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Big Timber Pioneer

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1939

Page

4

County commissioners approve wide list of claims May 1939

Sweet Grass county commissioners meet May 1 1939 approve General Fund and Road Fund claims for officials and services. Items include salaries for clerk deputy sheriff jailer and treasurer as well as supplies, fuel, printing and welfare expenditures. Board adjourns to May 2 and resumes through May 3 approving further warrants and scheduling tax property sale notices for June 22 1939.

Board of County Commissioners W. H. Halls Theo. T. Olson Oe Anderson E. Patterson General Fund E. R. Patterson Ruth Anderson Dean Lowry Chas. O. Hathaway Assessot Helen B. Hoem Dick Armstrong E. H. Amick Ralph C. Jarrett Walter H. Osborne E. O. Overland Alcolmey F. A. Webb Margaret Deegan Jerome Williams Agnis Dante Ownedieetetech W. Wallace J. Sirchie Co Timber Home Tel. Co The Montana Power Co Heat and Light C. H Industrial Accident Board E. R. Cook Salary Co Eleanor M. Clark Salary Steno. Co B. R. Cook Mileage Co Oni Flasted Drug Co Cole Drug Co Della Webb Steno the Frederick Post Co Tribune Printing and Supply Co A. T. Ellison, Co Ted Kepler E. L. Kepler Petrie Machines Co Douthett Lumber Co Emmett J. Deegan Davis Grocery Lorig and Davis James D. Smith Severine Strand Violet Roe Emma Cook al Groth New Way Grocery Nils Petersen R. F. Broughton William Summers Valley Pene Meat Muppny Ullman Lumber Co Holly Justice Court Lovelace Motor Supply Co Minneapolis Iron Store Oes Marshall Wells Co Cick Hines Motor Supply Co Ae O'S Custom Tire Co Connelly Machinery Co Northwestern Auto Supply Co Petrie Machinery Co Light and Power Petty Cash Jack Harper Mike Kepler Bob Johnson A. I. Berg al McComb T. O. Blankenship Conoco Paulson Sanitary Grocery Skaarland Sawyer Stores Inc Poor Trans Ann Christensen Ccc Jake Plaggerman Davis Coughlin R. C. Johnson Raymond Lovelace Friend Curtis A. Whitney E. H. Ellingson Root Manufacturing Co Cricket Oonelol .O Tribune Printing and Supply Addc Ben S. Slanger Jas. G. Stubblebine Expense Poor Fund Bie Timber Home Telephone Co Jones Orchard Farm Eeee Golden Rule Lee Blackwell B. Snyder Florence Crittenden Home Gamble Jack Coughlin Ed Weamer Big Timber Home Tel. Co Smiths Standard Station Braaten Maynard Stationery Co Thos. Anderson Continental Oil Co Welfare Board Irvin Miller Bridge Plank Sweet Grass County Montana Sweet Grass Big Timber Sussey Nevsey Hee City of Boulder Sweet A. D S. R Grass County Aimee & Eager Shane Melville Yellowstone City of Big Timber Boulder Addition

Rural children compete in district track meet results

Rural track and field meet results list contestants by grade and event. Winners include Grace Thompson Ruth Kellogg Mary Alice McComb Joan Hausserman Leona Viets in fourth grade and Betty Harper James Boe Helen Vandervoort in fifth, with many others across grades seven and eight. Class A and B results cover 50 yard dashes, baseball throws, broad jumps, high jumps, shot put, and relays with multiple named competitors and placing teams Glasston and Stockade noted.

Inga Versland Lydia Ewan Alice Duffey Beverly Beley Mabel Kratzer Cora Boe Evelyn Larson Agnes Krone Kathryn Holland Alice Duffy David Lamb le Roy Dovee Jimmy Esp Erwin Elgen John McClurg Milton Hausserman Kenneth Braaten John McClure Ralphi Myrstol Jack Bainter Ervin Elgen Don Murray Adeline Bainter Janez Holland Ruth Hauge Jessie Faw Helen Kortenhorn Frieda Frey Louise Thompson Katherine Duffey Kenneth Mosness Alvin Sandsness Carl Mosness Jack McCormick Raymond Moers Marvin Overfelt James Faw Ray Bainter Ralph Cosgriff Raymond Rudd LaVern Clark

Deer Creek Classifieds and Notices

Classified ads list events and solicitations including a May 13 food sale by Deer Creek Aid, Old Timers dance on April 13 with 50 cents per couple plus 15 cents for extra ladies, plus items for sale and services by Bil lings Montana and Shawmut Montana. Also notices about taxes due May 31 1939 and general sale listings for property, piano repossession, and ranch ads.

