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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1934
Page
2
Rural Rehabilitation Committee at Helena recommends completing 48 reservoirs and 18 wells to supply grazing stock water in Blaine county especially the northern area where water holes have dried up.
The first 1934 Fergus county wool carload was shipped from Grass Range and consigned to the National Wool Marketing corporation in Boston. Eels popular as edibles appeared in Atlanta dining as fresh and salt water rivers near Columbus junction.
Luther Barker of Clay Center Kansas recalls helping lay out Miles City on the Yellowstone near the Tongue junction in 1877. He notes the town was named after General Miles, with the cantonment and fortKeogh shaping early growth amid Sioux and Cheyenne raids and Chief Joseph’s capture.
Attorney General ruled school district No. 30 in Carbon county misused $387 from building funds without a budget provision. He stressed budgets limit expenditures to authorized amounts while building funds serve a restricted purpose. He also affirmed district courts’ full power over Miles City’s state industrial school students and that a suspended sentence order is valid. Berlin street accidents rose to 2076 in March from 1404 in February, with speeding and passing violations most common.
Mrs. Emma Ling of Havre recalls a cannon at the center of Old Fort Peck as a child and says it came from Fort Union. A workman uncovered a piece near the Fort Peck dam, while local accounts disputed the artifact’s origin. Ling’s reminiscence highlights early Montana frontier life and fort connections.
Gordon Bay and his partners near Butte describe a good breeding season for their fox farm. They lost only one and one sixteenth fox pups, with one young fox dying. A pup's paw was severed when a fence was pushed through, an older fox snapping off the paw before withdrawal.
New fast service offers dinner in Great Falls Helena or Butte and breakfast in San Francisco. Alfred Frank airline connects at Salt Lake City with United Air Lines for coast to coast travel. Departures from Great Falls 5 30 p m Helena 6 18 p m Butte 6 57 p m. Return from California 11 20 p m arriving in Butte 9 23 a m Helena 9 57 a m Great Falls 10 40 a m.
Twenty two head of beef cattle loaded into an automobile truck left Missoula for Butte as part of a 500 head consignment sold to Hansen Packing company. The cattle came from the Sugar Company’s west Missoula feed lots and were finished using sugar plant by products. Clark Fork River provides ample irrigation water in Carbon county. Alfalfa hay acres were cut, with four potential additional cuttings expected.
A recent Puget Sound event for 500 anglers at the second annual sportsmen party produced only 15 fish caught. Organizers reported strong turnout but light catches for the gathering held in Washington state waters.
Sheepherder Patrick O Mahoney of Glasgow reports a male eagle charged him while he inspected a nesting hen in a tree at Porcu pine creek. The strike left a deep gash near his right eye and a warning about flirting with eagles when the old man is nearby.
William Andrews Clark Jr., 57, son of late U S Senator William A Clark, died of heart disease at the Clark summer home on Salmon Lake, 45 miles north of Missoula, a day after arriving from California. Born Deer Lodge March 29, 1877, he studied in New York private schools and Virginia law, later leading activities tied to his father’s interests.
The text records the death of W A Clark II son of Senator Clark, detailing his family ties to the Elm Orlu Mining and Timber Butte Milling companies, his marriage to Alice Mc Manus, and the loss of his son in a California plane crash years earlier. Clark resided mainly in Los Angeles, founded a major Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra, and belonged to several clubs. He left heirs who sold Montana properties in 1928, established the Clark scholarship awarding five Montana students annually, and was with Judge Sidney Lanner at the Missoula summer home when he died. He is survived by two sisters, Mary DeBrandaunt and Elizabeth Morris.
The author recalls his initial literary effort at age nine inspired by a school geography and a Texas plains scene. He sought to publish in Youth's Companion, detailing the lasso and cowboy skills but abandoned after weeks of failed tries and self doubt. He urges readers to describe any skill clearly for outsiders.
Members of the Montana Mountaineers report two glaciers on the north face of McDonald peak. They describe the mountainside as broken into alpine meadows gorges and chimneys with picturesque falls including a 2000 foot drop. They also note the fan shell fish able to snap halves together rapidly to entrap fish.
State inspector loaded 24 tubercular cattle from the Belt area at Wayne for shipment to St. Paul where they will undergo another test.
Emergency freight rates on livestock and feed have been issued by all railroads. The livestock to pasture or feed lots will be charged at 85 percent of the regular rate while returned livestock will be 15 percent. The tariffs are in the hands of credit agents.
White King Granulated soap suds produce easy whitening with lukewarm water. Rinses completely without bleach or bluing and preserves linen life in low temperatures. To avoid creasing iron lightly damp linen until very dry. Initiated embroidered areas should be ironed over a thick pad.
Red Ledge streams and lakes host ten day season with notable catches on Rock Creek. A Loch Leven trout weighed 6 pounds and a rainbow weighed 5 pounds drawing local attention to championship pro portions of the event.
Coal shortages drive extensive testing of wind powered engines in Denmark as nations seek alternative energy sources. Engineers assess turbine efficiency and potential applications across industry and transport sectors amid growing momentum for renewable power.
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