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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1901
Page
2
A fragmented note lists terms like three months five, forty one by month five and one year with an unclear sequence of numbers and mis-typed words making meaning ambiguous and hard to interpret. No identifiable people or organizations present.
The author argues against licensing gambling and urges strict enforcement of existing law. Cites Portland Maine as example where rigid enforcement reduced open saloons, arrests, and drunkenness by over 60 percent within 25 days. Predicts Montana gambling would fade under diligent enforcement.
The annual county clerk report notes excellent financial condition and rising taxable wealth. It praises administration, cites higher road and bridge expenditures, a $1100 smallpox quarantine expense, and a growing treasury cash balance with most funds up, while no county tax rate is set.
The passage notes a reduction of one and one half mills from the prior year, praising county officials for managing taxpayer interests with capability and economy.
Mantle tops the Republican vote tally while Frank leads the fusionists with 24. Heinze votes are split daily. Powell county bill clears both houses and Rosebud county bill passes the senate 18 to 6.
The bill to appoint deputy veterinary surgeons passed with favorable report and is recommended for passage. Kelly has two additional measures to curb locomotive fire causes on railways and to inspect and register brands on horses exported from the state.
Beginning tomorrow eight hours will constitute a day’s work in the mines of all the big companies in Butte. The change, long debated by Amalgamated, followed the death of Marcus Daly and delays earlier in the agitation last fall.
The eight hour bill now moves toward enactment, defining a day’s work as eight hours in underground mines and in smelters and ore processing facilities. Violators face a misdemeanor charge with fines from 100 to 500 dollars or imprisonment up to six months, or both.
A Michigan State agricultural station experiment uses an electrically powered movable pen to graze two lambs and an old ewe. The 15 foot square wire pen travels about two feet per hour over lucerne, recroping as it advances, keeping pasture intact and sheep calm as they gain weight.
Sopping and squeezing remove dirt from woolen garments while preserving fibers. Avoid rubbing or wringing as they knot the wool and cause thickened, shrunken fabric. Press out water gently to keep woolen goods in good shape. February Gables Yonie Journal.
Senator Francis E. Warren of Wyoming rebuts freet wool arguments at a New York wool manufacturers banquet. He cites tariff history, world and U.S. wool production trends, and forest and range issues while urging cooperation between growers and manufacturers to avoid shortages and potential exports.
The Park County Republication notes plans to start grading for a Cooke City railroad in early spring, with a route east of Clark’s Fork canyon across Dead Indian hill and Paint Creek to reach Cooke City. Competing lines from Burlington and Northern Pacific are also rumored to seek Cooke City access, signaling strong interest from mining interests and eastern financiers.
The article discusses Northern Pacific railway plans potentially backing the Hall Spivey and Barrett proposal. It notes extensive mining prospects around Cooke City including the New World district with 500 mineral lodes awaiting transport to smelters, plus Goose Lake fields nearby that could yield new mines once rail access improves.
The U S internal revenue office in the district reports a total 1900 receipts of 754 331 05 up 669 542 06 from 1899 which totaled 684 789 05 December collections reach 848 569 68. The district covers Montana Idaho and Utah with main office in Helena and sub offices at Butte Boise and Salt Lake City.
The Ladies' Home Journal will publish in its next issue twenty never before printed Roosevelt stories and anecdotes. Told anonymously by associates described as intimates and closest friends of the Vice-President elect, the collection promises light presidential lore.
First class Pullman sleeper from Twin Cities daily via C M and St P Ry to Kansas City leaves Minneapolis 7 50 am St Paul 8 am and arrives 7 oclock next morning Direct route to Kansas City Southwest and California Pullman tourist sleeper from Twin Cities every Wednesday through to Los Angeles Apply to ticket agents or J T Conley Asst Gen Pass Agent St Paul Minn for rates to all points south and west
Ayres the Photographer announces a January promotion offering a free 16x20 Platino Portrait to every person ordering a dozen cabinet photos that month. He touts the new portrait style as superior to crayon portraits to boost nationwide advertising.
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