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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
2
The Big Timber Pioneer announces J. T. LaFond as manager and notes its second class mailing status in Big Timber Montana. It states the paper is mailed to subscribers until discontinued and arrears are paid, calls itself the only newspaper in Sweet Grass County, and lists subscription price at 1.50 per year with advertising rates available on request.
The order fixes annual terms of court for Park and Sweet Grass counties within the Sixth Judicial District. Park County sets terms on February third Monday, June first Monday, September first Tuesday, and November fourth Monday. Sweet Grass County schedules terms on March fourth Monday, June fourth Monday, September fourth Monday, and December second Monday.
Proponents of a new Stillwater county are urged by critics to consider the potential financial windfall for promoters. Farmers oppose change due to higher taxes from reduced assessable wealth, deeming county division premature as tax levels remain high.
Dillon Tribune cites the Pioneer and G B Pope praising sugar beets from personal experience. Pope argues beets are more profitable than any other crop for the region’s farmers, urging readers to study his column.
The probing suggested by Senator Tillman in the Oregon land frauds is not unfolding as expected. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones, an adage the senator may recall in the future.
The Pioneer reports a state legislature bill to protect antelope amid rising wanton slaughter over the past two years. If the killings continue, extinction would threaten the species. The bill is expected to pass.
The Helena Montana Lookout suggests that legislators could be aided if county promoters explain whether their bailiwicks seek reduced taxes on property or increased opportunities in lucrative offices.
The American Sugar Refining company fights a U.S. government suit seeking 5,600,000 in customs duties and denies fraud charges in weighing sugar imports most indignantly.
The South Dakota supreme court granted a new trial to Emma Kauffman wife of a Sioux Falls brewer who was convicted in circuit court of manslaughter for beating a servant girl to death. The American Federation of Labor declared itself a law abiding body and a proposed convention resolution to oppose injunctions in labor disputes or boycotts was defeated. In football results Harvard beat Yale 4 0 Kansas defeated Iowa 10 5 Cornell 18 6 Trinity Indiana 10 Purdue 4 Minnesota 11 Carlisle 6 Syracuse 28 Michigan 4 Chicago 18 Wisconsin 12 Illinois 64 Northwestern 8.
Directors announce a quarterly dividend of 10 per share totaling 40 for the year. John A Boardman Co assigns company debts to Lincoln L Xyre. First National Bank of Fort Scott closes with 702000 in deposits amid a broader trade improvement and rising employment signals.
Notice of public sale of an isolated tract of non coal land in Nelson section 12 township and range in Montana. Sale set for 2 PM next January at this office. Adverse claimants must file claims or objections by sale date. M R Wilsey Register W H Sates Receiver First publication Dec 10 1908.
Notice records delinquent taxes on listed persons and properties in Sweet Grass County Montana. If taxes costs and penalties remain unpaid, property will be sold at public auction on January 16 1909 at 10 o clock in the County Treasurer's Office in the County Court House.
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