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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1936
Page
2
The state purchasing agent rented 85 typewriters from Elliott- Fisher Co of Butte for January and February for legislative staff. The State Publishing Co of Helena received the printing contract for legislative bills.
Chief Engineer D A McKinnon of the state highway commission reports that Montana crews employed 961 workers on road jobs in the last half of November. Only 25 workers were from outside Montana, and 22 of them held supervisory roles.
General W. E. Gilmore, official representative of the Golden Gate International Exposition, extended an invitation to Montana through Governor Holt. He called on western state governors to participate in the 1939 fair in San Francisco.
Joseph E. Watson state relief administrator reports that Montana last month paid 171742 in old age assistance. The average grant was 20.85 per pensioner, with Montana among the five states paying the highest monthly pensions.
Martin G. Hoffman chief accountant for the state liquor board said profits for the first 11 months totaled 1 320 444 dollars, nearly 300 000 more than last year. Montanans spent 5 405 988 dollars for liquor and 68 941 dollars for permits in the period.
Passage of the amendment allowing the legislature to set minimum work day hours at fewer than the current standard will lift expenses of Montana state institutions by 600000 dollars excluding the Greater University. Additional staff needs will push the total budget rise to 300000 dollars.
State highway patrolmen may arrest minors over seven years old for law violations but cannot bring them to court. The Attorney General directs they deliver the minors to the district probation officer who will present them to a district judge. If no district judge is available they may appear before a justice of the peace.
The Montana state railroad commission weighs applications to run new Intermountain lines between Drummond and Deer Lodge and Missoula to Kalispell, with additional routes to Great Falls Billings via Roundup and eastern Montana. Railroads in the affected territory oppose all petitions at hearings.
The state game warden released season tallies showing 1,080 elk 376 deer 52 bears and 52 mountain goats killed across four major zones. Flathead 434 elk 1% deer 25 bears 7 goats, Gallatin 102 elk 80 deer 5 bears, Sun River 532 elk 253 deer 21 bears 45 goats, Gardiner 12 elk 26 deer 1 bear.
The Montana supreme court will decide if executor paid inheritance taxes can be deducted from gross income in the year of payment for estate net income. The case involves the state board of equalization seeking 182 432 from Andrew J. Davis Butte banker and executor of Elizabeth D. Baxter estate. The district court at Butte ruled for the executor.
Tourists driving through Montana favored the Yellowstone trail 44 percent, a southern trans state route linking North Dakota and Idaho, per highway commission data. Highway No. 89 via Livingston and Great Falls ranked second with 14 percent, and the northern highline route carried 13 percent.
Kalispell aims to add a new story to the post office through support from Mayor J. P. Bruckhauser and Senator James E. Murray. Murray will contact postal officials in Washington to arrange an examination, hoping to house federal agencies and create space for a U.S. district court chamber.
The bureau of agricultural economics reports a strong wool market and predicts potential further price advances in the coming months. The outlook stresses continued demand and steady supply factors shaping prices.
Internal Revenue data show 16,825 Montana residents paid 636,102 in taxes on 46,594,430 of net income in 1934, up from 11,511 returns and 403,887 taxes in 1933. Total gross income reached 52,770,000 with 6,176,000 deductions. largest group reported 1,000 to 1,500 net income.
Officials of the Citizens State Bank in Hamilton paid a dividend equal to one fifth of deposits on December 15. A federal jury valued Fort Peck project land at $18 an acre in the Leistike condemnation suit. A Whitehall miner suffered severe injuries after a two vehicle crash near Summit Valley. A district court awarded Mrs. Vesta Brennan $5,850 for a sidewalk fall in Kalispell. A missing boy was found safe in a Barn in Valley county. Dave Swarner, a Madison Valley resident for 52 years, died in Logan. Christina Kingsland hospitalized with a fractured skull after being struck in Lewistown. Ravalli County Treasurer-elect H. H. Lonenecker resigns. deputy Alex MacGregor named successor. Nelson Cotton keeps a 33-year-old steam locomotive traction engine in use in Valley County. Tony Garcia injured after a horse incident near Glasgow. Antelope on the Great Falls game preserve south of Chester seek aid. Herman Krantz gravely injured by a falling log near Marion. John E. Lee frostbitten after five days lost near Finsdale. Chicago editor John B. Stone, a Montana alumnus, named city editor of the Chicago Daily Times.
Pool shipments of turkeys for the Thanksgiving market by Montana turkey marketing associations totaled 259,005 pounds this year, up from 129,332 pounds in 1935. The figures cover cooperative shipments only and exclude individual shipments for which records are unavailable.
A. J. Borton outlines Montana’s 1937 soil conservation program emphasizing soil building, larger allowances, and double the 1936 minimum for small farmers. The plan includes soil depletion bases, sugar beet payments, regional administration, and deductions for county association expenses, with a 500 million dollar potential national appropriation.
Forty three Montana poultry growers in the 1935 36 demonstration farm project report a total labor income of 18289 52 from 9677 hens an average of 189 per bird. The project produced 42541 16 gross with 33255 21 from table eggs 1671 41 from hatching eggs and 7614 54 from meat. The hens laid 1528214 eggs totaling 127351 dozen with an average 150 eggs per hen. Top flock was Brock’s White Leghorns of Carter averaging 635 hens and 266 eggs per hen.
Dr. Liewllyn T. Evans of Montana State University leaves his zoology post at Roberts College in Turkey after six years as head of biology. He taught students from many lands, traveled through southern Europe, and studied war’s impact on a battleground territory. He then returned to the United States to pursue a doctorate at Harvard University.
Shanghai prohibits kite flying after pilots complain such activity threatens aerial traffic.
About 1000 crows were killed in a single dynamite blast set off on a Rogue River island rookery in Oregon. The incident created an abrupt disappearance of a major local foraging and nesting site, drawing wildlife officials and residents into an urgent environmental response.
The article notes that up to 1780 naval artillery used a priming and a piece of match rope to ignite the charge. This historical detail highlights early gunnery practices prior to adoption of more modern ignition methods.
Keith Sime, former Fallon and Carter counties agent, will become Yellowstone county agent starting Jan 1, succeeding R. B. McKee who leaves after 16 years in Yellowstone to join the Flathead Indian service. Sime's program includes irrigation projects grazing associations and wool marketing support. McKee, the longest serving Montana extension agent, focused on crop standardization 4 H and grasshopper control.
In observance of the birth of Prince Yoshi, 30 Tosa dogs were paraded to the Meiji shrine in Tokyo under the auspices of the Society for the Preservation of Tosa dogs.
Historical note describes the orange once appearing pear shaped and about the size of a cherry, reflecting changes in cultivation and fruit form over time.
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