Local Notes and Population Figures for Big Timber County
Mrs. R L Ballou leaves for Portland for medical treatment. William A Iverson resigns from Great Northern Railway to join Standard Oil in Billings. Standard takes over Midwest Refining Co in Billings on April 1. Reynolds reports county census shows Big Timber population 1 218 in 1930 with 5 farms inside city. County total 3935, down from 4926 in 1920, a net loss of 991 over ten years.
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William A. Iverson
Nils Iverson
Great Northern Railway Co
Billings
Standard
Qcgo
Midwest Refining Co
G. Resnolds
Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
Reynolds
Walter Broughton
Hilda Warp
Alfred
Broughton
Johnston, Coleman & Jameson
District Court
J. A. Lowry
Local notes on homes farms and community events
May 14 1930 notes report Dr Baskett’s new two car garage and local remodeling by Wm Knapp. Plans for summer cabin by E O Busch and J N MacFarlane plus various farm improvements and social events around Big Timber including meetings, fundraisers, and a Memorial Day unveiling plan for Ansel S Hubble tombstone.
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Dr. Baskett
Grade School Operetta Presented By Students Tuesday
A chorus of seventy two from the public school performs The Dream Boat operetta at the high school auditorium Tuesday at 734 o’clock. The program spans grades 1 through 8 with songs, violin, and a three act operetta directed by Miss Koch and Mrs. Gerylt V. O’Leary accompanist.
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Synditorium
Miss Muffett
Lone of the Bugle
Shetl
Victoria O'Leary
Harold Roe
Dream Boat
M. Witmark and Sons
Helen
Mary Falling
Billy Hruza
Dorothy
Alice Spry
Billy
Arthur Algaard
Katherine
Six
Solberg
Alice
Avis Lintz
Frances
Evelyn Hermanson
Harold Sekman
Messenger
Ronald Skillman
Elaine Baskett
Jen Elliot
Jim Saucer
Mazel Sleveland
Chad Price
Thomas Noble
Big Smoke
Dean Curtis
Ralph Shaver
Ethel Ainsberry
Gale Wick
Imogene Curtis
Mary Edythe Ironrid
George Shaver
Stanley Espe
Evelyn Isburn
Lillian Tucker
Helen Irene Roquet
Audrey Dahh
Helen West
Adeline Elison
Catherine Harper
Elsie Ellingson
Pirates
Donald Murras
Barneys Warp
Robert Kellogg
Fairies
Yvonne Husebye
Margaret Clouse
Kadna Ronning
Warren Lintz
Miss Koch
Gerylt V. O'Leary
John Masefield Named Official English Poet
John Masefield, celebrated English poet and writer, appointed poet laureate succeeding the late Dr. Robert Bridges. At 55 with wife and two children, Masefield rose from porter to famed author of The Everlasting Mercy and Dauber, and a seafaring life in his varied career.
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London
Tohn Masefield
New York
Masefield
Robert Bridges
John Masefield
Morey
Dauber
Lord Harker
United States
America
Local residents take trips and visit as community notes
Clarence Anderson John Mullen and Chester Fraser shopped in Big Timber Friday while Jack Williams Ned Stewart motor ed to Billings Sunday. Others traveled to Mammoth Hot Springs Sheridan and Helena visiting relatives and hospital visits marked the week with student, teacher, and community updates. Farms, exhibits, and a rural track meet highlight local activity and school involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Anderson
John Mullen
Chester Fraser
Big Timber
Jack Williams
Ned Stewart
Billings
FE. J. Hyer
Wayne Johns
Mammoth Hot Springs
Curtis Adams
Sheridan
Wyo
Dolly Dean Burgess
Helena
Mant
George Kerrie
James Deeney
Bozeman
Bernard Peeney
State College
W. S. Whitford
Nancy
Columbus
Frank Whitford
Arthur Guthrie
Lewis Guthrie
Killings
Butte
Russell Obd Co
Alice VanCampen
Baby
Lewis Gethrie
van Campens
Marion VanCampen
Hebron
N. C
Kent School
Nera Fraser
Need Point to Springtime road contract let May 28
Announcement that the Need Point to Springtime highway contract will be let on May 28. The 8.397 mile stretch includes a three span and a seven span bridge. Local school group members accompanied Sidney Fraser Jr and Lucile Guthrie to Missoula for district honors in debate and declamation.
