Sherman Timber Montana Manager Gc Timber
J. E. Sheridan reports as manager of Gc Timber Montana, detailing corporate actions and leadership notes for the timber division.
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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
4
J. E. Sheridan reports as manager of Gc Timber Montana, detailing corporate actions and leadership notes for the timber division.
The notice records Big Timber Montana as the location for sending and processing mail marked as second class matter at the local post office.
Official Paper notes Grey Cliff residents urge county commissioners to build a new bridge across the Yellowstone River to serve the east side. They argue more people and stock now need a crossing beyond the existing Big Timber route and contend the cost is small compared to benefits to taxpayers.
Big Timber will host its first Independence Day celebration in years with spirited display and broad amusements. Committees seek citizen cooperation to ensure a grand, well organized event for locals and visiting country folk alike, leaving visitors with lasting memories.
A special invitation extends to all citizens of the county and neighboring counties to come to Big Timber for the Fourth of July. Everyone is welcome and if you are not satisfied it will not be the fault of the celebrations committee or the town.
To the unknown owner or owners of two animals described as one old sorrel male horse and one black horned cow with PSU branding. Impounded for ordinance violation. police magistrate to order sale if unclaimed. Sale scheduled for July 1 1903 after June 29 1903 notice. Big Timber Montana June 2 1903.
Excursion rates set for July 4 1903 travel within 200 miles. Tickets priced at one and one third for round trip. Sales July 3 and 4 with return valid through July 6. W J Waynes agent.
Governor Chatterton files a strong protest with the interior department and Commissioner Richards against the Yellowstone forest reserve policy. He argues against enlarging reserves, the open grazing ban, and a nonresident superintendent, urging reserves be cut to timber area and managed by local residents with clear inspections. The letter critiques the reserve expansion and calls for protections for Wyoming settlers and livestock interests.
The Bloomington District Court returns a guilty verdict in Robt. Gugler’s second trial for branding a calf of the Bloomington Land and Live Stock Co. The jury fixes one year in the penitentiary after a 24 hour out and deadlock in the first trial. The state showed Gugler sold nine or ten head bearing the same brand, effectively linking the act to him.
A summary of industrialists urging aggressive ad campaigns. James L. Stack cites Schlitz beer, Santa Fe railroad, Shoop Medicine, and Peruna as examples of profitable, extensive newspaper and magazine advertising. Growth in ad spend, shift to full pages, and evening papers outperform morning ones. Mentions rising U.S. ad expenditures and potential of mail order expansion.
The first part of the week was hot and dry with scattered rain on the 20th mainly in northern and western counties. Dry conditions persist from Sweet Grass to Rosebud and Fergus to the southern border, especially Rosebud where crops are damaged. Grain condition is generally satisfactory. winter wheat grows slowly. Alfalfa is cut about average. hay prospects fair with local drought impact. Potatoes and gardens improved. strawberries ripening. apples look good. small fruit prospects weaker.
Lost or stolen white saddle horse branded on left stifle. Weighs about 1000 pounds. Reward of $10.00 offered for information leading to recovery. Contact James Daney at Reed, Montana, date 6-25.
All cattle branded D X on left ribs and not vented are the property of the undersigned and will be taken up wherever found. One 1100 pound animal with white hind foot branded to the left shoulder, found in pasture. Owner must remove the animal or pay costs. advertisement by T. R. Langreuan, Big Timber, Montana.
The Department of the Interior issues campfire safety rules for forest reserves. Do not leave fires unattended and always extinguish before leaving camp. Fines up to 5000 pounds or imprisonment apply for malicious fires, or 1000 dollars or one year for careless fires, with funds aiding the county school fund. The McMillan Pur & Wool Co circular of May 5 1903 is on file for reference.
J A Metcalf, secretary of the Montana Epworth League, asks MT members and nonmembers to confirm intent to travel to Detroit, Mich for the July 16 19 excursion. He requests names and travel routes to secure the lowest railroad rates and directs chapter secretaries to report promptly.
The article explains why steamboats on the Potomac toll at a fixed point. It notes a century old signal used to warn ships, inviting readers to contact W. O. Packer at the Blake’s Lee Hotel for details about the tradition and its meaning.
Advertisement notes a Christian Scientists meeting in Boston from June 28 to July 1 with travel rates via Nickel Plate Road. No excess fare on any trains. Tickets on sale June 25 to 27, final return by August 1. Contact Chas EB Johnson Denver district passenger agent for details.
Public notice announces Boston excursions via Nickel Plate Road from June 25 to July 2 and July 1 to July 8 at discounted rates. Contact White District Passenger Agent at 911 Seventeenth St Denver Corp for details and fare information.
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