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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1973
Page
3
The article marks National 4-H Week 1973 and highlights five and a half million youths and half a million adult leaders across the United States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. It notes 4-H themes, television programs, and more than $3 million in national support, with 31 million alumni aiding programs nationwide.
Pioneer's opinion poll drew two responses by Tuesday. Both oppose the interim committee’s recommendations and call for tighter gambling controls. One reader cites community unhappiness. the other supports legalized, controlled gambling with jobs taxes and tourism under strict state and federal oversight.
In Big Timber National 4-H Week and National Fire Prevention Week are celebrated with local clubs and firefighters praised for impact. The Pioneer notes reader poll apathy, ongoing building repaint, and the Pinocchle Inn opening after remodel.
The Pioneer publishes weekly from Big Timber Montana serving Sweet Grass County since 1888. Subscriptions are 5.60 a year in Sweet Grass County and nearby areas, 5.90 elsewhere in Montana, and 6.30 outside Montana. Payments are in advance.
A compact historical roundup notes 1903 and 1913 municipal issues in Big Timber including garbage dumped on a railroad line and council efforts to establish proper dump grounds. It also lists early 20th century local groups, a Reed Point grain warehouse, 1923 baseball news, saloon and pool hall closures, ranch transfers, car travel costs, and 1948 notes on local leaders, hospital management, and community figures.
Rose M Crockett reports on the Montana Magistrates Association convention in Billings. The event featured a mock DWI trial with video and breath analysis, committee elections, and plans for a Miles City 1974 meeting. Legislative changes and funding considerations for a mandatory judges school were discussed along with upcoming rises in petty larceny and misdemeanor penalties.
A reader letter from Mr and Mrs John H Lake of Houston expresses subscription renewal and fond memories of Big Timber. Another City Council letter from Wayne Reed defends Reed's Welding and Riverside Lumber, noting expansion plans and traffic constraints near the interstate, urging balanced development.
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