First Home of The Big Timber Pioneer
A retrospective on The Pioneer’s origins in Big Timber tracing the editor lineup from Jerome Williams and earlier leaders. It notes how Morton W. Hatch founded the paper, the initial Livingston Enterprise involvement, and the transition through stock companies to Williams in 1912 with subsequent equipment upgrades and ownership changes into the 1940s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Pioneer
Jerome Williams
W. R. Bramble
A. G. Hatch
Livingston Enterprise
George H. Wright
Spokane
Wash
Morton W. Hatch
The
Enterprise
Livingston
Hatch
Leon C. Olmstead
Frank Geigen
Absarokee Enterprise
J. T. LaFond
Colonado
Sam
Lewistown
J. E. Sheridan
Cascade County
Mr. Sheridan
Pioneer Printing & Publishing Company
Jean P. Decker
Charlie McFarlin
Billings
Stanting
Ray
Williams
Monte
Reed Point visitors attend big banquet at hotel
Reed Point crowd plans a bustling first annual banquet at the local hotel with many outside visitors expected. E J Mo buys the old City Meat Market and Kauffman Studio on Anderson Street and second avenue east and will move his real estate office there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Files
Jake Wagner
Gladys
Harry Schmidt
Reed Point
Charles Smith
Reed Joint Review
Reed Point Community Club
E. J. Mo
Robert Neumayer
Old City
Kauffman Studio
Anderson St
Second Avenue
Lowry
Scandinavian Bank
L. F. Douthett
Butte
Tom Cosgriff
Helen
Sand Coulee
Cosgriff
Lower Deer Creek
Placer Gulch
William Johnson
Oscar Nepstad
James Pederson
John McCauley
Grand Hotel
Hellopeter Ranch
Big Timber
Mike Ault
Charley Presnall
Ault
Anna Breck
Sheridan
Wyo
William Miller
L. W. Baskett
Columbus
Wis
McLean
Elizabeth Jane Jones
Ike Lay
Bridger Creek
Tacoma
Wash
George Bailey
Reed
Tronrud
George Ogilvie
Los Angeles
Old Mexico
Southwest
George
Leonard
John
Richard Yost
Adolph Tronrud Jr
Billings
Henry Yost
Yost Brothers
Roy Anderson
California
E. F. Osterhout
Minneapolis
Unemployment at 4.1 Percent in December
The Labor Department reports the unemployment rate fell to 4.1 percent in December the lowest in nearly nine years. A labor spokesman predicts it may drop toward 4 percent by spring as shortages appear in key manufacturing centers and may intensify in 1966. Arthur M. Ross notes the boom and Viet Nam war buildup boosted employment to record levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Department
Arthur M. Ross
Labor Statistics
Montana Winter Fair Opens January Twenty Ninth
The 20th Montana Winter Fair opens Saturday January 29 at the Glendive fair grounds. Alta Haugan notes record late entries were refused after the deadline as the horse barn fills with 104 Appaloosas and about 185 stalls for 200+ quarter horses. A wait list forms for inside and outside exhibit space with midway and arena improvements ready to host six horse shows and a capacity crowd of about 1500 to 1640 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallatin County Fair
Montana
Leaving Accident Scene Costs Drivers Fines
Two Livingston men paid a total of 712 in fines after pleading guilty in justice court. Beamer received 375 for leaving the scene and related offenses, Kirby 337 for leaving the scene and license violations. They serve fines at 2 per day in Park County jail. Montana Highway Patrol reports drag racing and minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livinston
Livingston
Justice Court
Justice of Peace
Ole Fallan
Gerald Brooke Beamer
Fallan
Clyde Allen Kirby
Montana
Park County
Smoky Owens
Beamer
Owens
Potent Arrow Poison Used by Kalahari Bushmen
An extremely potent arrow poison is used by southern Africa’s Kalahari bushmen. One drop entering the bloodstream can kill a man. The toxin is derived from the pupa of a beetle by primitive tribesmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalahari
Africa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scandinavian Bank Building
Treasure State Telephone
Presnell
Old Commercial Bank and Trust Co
Citizens State Bank
Citizens Bank & Trust Co
Melville
Byron Grosfield
Amos Cook
Wheeler Dam
Axel Arvidson
Robert Brownlee
Jack Ingle
Margaret Osburn
Harry Hart
C. M. Rein
Lloyd Rein
Brownlee
Hans Gerwitz
Grey Cliff
Gardiner
National Park
Federal Land Bank Assn
North 27Th St
K. B. Todd
Big Horn
Carbon
Stillwater
Sweet Grass
Treasure
Yellowstone
Rosebud County
Big Timber Lutheran Church
Highway Patrol
Jacinto
Alicante Harbor
Spain
WFS
American Cancer Society
Send Cancer Fund
Edwin Holmberg
Ate Bes
Sko
Penny Wise
Rolli
Tastewell Margarine
Forest Pride
Sweet Peas
Kag
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