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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1900
Page
4
The notice lists subscription terms including one year six months and three months options. It mentions advance payment and months delineated with odd typos and spacing. The fragment indicates pricing and duration but lacks specific figures or completion.
Local appeal urges citizens and business leaders to back a woolen mill and scouring plant led by Whitfield a seasoned woolen manufacturer. He promises generous private investment if the town contributes, claiming the venture will spur growth wealth and population for the county and prevent neighbors from gaining the opportunity.
The Anaconda Standard will soon divide honors with the Great Falls Tribune, which now offers seven day issue, enlarged telegraph service, special bureaus and articles from top American writers. Montana can support two first class dailies and Clark should have a strong paper too.
The Kalispell Bee arrives with Walter Aitken as editor and T C Butler as business manager. It proclaims an anti Clark stance and opens heavy with ads plus local and general news. We wish the venture success financially but defeat politically.
The Leader is accused of bias toward national issues, while the club asserts it will back every ticket item from presidential electors to constable. The article notes the club intends to actively elect all listed positions.
The Leader invites readers to enroll in the Sweet Grass County Republican Club before November sixth, signaling ample space in the party bandwagon for those following the suggestion.
The county convention last Monday favored Clark among delegates but also produced several Republican votes for the fall. Delegates anticipated influence in nominating delegates yet faced the ring era take-it or leave-it methods.
It notes men leaving a Democratic convention and declaring they will never vote Democratic again, a sign of shifting support. The report emphasizes they were not followers of Daly, suggesting diverse political currents influencing party allegiance.
In this county the outlying precincts predict minimal influence as the Big Timber faction plans to dominate the Democratic Party with control of funds offices and all major decisions.
A poetic tribute from The Livingston Enterprise praises a seventeen year old as a blush ing maid and wishes her a long life as a grand old maid.
A disruption in the country's democratic process occurred last Monday as the Big Timber ring exerted influence, signaling a significant challenge to electoral integrity and governance. The event raises concerns about corruption and the protection of democratic procedures.
The line ponders extreme heat comparing yesterday's conditions to Butte's experience. It highlights the question of how much hotter Butte would have been, implying unusually high temperatures in the mining city.
A Saturday night meeting at Busha & Bailey hall organized the Sweet Grass County Republican Club with 83 petition names and 100 members anticipated. J H Moore was named president O M Lanphear vice president J W LeQuatte secretary J W Geiger treasurer and an executive committee from each precinct. The next meeting is set for Friday at 8 30 p.m. to finalize by laws and officers.
The article lists salary raises for postmasters in Belt Bil lings Bozeman Deer Lodge Fort Benton Glendive Havre Kalispell Livingston Red Lodge and Big Timber with amounts from 1100 to 2200 and 1300 to 1400 and notes Livingston moves from third to second class.
District Clerk C N Skillman reports a land department communication states the ceded strip land permits only homestead filings under the new homes bill.
The Democratic county convention opened at 2 30 led by Judge T K Lee and Jos Lay with temporary organization. delegates resisted pre arranged ballots and nominated a straight ticket led by W J Hannah L Martin J Lay W A Moore W P Franklin J L DeHart and H Bliss. Ballots showed a strong straight ticket and Clark for national delegate drew solid support.
Judge William K. Townsend held in Goetze and Co. v United States that the treaty of Paris makes Porto Rico part of the U S in foreign relations but a foreign country regarding the U S Constitution. The ruling states Congress must determine inhabitants status and confirms a 35 cent duty per pound on leaf tobacco, per the board of general appraisers.
Rangemen say the season is too far advanced for rain to help feed conditions beyond restoring water holes. Early grass growth has dried out and would be ruined by rain. Stock are in good condition and severe winter could threaten losses, but vast hay stacks exist from mild winters. Miles City Stockgrowers Journal reports cautious hope remains.
Senator Nelson reports the bill to settle U S accounts with the states over public land sale proceeds. He lists amounts due to Rocky Mountain states: Colorado 35000 Utah 881000 Montana 480000 Idaho 85000 Wyoming 75000 Nevada 830000. The totals reflect distributions among the states based on the sale proceeds.
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