Big Timber rodeo excitement and pool project praised
Hal Stearns reviews a Big Timber rodeo that packed crowds but lashed traffic and tire deflation issues. He praises Gene Autry’s star appeal and predicts another big crowd next year. He notes the town’s new $8 000 swimming pool funded by donations and Jaycees led by Howard Forsythe, urging broader community help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Stearns
Harlowton
Big Timber
Gene Autry
Autry
Jaycees
Howard Forsythe
Jend
Roads ranked top project for coming year
The Times editor backs major road works as the top priority and urges start within the year, signaling it will dominate the upcoming agenda and require early action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Big Timber Grade School Plan Thrown Into Turmoil
The state supreme court ruled in a way that disrupts the Big Timber grade school project. Superintendent A C McDonald is in Helena assessing the impact and will report soon on the project status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
A C. McDonald
Helena
Salvation Army solicitors barred from bars amid questionable fund drive
Local bar men report impostors mimicking Salvation Army fund drives using weekly cards with Bible verses. A Cleveland Tennessee publisher is cited with unclear proceeds. Readers are urged to donate directly to the Salvation Army or Red Cross and bar solicitors from taverns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
White Wing Publishing House
Bible Place
Cleveland
Tenn
Red Cross
D Ewart Opposes Tax Hikes Pending Savings Efforts
Washington Rep Wesley A D Ewart opposes further federal taxes until government expenses are reduced he notes 10 percent cuts in current appropriations plus plans for further cuts and a 50 percent cut in foreign aid could balance the 1952 budget without new taxes He voted against the new tax bill and for fees in the 1952 appropriation amid fiscal debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wesley A. D’ewart
D'Ewart
House
Entered Hospital in Medical Intern Program
George Eaton entered the Community Hospital for medical internship, with details indicating the start of his hospital stay for internship duties. Further facts are incomplete in the source text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George ‘Eaton
Veseres
Big Timber Site For Northern Pacific Welded Rail Try-Out
Northern Pacific plans a 2379 foot continuous rail lay between Big Timber and Grey Cliff as the first such welded rail on its line. An Oxweld Railroad Service assembly line behind the courthouse welds standard rails into long continuous sections. Local crew began work Monday on the process and similar lengths are expected at nearby sites.
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Northern Pacific
Ellen Lupe
Big Timber
Grey Cliff
Northern Pacific Railroad
Joliet
Oxweld Railroad Service Company
N. P. Railroad
Duffy
Torbert
Montana Power to Import Canadian Gas for Copper Industry
Montana Power plans to import natural gas from Canada to supply the copper industry in Montana. President F. W. Bird said the gas will support A. C. M. operations at Great Falls East Helena Butte and Anaconda with no fuel changes at sites since 1931. The move aims to protect existing customers by ensuring uninterrupted service while meeting industrial demand.
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Canada
F. W. Bird
Montana Power Company
Billings
Alberta
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Montana
Bird
Great Falls
East Helena
Butte
Anaconda
Montana Power
Visits Grandparents Before Returning Home
Miss Sharon Nichols left this afternoon for her home in Billings after visiting her grandparents Mr and Mrs R R Olinger.
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Sharon Nichols
Billings
R. R. Olinger
Big Timber Fire Department Attends State Convention
E. P. Nelson and Ross Snyder represented the Big Timber volunteer fire department at the state firemen convention in Lewistown held over Thursday to Saturday. Forty three departments attended and Ray Merritt of Roundup was elected president. The group aims to recruit the remaining 105 departments into membership as Merritt notes 43 departments are currently handling work for all 148 in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Nelson
Ross Snyder
Big Timber Volunteer Fire Department
Lewistown
Local Delegates Attend Annual State Convention of Legion
Delegates Ernest Parker Clarence McMahan and Auxiliary president Mrs Clayton Lape returned from the state convention in Missoula reporting a successful business and entertainment session. National Commander Earl Cocke Jr spoke, recounting wartime experiences and urging hardline anti Communist stances amid a world tour.
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of Legion
The
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Missoula
Los Angeles
Calif
Cocke
Oberwilzingen
Germany
Russia
Used Nations Council
United States
Iran
Europe
Mrs Aller and Girl Lost in Rugged Boulder Mountains
Mrs Aller and a 16 year old Billings girl are missing in the rugged timbered area behind Con tact Mountain near Boulder. Searchers have no trace after they vanished yesterday morning as bloodhounds were to be brought in and teams from Park County Sheriff’s Office prepared to comb the area with dogs, radio, and gear.
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Gilman Aller
Billings
Contact Mountain
Osborne
Walt Uffman
Paul Frazee
Huffman
Hamilton
Park County Sheriff's Office
Pudwill Marine Recruit Fires Top Week Score At Range
Lorn Pudwill of Big Timber Montana tops camp Matth ews recruits with a 229 score just nine points shy of the 1951 record. He earlier shot 42 of 50 at 200 yards offhand and logged strong marks at 300 and 500 yards. Pudwill, born in Minnesota, recently joined the Marine Corps after four years with the Big Timber rifle club.
