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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1941
Page
2
Census Bureau figures show Montana at 3.6 people per square mile, ranking 46th by density. Rhode Island led with 674.2 people per square mile, Nevada was low at 1.0, and the United States including DC averaged 44.2 per square mile in 1940.
Louis Caverly of Somers was struck by lightning as he returned home from a fishing trip. The bolt paralyzed his vocal cords and left arm briefly, but doctors expect possible recovery though slow. Caverly, foreman at the Somers mill log pond, was struck as he stood near his car door during a heavy electrical storm and rain.
The article describes a family going to the North Montana State fair in Great Falls on opening day. They will attend a children program, view farm equipment, culinary and art displays, and ride midway attractions. Night shows include fireworks and a tower stunt, followed by crowds leaving for their cars. Also noted is the death of GLASGOW-M. E. Miller in a Valley county pickup crash east of here during rain.
A WPA driven Montana Mineral Resources survey compiles an oil and gas directory for Montana's oil, gas, and refining sector. The 1920s directory was incomplete due to limited operator cooperation. now simple questionnaires have been sent to active and recent concerns. E Byers Emrick directs the division from Conrad, Montana.
In a unanimous order Justice Howard A. Johnson of the Montana Supreme Court disbarred J. J. McDonald of Philipsburg from practicing law in the state.
Anaconda Sales Co offers 25 prizes each month for lawn and garden hints. Five years? No. Prizes total 175 for June July and August. Entries sent to Box 498 Butte Mont become property of the company. Winners notified after each month, hints published in this newspaper.
Over 100 Richland county sportsmen met at Sidney with Elmer Johnson of Glasgow district 4 commissioner and state fish and game commission Albert Pulling Fort Peck project manager J B Lawhead state fish and game photographer Orville DeShaw toastmaster who read a resolution urging the commission to station a warden in Sidney The resolution notes rising game and hunter activity in the county and calls for increased protection in the district
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