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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
2
The notice states the paper is entered in the post office at Birtimber Montana as second class matter and mailed to subscribers until discontinued and arrears paid in full. Advertising rates are provided on application.
The Pioneer raises its annual subscription price to 1.50 effective March 15. It will continue eight page format and telegraphic house news for farmers and homemakers, but renewals at old price accepted only through March 15. After that date, subs stop at 1.50.
The article notes Barrie earned over 250000 from plays and Hopfen kept works unpublished until perfect. Leon Trapani won the Goncourt prize for La Maternelle about life in a Paris asylum for children. It also cites Colonel Higginson on women authors using male names and mentions German male writers adopting feminine pen names today.
The legislature may destroy intoxicants kept for illegal sale without a jury trial as in Kirkland v State Arkansas. A machinery buyer cannot rescind solely because underlying patents are disputed per Computing Scales Co v Long South Carolina. A Utah bulk-sale statute punishing solvent merchants from disposing stock without creditor notice is unconstitutional per Block v Schwartz.
In a dated exchange Mrs. Spenders asks if an opal is unlucky while her husband balks at paying for one. She cheerfully notes she ordered two diamonds, revealing a twist in a domestic scene from a period newspaper.
Last week James C. Towers was found guilty of murder in Boulder on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to 99 years. In New York Harry K. Thaw was acquitted of a murder many claimed he committed. The column notes disparity in outcomes and questions fairness of the legal system.
Clara encourages Cholly to try a task, jokingly prompting him to take on the challenge. The dialogue hints at underlying hesitation but frames effort as achievable with encouragement.
The Galveston News notes that even a free citizen may not always have the right to do as he pleases with his own property, highlighting limits on personal property rights.
In a warm exchange, Nette Bajeorvatchie speaks of a joyful wedding breakfast with Mr. Honeymoon noting shared moments and future plans. The light tone highlights companionship and celebration.
Notice announces that all applications to graze cattle horses sheep and goats in the Absaroka Division of the Yellowstone National Forest must be filed in Livingston Montana by March 15 1908. Information on grazing fees and blank forms available on request from E C Russell Supervisor.
Notices of permits to graze cattle horses sheep and goats within the Crazy Mountains National Forest before March 15 1908 provide locations terms and applicant names where available. The fragments indicate official proceedings and deadlines for livestock grazing authorizations in the public forest lands.
A ten dollar reward is offered for information leading to the arrest or conviction of any person who breaks or willfully injures lamps shades wires or any apparatus owned by the Electric Light and Power Company.
Rumors of rail line expansion circulate as the Northwestern considers a western route through the Yellowstone valley. The Big Timber community welcomes the prospect, ready to cooperate if officials extend their line through the area.
Bargain listing for 200 tons of alfalfa and timothy hay with ranch near McLeod Montana. Includes address and contact details: Pike Nelson at 5041 W Curtice St Bozeman Mont. Open for inquiries as of January 16, 1941.
A $20 reward is offered for the return to Horses Home Barn of a bay horse branded Be Said that strayed from Webb's pasture on Otter Creek last July. Also notes unimproved town lots for sale by A G Hatch with easy terms, ten dollars cash and five dollars a month per lot, as the town grows.
The Bozeman Courier Republic quotes a proverb: conducting a business without advertising leaves unclear to others what is being done. The remark highlights the need for public visibility to attract customers and clarity of action.
A provocative remark questions if Thaw’s case should set a precedent and laments that if murderers are not punished, prisons will close and hangings resume. The author links reform to deterrence and criticizes leniency in criminal justice.
Strays found fifteen miles northwest of Melville during July 1907 include a white mare weight 1400 pounds branded slanting bar on left shoulder and a strawberry roan gelding weight 1300 pounds branded a lazy bar on right shoulder. Owner to prove ownership and pay damages. Inquiries to Sheriff O A Fallang Big Timber Montana or C M Rein Melville Montana.
For sale in Sweet Grass county Montana a ranch 14 miles north of Melville with 22541 acres of irrigated and sub irrigated lands and good improvements. Priced at 816.00 per acre with 15 cash and the balance at 6 percent interest. Information available from G H Nepstad and Co Big Timber Montana Box 93.
An advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar prevents pneumonia by treating coughs and colds. It states the product stops coughing and expels the cold with no opiates, promoted by W. D. Richards, a local druggist.
An advertisement touts buying a product now with a provocative line about borrowing trouble and a phone contact labeled Home Phone 39. The terse copy urges readers to write, telephone or call for the deal.
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