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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1946
Page
7
Kathleen Norris joins Suffolk judge Robert Williams Jr in warning that quick marriages born of chance meetings lead to high divorce rates and unhappy outcomes. The piece cites war era disruptions, parental concerns, and calls for better training of youths in marital duties to reduce future divorces.
The narrative covers 1820s to 1870s exploration by Clark’s party near Deer Creek, the 1864 lost prospectors in the Crazy Mountains, first galena ore found in 1874, and Crow agency shifts. It notes the 1868 Fort Laramie treaty provisions, the U.S. agency moves, and early Sweet Grass County settlers like Horation N. Gage, with irrigation, schooling, and rail of early community life.
Miss Norris argues hastily formed wartime marriages break up rapidly. Parents failed to instill seriousness and proper adjustments, causing misery and wrecked young lives. Many cannot succeed in a second marriage, as doubt lingers from early scars.
Gov. Sam C. Ford proposed a meeting of the Northwest States Development association with Oregon Idaho Washington Wyoming and Montana to study postwar Columbia basin development. Ford urged unified action, basin wide plans, and cooperation with federal officials. The group would consider plans including the Delaware basin Incodel model and seek common steps for nationwide interests. Montana tax data show 1945 collections totaling 10 136 105 up 850 826 from 1944 with gasoline taxes leading gains and corporate taxes falling. Urban residents dominated 1944 driver crash figures across 23 states.
Minutes detail multiple county payments and reimbursements across General Fund Road Fund and other accounts. Authorities approve payrolls, refunds, and service costs, list deputies and staff, and note adjournment times. Additional entries cover taxes, welfare matters, land deeds, and reappraisals with orders for private sale.
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