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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1925
Page
2
A collection of local ads and notices highlights events for February 21. Includes a maternity nurse contact, a Livingston orchestra providing music for the Firemen's 20th Annual Ball, rug weaving services, a cattle buying notice, a lamb sale at 15 cents per pound for October delivery, leasing of pasture land with hay, and tire price promotions.
Washington February 15 Congress nears adjournment as the 68th Congress tackles remaining appropriation bills and general legislation. Senate pressure for quick action faces filibuster blocks while night sessions may hasten business. key items include emergency retirement Cape Cod Muscle Shoals and farm relief. Efforts focus on Wadsworth Garrett constitutional amendment and farm legislation as leaders plan schedules.
The Quebec liquor commission reports for the year to April 30 1924 show a gross receipt of 519 812 781 with a net operating profit of 4 604 370 plus 1 000 000 to reserve and 150 000 for insurance. Seizure revenue was 1 337 273 and liquor purchases totaled 12 749 000. Beer sales rose as wine demand grew while spirits fell slightly. Montreal districts dominate store sales with 180 Peel street leading at 1 322 615.
A 1922 provincial summary notes Quebec held over a quarter of Canada’s population yet accounted for only 18.35 percent of national crime. It details drunkenness convictions, enforcement trends in Montreal and Quebec City, and how the commission’s receipts flow to the federal government. It cites an example showing total taxes on whisky cases far exceeding base costs due to layered sales, customs and excise taxes.
The Senate rejected a Howell motion to strike the railroad labor board appropriation from the independent office supply bill. Debate consumed the day as 42 Republicans and 21 opposed the change, with several GOP members and former Minnesota labor members supporting the amendment and a mix of Democrats and others opposing it.
B Q Forsythe, a key member of a Rushford Minnesota settler colony, built a log home on Otter Creek. He formed Forsythe and Rye with a neighbor, started sheep ranching, acquired claims on Big Coulee, and fought a water rights lawsuit with the Montana Cattle Co. He later retained his Otter Creek homestead, expanded holdings to Big Coulee, and winters about five thousand sheep across both ranches.
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