Churches of Big Timber Have Had Big Growth
The article notes active church groups in Big Timber with Mrs. Rufus Haynie as Guild president and Mrs. Selmer Solberg as secretary treasurer. St. Josephs Catholic Church, built in 1909, now serves over 40 families with Father P J Sheehy as pastor traveling among Columbus Reed Point Absarokee and Melville while services are held in Big Timber on the second.
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Ganization
Rufus Haynie
Selmer Solberg
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Blacre
Livingston
P. J. Sheehy
Columbus
Reed Point
Absarokee
Melville
Big Timber Churches Provide Steady Religious Life
Sunday and fourth Saturday services mark a robust church scene. The Lutheran church, a stone structure erected in 1907 1908, hosts a growing membership under Pastor A A Holbeck with active Ladies Aid led by Mrs. P H Becken. The Christian Science church also boasts substantial membership, highlighting Big Timber’s strong religious community.
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A. A. Holbeck
Billings
Billings. the Church Has Some Side Rooms Which Are Used By the Ladies ‘Aid
Ythe Ladies Aid
P. H. Becken
Christian Science Church
Senator Walsh Pushes for U.S. Rep to League of Nations Disarmament Mission
In Washington on December 11, Senator Walsh Democrat of Montana introduced and urged a resolution asking President Wilson to appoint an American representative to join the League of Nations commission on disarmament.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nations Commission
Senate
Walsh
Montana
Yellowstone Irrigation Plan Attacked by Jerome Locke
Jerome G. Locke of Livingston told the Western States Reclamation association that charges of park desecration by Yellowstone irrigation are false. He criticized Secretary Payne and said magazines misrepresent the project, insisting damming Yellowstone Lake would not harm the park or turn it into a commercial site.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
John
Barton Payne
Yellowstone ‘Park
National Park
Jerome G. Locke
Livingston, Mont
Locke
Northwestern Reclamation League
Yellowstone Irrigation Service
Western States Reclamation Association
Yellowstone
Yellowstone Lake
Yellowstone National Park
Montana
Yellowstone Park
Payne
Saturday Evening Post
Collier’s
Literary Digest
Outlook
Yellowstone Falls
Stephen T. Mather
National Parks
Secretary of the Interior
Idaho
Wilson's Stand Puts Quietus On Assembly
Geneva reports President Wilson declined to name an unofficial delegate to cooperate with the assembly appointed commission on disarmament. The move frustrates assembly members who want contacts with the United States. Canada won a concession to drop permanent finance and health commissions, favoring temporary bodies with limited consulting power. Delegates fear a long Geneva stay as work acceleration remains elusive.
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Wilson
League of Nations
Commission
Assembly
United States
League
London
Paris
Supreme Council of
Allies
Canada
International Labor Bureau
Head Of Dodge Bros Is Dead In Florida
Horace E. Dodge, millionaire automobile manufacturer and sole head of Dodge Bros, died at his Palm Beach home. He had been ill after an influenza attack last winter and left Detroit several weeks earlier with Mel Dodge. The brothers built the Dodge car empire eight years after starting in auto parts and earlier worked with Henry Ford.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Horace E. Dodge
Detroit
Palm Beach
Fla
Mel
Dodge
Dodge Bros
John Dodge
Ames
Henry Ford
California Mob Lynching After Ritual At Masonic Hall
A mob cut telephone wires then raided Masonic hall where 400 to 500 attended a dance near the jail. The lynching occurred as cars moved to the cemetery while Coroner Phillips and Sheriff Boyes arrived. bodies were cut down and removed to the morgue. Some in the crowd asked for rope souvenirs.
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Masonic Hall
Frank H. Phillips
Petalama
Frank Welts
Boyes
Highways Or Byways Sought For Advice
President elect Harding to meet William Jennings Bryan in Marion Ohio on December 17 to discuss a plan for an association of nations and a new American foreign policy. Colonel George Harvey and Herbert Hoover influence views on Versailles league entry and policy options.
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Marion
Ohio
Harding
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
Association of Nations
George Harvey
United States
Colonel Harvey
Herbert Hoover
Payne Would Finish Old Projects First
Secretary of the interior John Barton Payne, in a letter read to the California Real Estate association, voiced sympathy for western reclamation and irrigation work but said he would prioritize finishing projects already begun before taking on new ones.
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Angeles
John Barton Payne
Secretary of the Interior
California Real Estate Association
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J.m.glawyer Ganeany Nicholas Nelson
Jonas Bros
J. A. Lowry & CO
Grand Hotel
Jerome G.lockers
After John B. Payne
Quietus
Florida
California
Abe
J. A. Lowry
Ndertaker
Hereford Bulls
W. H. Donald, Melville, Monit
Patterson Undertaking Co
C. Graff
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