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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1926
Page
2
The Boulder ranch of Frank Webber advertises netted gem potatoes for $1.50 per hundred. The listing notes the quantity unit and location with a simple price point.
A. Whitney announces candidacy for renomination as assessor of Sweet Grass County on the Republican ticket. He says he has endeavored to provide fair impartial property assessments and asks voters for support for a second term.
Commissioner hopeful Ed Boddy of Gibson Montana announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for county commissioner. He pledges fair impartial and economical service if nominated and elected, subject to the will of electors at the August 3 primary.
Mrs. J. A. Walker of Denver was killed when her 5 mile Memorial Day race car overturned at Overland Park. Her husband entered other events on the card while spectators watched from the pits. She was thrown against a pole and fatally injured as her car overturned during the exhibition segment.
The Great Northern railway plans a July 15 to July 27 Columbia River expedition across six states. Governor Erickson and regional governors sponsor the trip with many historians and state officials joining, including David Hilger. The route includes Fort Union Fort Benton Great Falls Havoc Glacier National Park and ends in Washington after tracing major river systems and historic sites.
The wet wing of the Republican state committee chose Madison Square Garden in New York City as the site for the September 27 state convention. The move signals a stand for repeal of the eighteenth amendment and equal party representation for women on the state committee. Nicholas Murray Butler attended, supporting prohibition repeal, while Col. Theodore Roosevelt refreshes his own political future with a strong organization.
A Christmas edition notes Big Timber’s landmarks including a fine county court house, Budd drug store, Diet Browning and Fair stores, a hospital, electric plant, Stone barn, Montana Trading building, a Congregational church, a county high school, an opera house, a telephone exchange, and ongoing construction. It recalls past fires like the Hateh block and praises civic progress, the Montana National Guard Company C led by Capt. White, and the town’s strong cornet band as it looks ahead to next week.
A collection of local notes covers dry farming optimism, new sheep dogs sought by Jake Beasley, a birth in Melville, moves of Prof. Smith to Arizona, Mrs. Thompson's Seattle trip and Dawson City plan, and NP agency changes at Miles City and Belgrade. The Citizens State Bank reopens in its old stand with a finer oak and tile interior. Weather disrupts rail traffic with rains and landslides in Sweet Grass County but no fatalities. Community notices include library cards offer, a baby girl for Mr. and Mrs. Tintinger, and Homeland Circle officers elected. Postmistress Augusta Sheridan visits Minneapolis. a church Homeland Circle marriage and local property transactions are noted. County Clerk H. C. Allen returns home after walking around washouts west of Livingston to catch a delayed train.
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