Big Timber creek.
National League president John A. Heydler and other baseball officials survived a collision when the Twentieth Century Limited struck the third section near Forsythe New York. The first section observation car was demolished and many passengers were injured or killed. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was aboard and aided in rescue efforts alongside Dr O C Thoren of Ohio who tended to the wounded.
Senators filed in to seats as cabinet members sat nearby. Mrs. Coolidge listened from the executive gallery as the president received an ovation entering and leaving. He paid tribute to President Harding and the houses adjourned on Monday out of respect for the late president.
President Coolidge sent to the senate a large batch of Montana nominations. Named are Gilman Bullard for surveyor general Frank J. Reece for receiver of public money at Helena and Elam Hubert McDowell for register of the land office at Miles City.
Five affidavits supporting a motion for a new trial for Seth O. Danner, convicted of the murder of Mrs. Florence Sprouse, claim jurors stated they intended to hang Danner regardless of the trial testimony.
A national committee to obtain a pardon for Lieutenant Corliss Hooven Griffis, jailed 19 months in a German prison for attempting to kidnap Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, has been formed with Chicago as its headquarters. Dr James Whitney Hall, president of the Iroquois club, is committee chairman, and the panel includes representatives from every state.
Senate stalls on reelection of Cummins as chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee after three ballots. LaFollette and Wheeler fuel insurgent opposition while Democrats back Cummins. House briefly meets but adjourns for a three day recess with committee assignments pending.
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