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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1934
Page
2
Yellowtail won the Crow Agency superintendent post by 51 to 199 with 700 of 900 eligible Indians voting. Warren O'Hara, a special agent for the interior department, announced the result noting Indians approved the appointment though the final details remained unsettled.
E A Savory and William Jones, longtime residents of Teton and Pondera counties, recount early Montana campaigning. They traveled by horse and buggy with liquor and cigars to win votes in Lubec, Glacier Park station, Summit, and Cut Bank. Despite Lubec showing three votes for Miller, Savory, and Forrest, all three Democrats won the elections.
Text outlines Robert Yellowtail's long tribal service and bid to become superintendent of the Crow Indians reservation, fulfilling an 1851 treaty promise. It notes his advocacy for self government, background, schooling in Crow Agency and Riverside, boxing past, ranch life near Ledge Grass, and status as a major taxpayer. It ends with a brief Icelandic silver fox farming line.
George Beatty of Helena died at 97, reputedly the nation’s oldest Mason, having joined in 1865. In Cut Bank W. J. Harris, a Civil War veteran born about 1841, joined that year and may be elder by Dispatch claim. Tom Price, born circa 1844 in Prince Edward Island, joined in 1866 and defers judgment on honors.
C W Trebesch former Great Falls resident returning from a four year Arctic trek reports a harsh life with hard labor and high risk. He describes long dog-sled journeys, scarce rewards, and dangers from extreme cold and thin ice while detailing fur yields and travel postures amid new mining air traffic.
Frank Johnson, patient at Feet Harrison veterans hospital, testified in Helena police court about buying Montana liquor store whisky and taking one drink. He received a $10 fine for his actions following the single drink.
Fifty homing pigeons were released at Butte for a test of their ability to fly back to the home loft of George C Listenwald in Portland Oregon. The birds were shipped 750 miles to Butte for the experiment and were expected to reach home by nightfall.
A note states that dry ice maintains a temperature near 110 degrees below zero. It highlights its extreme cold and potential handling cautions for storage and use.
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