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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1934
Page
6
Pea growers in Flathead county will receive 25 percent more per 100 pounds for their peas this year than last. Indications point to acreage expanding by about 50 percent over 1964 levels.
A short advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment to rub away dandruff and itching on the scalp, followed by Cuticura Soap with hot water for daily use to achieve clear skin and soft hands.
Montana reports a doubling in rehabilitation training over recent months. 85 people, including 27 women and a deaf student, are in programs across the state and in nearby Seattle and Peoria. Counties fund and support training in diverse skilled trades to restore independence.
William A. Clark Jr. died June 14 at his summer home near Missoula. The estate is valued at $4,982,727.72 in a report to the state board of equalization filed recently.
E A Purdy, IECW project manager, says about 250 men will be employed this winter on the Fort Peck reservation. Projects include 25 miles of fence along reservation highways, four corrals, 50 miles of trail and fire break work, riprap along Poplar River, and several drilled wells 75 to 300 feet deep. A 60 man camp is under construction near the agency, with two buildings 24 by 86 feet for bunkhouse and dining/kitchen/showers. Billy Robinson and a 15 man crew are building the structures temporarily.
Dr. W. J. Butler, state relief administrator, announced that Montana relief officials approved removal from relief rolls for those offered legitimate work who refuse it. The Montana relief commission met in Helena and backed the policy as a safeguard against abuse, stressing it aligns with the spirit of the federal emergency relief administration.
Bert Mahurin former editor and publisher of a White Sulphur Springs weekly buys a job printing shop in Tupelo Mississippi within the Tennessee river project. Fred Ward formerly of Thompson Falls has taken over the news plant.
The article notes the route from Riga to Vladivostok as the longest continuous railway, extending over 6 800 miles. It emphasizes the vast distance spanning Europe and Asia and highlights the feat as a record in railway engineering.
The state filed its Montana supreme court brief in the appeal of Elgin Daw of Darby. Daw, sentenced to five and a half months in jail for shotgun assault on Francis Sergeant, 16, during a charivari at the cook wagon home of George Briggs. The brief argues grounds are insufficient and no errors appear in the record.
In Miles City officials confirm a processing plant will be installed locally to handle government bought sheep pelts. Freight costs make shipping elsewhere unfeasible. T R Schoenborn of the Federal Surplus Relief reports 260000 pelts stored at the Northern Pacific wool house and 100000 more expected. Pelts from Montana counties purchased by the government are donated to the state relief administration for processing and distribution.
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