A. Lowry van Patten Cole Drug Co Murphy i Henry Wallum Fenske Gem Cafe Leo Cubbison Geneva Cartwright F. McVey Nate Vowe Ralph McCleary S. Solberg Frances Price Wm, Sloan Sawyer Store Cccee Bert Pederson New Way Groc Eibers Ellison Flasted Drug Co C. A. Bishop Montana Childrens Home and Hospital G. Co Bes Murray H. B. Yerkes Montana State Training School State Department of Public Welfare A. D Slonneleddiffe Deer Creek Paulsdéns Fraternity Hall

Community Notes From Bridger Creek Area

Henry Lindberg and Charles Hausserman own a Ford bought last week. Mr. and Mrs. Newton Lay received 700 turkeys for Thanksgiving market. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Fraser and family visited the Fraser home in Harlowton. Mrs. Frank Berrie attended the Women’s Club meeting from Billings. Funeral held Wednesday for Burnett Peterson. sympathy extended to Mrs. Peterson and family. Sidney Fraser Jr. and family visited Billings to see Lorain in hospital. Women’s club met at the Johnson home with a reading by Mrs. Hausserman. Miss Sigrid Haugstad attended as a guest.

Henry l Lindgerg Charles Hausserman Newton Lay Stanley Fraser Harlowton Sidney Fraser Frank Berrie Billings Womans Club Burnett Peterson

National Highway System Aims for 100 MPH Use

Norman Bel Geddes outlined a 1960 national highway system to allow 100 mile per hour speeds with safe designs and reduced head on collisions. The plan calls for one central authority to oversee a unified network, replacing the current mix of federal, state, and local control after five years of study and talks with President Roosevelt and highway officials.

New York Norman Bel Geddes Geddes Roose Tc

Dusting Off The Old Ones Tomorrow’s city schools close for term

Notes from the city include the impending close of the Sweet Grass county high school term with diplomas to be awarded at the Auditorium where Hon. H. J. Miller of Livingston will speak. Graduates will dine with the Alumni at a Saturday banquet. The roster for next year’s teaching staff lists E. A. Erickson as principal and a full slate of named teachers across all grades.

W. R. Morris Boulder Whitfield Ranch B. E. Berg Columbus Sweet Grass County H. J. Miller Livingston W. E. Jowell Tulsa Texas Mal B. O. Forsythe Gibson R. R. Purcell Helena J. Walsh Henry E. A. Erickson Henry Langum Story City Iowa Minerva Powell May Nicholson Maud Sullings Thompson Mont Inga Solberg Esther Paddock Lincoln Neb Miss Johnson Eleveth Minn W. C. Ryan High Schol Tacoma State Fish and Game Commission Billings Frank Beller Park County P. W. Nelson Ernest George Robert A. Bray Grace Campbell Cora Sanderson Ardis Perrine Harry Cross Evelyn Rees Mary Lyon

Summer school move planned by Prof Erickson at Swamp creek

Belmont scholar Prof E A Erickson will teach a summer school at Swamp creek. Aviation field work near Steensland ranch progresses with a 100 foot circle painted and culverts installed by Peder Hoem. Tin Can hill drilling by Fox oil interests may start within ten days after survey. James A Murray, Montana mining millionaire, dies in Monterey May 11. He was 83, born in County Clare Ireland, lived in South California and Montana 50 years. He leaves a wife and stepson.

E. A. Erickson Belmont Swamp Creek Tin Can Hill Fox Oil James A. Murray Montana Monterey Calif County Clair Ireland California Steensland Peder Hoem

Card of Thanks for Sickness and Death of Beloved Son

We extend sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness, words, and deeds during the sickness and death of our beloved son and brother. Mrs. Petrina Peterson and Family, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Eder.

Petrina Peterson Melvin Peterson Wayne Eder

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J. H. Clark Motor Parts SUPP Hanson and Bourke Anuuud McKee Printing Co Joseph Brinkel Joyce Woolsey Sigrid Boe John Surdal Betty Viets Ruth Huyser Bridge Glasston Stockade Artificial Ice & Cold Storage Company Frank A. Sargent Jens Skilbred Shawmut McLeod Street E. R. Pat_terson Great Falls Bridger Creek Orleman's Orchestra Shell Super-Shell
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