Population Drift in Livingston Tied to Rail and Mining Shifts
The piece notes Livingston’s population stagnation over ten years, with many residents moving to California or other west coast areas due to railway retirements and business declines. It contrasts Livingston’s steadiness with Big Timber’s population gain from WPA work, and asserts rail and mining cycles drive town fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Missoula
California
West Coast
Billings
Logan
Butte
Return of the Exiles in State Nominating Race
The forthcoming nominating primary brings many returning candidates as Roosevelt and the New Deal loom. Three Democrats and five Republicans seek the governorship, with figures like George P. Porter H. L. Hart Kirby Hoon J. Ward Crosby Sam C. Ford Austin B. Middleton among those considering comebacks. The piece notes veterans seek new value after long public service and a shift in political fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Porter
H. L. Hart
Congress
Kirby Hoon
Helena
J. Ward Crosby
Dixon
Supreme Court
Sam C. Ford
Ford
Hauswirth
Wuerthner
Stockdal
Leuthold
Austin B. Middleton
State Penitentiary
Club Notes Highlight May Entertainments and Upcoming Picnics
Trio Club hosted by Mrs. Arthur Beley and Mrs. Charles McComb set for Tuesday May 21 at 2 oclock. Members to bring recipes or household hints for roll call. Junior Womans club plans a Rosebud lake picnic next week while Senior club schedules two picnics one this month for members and husbands and the annual one next month at Old Kaintuck. The Senior club donated to the cancer control campaign and seeks donations for a white elephant sale May 23 24 from any member. Demonstration Club Organized at Lower Boulder with thirteen members joining and six prospects. Officers elected include Mrs. Rasmus Roe president Mrs. Gus Mathes vice president and Mrs. Arvid Larson secretary treasurer. Project leaders are Mrs. Duncan and Mrs. Roy Olson. Subjects considered are clothing construction care repair or clothing economics. Lunch served by Mrs. G W Briley Mrs. F M Lamp and Mrs. E R Cook. Next meeting set for second Friday in June at Nils Petersen home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trio Club
Arthur Beley
Charles McComb
Lower Boulder
Rasmus Roe
Gus Mathes
Arvid Larson
Duncan
Roy Olson
G. W. Briley
F. M. Lamp
E. R. Cook
Nils Petersen
Card of Thanks for Kindness and Gifts
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown us and for gifts and floral offerings given in honor of our wife mother and grandmother. A. M. Grosfield Edwin Grosfield and Children S. J. Leean Arthur Grosfield and Son Are Grosfield and Daughter M. H. Knutson and Daughters Louis Grosfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Grosfield
Edwin Grosfield
S. J. Leean
Arthur Grosfield
Are Grosfield
M. H. Knutson
Louis Grosfield
Miss Mae Duffy Visits From Butte This Weekend
Miss Mae Duffy, employed in Butte, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr and Mrs Harry Duffy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Duffy
Butte
Harry Duffy
Notice of Private Sale of Real Estate in Montana Estate
District Court of Sweet Grass County Montana orders sale of an undivided one tenth interest in parts of sections eight and surrounding land in townships four north range fifteen east. Sale after June 1 1940 at E O Overland law office Big Timber with 10 percent bid down and final confirmation by court. Purchaser pays abstract of title and assumes all liens. sale subject to court confirmation. bids may be rejected. Dated May 16 1940. Hjalmer Sandsness guardian attorney E O Overland. Pub May 16-23 1940.
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Sixth Judicial District
Montana
Sweet Grass
Thorvald Sandsness
Sweet Grass County
E. O. Overland
Big Timber
Hjalmer Sandsness
the Guardian
Judge Berg seeks renomination in Sixth Judicial District
Helena May 15 Judge Benjamin E Berg of Livingston filed Wednesday for renomination for judge of the Sixth judicial district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Benjamin E. Berg
Livingston
Sixth Judicial District
Montana railroad and public service post renomination bid
Helena May 13 Paul T. Smith of Boulder filed on the democratic ticket for renomination to the Montana railroad and public service commission. Elected two years ago to complete an unexpired term, he seeks a six year tenure. Smith has served as Jefferson county treasurer and belongs to the Montana Stock Growers Association the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Paul T. Smith
Boulder
Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Smith
Jefferson County
Montana Stock Growers Association
Fraternal Order of Eagles
The
Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
Moe seeks Republican nomination for Montana governor
Helena May 13 Martin P Moe executive secretary of the Montana Education association for six years announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. Moe previously served as superintendent of schools at Big Sandy from 1920 to 1929 and later held state education posts before joining the association in Helena in 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Martin P. Moe
Montana Education Association
Moe
Big Sandy
Reid H. Lanway
Great Falls
Montana Supreme Court
Lanway
Montana State University
School of Journalism
Butte
Disabled American Veterans
Montana
Ruffcorn files for republican nomination to Montana congress
William M. Ruffcorn of Glasgow, eight year state senator from Valley county, filed for the republican nomination for congressman in the First Montana district. He is a former Montana House majority floor leader and state administrator of relief in 1935, with a background in law, farming, and stock raising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
William M. Ruffcorn
Valley County
Montana
Ruffcorn
Montana House of Representatives
Ohio
University of Chicago
Yale University Law School
Valley
Taxpayers urged to pay 1939 second half by May 31 1940
County Treasurer Dean Lowry reminds taxpayers the 1939 second half taxes are due by May 31 1940. Delinquent taxes incur 2 percent penalty and interest of 2 3 of 1 percent to payment date. Bring tax statement or 1939 first half receipt when paying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Lowry
Notice of Closing Of Registration for Regular Primary
Sweet Grass county closes registration books for the regular primary election to be held July 16 1940. Registration ends Friday May 31 at 5 p m. Electors may register with County Clerk at Big Timber court house or before deputies notaries public or justices of the peace as provided by law. BE R Patterson County Clerk and Ex Officio Registrar. Pub Apr 25 May 2 9 16 23 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Grass County
Big Timber
BE. R. Patterson
Notice to Creditors for Cornelius M. Rein Estate
Montana notice to creditors from Sweet Grass County invites all claimants against Cornelius M. Rein to present vouchers within ten months of first publication. Administrator Lloyd G. Rein directs claims to Rockwood Browne Davis and associates at Montana National Bank Building Billings. Publication dates May 29, June 16, and June 23, 1940.
