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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1930
Page
8
Various local items report social happenings and visits. A stolen ante is rumored missing from Avall Holbeck. Local visitors greet friends and return home after trips to Chicago and Billings. Legion meets Friday at 8 p.m. at Big Timber cafe.
Grassy county is busy with bridge work under road supervisor Art Eli son. Mrs Adolph Tronrud remodels a West Second Ave home just purchased. Baby chicks offered on shares. Stockman M Wein builds a new hawk house and renovates upper ranch structures. Alea adds liproveticrits to east side home. Hot weather nears. crystal clear ice advertised for refrigeration. Kaloomine on sale at 40¢ a package.
Washington June 1 four house and senate Republican leaders praised a flexible tariff provision as debate nears. Senator Smoot will move the second conference report tomorrow. The measure aims to expand the tariff commission’s powers and speed rate determinations to about 60 days, with bipartisan oversight and presidential veto parity. Democrat Barkley denounces the commission as propaganda while touting farmer gains and criticizes excess costs.
WELENA May 29 Plans for creating a Montana lamb marketing association affiliated with the National Livestock Marketing Association will be outlined for approval at the Denver meeting June 5. Delegates A T Hibbard and Roy Glory will present the plans as BKB Denman outlines potential Farm Board support. Prices for wool rose in Sidney and London signaling higher U S wool prices.
King George nears his sixty fifth birthday as the birthday honors list elevates many subjects across professions. The standout figure capturing public imagination is Amy John, a pioneering girl aviator, among those named in the honors.
San and Henry Alfred Lytton are cited among honors, with Esme Howard elevated to barony. Noel Buxton Wenes Saunderson Furniss and Sir Johan Simon receive orders. Samuel Alexander Montague James and George Travelyan join the Order of Merit. Arthur Eddington knighted and Frederick Royce made a baronet.
Cincinnati reports the 42nd general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA ended after eight days. It added a constitutional term allowing women to serve as ruling elders, with Wauwatosa Wisconsin electing the first woman elder. A merger drive and a debated proposal to remove the Catholic ban were noted.
The board of Sweet Grass County Montana will sell at public auction on Tuesday the 5th day of June 1930 at 9 o clock a.m. at the court house front door Big Timber Montana. The land is 80 feet of Lots 11 12 13 14 15 and all of 7 8 9 10 in Block 4 in the original townsite of Gig Timber Montana. Fair market value fixed at 75.00 dollars. Attest W A Conway Clerk. Pub Jane 5 12 19 1930.
The Sweet Grass County Board of County Commissioners announces the sale of lands in Big Timber Montana by public auction on Tuesday July 8 1930 at 6 o clock p m. The parcels Lot 16 17 18 19 and 29 in Block 10 Yellowstone Addition are to be sold for the price of 50 dollars. Dated Big Timber Montana June 1930. By G A Loasry Chair Everett Farr Commissioner Attest W A Conwell Clerk. Pub June 5 12 19 26 1930.
Reed Point residents and visitors attend social events, school graduations, and church activities. Families like Meachams, Ostensens, Harlans, and Furners travel for weddings, finals, and Memorial Day observances while teachers, students, and staff from local schools receive diplomas and awards.
Allen H. Kenyon of Laurel wed Lenora Hiner in a ceremony conducted by Rev. Halls. Attendants included Clyde Hiner and Helen Kenyon. The bride wore pale green georgette with a white figured georgette gown. The couple plans to reside in Bozeman where the groom will work on a ranch.
The minutes itemize payments in a county commissioners session including widows pensions for Amelia Beley Eliza Harper Josephine Peterson Mary R Cruse and Mary Blakely old age pensions for Anna Lee and AL Pratt bridge work by CG Johnson Frank Murras Jack Harper and Sam D Solberg. Amounts shown range from 3.50 to 56.00.
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