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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
2
Mrs Mamie G Shutts offers a four room and a two room house for rent near Big Timber West. Lost item bedding and leather coat. please ship express collect to Route No 1 Spokane. Also advertised are groceries hardware heaters ranges and farm implements from Big Timber Supply House.
May gasoline tax collections set an all time high in Montana as the 1939 two cent increase brought the total to five cents per gallon. The state board of equalization reported 488071 in May after allocations to the highway commission and various funds. May combined board collections reached 86204 for the month with portions credited to the general fund and school funds. The inheritance tax totaled 6657 split between the general and common school funds.
London June 7. J Ramsay MacDonald announces a Labour government cabinet with seasoned stalwarts and new faces. Key posts include Snowden as chancellor and Henderson as foreign secretary, Benn as India secretary, Webb at the board of trade, Clynes as lord secretary, and Lansbury as works secretary.
W C Tucker visits Billings this week as Deer creek mining district eyes a boom. James Anderson of Fish creek and Boulder figures in town multiple times. The health officer serves notices to clean premises. Florence Raiff to marry in Atpost. Assessor Jarrett finishes work with a $380,000 rise. Bert Plaggemeyer to run Holland canal ditch with H C Pound. Several locals, travelers, and traders noted with brief alerts and visits.
A past road across Grey CAM bridge marks a family milestone as Lolita Harrison tours with her grandfather. Reports note a soaking Monday afternoon rainfall, rising June totals, and a possible heavy fall ahead. Local hires include Miss Stepha Prevost joining W O Richards & Co as Montana’s lone lady pharmacist. Wool arrives at the new warehouse while cattle markets show modest activity. A theft at Seven Mile shearing plant leads to a suspect, ex convict Dick Lee, being sought state wide. Yellowstone basin floods loom though damage remains limited with losses including 200 sheep tied to Lt C Bade’s island grazing. A Fourth of July frontier celebration is planned in Melville.
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