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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
2
Public notice states the paper is mailed to subscribers until ordered to stop and all arrears are paid in full. Advertising rates are available on application. This notice is filed as second class matter at the post office in Bigtimber Montana.
The Pioneer announces a March 15 rate increase to 1.60 annually due to rising material costs. Renewals through March 6 remain at the old price. after that date new subs will not be taken at less than 1.50 per year.
Strayed to my ranch fifteen miles northwest of Melville during July 1907 a white mare about 1400 pounds branded slanting bar on left shoulder and a strawberry roan gelding about 1300 pounds branded a lazy bar on right shoulder. Owner may prove ownership and pay damages. Inquiries to Sheriff O A Fallang Big Timber or C M Rein Melville for arrest or conviction of anyone damaging Electric Light and Power Co. lamps and equipment.
Pontiac: Pike Nelson offers 200 tons of alfalfa and timothy hay for sale along with a ranch near McLeod Montana. Contact 504 W Curtice St Bozeman MT or address listed dated 1 16 41 for details.
A $20 reward is offered for the return of a bay horse branded, strayed from Webb's pasture on Otters Creek sometime last July. W. L. Shanks advertises unimproved town lots for sale with ten dollars cash and five dollars monthly per lot, noting the town’s improvement and scarce building sites within a year or less. A. G. Hatch
Fine Montana ranch 44 miles north of Melville in Sweet Grass county offers 2 2541 acres with irrigated and sub irrigated lands. Good improvements priced at 16 00 per acre cash 44 balance to suit purchaser at 6 percent interest. For details contact G H Nepstad Co Big Timber Mont Box 03.
Notice announces that all cattle horse sheep and goat grazing permit applications for the Absaroka Division of Yellowstone National Forest for 1908 must be filed in Livingston Montana by March 15 1908. E C Russell Supervisor provides details on grazing fees and blank forms upon request.
Applications for grazing permits in the Crazy Mountains National Forest for cattle horses sheep and goats during the 1908 season must be filed on or before March 15 1908. Full information is required.
The Pioneer looks to a strong growth year for Big Timber despite calamity talk. It predicts more plentiful labor at fair wages and conservative business, noting prior farm labor wage demands were prohibitive and hurt profitability but recent events should ease the burden for both workers and employers.
A Sweet Grass County resident expresses dissatisfaction with local conditions citing harsh blizzards and zero weather. He plans a few weeks abroad to return subdued and appreciative as rain and mud alternate with ideal winter weather elsewhere.
The advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar stops coughing and expels the cold from the system. It emphasizes no opiates and presents itself as a safe lung remedy from W. D. Richards, a local druggist.
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