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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1930
Page
8
Residents announce openings and visits as summer approaches. Mrs Sam Green plans to open a tourist park store on June 1 while the Harry Cross family relocates from Billings for the season. Visitors include N. McCracken Jr from Livingston and Mrs A Swanstrom from Great Falls.
Raymond Nelson of Great Falls High School won first prize in Montana in the League of Nations association national examination. Michael Clapp of Missoula took second prize. other prize recipients included Edith Miller Huntley Pearl Finger son Billings Pearl Kohnen Shelby and Horan Tait Missoula. The winners were chosen by a committee from the International Relations Study class of the American Association of University Women at Great Falls.
Gossip notes Doubhett adds building improvements near Springdale. Levert Warp expands dairy barn amenities at Big Timber. Sheet lumber priced at £3 per hundred feet. Schon district near Melville builds shelter for students autos and horses. Hunters Hot Springs Canal Co adds cement headgates to irrigation ditches. Crystal-clear jee tastes for iced drinks. Guthrie couple near Reed Point improve their ranch home. Chicken market volatile. advised to hold stock.
In Washington Senator Walsh a Montana Democrat said he would be willing to submit to Montana voters a prohibition referendum and would stand by its outcome. He aligned with Senator Jones a Washington Republican on the idea but declined further comment. The issue remains unsettled with other proposals pending in Congress.
In Washington on May 26 Rep Kvale a farmer labor Minnesota assailed Rocky Mountain Power's award to develop the Flathead site as cloaked in secrecy. Leavitt defended openness and a contract record while arguing Wheeler and backers delayed water for Flathead settlers 20 years and Indian allocations.
Helena May 27 Congressman Scott Leavitt Republican filed to succeed himself in Montana's second district. He has served since 1922 with no opposition yet. Leavitt pledges to print slogan For the greatest good to the greatest number and vows continued strong service and constructive work for farmers labor schools and Montana business interests.
Lewistown Montana hosts the 11th annual stockmen convention as cowboys parade through town and state leaders like Governor J E Erickson and Lt Governor Frank Hazelaker join the opening events. Delegates and guests attend informal functions ahead of tomorrow’s address by President G G Clement and a planned boxing exhibition with gloves. A large barbecue is set for midday Wednesday at Bewiston Country Club.
A fire at the Coliseum annex in the stockyards district of Oklahoma City killed four people and damaged about 150 new automobiles. Firefighters and volunteers, hampered by crowds, recovered bodies and searched debris as authorities opened an investigation led by the state fire marshal.
A train robber boarded a Hutchinson and Southern passenger train near Anthony, Kansas, attacked messenger Ron Enoch, and escaped with cash shipped to Wakila Oklahoma. Enoch, knocked unconscious, later described the suspect as about 35, dark, wearing a light suit. Sheriff and marshal pursued without success.
The Montana Sportmen's association voted to recommend raising fishing and hunting fees from 2 to 3 at its Helena meeting. Delegates elected Glen A. Smith as chairman and John C. Krolicher as secretary both of Missoula. Commissioners named included J H Garberson Miles City Fred Williams Bozeman and L A Smith Lewistown. The fee hike would exclude tourists and fund rearing ponds more deputies planting of duck food and public shooting grounds. They opposed salmon eggs as bait and urged a ban on sale or use. They called for reducing bag limits to 20 pounds or one fish or four fish and endorsed migratory bird sanctuaries. They urged nonpoisonous lead substitutes for shot and asked federal land officials to create game refuges if lands transfer to the state. They joined Governor Erickson and others urging President Hoover to visit the state this summer.
Texas Supreme Court rejects mandamus to place James E Ferguson on party primary ballots. Court rules 1927 amnesty law unconstitutional and worded as a pardon cannot shield him from disqualification from office. The decision follows Ferguson’s disqualification under the Texas constitution and prior political reversals.
The jury recommended life imprisonment for Jesse W. Ingram after being found guilty of murdering his 16 year old daughter Milured. The state argued Ingram shot his daughter and wounded himself in a failed suicide attempt. Ingram maintained innocence. The girl had told her mother the father had improper relations with her. For Rent Furnished apartments. Mrs. E. A. Davis. 0-21.
The U S government seeks taxes on funds received by Albert B Fall from Doheny and Sinclair linked to the Elk Hills leases and other dealings The Internal Revenue Service lists 158127 in deficiencies and 777198 in penalties for underreporting 4030% of income Fall argues the payments were loans not income and that no fraud occurred.
Sharrar and U N Younger visited Big Timber on Tuesday while Chink Luper and Edgar Thompson did business there. Bill Halis returned from Columbus after tonsil removal with Sam DeFrance visiting Laurel for building work. Nancy Whitford recovered from appendicitis in Columbus. Grandma Brumfield and Alice Van Campen with baby visited. several locals attended eighth grade graduation and a district debate in Missoula.
The Glass Brothers announce parcels from one to six sections on Ten Mile Greek with dry land at 5 per acre and irrigable portions at 310 per acre, including a paid up water right.
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