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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1920
Page
3
A proposed tax package and dividend plan faltered in a tied vote. It outlined a progressive income levy, stock exchange tax, futures deals tax, and a real estate tax, with bonus payments planned to begin July 1, 1921 in quarterly installments of 25 each.
Judge Motes denies Royal Powder Company plea to probate sale ban on Dr Price’s Cream of Tar Powder. State board of health had prohibited the product amid purity concerns for sale in Montana. Court hearing to determine further action and temporary restrictions.
Charles Van Tassel reports 30 inches of snow on Swan Lake flap and 20 to 25 foot drifts on the way to Golden Gate during a voyage with 42 government and transportation men to open park roads. If plans proceed, park roads should be in peak condition by June 20 opening. His annual booklet Truthful Lies is printed for sale to tourists.
Former President William Howard Taft declares the next U S president will be a Republican as he arrives in Billings en route from Denver to Great Falls for a chautauqua engagement. He greets friends at the union station and heads to Helena after Missoula with Wendell W Mischner.
The treasury department announced under the Pittman act that Secretary Houston ordered the mint to buy silver at 1 dollar an ounce, delivered at the director of the assay office at New York or the mints in Philadelphia Denver and San Francisco, up to 207 million ounces. Purchases must be from U S mines and related reduction works with clear proof.
Helena May 14 Members of the Montana Grain Growers association report a bumper wheat yield this year with spring wheat acreage slightly reduced and general conditions good. They estimate a minimum of 30 000 000 bushels, though some growers foresee a lower figure.
In New York on May 14 the appellate division ruled Hetty Green's estate must pay a transfer tax on about 328 million of her 838 million New York investments, overturning a prior Surrogate Fowler decision.
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