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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1925
Page
4
In 1887 the paper outlines subscription rates and defends journalistic integrity. It warns readers against fraud in news stories and vows to investigate and expose falsehoods, citing a Sand Cave story as an example of careful reporting.
Lloyd McLain pleaded guilty in Hamilton Montana to killing an elk. He received a sentence of not less than six months nor more than one year in the state penitentiary. The editor comments that ignorance of elk laws should not excuse crime and admonishes readers that the law accepts few excuses.
The Great Falls jurist Jere B. Leslie dies after twenty nine years on the district bench, the longest continuous service among Montana’s early judges. Other long serving jurists include Henry who died earlier after twenty three years. The 1890s district court era lists judges from Missoula to Miles City, with Tattan and Winston noted as among the last of the old guard. A current Montana bill may remove Judge Tattan, leaving Winston as the lone survivor of those early appointees.
In Sweet Grass county voters applaud Senator Brownlee who backed the Montana senate against ratification of the child labor law. The defeat comes as states resist federal oversight and opponents warn of future age limits and farm boy exclusions, signaling that a constitutional amendment may follow much later.
Readers of the daily telegraph news are torn between sympathy for a miner trapped in Sand Cave and rumors of an advertising hoax. Military officials probe claims of a hoax while miners continue efforts to reach the earth prisoner, as community sentiment divides.
A folk tale recounts Barbara Fritzky, a Central House cook, defending a flag from desecration by Stonewall Jackson. She protests, the flag falls, she raises it again, and the pair share a tense truce. Barbara dies later. at her grave boiled and fried eggs are imagined in tribute as Stonewall relics away in sleep.
Sam E. McDowell reports the death at 9 p.m. Tuesday of his father James Knox Polk McDowell at Billings. A former Texas Ranger and scout, born 1842 in Jackson Mississippi, he fought Mexicans and Comanches, lived in Louisiana Texas and New Mexico, married twice, and left six children in addition to Sam and two living stepchildren.
A short notice from The Scandinavian American in Big Timber Montana urges regular deposits to its savings fund. The item emphasizes steady contributions and financial prudence for members and readers.
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