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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1925
Page
1
Frank Lewis a Boulder country prospector and jail inmate for petit larceny vanished Saturday morning while out for kindling. Posses and river patrols scoured the Yellowstone area but he remains at large, with two charges pending burglary and grand larceny and bail set at 1500 each.
A poultry culling demonstration led by Manford Oliphant will be held at the G. F. Boddy farm on Tuesday July 28 at 130 PM. Farmers and poultry raisers within ten miles are urged to attend and participate in hands on culling under supervision to learn effective flock management.
Livingston Enterprise reports Yellowstone park travel through July 15 shows a season total of 51 835 up from 48 938 last year a gain of 2 897. July notices include a peak day of 2 555 and ten days exceeding 2 000 with rail travel leading the surge for Northern Pacific and other lines.
Andrew Rickman returned from Wells Nevada for his wife Mrs. Rickman’s funeral after an accidental shooting on a camping trip. Grandson Willie Barrows 15 handed her a live rabbit killed by the gun and, minutes later, the shotgun discharged. The sole theory is the hammer was forced back by the rabbit blow and later discharged.
Sheriff Brannin and former Sheriff Fallang confirm the body of aged prospector Henry Hughson lies in Blue Lake after his murder at his cabin near Independence mining camp around September of last year. Deputies have dragged the trail to the icy lake with grappling gear but face solid ice and deep water as they await a surface recovery.
Floyd Bailey found a relic on the wall of an old cabin showing a section of the 1900 general election ballot. It lists Republican candidates Rudolph Von Tohel W H Poorman J N Kelley Robert Brownlee J W Geiger O A Fallang J H Moore C O Hathaway E M Hall D J Walvoord Edith Merrilees Co N Skillman and Democratic contenders Frank Henry W J Hannah Jake L DeHart Waborn A Harrison Thos K Lee Mansfield Bryant Albert Haak A G Hatch. The balance is missing. Henry ran with McKinley as a Democrat after switching from the stalwart Republicans. McKinley carried Sweet Grass by 300. Henry and Poorman faced off for district judge.
Mrs. F. L. Stauffer and her three children accompanied the body of her husband, 38, who died in a park accident at Hoodoos. He stopped to adjust a radiator after seeing a car approach. another car backed into them and pushed them off the edge. Mrs. Stauffer waited for a brother from Estes Park en route to Blue Rapids Kansas. The body will be forwarded from Selby's.
About 25 people were injured when a 60 foot section of wooden bleachers collapsed at Frontier park during Frontier days in Cheyenne Wyoming. United States cavalrymen from Fort Russell aided victims and an army ambulance provided first aid as spectators watched the program resume after a brief panic.
Helena Mont July 17 Attorney General L A Foote states the state board of land commissioners has the legal power to grant free of charge right of way over state lands for the Great Northern railway line from Sco bey to Opheim. The land board was asked to waive the $10 per acre minimum for public lands and members showed favorable sentiment if legal.
Maurice Kaisher a nineteen year old from Jackson Tennessee died after falling from a cliff at Tower Falls nine days ago. His body was moved through Livingston yesterday with his parents and later shipped east to Selby before continuing to California. He and a friend had planned to tour the West after visiting the park.
At 7 15 Friday morning a Nash sedan carrying eight Flack family members was hit at a Northern Pacific grade crossing near Central Park billings. Ralph Flack 46 Rosa Flack 45 and five children perished plus Magdalene 16 Agnes 7 months died later at St Vincent's hospital. Rosie 18 escaped. The driver stalled on the track and the train struck the car. The family aimed for Richardton North Dakota from Santa Rosa California. Continued on page three.
The Dayton jury convicted John T. Scopes of teaching evolution in public schools. A $100 fine was set with $500 bail for appeal. The case now shifts to the Tennessee Supreme Court in Knoxville. the trial followed Bryan and Darrow testimony being stricken.
Kansas Senator Curtis tells President Coolidge a tax reduction of at least 300 million dollars may be possible from treasury data and a half billion if government reorganization passes. He notes good farm outlook and opposes a special session or long Senate rules fight. He also advocates aiding cooperative marketing.
Walter Hill files a general denial to a $200,000 damage suit by Frank Gottlob Jr. for alienation of his wife. He also seeks a change of venue from Yellowstone to Park County, with a hearing requested for August 7. The filing in Livingston claims no factual basis for the plaintiff’s action and broad denies all causes, noting the sensational nature of the case. Gottlob had been involved with Hill’s wife during a trip to Wenatchee and Butte, with subsequent divorce and custody awarded.
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