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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1924
Page
8
The Homeland Circle will hold a hake sale at the Montana Power Co office on Saturday June 28 at 2 p m.
Help wanted classified note from Butte listing 60 fat hens and 100 fryers for Friday. Rates: hens 17 cents per pound and fryers 27 cents per pound. Contact C. W. Allen at 33-1.
Sam Teagarden of Great Falls declared his candidacy in the Democratic primaries for United States senator. He frames his platform on personal liberty and responsibility, notes his Montana roots, Unitarian church stance, and longheld belief in extending socialized democracy to protect the state’s economic and social interests.
CHICAGO June 21 A heat wave and storm across three states caused more than a score of deaths and upwards of 3 million dollars in property damage. Five Illinois heat deaths were added, eight Chicago heat prostrations, and 15 people bitten by heat crazed dogs. Ohio logged seventeen heat deaths. Racine county Wisconsin suffered the worst damage with a half mile wide, 12 mile long strip and nearly two million dollars in losses.
The agricultural department announces the high school will run an employment office again to place haying and harvest help. Mr Oliphant can help farmers secure workers from across the state. wages likely lower than last year with more workers available. Last summer the program placed just over one hundred men at about 50 cents a day, saving county farmers about $500. The office, free to farmers and laborers, is in the manual training building behind the high school.
The county received a carload of grasshopper bait for farmers to poison hoppers. M. M. Oliphant oversees this bait for the season. Hoppers are hatching along Yellowstone and eastern county hills, so farmers should inspect fields for small nymphs and apply bait early on warm, bright days between 9 and 11 a.m. to maximize effectiveness and minimize harm to stock.
Attorney General Stone announced federal actions to fully investigate gasoline pricing. Inquiries by the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department will form the basis of possible court proceedings. Stone plans a July conference with state attorneys general to map a comprehensive survey before deciding on action.
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