County Commission Proceedings Open Session June 9 1937
The Montana county board reviews claims for General and Poor Funds including taxes and licenses. Disallows Anton Krone damage claim. approves duplicate warrant for Mrs J C Hines. directs refunds on gasoline tax. licenses dance hall in McLeod. transfers 75 from outside poor to inmate care. appoints W H Halls as delegate to state commissioners convention. and plans welfare, road, and cemetery drainage efforts with multiple staff verifications. The session adjourns to welfare meeting June 24 and regular session July 6 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Accident Board
Montana Power Co
E. L. Kepler
Ted Kepler
Oie Motor Co
Northwestern Auto Supply Co
Ann Christensen
Tom Taylor
Sekman
Chipman Chemical Co
Anton Krone
J. C. Hines
McLeod
Cerk
Iw. H. Halls
State Commissioners Convention
Red Lodge
Christensen
Judicial Committee Criticizes Centralized Court Power
The text denounces a proposed Judicial Committee as unconstitutional and a threat to judicial independence. It argues the plan would allow Congress and the president to direct judges nationwide, subjugate courts, and undermine the constitution and individual rights. It warns against centralized administration of law and forced constitutional interpretation.
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Congress
Community notes of visits and travels around Rockyford
Frank Ritchie of Rockyford and neighbors visited. Locals hosted relatives from Billings and Kalispell. Many families, including the Deeneys, Roukema, Mysse, and Rash households, received guests or traveled to see kin in Seattle, Fargo, and Big Timber. A June 12 birth brought joy to the Hillard home in Livingston. Doris McBride’s twelfth birthday party concluded with a group gathering and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ritchie
Rockyford
Colo
Walt McBride
Walt Bayers
Janice
Billings
Sid Fraser
Nettie Lamb
Raymond
Fargo
N. D
Earl Bakke
Edna Mae Schuyler
Clarence Phipps
Charmaine Baxter
Torger Redland
North Divide
Jake
Frank Knapp
Fort Peck
Richard
Kalispell
Knapp
Bess
Cecelia Deeney
Seattle
Perry Moler
Lyle Holmes
Mettling
Roy Vaughn
Big Timber
Dorothy Roukema
Greeley
Park City
Carl Mysse
Grandpa
Grandma
Gladden
Carl Hillard
Livingston
Cunningham
Mary Anderson
Elizabeth
Harrison, Mont
Dorothy Thelander
Flossie
Bozeman
Fred Swifts
Armenia Thelander
Elza
Staten Thelander
Jess Speakman
Thelander
Rules Governing Unemployment Contributions Updated
The text outlines criteria for when an employer becomes newly liable for contributions after acquiring a business or through affiliation with other units. It notes installment payment options for new liable employers with due dates tied to tax return deadlines, and that unpaid installments trigger full payment. Interest on overdue contributions is set at one percent per month, with daily pro rata accrual.
Sincere thanks for dinner and silver anniversary wishes
Mr and Mrs Ingvald Espe extend gratitude to friends for a splendid dinner and kind remembrances of their silver wedding anniversary.
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Ingvald_Espe
Piano for Sale or Rent in Billings Montana
Ad invites immediate sale or rent of a beautiful modern tiny piano to avoid factory return costs. For details, respond to R. F. Ppmeth Gen. Del. Billings Montana and arrange to see the item at once.
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R. F
Billings
Mont
Bozeman Montana Day Parade Invite Highlights Historic Gear
Charles Brumfield invited to Montana Day celebration in Bozeman on July 2 to ride a horse in the parade. He will use Nelson Story Sr.’s saddle, bought in Los Angeles in 1871, and carry an old Springfield Needle gun Story Sr. bore across the Plains in 1866.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen McKeith
Leslie Harlan
Betty
Edna Mae Schuyler
Charmaine Baxter
Joyce Groth
Doris
Patricia
Louise McBride
Charles Brumfield
Montana
Bozeman
T. B. Story
Nelson Story, Sr
Los Angeles
Mr. Story, Sr
Plains
Local News Recap From Billings and Neighboring Areas
Public school trustees approve budgets with a raise from 21 000 to 24 000 for the year. Sheriff warns bike owners after an uptick in thefts with bikes found on lawns in Livingston and other towns. A Yellowstone trip reports an accident at Fire Hole basin injuring Bill Thornby and family. A Montana Day rodeo caravan tours Billings Roundup Lewistown Great Falls Helena and nearby districts. Underpass location clarified for Bray hill project. Grazing privileges on Crow Reservation set for bid on July 1 with three year leases. Billings Gazette notes new court stenographer appointment for the thirteenth district and a Helena man’s professional move. New auto tax rules allow two years of taxes, affecting 1937 and 1938 plates. Burial notices, bridge bids, and staff moves complete the week.