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Lorn Pudwill
Big Timber
Marine Corps
Lorn
Montana
Lorn J. Pudwill
Camp Matthews
Pudwill
Mont
Minnesota
Robinsdale, Minn
Livingston Map Describes Montana Highway Program
Maps showing future Montana highway work and federal aid contracts as of June 30 were received by the Livingston Chamber of Commerce. Major items include a 10 mile segment of No 10 east of Livingston and an eight mile survey segment toward the Park Sweet Grass county line in finance district 12 across Gallatin Park Sweet Grass Meagher and Wheatland counties.
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Livingston
Montana
Livingston Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Commission
Yellowstone River
Mission Creek
Park-Sweet Grass
Gallatin
Park, Sweet Grass
Meagher
Wheatland
Ex-Solons Receive 225000 Pension Pay in Washington
July 23 report shows sixty former lawmakers drawing a total of 225000 annually from a congressional pension plan. Benefits average 3308 per year but range from 793 to 7375 depending on service time and contributions. Former Rep. Pam Shoe among retirees not re elected last November.
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Washington
Congressional
Red Cross Appeals For Help In Flood Areas
Mrs. Ben Olness of the local Red Cross chapter received a copy of President Truman’s letter to E. H. Harriman urging widespread aid for flood victims in Kansas Illinois Missouri and Oklahoma. Truman noted his survey flight and said the Red Cross’s work has just begun and will require far more funds than available.
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Ben Olness
Red Cross
Truman
E. H. Harriman
American Red Cross
Kansas
Illinois
Missouri
Oklahoma
Ent
Olness
Sweet Grass County
Ross Snyder
Pioneer
Lloyd Severance
Citizens Bank
Telegram From the Cross
Armed Forces
Montana
Midwest
Salina
National Guard
Marion
Iocal Red Cross
Local small bore champs edge rivals by one point
Laurel wins the Laurel Rifle Club small bore matches over Big Timber by 1581x74 to 1580x74. Missoula third, Billings fourth. Leo Ray and Ray Hoem lead in sharpshooter and marksman classes with top scores and several seconds. Flood relief drive urged with Red Cross seeking 5 million dollars and Montana chapters coordinating aid across Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Illinois.
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Big Timber
Laurel Rifle Club
Laurel
Missoula
Billings
Leo Ray
Ray Hoem
Hoem
Henry Elgen
Walter Osborne
Dewar
Elgen
Ray
Marksman
Osborne
Enforcement aid for flipper law during fire season
Deputy game wardens and ex officio state game wardens are asked to aid in enforcing the flipper law as part of fire season prevention. The State Forester and Federal Forest Service seek authorization for game departments to enforce fire prevention laws to cut hazards in timber and grass lands caused by flippers. Montana law makes illegal the throwing of burning tobacco or lighted matches into inflammable forest litter during the fire season. Ten percent of Montana's forest fires are due to careless prisons.
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Federal Forest Service
Game Department
Montana
Get Acheson Drive Divides House Republicans
House Republicans split 71 to 33 in a closed doors vote to oust Secretary Acheson from the federal payroll. More than 90 Republicans did not attend or abstain, making the drive unlikely without unexpected Democratic support.
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Washington
State Acheson
G. O. P. House
Scouts to Leave For Camp Hyalite
Big Timber Boy Scout troop departs Sunday at 1 30 p m for Camp Hyalite near Bozeman for a week. Scout master Palmer Finsvik leads, Lions Club covers expenses. Dr Baskett conducts physicals. Participants include George Bray Donald Bray Kenneth Miekush Curtis Jacobson David Haas Fred Olness Tinky Voges Victor Larsen Steven Nelson Dennis Nicholson Dickie O Dell Earl Bouse Larry Esp Delbert Sell Arnold Eik Carl Patterson John Ronnberg McIntyre Motor provides a truck for gear with Stanely Jacobson and Clive Haas supplying transport.
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Palmer Finsvik
Big Timber
Hyalite
Bozeman
Palmer
Lions Club
Dr. Baskett
George Bray
Donald Bray
Kenneth Miekush
Curtis Jacobson
David Haas
Fred Olness
Tin
State JayCee Officer Speaks Here On Keep Montana Green
Ted Keating of Columbus, state vice president of the Montana Junior Chamber of Commerce and state chairman of Keep Montana Green, spoke at a Lions Club event and a Jaycees meeting about forest fire suppression gains in other states. He cited Washington's 1937 adoption cutting losses to 58,975 acres in the worst five years 1944, compared with 406,371 before adoption, and described a coalition of groups pursuing a statewide fire safety campaign with ten rules for preventing fires.
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Ted Keating
Columbus
Montana Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Keep
Montana
Besting
Jaycees
Crest Service
Partment of the Interior
Montanatana Extension Service
Orvin Flare
Keating
Forest Service
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Fairgrounds
D’ewart
Asiatic Theatre
Legion
Grover C. Schmidt, Jr
Fort Benton
Walter A. Barnard
Schmidt
Norman Hazelwood
Wibaux
O. S. Gullickson
Hope Reed
Presbyterian
Basle
Coun
Sheri Posse
Pudwill High Marine
Montana Green
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