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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1936
Page
3
A reminiscence traces transportation from ox teams averaging 12 miles daily to airplanes soaring at 180 miles per hour. It recalls Butte’s streetcar and cable lines, the Lexington shaft, Chinese workers in the 1890s, and miners’ lives, jobs, and booms in Montana towns including Great Falls and Tonopah.
Charlies Blakely recalls a tense 1880s confrontation near Roosevelt Drive where two armed men tried to force a land transfer. The lone prospector resisted with rifle skill and a standoff, leading to the assailants fleeing and a later fence dispute over cyanide protection on the claim.
W E Sherman and the entire Brockway High School staff resign effective term end after residents dispute their efforts and claim progress. L E Reynolds Ruth Howe Lara Jean Hunt William Olson Jr Mildred Funk Anna Freeman and Sherman named among the faculty.
Yellowstone Park Rangers will ride patrol cars to safeguard traffic on park highways this summer replacing horses. Acting Superintendent J. W. Emmert said visitors should enjoy the park and not use roads as speedways after a conference with Paul Wilcox and other officials. Emmert added Acting Chief Ranger F. D. La Noue was told to clamp down on traffic violators.
A 200 plus year old watch owned by Mrs. Mabel 8. Cowan of Sandusky was left with Chinook jeweler H. L. Myers to seek a buyer as a curio. The silver case watch by Rose & Son bears a faded written repair note indicating its age. The timepiece, named The Whitt, runs on a chain drive and has not ticked for many years. Cowan claims it once belonged to a man named Dobbs linked to Robes Ferry New York.
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