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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1936
Page
6
The state highway department maintenance office reports traffic is now open over Gibbons pass south of Darby and Hamilton on U S 93. The report also notes year to date dairy production figures with ice cream up and butter and cheese output detailed for the period.
Citizens circulate petitions seeking a special election in Lewis and Clark County over an $80,000 bond to build a new county hospital. The existing facility was nearly ruined by the earthquakes last October.
Production reports from Montana’s state agriculture dairy division show 119,461 gallons of ice cream produced in the first quarter. B F Thrailkill notes the uptick reflects growing demand at local dairies and retailers across the state.
Montana stockmen debated joining the International Range and Horsegrowers' association ahead of the Miles City convention in April 1886. The Denver meeting showed Montana delegates would act only as individuals, not as territorial representatives, and the Stockgrowers' Journal warned against paying extra dues for uncertain benefits while noting strong tax support for local and territorial governments.
The tanning company in Owatonna offers fur coats at 16 dollars, beef hides for leather at 4 dollars, chrome tanned deer calf and goat hides at 75 cents and up, and making gloves or mittens. Circulars and price tags available on request.
The state liquor control board turned over 100000 in liquor profits to the state treasury, raising the yearly total to 430000 and marking another milestone for the agency.
State Fish and Game Warden Kenneth II. MacDonald announced spawning stations are being cleaned and made ready. He expects the egg collection this season to equal or surpass last year's yield.
Two initiative petitions filed at the secretary of state office propose a new state natural gas tax and an additional electricity tax. Both come from Silver Bow County and would take effect in April 1937.
I. M. Brandford state land commissioner reports 11 school and college funds managed by the state land board held 672226 in cash on April 1. The board purchased bonds totaling 1086500 with school funds from Sept 3 1935 to April 3 this year.
The Los Angeles school board announced engineer Murray Erick will investigate restoring the new high school. He will report demolition costs and present several rehabilitation plans to the board.
Montana state and subdivisions lack taxation power in the Fort Peck area where the federal government holds exclusive jurisdiction. Attorney General Raymond T. Nagle stated this in an opinion addressed to Valley County Attorney Thomas Dignan.
Dr. B K Kilbourne of the state health board reports four additional Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases in Montana, bringing the season total to five. The new infections come from Yellowstone Stillwater Rosebud and Petroleum counties.
The state supreme court again considers whether a special improvement tax may be levied on an irrigation project. It previously ruled the irrigation district tax was not an ordinary tax and that individual owners were not responsible for district debts. This action seeks reversal.
The Montana Game Department announces a closed bear season from May 15 to October 14 this year. A bag limit of one bear applies and killing cubs or females with cubs is prohibited. Previously no closed season or limit existed in the state.
Joseph E. Watson state relief administrator said employable cases will be removed from direct relief rolls to free space for unemployables from works progress projects. The move will end direct relief for 2,660 employable cases, covering 8,812 individuals. Employable families have at least one worker.
Weather bureau records show Montana received 49.8 inches of snow from September 1 to April 1, higher by 3.9 inches than the long term average since 1895 and 4.6 inches above last year. Prospects for livestock water and irrigation are rated fair to good in the Musselshell and upper Missouri region and good to excellent elsewhere.
The Kincaid Motor Co of Great Falls and other plaintiffs secured a Supreme Court injunction after appealing Cascade County officials’ district court ruling that barred taxing automobiles brought into Montana by a Great Falls dealer. The dispute centers on whether property in Montana on the first Monday in March is subject to annual assessment for taxation.
Governor Elmer Holt will pitch the opening ball May 17 at East Helena as East Helena hosts Great Falls in the Montana baseball league. J. D. MacKenzie, manager of the East Helena American Smelting and Refining Co. branch, will catch. A new $6,000 ballpark is to be completed in East Helena for the opener.
Montana ranchers weigh range association benefits and costs amid talks of cooperative marketing and detective features. Supporters say only broad farmer support east of the divide can make the scheme practical, while critics question control and expense.
The article notes rapidly falling crop yields and urges the use of phosphate fertilizers to counteract shortages. It adds that soils typically contain other essential elements, suggesting a balanced approach to soil nutrition.
Dr. Thomas L. Martin explains soils lack humus and crevias as a global issue. Nitrogen and phosphorus balance with manure boosts bacterial nitrogen fixation and plant growth. without sufficient nitrogen or phosphorus, crops waste nutrients and yields lag. Sugar beets respond to manure with available phosphorus, while adding phosphorus alone delays benefits until nitrogen is supplied.
Forty years after Frank J. Castagne was killed near Soissons on July 22, 1918, his mother Mrs Katherine Castagne received the medal awarded for gallantry in action. Castagne, a private in Company A of the 28th Infantry, First Division, was notified in 1920 the honor would be forwarded, and the ribboned medal recently arrived as a memento.
Montana highway patrol chief Lou Boedecker told Kalispell high school students at a safety meeting that more back-seat drivers are needed to police unsafe driving. He urged students to speak out if the driver violates rules, reminding that life may depend on it.
Crinook Frank Welch aged 58, a sheep herder, wandered from his camp while seeking escaped sheep in Cherry Ridge district about 35 miles northeast of here. He traversed four days through cold weather and snow, slept on the ground with limited vision, and reached the Adolph Beck farm after officers conducting a search brought him in. He had nothing to eat during the ordeal but was reported none the worse for his experience.
During the spring session's second day Col. R. G. Head's letter from Colorado was read inviting Montana to join the Range Association. Dr. Azle Ames urged a resolution supporting union, adopted without opposition, while Montana’s group noted hesitation not hostility and implied a future chance to join if feasible.
The narrative recounts Maj Andrew Dawson a Fort Benton trader known as Big Knife, famed for escapes from Indians and white peril during the 1840s–60s. It notes his death in Scotland in 1871 from an old Fort Benton injury, and sketches his son James Dawson and his frontier life including negotiations with River Crow and Mountain Crow tribes amid a tense feud over a wagon accident.
Harlem remodels underway as four Neihart mining properties prepare for mills by July 1. Malta reports Floyd Buck fined 55 dollars and license suspended for drunken driving. Bozeman resident Carl Nafzker gets 30 days jail and a 400 dollar fine for reckless driving and related charges. Great Falls pastor Rev J A Martin marks 50 years in ministry. Corvallis man Troy McKinney hospitalized after horse kick and abdominal injuries. recovery expected. Livingston snow survey near Independence Mountain planned. remembrance of John Nordby’s avalanche death earlier this year.
In 1932 Montana State University geology professor is named to the geological staff of the Turkish government. His work will focus on the Ankara region. Other Montana items note Lewistown radio station approval, county cooperation on vehicle licenses, Northern Pacific freight plans, a Sweet Grass death, beet seed research, and resignations from the Montana legislature following Hopkins’ order.
In 1935, about two thirds of all traffic accidents occurred in towns with populations under 10,000 and in rural areas, highlighting concentrated risk outside larger urban centers.
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