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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1898
Page
4
The Big Timber mill has paid fifty four cents per bushel for all No 1 hard wheat this year, higher than the 30 cent claim. The Express criticized free coinage and free trade while noting the mill’s consistent fifty cent minimum payment.
A Montana newspaper column discusses the Dingley tariff and its effects on wheat and flour prices, contrasting national duty logic with local markets. It endorses A T Kellogg for sheriff and Eva L Dana for county superintendent, highlighting Kellogg’s traits and Dana’s Kansas and Syracuse education and teaching career.
The text argues Montana and Mandan mills charge local wheat and flour prices and freight costs differ from eastern mills. It notes local mills are 20 to 40 cents per hundred lower than eastern mills for the same quality flour and questions freight impacts and price comparisons to Minneapolis and Big Timber.
The text accuses millionaire mining interests and western donors of trying to sway local voters through paid agents posing as workers for a Democratic legislature, implying manipulation of the election outcome.
The article notes a special mention of Republican candidates this week and promises to publish the rest later. It emphasizes the nominees as party representatives and as individuals whose qualities warrant voter support in the county.
The Republican county convention nominates A Whitney of Maine turned Montana sheep businessman as treasurer and E M Hall for county attorney. Hall, a Montana native, rose from high school to Ann Arbor Law School in 1893 and now serves as deputy clerk and recorder. The Helena Herald notes tariff reform shifts and DemocraticPlatform shifts in Montana politics.
J E Elge k superintendent of Helena schools endorses a female candidate for a Sweet Grass county office. He notes her prior year’s service in Helena and her reputable teaching certificates, urging voters to support her in the November election.
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