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Need Point
James Many
Sidney Fraser, Jr
Lucile Guthrie
Iona Brumfield
Missoula
Sidney
Lucile
Charles Henry
Montana State Normal College
Dillon
Henry
Sweet Grass County
Big Timber
PT. A
Lewis Guthrie
George Berrie
Columbus
Dan Morgan
Littlepage
J. 8. Campbell
Mer
Bill Linford
GC. E. Hartman
Joe Hoffman
Ine Deeney
Clarence Ostenson
Reading
Mob Routs Guards and Burns Grayson County Court House
A violent mob in Sherman Texas burned the Grayson County Court House and attempted to seize George Hughes a Black man accused of assaulting a white woman. Guardsmen and Texas Rangers faced stones bottles and gunfire as the crowd stormed the jail and officials prepared marshal law to restore order.
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Grayson County Court House
George Mughes
Jed Brown
Sherman
Howard Barker
California
Tom Dixon
Court House
Hughes
Texas Rangers
Austin
Dan Moody
R. L. Robertson
Texas National Guard
Grayson County
Vawll
Vaughan
Military court opens in riot aftermath with investigations
The army and state officials launched a court inquiry into last Friday’s riot that left a Black man dead, the courthouse burned, and several buildings in the Black area destroyed. Col. L. S. Davidson led the session with Dist. Atty. Joe P. Cox present as 120 suspects were arrested and 28 held in the county jail amid the mob violence and the lynching attempt. The crowd stormed the courthouse, seized the victim’s body from the ruins, and burned it in the Black neighborhood.
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Miltary Court of Inquiry
L. S. Davidson
Texas National Guard
Distict
Joe P. Cox
Davidson
Grand Jury
Sherman
George Hughes
Rioters’ Roots Questioned by Sherman Mayor
Mayor Jess Eubanks said those responsible for the riot lived outside Sherman and the city was a victim of circumstances. He noted the man who incited the riot had lived in Sherman only a few weeks.
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Jess Eubanks
Sherman
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Portland
R. L. Ballou
Golden Rule
Ore
Wm. Knapp
Mr. Knapp
A. G. Broughton
Boulder River
E. 0. Busch
J. N. MacFarlane
A. A. Lamp
Mr. Lamp
S. Solberg
Dig Timber
Horace S. Davis
George Kauffman
Boulder
R. Marry
Mary Lath
Nelcod Street
Billings Geeste
James Noe
Merle
D. G. Little Home
J. WK. McCallum
Spokane
W. R. Stokes
Leo J. Cremer
Huyser
Bix Timber Hospital
Axel Arvidson
Minneapolis
Arvidson
Lutheran Ladies Aid
Svend Mawand
Swen Thompson
Maitland Ranch
Harvey Coit
G. A. Leashy
L. W. Baskett
Dorman Kellogg
Wilsall
Attead
Park County
Homeland Circle
Congregational Church
Grey Cliff
Old Hall
Orleman
Visita W. G. Ray
Montana
Anaconda Copper Mining
Livingston
Orpheum
Sweet Grass
Melville
Boulder Valley Womans Club
Mcleod
Stuart H. Nicholson
Ansel S. Hubble
Mountain View
Boulder Valley
Lutheran Church
Woolsh
Department of Education
Jack H. Wilson
Springdale
Jarrett Ranch
Irving J. Courtice
Northern Pacific
J. C. Taylor
Carl D. Paulson
Gerald Stedman
Nora Fraser
Frcnt
al Mel Cad
Tran Theatre
Wed
Tibbett
Catherine Dale Owen
Stan Laurel
Oliver Mardy
Lionel Berrymere
Reed Point
Tex
Joe Leonard
Gainesville
P W. Nelson
Richard Barthelmess
The
Gods
Rex Beach
Constance Bennett
Allen
J. S. Solberg
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