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Big Timber Pioneer

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1939

Page

3

Rustling on Montana Ranges Halted by Missouri River Scourge

In the Missouri River bad lands along northern present day Fergus Garfield Petroleum counties, rustlers and outlaws terrorized cattle in Judith basin. Horse theft became a regional trade, with stolen stock moving from British Columbia to Montana and Wyoming, and pursuit often failed in the rugged country.

Missouri River Montana Garfield, Petroleum Fergus Judith Basin Missouri British Columbia Alberta Wyoming Dakota Monana Musselshell Idaho

Wild West Gunfire Over Paymaster Ambush Sparks Rancher War

A guest speaker vanishes amid frontier violence as outlaws raid a northern army post road. a paymaster is killed after being ordered to dismount and the treasure box is recovered at Fort Keogh. Ranchers unite in a war of extermination against desperadoes, with Sam MacKenzie linked to the Bad Lands frontier.

Bad Lands Port Keogh Yellowstone Fort Keogh United States Sam MacKenzie DHS Missouri

State Champion steer rustling in Judith Basin frontier

The article recounts a violent pursuit of outlaws in the Judith Basin led by DHS riders. Mackenzie is hanged near Fort Maginnis after a planned July 4 horse rustling scheme. Jake and Owens die in Lewistown firefight as ranchers retaliate and trap the outlaw band, freeing 65 horses and capturing a woodcutter.

DHS MacKenzie Granville Stuart Montana Sam Mackenzie Fort Maginnis Rattlesnake Jake Lonehaired Owens Black Hills Judith Basin Little Snowy Mountains Lewistown Despcradoes Bill Cantrell Missouri

Vigilante Battle on the Missouri Ends Outlaw Stronghold

Track coach Harry Adams leads Montana State and teammates after a victorious trip to Washington. The Musselshell riverfront siege unfolds as ranchers surround a log cabin stronghold, firing and smoke drive the outlaws to flee, with army and Indian police later pursuing and resulting in grisly hangings and a crackdown on large scale rustling along the Missouri.

Harry Adams Montana State University Washington Montana Eastern Washington Normal College Whitman College Musselshell Missouri Judith Basin Virginia City Bannack Henry Plummer Plummer Pawn

Glacier park to add six fire weather stations

Six fire weather stations will operate in Glacier National Park from May 10 to Oct 10 each year. Supt. D S Libbey says readings of forest fuel moisture wind speed humidity visibility and lightning activity feed the Rocky Mountain fire danger meter to classify fire danger from 1 to 7 for current conditions.

Glacier Park Glacier National Park Fire Organization D. S Libbey Rocky Mountain United States Forest Service

Addendum to Perpetual Motion and the Philosopher's Stone

A controversial claim argues that racial purity is a scientific concept tied to energy and material transformation. Critics challenge the premise as pseudoscience and incompatible with established physics and genetics research.

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