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Montana
Livingston Rodeo
Billings
Roundup
Lewistown
Great Falls
Helena
Yellowstone Park
Roy Spencer
Sol Frank
L. E. Flint
Morris Musser
L. C. Morrison
Cresap McCracken
Jos. E. Swindlehurst
Steve Posterick
Chan Libby
Jewell Trower
Lewis Stoltenberg
Earl Hall
C. E. Marshall
Jack Hastie
Ed Edwards
James Cortese
H. G Snow
San Bernardino
Calif
Albert
Bray Hill
First Avenue
George Walker
Crest
Melville
Crow
Crow Indian Reservation
Robert Yellowtail
Guy E. Marvin
E. L. Marvin
Thirteenth Judicial District
M. E. Hawkins
Ben Harwood
Marvin
Northern Pacific Railway
Laurel
Livingston
Yellowstone County
Charles Taylor
Robert C. Stong
Sixth Judicial District
A. P. Stark
Ninth Judicial District
Bozeman
B. B. Law
Montana Supreme
M. M. Colter
Electrolux Cleaners
Bailey
Colter
Bartels
Roberts
William Roberts
Sim Roberts
Frank Murphy
Stillwater County
Sim
Seattle
American Railway Express Co
Sam
Harrison Terraplane Co
Sweet Grass County
George Taylor
Meville
Brownlee & Taylor
Fish Creek
Franzen
C. H. Conner
Holbrook Congregational Church
Leone Orleman
Emil Steffens
Dorothy Baumgart
Tommy Doyle
Vern E. Meigs
Thomas Dunn
John Fraser
Kirk Smith
Mountain View Cemetery
Willow Creek
Scotland
Big Timber
Yellowstone River
Harvey
Frank Bliss
Sorby of
Pioneer
Big Timber Creek
Eye
Miles City Dispatch
Ogden
Utah
Glen G. Eye
Miles City
Custer County
Bridger Creek News Notes and Local Visits
Crops and gardens look better with daily rain. Water runs under Bridger Creek bridge for first time in two years. Grasshoppers are prevalent along the river despite the wet spell. Marjorie Marow employed at Emigrant Mont enjoys the new posting. Hausserman family hosts and visits. Terland and Marlow families prepare the schoolhouse for a dance on the 19th. Agnes Terland returns home from White Beaver visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hausserman
Terland
Bridger Creek
Marjorie Marow
Emigrant
Mont
Fred Hausserman
Ike Lay
Marlow
Agnes Terland
Tom Hovland
White Beaver
Huge Appropriation Bill For Flood Control Moves Forward
A $194 328 000 appropriation for flood control river and harbor improvements and related public works began moving through Congress. The House Appropriations Committee backed making funds available to the War Department for authorized flood control projects in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys and other nonmilitary uses. The measure would allot the Army Engineers $181 416 300 with $30 000 000 for projects under the 1936 omnibus flood control act and $22 500 000 for lower Mississippi works under the Overton act.
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Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
Mississippi
Ohio River
Army Engineers
Bond Called Prompts City of Big Timber Payment
The City of Big Timber calls Refunding Bond No. 77 for payment on May 1, 1937.
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City of Big Timber
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General Fund Huntington Labs
Colo., Inc
American Checkwriter Co
Theo. T. Olson
Sigurd Lavold
W. H. Halls Same
E. J. Husebye
W. H. Halls
P. G. Burger
Theo. T. Ol
A. Smith Gas Transient
Mamie G. Shutts
Towance
Paststach
Theo. T. Olson Welfare Board
KE. R. Patterson
Theo, T. Olson
Professional Directory
M. W. Barr
Big Timber, Montana
E. C. Overland
Law
L. W. Baskett
Block Big Timber, Montana
Big Timbera
B. Olness
DR. D. Claiborn
J. A. Lowry Real Estate, Insurance Bonds and Abstracts Undertaking
J. D. Herries
Masonic Block
O. J. Ellingson
Motor Inn
Judicial Committee
Reed Point
Thomas K. Lee
Goth
First Ave
Harris St
Fryer Creek
Carl Seyforth
Pullman
Mich
K. Emme Trusty
Sumney
West Callender Street
Trower Drug Store
Riesland
Grand Hotel
Leo J. Cremer
A. Seasongood, Jr
Barber Music House
McAly
S. A Whitham Pub
Ed Bartels
Jimmy Thompson
Bill Thornby
Bill
Thornby
Wisconsin
Yellowstone National Park
Fire Hole Basin
Billy
Park
Gardiner
Forest Service
Ing
Kansas Wesleyan College
University of Wisconsin
Spar
Daisy Shavings
Virginia
Douthett Lumber CO
Vic Christensen
Furstenberg’s
Bear Creek and
Fromberg Coal
R.a.traver
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