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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1936
Page
4
A lighthearted note greets readers with well wishes for maintaining a quarter of last year’s resolutions while acknowledging the common tendency to abandon them quickly. The piece blends cheerful humor with practical self reminders.
A reflective piece on Montana’s sparse offerings for school kids, noting bare feet on rough stones, few swimming holes, scarce wildlife, hot winds, and barren hills. It contrasts harsh summers and cold winters with lingering memories of pioneer days and vanished homesteads, yet ends on a hopeful line about the next generation.
A Montana newspaper column ridicules Republican rumors that Senator Wheeler will join Roosevelt's cabinet and trigger a chain of resignations. It imagines Gov Ayers with Holt as acting governor, Wheeler becoming secretary of state, and Adair serving as minister to Dahomey, outlining a farcical succession plot with many named figures and positions.
The obituary recounts Arthur Brisbane a Buffalo native who rose from the New York Sun to manage the New York World then left Hearst's Journal in 1897 to pursue independent journalism. Public funeral at St Bartholomew s Church Park Avenue and 50th Street. Burial at the Brisbane estate Allaire New Jersey.
Hearings proceed as the ousted county commissioners say a December 23 removal occurred and announce the immediate appointment of Fligman O'Hern and Collins as successors. The new board organized and began work with no highway personnel changes planned. The former board vows further legal action through attorney George Hurd of Great Falls.
Notice details a sheriff sale set for January 2 1937 in Big Timber Montana of diverse land parcels totaling about 1199 54 acres plus appurtenances. It names plaintiff C A Wallin and defendants administrators of Andrew Forsythe and Jennie Forsythe. Also announces Citizens State Bank annual stockholders meeting January 12 1937 in Big Timber for director elections and business.
Notice to creditors of Leroy J. Webb deceased. Executor Leslie E Webb asks all claimants to file with vouchers within four months after first publication at the law offices of Chas. W. Campbell in the Bailey Building Big Timber Montana. Publication dates December 31 1936 January 7-14-21.
O A Nepstad and Clarence Flattum partners in Nepstad and Flattum sue A R Cline. A sheriff sale under an execution is set for January 16, 1937 at 2 p.m. at the courthouse front door in Big Timber to auction described real property in Sweet Grass County Montana including sections 29 31 32 township 2 south range 16 east. Sheriff Ed Bartels dated December 17 1936 with notices posted December 24 31 1936 and January 17 14.
The Citizens Bank and Trust Co will hold a stockholders meeting at the bank office in Big Timber Sweet Grass County Montana on Tuesday January 12 1937 at 7 o clock p m to elect directors and conduct other business Alva L Lamb Cashier January 7 1937
The Big Timber Building and Loan Association class stock holders meet at Citizens Bank and Trust Co in Big Timber Montana on Monday January 11 1937 at 7 pm to elect trustees and conduct other business. Harold Roe secretary.
The annual meeting of the State Farms Co. will be held at the Citizens Bank & Trust Co. office in Big Timber Sweet Grass county Montana on Tuesday January 12 1937 at 7 oclock p m. for electing directors for the ensuing year and other proper business. Alva L Lamb Sec Treas.
The Commercial Bank and Trust Co. will hold a meeting at the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. office in Big Timber Sweet Grass County Montana on Tuesday January 12 1937 at 7 o'clock p m for electing directors and such business as may come before Alva L Lamb Secretary.
Farmers from across the county attend the county institute in this city. A flood of the Boulder river is claimed by Securities Co Ltd. A chinook ends a stretch of bad weather. Births reported in Melville and Big Timber include a daughter to Liebel, a son to Hart, a son to Steensland, and a daughter to Upland. A hotel high pressure tank exploded, damaging the Grank hotel during a freeze and steam event. A. G. Hatch hosts Benton of Lethbridge, and L A McGee plans a plumbing shop in Dixon building. Whitney returns from Chicago auto show and favors Mitchell cars. Blakeman builds a $40,000 bungalow in Melville. Jack Scarlett plans to shift from auto to airship and seeks an East voyage for a Melville to Big Timber air service. Scarlett aims to set height records with the machine.
Pioneer file items note Senator and Mrs Henry Elling son left today for Helena. Charles McKenzie and Carrie Blakeman licensed to wed at Livingston. Schools reopen after eleven weeks as Big Timber sees new courthouse officers and a liquor ban after midnight amid saloon closures and stock removals.
Mrs. Sidney Fraser Jr and Billie spent Christmas with her parents in Billings. Helen Adams left Thursday for Billings to visit her mother. Newt Lay Mack Morris visited Bozeman for Christmas with Mrs Lay's mother. Lily Terland of Livingston with Gertrude and Agnes Hansen visited the Fraser home, then went to Livingston. Beulah Terland joined them. Willie Lay Ike Lay Henry Hasserman Chester Fraser and others from Great Falls visited the Sidney Fraser home on Sunday.
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