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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1912
Page
6
A Dillon Tribune report states a dead cuttlefish was found by two men in a flume of an irrigation canal near Dillon Montana. The eight tentacled octopod measured about five feet long and thirty pounds with a torn ink sac. It is to be mounted for display in town.
The first shipment of range cattle for the year was unloaded in Omaha last week. Four carloads from Fall River County South Dakota, mostly cows, sold at about 6.40 a head. The owner said favorable prices spurred the early move.
A lady's watch with a fob containing a ring set with one green stone and five pearls was lost on the Big Timber ball grounds on June 23. A reward is offered for its return to Miss Hannah Baxter of Reed Point, Montana.
From Minneapolis comes news that many Northwest communities will exhibit at the Northwestern Products exposition under the Northwest Development league. Montana towns including Lewistown Missoula Billings Helena Bozeman Kalispell and Dawson county seek space. Sweet Grass County is urged to join with Yellowstone and Carbon for a low cost display of grain vegetables fruits and forage plants to promote the county. A $5 000 prize will be awarded for the best five bushels of wheat shown, spurring several hundred growers to compete with entries likely from Sweet Grass County.
The Montana state text book commission ended a six day session by selecting 100 to 150 books for grades one through eight for five years. Protests from labor groups claimed bids were unfair and prices higher in Montana than in other states. Some contracts were altered but not signed pending Attorney General Galen's ruling on legality.
Trustees of School District No. 43 issue bids for a school house 6x4 feet and an ante room 8x10 feet with two closets. All to be finished and painted by August 25, 1912. materials provided on site. Bids open July 10, 1912. right to reject any or all bids reserved. Address to Antoinette Nevin, Clerk, Big Timber, Montana.
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