Reed Point Roundup of Holidays and Local Sports
Reed Point residents report holiday travel and family visits as Perry Moler returns from Helena and I A Goddard brings Mrs Goddard home from Livingston. The Shutes dance orchestra plans a New Year dance, while Reedpoint grade boys lose 8 2 to Washoe but look for a rematch. High school gym floors receive a fresh No 1 finish and lines. Bridger basketball defeats Reed Point on their floor in a fast, well pass ing game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Moler
Helena
L. J. Yates
Livingston
I. A. Goddard
Monte Murray
W. L. Bayers
North Dakota
Montana
Reedpoint
Washoe
Lawrence Aber
Grant Orth
Acme
Wye
Tom Deckert
Tom
Bridger
Classified Ads For Sale and Farm Services
Classified notices from Big Timber Montana list alfalfa for sale with contact, beef cattle purchasing, and ranch leasing offers. Advertisers include Jake Magelssen seeking loads of beef cattle and feedex cows, John O Miller seeking a hay producing stock ranch, Bud Cox seeking Anderson Springs property, plus a bug weaving service and a general sale notice for Anderson Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Mont
Jake Magelssen
John O. Miller
Columbus
Anderson Springs
Boulder
Bud Cox
McLeod
Auto Storage Rates at 946 Motor Inn
Heated building with day and night service charges five dollars per month. Dead storage in annex offered at two dollars monthly. Location listed as 946 Motor Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Inn
Card of Thanks and Local Sporting Notes
Card of Thanks expresses appreciation for kindness during bereavement from Bruffey McConnell Prather Baker and families. The report notes Burch of Bridger scoring 11 Brumfield 6 Ostenson 5 and Collins as guard in a game. Sterling and George Findley celebrated their fiftieth birthday at parents home with relatives from Livingston Billings and more. P L Mettling attended the gathering for the occasion and the big turkey bed reference appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Bruffey
EB. C. McConnell
Edna Prather
Stella Baker
Lester Baker
Earl Findley
Billings
P. L. Mettling
Senate Wheeler Delays Hallmark on Public Works Funds
Senate remarks by Ickes highlight delays in executing grant agreements and bond contracts for 586 non-federal allotments. Of these, 279 were properly executed while 307 remained unreturned, blocking fund transfers and stalling more than 50 million dollars in prospective payrolls. Officials note some delays stem from legal obstacles like rights of way, with allowances for reasonable adjustment time before cancellations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Works Board
Ickes
Public Works
Local notices and farm market reports from Big Timber area
Paul Carlton from Reed Point reports. P J Magelssen welcomed a 10 pound girl born yesterday. James Vestal of Martinsdale did business in town. County Treasurer Dick Budd and County Clerk H C Allen visited Helena Livingston. W F McLeod of Boulder visited here. Clark Bailey shipped 2500 mutton to Seattle. A trainload of cattle to Frye Bruhn Seattle left here. Owners listed with head counts and four cents a pound paid. Hyrum Hatch Co Idaho bought 12600 ewes lambs for April. Sales: W A Clark 2800 ewes T C McCall 6000 Osmund Larson 1000 ewes 1000 lambs J P Stole 1800 lambs. Clark ewes sold at $6 head others $5 to $5.75. Feb 16 meeting for Scandinavian Lutheran church with two committees. Big Timber members named. Sideburn club hosted 20 at H O Kellogg home. S M Perrine H Witten H Schrader attending Scottish Rite Masons Consistory in Livingston. Bray the butcher to pay cash for 50 dozen fat hens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Carlton
Reed Point
P. J. Magelssen
James Vestal
Martinsdale
Dick Budd
Livingston
H. C. Allen
Helena
W. F. McLeod
Pioneer
Boulder
Clark & Bailey
Seattle
Frye & Bruhn
L. Knapp
Alfred Rudd
W. J. Knapp
Tom Manis
Charles McKenzie
Phil Cook
Schuyler Cellars
Frank Webber
Hyrum, Hatch & Co
Idaho
W. A. Clark
T. C. McCall
Osmund Larson
J. P. Stole
Clark
Melville
Howie
Peter Magelssen
A. H. Arneson
EH. A. Lee
Big Timber
J. L. Rapstad
B. O. Forsythe
Dorman Kellogg
L. D. Woodruff
Sideburn Club
H. O. Kellogg
S. A. Perrine
Henry Witten
Henry Schrader
Bray
Long-wrangled police chief chosen in Pioneer council vote
Nick Curtis, a high school janitor, was named and confirmed as chief of police after a prolonged council dispute. The town also reports obituaries, social notices, holiday travel, and local events including a grand hotel cafe sale and a busy Christmas shopping season.
