Post Office Project Scrapped in Budget Debate
A plan to fund a $70,000 post office in Big Timber and similarly named towns was debated in Congress. Critics argued the money would mostly go to outside contractors and not boost local employment, suggesting a $5,000–$10,000 building plus road work instead.
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Congress
Baker
Chinook
Conrad
Fort Benton
Hardin
Harlowton
Malta
Plentywood
Polson
Scobey
John N. Garner
Dark horse chosen for county commissioner post
Judge Berg named Charles C. Nicholson to succeed Everett Farr in Sweet Grass County. The selection surprised many prominent locals but earned broad approval. Nicholson, 41, rancher from McLeod with a solid record and community involvement, is praised for competence and good sense.
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Berg
Charles C
Erickson
Hoover
al Smith
Herbert J. Nicholson
C. C. Nicholson
Sweet Grass County
Stuart H. Nicholson
Board of Commissioners
D. J. Walvoord
Park County
Elsie Mercier
McLeod
Wall Street Gold Brick Market
Milwaukee Journal notes that gold bricks remain a prime market with real bricks coated in gold over lead. It cites critics who accuse financiers of overvaluing unsafe investments and mentions Ivar Kreuger and Donald Durant highlighting trust in names over assets. A German bond block valued at fifty million dollars is mentioned.
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Milwaukee Journal
Wall Street
Ivar Kreuger
Donald Durant
International Match Company
Mr. Krueger
Debenture Swindle Tied to Stockholm Security
The tale follows eight million dollars in Krueger stock securing a loan after bonds sold to the International Match Company were moved from Berlin to Stockholm. American bankers face heavy losses as they hold the stock, with questions about payment and commission. The piece mocks Wall Street bravado and warns against investigations into bankers.
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International Match Company
Berlin
Stockholm
Krueger
Durant
Wall Street
Congress
Doukhobors Costly to Canadian Government
In Nelson and Victoria reports the federal government begins paying the cost of maintaining Doukhobor prisoners. About 500 adults will incur Dominion charges totaling roughly 647 500 for three years, while 50 of 200 children in government care require funding and may prompt a new institution.
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Victoria
Dominion
Federal Justice Department
Grand Fords
Nelson
Rainbow Trout Exhibit Reveals Siamese Twin Pair at Hatchery
At the Anaconda hatchery in Butte on May 16, Larry Hamilton of the Butte Anglers' Club shows pickled evidence of a Siamese twin rainbow trout. The three day old Pry fry hatched from the same egg and remained alive, highlighting a remarkable developmental anomaly.
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Butte
Anaconda Hatchery
Larry Hamilton
Butte Anglers’ Club
Pry
Harrison Bank Files Notice of Appeal
Harrison State Bank in Helena Montana filed a notice of appeal in district court on May 26 seeking to overturn a judgment dismissing its suit to recover 6348 dollars lost in a October 1930 bank robbery. U S Fidelity and Guaranty and National Surety are named as defendants.
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Helena
Mont
Harrison State Bank
U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company
The
National Surety Company
Speeder Dies of Race Track Injuries
A race driver died in hospital here Friday from a chest injury after his Jones Maley Special crashed over the Indianapolis speedway retaining wall. The tragedy occurred during a race event at the speedway.
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Speeder
Indianapolis Speedway
Drys Warn Politicians Wet Plank Useless
Washington reports drys warn both parties that a convention referendum plank would be futile at present. Bishop Cannon's letter dominates the day’s political notes as a Maryland GOP convention defeats the referendum, boosting Hoover pledged delegates to 642. Garner says he has no intention of entering the presidential race, while letters reiterate his full focus on the speakership. Delegates to be chosen this week include 11 Republicans at large in Illinois and 13 Democrats in Colorado and eight in Utah.
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Washington
Bishop Cannon
Maryland
Hoover
Garner
Yoneph H. Leib
South Bend
Ind
California
Illinois
Colorado
Utah
Two Canadian Boys Lost in Muskeg Wastes
EDMONTON May 26 Two youths sons of a northern rancher missing for nine days are feared dead in muskeg. Tracks followed by their father Nick Tomas a homesteader ended abruptly as search efforts diminished amid warnings of bears wolves or swarming bull fires in the Athabasca region.
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Edmonton
Alta
Athabasca
Nick Tomasea
Notice of Meeting to Adopt Preliminary Budget
Notice states boards of school trustees in Sweet Grass county Montana will meet at their regular meeting place on June 13, 1932 at 8 p m for budget matters. An estimate of property valuation is expected at the June 18 meeting. text notes a prior reduction though details are incomplete.
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Sweet Grass County
Montana
Local Socials and Travels Spark Montana Weekend
William Ferguson and Tom Hov land were county seat callers Saturday. George Stritch and Charlie Thompson were Big Timber business visitors Saturday. Mrs. Lewis Guthrie and daughter Lucile and Lyle Holmes went to Livingston to visit her son Vinton and family. George Bernie moved his family to Laurel. Families from Laurel and Billings visited local friends Sunday. A good rain refreshed pastures and crop prospects. School closed with a gym picnic and a ball game between married and single men, won by the former. Margaret McWilliams returned from Glendive. James Baxter left hay fever behind. New marriages, reunions, and faculty gatherings filled community life as spring events unfold.
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George Bernie
Laurel
Frank Miller
Wallace
Frank
Bernice
Beatrice
Fred Brown
Ada Evenson
Billings
Henry Evenson
Sam DeFrance
Christie Fatur
E. T. Frederickson
Agnes Mysse
Chester Fraser
Ed Blair
Guy Lamb
Raymond
Fargo
N. D
E. J. Backe
Adolph Bauer
Mary Anderson
F. E
F. B. Swift
Harry Weamer
Rolf Burgamier
EB. T. Frederickson
Guy van Camp
Rapelje
van Camp
Virginia
Mary Lou
Andy McDonald
Big Timber
Sidney Taylor
Margaret McWilliams
Glendive
James Baxter
Jack
Germany
Great Falls
Mont
California
Lawrence Aber
Washoe
Ohio
Pine
Margaret Agather
Ln Ostens
A. L. Dean
Victor Hay
Desta Sprinkle
Lyle Holmes
Elda Neumann
Grace Tool
Iona Brumfield
Charmine Baxter
L. Smith
John M. Hiner
Ola Ostenson
George Nute
Mrs. Ostenson
Lucile Guthrie
Oscar
Norman Ostenson
Lloyd Hanson
Columbus
Kalispell
Berkeley
Calif
Misses Sprinkle
Lillian Yeodaon
Denver
Colo
Helmville
Miss Sprinkle
Univer
Miss Agather
Miss Jacobson
Moleren
Mildred Deckert
Ruth Ask
Baxter
Phoebe
London Court Trial Draws Curious Crowd
Mr. Davidson denied knowledge of the girl amid considerable heat as a curious crowd gathered outside the London court. The proceedings focused on the alleged involvement and questioned his familiarity with the case and the involved individual.
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London Court Trial
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Big Timber Pioneer
Jerome Williams
PAPER
United States
Satee
Babe
Harrison Bank
William Ferguson
Tom Hovland
George Stritch
Charlie Thompson
Lewis Guthrie
Lucile
Livingston
Vinton
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