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Sixth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Sweet Grass
Cornelius M. Rein
C. M. Rein
Rockwood Brown
Horace S. Davis
Melvin N. Holness
Franklin S. Longan
Montana National Bank
Billings
Lloyd G. Rein
Rockwood Browne
Boom hits town with fifty thousand building spree
Dusting Off The Old Ones notes Kellogg builds finest residence as carpenters push Budd and Bramble works. Hatch Bros. & Co. store to begin masonry soon. Kennard from Sweet Grass brings Iowa stallions for sale. Locals returned from Livingston horse race blue. W D Ellis of New York attends stock interests. Harris heads to Boulder mines. Hogan proves homestead claim with Budd and Stubblefield witness. Gordon Bros open Big Timber lumber yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. O. Kellogg
Masons
Hatch Bros. & Co
B. F. Kennard
Sweet Grass
Iowa
Livingston
W. D. Ellis
New York
A. M. Harris
Boulder
Daniel Hogan
Newton Budd
A. Stubblefield
Gordon Bros
Big Timber
Pioneer Notes From the County News Briefs
Albert Crest returned from a California visit. Chief of police W. B. Kelly resigns after three years. Attorney F. M. Lamp buys Skillman Bailey abstract business. Frank Blakeslee repaints several downtown properties. B C Lillis surveys an addition to Reed Point named Brockway addition. Martin Greeley, blind pianist in Livingston, dies of pneumonia. Paul Kress wins two track medals at Missoula meet. John McKenzie, father of W. D. McKenzie, dies. remains moved to Stanford. H C McKinsey in city minus end of left thumb. Dr Stanley G Reed treats injury. Big Timber Hotel Co articles filed by West Trenerry and Stine. Kid Royals seeks pardon after two horse theft convictions. Mildred Kelly acquitted in murder trial at Livingston. Wheatland county voters lose stillborn county split. Stillwater county creation deemed illegal. Meagher and Sweet Grass counties show support. Fergus votes against. Harlowton votes yes. Petitions for new county circulate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Crest
California
W. B. Kelly
Servce
F. M. Lamp
Skillman & Bailey
Frank Blakeslee
Blakeslee
B. C. Lillis
Billings
Reed Point
Brockway
Martin Greeley
Livingston
Stanley G. Reed
Big Timber Hotel Co
J. Collins West
Arthur Trenerry
Harry A. Stine
Billines
Grand Hotel
Les
Kid Royals
Mildred Kelly
Edward Pratt
Wheatland County
Fergus County
Stillwater County
Sweet Grass County
Wheatland
Meagher
Sweet Grass
Harlowton
Fergus
Local notices and elections across Livingston
Pioneer George W. Husted died last week. Mutual Oil abandons a Third avenue filling station plan. Bailey & Lamb’s 300 package sale awards a $60 diamond ring to A. L. Hobart and various prizes to Mrs. Harvey Cort Clara Becken. Ruth Sheridan seeks reelection as county clerk. Robert A. Bray runs for representative. Ed Brannin seeks sheriff. Charley Lamb challenges Miss Sheridan. May 18, 1922. American Legion bans public dances Memorial Day. Ringling Story wool sells for 40 cents per pound, per Dave Stewart from Billings. Next week is high school commencement with Dean A. L. Stone delivering the address. Graduates include Ruth Miller, Dorothy Bray, Frederick Coit, Lulu Birkeland, John Thayer, Gerald Zellers, Jimmy Nepstad, Harold Guthrie, Etta Manis, Myrtle Webb, Lucy Evans, Leona Duncan, Rosa Maitland, Joy Shanks, Henry Whalen, Russell Campbell, Everett McGinnis. Dorothy Bray is valedictorian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Husted
Livingston
Mutual Oil Co
Third Avenue
McLeod Street
Bailey & Lamb's
A. L. Hobart
Harvey Cort
Clara Becken
Ruth Sheridan
Robert A. Bray
Ed Brannin
Charley Lamb
Miss Sheridan
Lucy Evans
Leona Duncan
Rosa Maitland
Joy Shanks
Henry Whalen
Russell Campbell
Everett McGinnis
Dorothy Bray
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Jerome Williams
United States
B. E. Berg
Sam W. Mitchell
Washington J. McCormick
Mitchell
John W. Bonner
Pythian Sisters
Churchill & Amery’s
Nepstad House
Chas
W. Campbell
Cook Hotel
Pioneer Office
J. P. Campbell
Kops Piano House
John P. Campbell
Mont
Livingston Enterprise
GC. V. Masier
Hudson
Tudor
Studebaker
Dodge
Hager Motor Sales
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