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Big Timber Pioneer

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1909

Page

3

Contest Notice in Land Office Bozeman 1909

Department of the Interior contest of homestead entry No 5650 filed by contestant John English alleges abandonment and lack of residence or improvements. Hearings set for July 22 1909 and final hearing August 2 1909 in Bozeman Montana with publication notice ordered.

Big Timber Mont Range P. M G. N. Skillman U. 8 Big Timber Montana Abraham M. Grosfield William J. Hannah Peter Tvede John Sturson Mont M. R. Wilson Register Department of the Interior United States Land Office Bozeman Gresham B. Pope Jacob Hoyem Howie C. N. Skillman A. S Laimant Arne Bjarnemo Gunder Birkel John Holland Sebulon Bilstad John English John ‘English C. N. Skidman U.S W. H. Sales U. S. Land Office Lueller Brown George Harrison Gibson Range 19 Harvey C. Pound Benjamin H. Brown John McCarty Peter Nelson Hiram 8 Young Cihenn U.S. Land Gey Cliff Holmestead Mt P Lewis Harrison Greycliff Louis Bealey Eugene L. Patterson M. R U. S Louise C. McMahon Melville Range 14 M. P. Meridian Edward Dahl Ani Dahl Hilbert Pederson Olaf Flare Melville, Montana Wig Wiz Selz Meridian Kust Land Apar Lewiston C. BE. McKain Epward Brassey Ist John G. Veldhuis Klaus Scholten Frank M. Lamp Warren W. West Pig Timber C.N. Skillman John Nevin John Rye Melville, Mont William Muir Ole B. Monson Olursbis East George H. Simpson Columbus Grant S. Irwin Carl Vollner Albert B. Pride James S. Hedges

Notice to Water Users Enforces Hose Nozzle Use at Night

City Council orders water users to equip hoses with nozzles and to stop running water after 9 30 p m to prevent pressure loss during fires. Marshal enforcement to follow, signed by Town Clerk C Hart Batcanhone.

Batcanhone

Freedom Winning Poem Sparks Commutation of Two Killers

Two inmates from Lansing prison, Carl Arnold and William Harvey, had life sentences commuted to eighteen years after Governor Hoch praised a poem Arnold allegedly wrote. The pair killed the mayor of Kinsley in 1893. critics doubt originality, while supporters test if Arnold authored the verse.

Great Kansas Penitentiary Lansing Carl Arnold William Harvey E. W. Hoch Kinsley Arnold Moet

Steamship Vermin and the Odd Trade of Rat Catchers

A New York Herald feature describes rat and roach catching on ocean liners and docks. It explains the hidden, lucrative trade where catchers earn up to ten thousand dollars yearly, how they operate at ports, use chemicals and traps, and profit from live rats and roach powder.

New York Hamelin England New York Herald

His Twenty-First Escape From Federal Insane Asylum

Lieutenant Winfield Halleck a Philippine scout retired and confined at the Anacostia federal asylum for two years made his twenty first escape. He was recaptured in Baltimore and returned to the asylum after claiming he used a wire key crafted from a baseball mask to open his door. He passed three attendants and a doctor unrecognized while fleeing and planned to visit his mother in Atlantic City. A year earlier he escaped and announced he would continue escaping until officials tired of tracking him.

Halleck Federal Insane Asylum Winfield Halleck Federal Asylum For the Insane Anacostia D. C Baltimore Atlantic City

Old English Law Privileges for Yeomen Enduring

The London Mail notes an 1804 act of George III still on the books granting yeomen militia ballot exemptions toll bar passes in uniform and powder tax relief. Since militia ballots, tolls, and powder taxes are obsolete the privileges hold no practical value though they remain in law.

London Mail

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U.S. Land Office Bozeman, Mont Lisa Siarson Sixth Judicial District Sweetrass Christina BE. Yates Christina E. Yates Alonzo B. Coit Briggs & Ellis Ranch Christina E. Yates J. E. Baksour Guy E. Lamb K E. C. Hart Boulder Addition Alice Barbour Jour F. Assury Correc E.C. Hats Charles A. Keppler Lewistown Park Benjamin, JR U.S. Landee Olga Muir C. E. McKern State of County of Sweet Grass Ole Undheim Under- Sanna Walhalla Jonas Undem J.T. Vauenan M., R. Witson Kansas John J. Harper Fish Creek The Pioneer Harper the Club A. Wurryey, Prop D. H. Masrh Contractor & Builder 6Th Ave Bramble St Frank Larson Mfg. Co Big Timber and Billings John G. Ellingson E. C. Clark Tig Timber LOWRY Whitfield Big Timber Vhcim Langohr Hamner & Burke Attorneys At Law P. J. Sheeran M. D Main Lewis Ste. Livingston John. S. Richards Richards Patterson A. P. O'Leary Ofice Elliot & Coit D. Claiborne Richard Ble Timber M. W. Barr Bigtimber, Montana A. K. Wearne Ae ‘Dentist Grand Hotel A. G. Hatch Bigtimber J.T. Vaughan Elliot and Coit Bria Timber, Mort B. J. Kleinhesselink Bic TimBer Alexander Fyfe
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