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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1913
Page
1
The piece argues that sturdy highways are essential infrastructure, asserting that powerful nations rely on well maintained road networks. It emphasizes the economic and strategic benefits of good roads for travel, trade, and national strength.
The essay argues that building a national highway will connect states for interstate travel, boost Montana tourism with Yellowstone and scenic routes, attract eastern capital, and raise land values by improving roads for farmers and towns alike. It urges ongoing campaign to link main highways and attract travelers and investment.
Richard A. Mead of Missoula a Victor stockman and Montana delegate to the national progressive convention renounces Roosevelt and the Bull Moose movement. He says reforms should be achieved through a united Republican party and offers his services as a private in the ranks while tending his farm.
County Attorney R. S. Steiner explains an act restricting creation of new counties to places with at least five million dollars in assessed valuation for existing counties or three million for new counties, per the last assessment and amended legislation.
Billings dispatch reports the Northern Pacific to begin work on a Hesper to Melville branch, grading to Summit 75 miles this year. Melville lies 21 miles west of Summit, and the line will open up 300000 acres of fertile land in the Lake basin. A right of way man will be in the field tomorrow with grading and track laying crews arriving soon.
Judge A P Stark of Livingston is disqualified by affidavit in two suits against the City of Livingston and the Livingston water works. The action marks the first disqualification of a Sixth Judicial district judge for bias. The cases involve 325000 dollars, with Garnier seeking to halt bonding for a water plant and Murray seeking 100000 in damages.
The estate of David P. Rankin, who died in St. Louis, is valued at four million dollars and filed for probate in Park County. Principal beneficiary Hugh R. Lyle died in an accident en route to Livingston. nieces inherit, with other Montana and Missouri holdings overseen by O. M. Harvey for the Mississippi Valley Trust.
Harlowton residents oppose shifting county seat from White Sulphur Springs to Harlowton citing hardship for Smith River valley residents. Meagher County’s split with Cascade and east‑divide voting patterns fuel talk of consolidation. The paper states it does not advocate the action but questions the extra burden on Smith River valley residents.
State Examiner H. S. Magraw, formerly of Glass-Lindsay Co., will implement a unified bookkeeping method for municipalities and first and second class school districts under a new law. The thirteenth assembly assigned him the duty to inspect books of all incorporated towns and cities in Montana and school districts of the specified classes.
At the city council meeting Mayor Kaiserman appointed Joe Michels as chief of police to replace W. B. Kelley who resigned. Michels filed a $2000 bond and started Tuesday after completing work with Big Timber Lumber. The council also set library board terms and planned a concrete jail and police court behind the Fire hall with four cells and modern conveniences.
Northern Pacific Railway Co transfers 649.38 acres in Minnesota to Andrew A Tronrud of Melville for 1500 dollars. George C Webb and wife sell 159.46 acres near Reed Point to Thomas A Hiller. Eli Munger sells Mud creek water rights for one dollar. Sigvald Larson sells 160 acres to Hilbert Thien Co for 1000 dollars. E F Burmeister sells part of section 26 for one dollar. Marie C Labrie sells portions of section 24 for one dollar. RE Schuman and wife sell parcels and water rights to William T Sidell for one dollar. Sidell then sells to Belle Wick for one dollar.
Senator Thomas J. Walsh would vote for a wool and sugar duty despite caucus actions, citing promises to his people and a moral obligation. He warned that proposed amendments may be supported and that a tariff would put many state products on the free list, affecting market choices. Senator Newlands of Nevada is also expected to back duties on wool and sugar.
Judge A P Stark presided in Big Timber on Monday, admitting three new citizens. The session discharged defaults and dismissals, extended demurrers, and approved final accounts in estates of Vollmer Patten and Patten minors, with several judgments and sales authorized. Citizens named Lende Fyfe Krone with witnesses Solberg Hickman Watt Briner Krone.
Six Scouts hosted twenty eight guests and their teacher Mr Henry Langum at a timber cabin near the Boulder river mouth. The party featured a swing, games, and a picnic lunch served by Robert Bray Albert Richards Andrew Kelly Foster Colvin Roy Budd and Harold Lamp under the guidance of Mike Hoyem.
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