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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1950
Page
8
A once thriving settlement at Kaskaskia, founded about 1700, vanishes as the Ohio River steadily erodes the riverbank, leaving the town to disappear beneath the moving water and sediment.
Leo Cremer, America's leading rodeo impresario, promotes a one day event at Big Timber to prove broncs can be ridden. He notes top broncs work briefly each show and cowboys earn about 30 to 40 thousand dollars yearly for roughly 214 hours of actual work.
Washington D C Rep Wesley A D Ewart urges reopening of chrome mines in Stillwater county Montana noting they hold 75 percent of the domestic chrome resource. He says facilities deteriorated after the war and development should start now to avoid reliance on overseas sources.
The Veterans Administration designated fifty five Montana counties including Sweet Grass as eligible for direct 4 percent housing loans to World War II veterans. Applications are limited to those in listed areas and loan amounts cannot exceed 10 000 dollars. Public Law 475 of the 81st Congress authorized the program with 150 million dollars for veterans outside metropolitan lending reach.
The text notes that the Phillies infield averages 25 years old while Brooklyn's is 20. It adds the Phillies' eight regulars average 26 years and Brooklyn's 28.6. It also mentions GI loan entitlement usage and obtaining VA loan forms from Fort Harrison.
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