Dayton Flood Victim Recalls Narrow Escape and Losses
Bernard Hollopeter describes a two day and one night ordeal on 25 March during Dayton Ohio flooding. He and his wife and six year old son endured 21 feet of floodwater on Herman Avenue before his wife was rescued by a boat and they lost nearly all possessions while awaiting a new two room home.
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Bernard Hollopeter
B. S. Hollopeter
Boulder
Dayton
Ohio
Hellopeter
Herald
Columbia Insurance Co
Herman Avenue
North
Sweet Grass County track team heads to Missoula events
The Sweet Grass County High School track team with Coach Crawford travels to Missoula for the university grounds field sports. In Big Timber entries include Esp for shot put discus and hammer. Kress for discus shot put and jumps. O Leary dashes. Hoyem and Busha in half mile and mile. Events run today and tomorrow.
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Sweet Grass County High School
Crawford
Missoula
University Grounds
Big Timber
Kress
O’leary
Hoyem
Busha
Slight Duty on Wool Predicted at Washington
Washington reports the Underwood tariff revision bill expected to pass in the house by Wednesday night with free raw wool free sugar in three years and other reductions. No currency legislation decision yet as the house prefers tariff completion first and adjournment with currency talks postponed to next winter.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Wilson
Congress
Finance Committee
Senate and
Ways and Means Committee
Underwood
House Banking and Currency Committee
Back From Canada To Old Montana
Helena dispatch notes Montanans returning from Canada as livestock imports surge from Dec 1 1912 to May 1 1918. Five month shipments total 1625 head versus 1529 previous 12 months. 17 month totals include 16380 horses and mules 8571 cattle and 586 swine, mainly settlers. April shipments rise with 45 from Canada across multiple states and provinces.
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Montana
Canada
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Dominion of Canada
Washington
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
Kansas
Idaho
Oklahoma
Oregon
Michigan
Indiana
Arkansas
Kentucky
Wyoming
California
Mississippi
New York
Ohio
Annual Prom Given by Junior Class Most Brilliant Event of the Season
The Sweet Grass County High School Junior class hosted an annual prom on Friday night. The event featured Woods' orchestra, colorful decorations, and a notable silver cup won by the basketball team. Attendees included faculty, alumni, and numerous students, with a fruit punch booth added as a new feature.
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Sweet Grass County High School
Woods
Traumland
The
Crescent Society
Paul Jones
Lunam
Star Society
Myr Moore
Roy Moore
H. B., Warner
Eli Hoyseth
Robin Hibner
Ansoph Lavold
Birge Brammer
Erma Smith
Lloyd Severance
Phil Sheridan
Teddy Busha
Mesdames A. Whitney
W. D. Richards
J. W. Davis
Henry Lamb
Big Timber Elects New Mayor After Ten Years
John F. Asbury retires as Big Timber mayor after a decade in office and Jake R. Kaiserman is installed as his successor. Asbury notes the city’s strong finances, funded by bonds and warrants, a funded water works system, a new fire building, growing library plans, and a building for police court and jail.
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Big Timber
John F. Asbury
Jake R. Kaiserman
Asbury
Montana
Billings & Eastern Montana Power Company
Million Dollar Montana Land Deal Sold Near Columbus
The A. L. Thomas tract north of Columbus, about 73 000 acres, sold for roughly 1 000 000 by Ketchum Ryburn and W W Clark to E B Kingman with J F Hegg of Beloit. The land spans 15 by 24 miles and includes 115 sections, with plans to syndicate subdivide and sell to homeseekers, boosting the Billings trade area. Kingman and Hegg have prior syndication deals in Broadview Shawmut and Cushman tracts totaling thousands of acres.
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Billings
A. L. Thomas
Columbus
Ketchum & Ryburn
W. W. Clark
E. B. Kingman
J. F. Hegg
Beloit
Wis
Thomas
Montana
Lake Basin
Midland Empire
Messrs
Kingman and
Hegg
Broadview
Shawmut
Cushman
Indebtedness of Big Timber May 1 19
Debts of Big Timber shown with figures 000.00 150.00 400.00 160.00 and a total 844.91 as of May 1 19 continued on page 8.
Ruth Van Winkle Dies of Tuberculosis in Columbus
Miss Ruth Van Winkle, nearly twenty, dies after eight years of tuberculosis. She was born in Haley Idaho and lived with her parents on West Rosebud before schooling at Virginia City and Bozeman. Interment today in the local cemetery as Rev J Philip Anshutz officiates. The News extends sympathy to the family.
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Columbus
G. W. G. van Winkle
Ruth
Helena
Ruth van Winkle
Haley
Idaho
West Rosebud
Virginia City
Bozeman
Columbus High School
Injunction Denied Over Wheatland County Election
District Court Judge Matthews denied a restraining order to halt Wheatland county's May 9 election. He ruled Stillwater's creation illegal for dropping Sweet Grass county’s assessment below 5 million dollars and noted a new suit will challenge legality of the election and Stillwater's creation.
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Wheatland County
Matthews
Broadwater
Meagher
Mathews
Stillwater
Sweet Grass County
Wool Schedule Dispute Put Wool in Schedule K Debate
Secretary McClure of the National Woolgrowers association denounces wool in schedule K arguing wool belongs in schedule G as an agricultural product. He says the misclassification harms woolgrowers by linking them to large trusts and manufactured goods.
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McClure
National Woolgrowers’ Association
Forty Candidates Enlist at Woodcraft Banquet In Big Timber
About 40 candidates attended the K P hall on Friday May 2 to join Boulder Circle No. 763 Women of Woodcraft. Organizer Mrs Sattee Gamble and guests from Bozeman and Livingston helped install officers as certificates returned. A banquet followed then dancing to close the event at midnight with Auld Lang Syne and Home Sweet Home.
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Women of Woodcraft
Big Timber
K. P. Hall
Woodcraft
Sattee Gamble
Sullivan Caruso
Bozeman
M. N. Dale
Dell Potter
Joe Meredith
Livingston
Guardian
Ella Curtis
Maud Worcester
Hattie Knight
Matilda Knight
Grace Curtis
Inner Sentinel
Ida Sissman
Outer Sentinel
Dick Elliott
Ansoff Lavold
Geneva Crest
Regina Ellingson
J. G.ellingson
Nellie Keinz
Lulu Mjelde
Geneva
Mildred Kelly of Livingston Faces Jury on First Degree Murder
Mildred Kelly, 23, of Livingston stands trial for the murder of Eddie Pratt. The jury, drawn from ranchers, railroad workers and a butcher, heard testimony on abuse and self defense as Kelly claimed Pratt beat and threatened her before she shot him.
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Mildred Kelly
Livingston
Eddie Pratt
Santa Fe
Popular Bluffs
Alton
Pratt
Ownes
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