Local Notes from Pioneer and Nearby in Billings Area
Marriages include Nellie B. Madden and C. E. Wickland in Billings last Thursday. Obituaries note Mrs. P. W. Allen dying of apoplexy at her daughter’s home. born August 30, 1838 in New Jersey. funeral Sunday. Northern Pacific brakeman Paul Frow killed Christmas Eve near Livingston. Senator T. J. Walsh seen as Montana Supreme Court candidate. Temperatures report 10 below this morning, 15 below at Melville. Frank Henry of Golden Rule to take a vacation east next week. Mrs. John F. Asbury released from Missouri duties and returns home. A baby born December 30, 1915 to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wiles in Hanson. George Hoffman sells Ellinge ranch of 120 acres for 27000 near Melville. sale noted as low for the area. High school trustees elect janitor. nine applicants. Joe Michels leads secret ballot for $1000 yearly post, paid $83 monthly. Wallis Huidekoper reports 200 steel calves sold at 40 each. T. H. Busteed named postmaster at Busteed succeeding Mary Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer
Nick Curtis
Ralph P. Hughes
Gibson
Valparaiso
Ind
Eastern Star
Lena B. Clark
Lesta Lowry
Ruth Higbie
Flossie Loving
Julia McClatchey
Nellie B. Madden
C. E. Wickland
Billings
P. W. Allen
B. J. Kleinhesselink
New Jersey
Paul Frow
Northern Pacific
Livingston
T. J. Walsh
Montana
Supreme Court
Justice Lamar
Melville Frank Henry
Golden Rule
East
John F. Asbury
Missouri
Philip W
Iles
Hanson
Big Timber
George Hoffman
Henry Elling
Melville
Granville
Ill
Hoffman
Joe Michels
Henry Wallum
John R. Campbell
A. M. Dodge
T. G. Shipton
Karl Fahlsten
W. H. Shaffer
Mr. Davidson
Michels
Wallis Huidekoper
Woman Buys Her Own Divorce For Christmas
In Boise area, Mrs Poorman, deserted by her husband after six years with six children, uses $75 given by him to hire a lawyer and files for divorce, seeking relief and a brighter Christmas. The case follows months of hardship in a bare Blackfoot home with county aid and charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Poorman
Bingham County
Santa Claus
Blackfoot
Mr. Poorman
A W Strickland Mechanical and Electrical Engineer Ad
A W Strickland advertises plumbing heating sheet metal and electrical installation services. The notice promotes a full range of mechanical and electrical work, highlighting plumbing and heating expertise.
Mrs. C. M. Bair Diagnosed With Unusual Disease
Mrs. C M Bair wife of a noted Billings sheep rancher is hospitalized at Mayo Brothers Clinic Rochester Minnesota with amoebic dysentery. She contracted the illness while a guest in a Chicago hotel during the Century of Progress visit last summer. She and her husband and daughters Alberta and Marguerite are staying in Rochester near the clinic. The illness began several weeks ago in Portland Oregon and was initially diagnosed as incurable before she sought treatment.
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Billings Gazette
C. M. Bair
Billings
Mayo Brothers’ Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Portland
Ore
Sayre Grandchildren to Observe Wilson Birthday
Two grandchildren of Woodrow Wilson Francis B. Sayre Jr and Eleanor Sayre will attend anniversary observances in Washington on Thursday. They will join Roland S. Morris president of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation to lay a wreath on their grandfather's tomb at Washington Cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Fracis B. Sayre, Jr
Eleanor Sayre
Washington Cathedral
Roland S. Morris
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Also Mentioned on This Page
Turkey
Nicholson and Koontz
Senator Wheeler
Page
SED LY
Rome
Cranaten
Awyer’s
L. R. Peck
J. R. Kaiserman
Fred H. Stickley
Albany
J. W. Bailey
Methodist
Bert Willard
Lake Basin
Washington Dispatch
Wilson
Edith Boling Galt
Warm Springs
A. W. Strickland
SAYRE
Eppittésa
City Bakery
Ryan Market
Mary Ryan
McCracken
Edith Cameron
Luke West
Rd Bartels
E. R. Patterson Hardware
O. Miller Co
J. A. Lowry
Sp MS Ste
Witten Battery Station
Vaughn Food Market
Roquet
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