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Big Timber Pioneer

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1924

Page

8

Continuance Requested in Teapot Dome Trial Proceedings

In Greeeyenne Wyoming December 21 Attorneys and others await Judge T Blake Kennedy decision on the governments motion for a brief continuance in the Teapot Dome naval oil lease annulment case If denied the hearing will begin January 6 Government seeks more time to present evidence involving Mammoth Oil Company and figures including H S Osler A E Mumphreys and Albert B Fall related to Liberty bonds connections

Alice Pomerone Governument Counsel Cheyenne Continental Trading Company of Toronto A. E. Mumphreys Denver Albert B. Fall Interior Mammoth Company Osler Liberty Bonds Fall

Miles City Amateurs Fight Ends in Boxer's Death

Judd Tate, 19, collapsed 35 seconds into his pro debut in Miles City. Carl Coltvin of Miles City is detained as authorities probe the death, with physicians citing possible heart paralysis and unclear link to a blow. The event was halted after Tate’s seizure and carried from the ring. The planned main bout between Bill Tate and Alex Moore was canceled.

Billings Mont Judd (Young) Tate Miles City Carl Coltvin Kentucky Coke Tate Young Tate Athletic Club Bill Tate Butte Montana Alex Moore

Billings Raiders Seize Narcotics In Raid

Federal narcotic officers with Sheriff Sage raided seven places in Billings and seized about $7,000 worth of habit forming drugs. Five Chinese suspects were arrested as authorities pursued a two month investigation into Billings as a wholesale narcotics distributing point. One cache held more than $3,500 in opium and another $1,000 was packed for shipment.

Billings Sage

Drug raid uncovers morphine haul at Dr Chow Young home

In a basement operation at a residence on Minnesota Avenue raiders found 3500 worth morphine cubes hidden in a false table top after a three hour search. Prisoners named include Dr Chow Young and George Lam along with Wong Fong Yum Lee and Yee Sing. Unable to post bonds they remain in county jail awaiting federal commissioner hearing.

Chow Young Minnesota Avenue George Lam Wong Fong Yum Lee Yee Sing

Mother's Prayer For Errington Answered

In Columbus Ohio December 20 Joseph Clarence Kane, facing execution for the murder of 7 year old Paul Progle, is granted a 20 day reprieve after a mistaken stay tied to a Cleveland theater fine. Governor Donahey postpones the electrocution until after Christmas following Kane's mother's plea.

Columbus Ohio Joseph Clarence Kane State Prison Carrington C. Marshall Ohio Supreme Court Kane Paul Progle Donahey Norman G. Kendall Nemo Theater Cleveland

Education Week Dedication Sparks Year Round Learning

A Concordia Blade Empire note dedicates readers to Education Week and aims to extend activities to twelve months. It cites many reasons and includes mentions of local places such as Formosa Kansas Amrille Texas Greenfield and references to schools and community events.

President College Formosa Kan Amrille Tex H. S Blank Concordia Blade Empire

Christmas Joy and Human Nature Among Mountain Towns

A reflective travel fragment describes a snowy railroad town stop on Christmas. The writer notes a gleaming kitchen at a Chinaman's cafe, cheerful train crews, and persistent conversations about women as universal human interests. The piece ends pondering shared nature across places and people.

Chinaman’s

Sandy Claus Mystery? A Christmas Night Tale

A Fragmented Christmas scene shows two boys in a house near a stockings ritual and a wind swept escape. The Kid hides in a humpy lounge as Granny awakens to a snowy dawn and a doorstep mystery about Sandy Claus.

Sandy Sandy Claus Granny

Sandy Claus Appears In Snowbound Holiday Scene

In a frozen room glow a Christmas tree and stockings as a child and Granny discover gifts from a mysterious Sandy Claus. The kid recalls a well dressed man with a money bank overcoat, a sign of Santa’s visit while Granny questions who delivered the presents.

Relief Corps Salvation Army Ladies’ Aid Sandy Claus Stumpy Granny Sandy Grimny Claus

National Parks Are Paying Their Way

The National Park Service reports growing park use for winter and summer visits has made parks self supporting with revenues reaching 663 886 dollars, surpassing prior year. It notes parks as winter playgrounds with skiing snowshoeing and tobogganing and urges boundary extensions to include Yellowstone south to the Teton area Crater Lake to Diamond Lake region and Sequoia to Mount Whitney and Kings River country.

Washington National Park Service National Parks and Monuments National Parks Yellowstone Teton Mountains

Cunningham touts Montana via radio talk on recovery

H R Cunningham urges Montana revival with farming success stories amid bank failures and debt relief. He recounts a neighbor’s mortgage payoff, then notes banks now flush with money and farmers reducing old debts by large sums. Also mentions piano tuner schedule and new sheet music at Phillips Drug Store.

Los Angeles Montana Helena Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis War Finance Corporation

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Errington W. R. Stokes Western Newspaper Union Claus Vue Frank Herbert Sweet Mary Graham Bonner Livingston Elks H. R. Cunningham Phillips Drug Store OWL Creek Coal L. F. Douthett CO Bittner’s Orchestra
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