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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1947
Page
7
Annual dog license fees are due. Payable to the chief of police or city treasurer. Male dogs cost 2.50 per year and female dogs 5.00 per year. Failure to pay is a misdemeanor with a 5.00 fine for each day of nonpayment.
Montana State University instructor J Justin Gray oversees a Flathead Indian tanning effort on Flathead Lake to prepare deer hide costumes for a university band. About 300 hides from Montana and out of state hunters have been tanned, with 30 costumes anticipated for next fall. The project is funded by the university music school foundation and the Missoula Elks Club which contributed $2,000.
In 1946 Montana accidents killed 108 children under 21 and left 800 to 900 injured. Dr. R. E. Mattison, director of the maternal and child health department, urges home safety and a child protection program. He notes the home as most dangerous for infants and highlights ages six to 14 as safest.
The House approved by 151 to 65 a bill to extend the wool support price program to December 31, 1948. Action was by standing vote. The measure allows import fees on foreign wool if imports threaten domestic prices.
Daily Vacation Bible School concludes Friday evening with a public program at 8 p m. The church holds regular services Sunday morning and evening, Sunday school at 10 a m led by Ralph Ryan, U P meeting at 7 30 p m, and a Thursday prayer service and Bible study at 8 p m. Sept Strutz of Billings will visit starting June 8 for one week. You are welcome to join.
The text explains a process where skin is pricked by needles to receive ink that stains the tissue, preserving a birth date or other important data as a permanent mark. It notes the owner or date could be named, and the ink remains after healing.
Sunday 11 a.m. services held at Dallman hall invite the public to attend.
The church lists service times for the Second Sunday in June at 11 30 a m and the Fourth Sunday in June at 8 30 a m Religious vacation school begins June 9 and runs for two weeks.
Pastor Glenn E. Clark leads Bible worship at 11 a.m. with Sunday school for all ages at 10 a.m. Ralph Porter oversees youth programs. Evangelistic service follows at 8 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting at 8 p.m. asks attendees to come to pray. no preaching or singing. You are welcome to attend.
Big Timber Lutheran Parish led by Pastor E. Tollefson holds confirmation on Sunday at 11 with reception of new members. The junior choir rehearses Saturday at 7. Melville follows with services Sunday at 3, preacher Rev. Onerheim.
The article explains tattooing as a permanent marking method for farm animals. It notes chickens and birds are tattooed on the wing web, calves and sheep in the ears, and horses on the inner upper lip, using a set of letters and figures.
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