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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1909
Page
6
The document outlines final proof rules under section six of the 1909 act, requiring entrymen to reside within a workable distance to farm, with varying annual cultivation minimums. It notes designation lists for lands, specific form usage, and the role of officers in taking affidavits, signed by S V Proudfit and approved by R A Ballinger.
In Roxbury Mass a new two exposure speed camera, built by MIT professors Comstock and Kalmus, was used in court to convict a motorist. The device records two photos and a stopwatch to compute speed. The judge fined the driver $20 based on the evidence and witness testimony.
Hans von Kaltenborn proposes a Harvard run daily newspaper named Veritas to train students in practical journalism. The plan would place a graduate program in a Boston daily, teach fact gathering, and connect Harvard with the city’s life, gaining faculty and public support after a Times-quoted article.
City officials led by Captain Howard B. Oursler plan to unveil a giant 80 by 160 foot flag with eight foot stars and six foot stripe widths. Weighing about 700 pounds for the cloth and half a ton with hangings, the flag will span Grant street between the courthouse and the Frick building if a suitable mast is unavailable.
The Nalve Maen, Half Moon replica, under construction at Amsterdam navy yard, progresses toward July readiness. The 63 foot vessel weighs about 80 tons, carries 20 crew, and features three masts and antique cannons. It will sail to New York for the Hudson celebration parade, entering Sandy Hook on September 27 before transfer to the American committee.
Secretary MacVeagh and Director Ralph approve rubber aprons for women of the bureau and rubber heels for their shoes after a committee from the National City Federation of Women inspected the bureau and recommended dress changes.
Amherst College professor David Todd with Leo Stevens will ascend in a balloon to high altitude to try to receive signals from Mars Venus and other planets. He plans a metal aluminum box with oxygen and pressurization for safety and will use a wireless receiver. George Doolittle of the University of Pennsylvania calls the idea practical but says large geometrical reflectors would be needed and argues against spending 10 million until Mars is proven inhabited.
A new society named the Golden Age is formed in London to advocate a fruitarian lifestyle for philanthropic humane and hygienic reasons. It targets men and women interested in suffrage and will be social with bridge and games for recreation. A medical leader claims a man could reach 128 under the diet.
King Leopold of Belgium offers a five thousand dollar prize for the best treatise on aeronautics to be published this year. The award signals strong royal interest in advancing air travel and scientific writing.
A poem by W. J. Lampton in the New York Times extols the umpire as calm, impartial, and dominant on the baseball field. It describes how the umpire makes quick calls amid roaring crowds and fierce players, ruling over the diamond with quiet authority.
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