26 Oct 1905
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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1905
Page
1
J. E. Suerman P.M. requests parties who wish to use water from the Wormser ditch to call and make arrangements. Official notice from ELC. Potxn.
St Paul railroad officials confirm talk of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul extending to the Pacific with a new Milwaukee and Pacific Railway company. Plans center on terminal deals, rapid city corridors, and a $25 million bond issue to fund a Chamberlain to Rapid City route as Northwestern pushes toward the Black Hills.
Helena land office reports plats of survey for townships 5 6 7 and 14 north of R 9 E and 9 10 14 15 north of R 10 15 open for entry November 27 1905 filing allowed on lands largely in eastern Meagher county with portions in other ranges.
E J Cooper announces coal for sale to Boulder valley and Wig Timber residents. From Nov 1 the coal will be on dump at McLeod with prices 5 50 per ton delivered to Big Timber and 3 00 per ton on dump at mine. The coal is sulfur and bone free, with greater heat and longer burning than rivals.
Albert J Galen issues an opinion on Carey land act sales noting that contracts for lands reclaimed by the state must include a clause that buyers acquire them for actual settlement reclamation and cultivation. The ruling rejects a 1896 amendment view allowing sales of 1660 acre tracts without settlement and clarifies that patenting does not permit disposal to nonsettlers.
The Christian Endeavor Society hosts a Friday social in the church parlors inviting all members and one guest each. Next Sunday October 29 continues worship with a morning study of the Consciousness of Jesus and an evening talk on Practical Joking on Halloween. A four event winter series from the Midland Lyceum Bureau includes two musical entertainments and two lectures with Madrigal Lady Entertainers on November 20 and season tickets at two dollars with half-price for under 16, aimed at public benefit.
The lands office withdraws 1 100 000 acres in Bozeman and Lewistown districts from entry for the Lake Basin project. Supervising Engineer Henry H. Savage notes thirty day reconnaissance to gauge irrigable areas north of Hillings between the Yellowstone and Musselshell rivers, with water from the Yellowstone and storage reservoirs. Entry may resume after surveys define irrigable portions. construction unlikely soon.
District School Clerk J. W. Geiger reports the year ending August 31, 1905, ended in excellent financial condition with a cash balance large enough to propose a reduction in the district tax levy. Improvements include slate blackboards cement sidewalks and new floors in halls, funded despite massing costs. The report details receipts and expenditures and notes a remaining treasury balance.
The regular annual meeting of the Sweet Grass County Fair Association stockholders will be held in the county courthouse at Big Timber at 6 oclock p m on Saturday November 25 for electing directors and other business.
Friends recount a tale of Undersheriff Lyons serving papers on a charming widow. She jokes about an attachment while Lyons insists on court service. The widow suggests a minister, while the Justice waits and Lyons remains formal.
Estray notice lists two stray horses in possession of S. B. Thurman Steck Inspector. A bay horse about 1,000 pounds with blotched branding on left shoulder. a blue roan about 1,150 pounds branded on left hip with an X mark on left thigh. Owner urged to call, pay charges, and remove them.
The London Express notes historic Swiss statutes restricting wedding party guest limits to twenty and procession music, attire rules for married and unmarried women, neck openings, shoe designs, and knee-length coats. Reforms from 1470 limited toe points and fined makers and wearers of oversized footwear.
The piece notes Bruges as a lace making city in West Flanders Belgium with a long craft tradition dating to Charlemagne. It cites 15 080 paupers in a 50 000 population and recalls its 15th century prosperity, later damaged by Charles V and loss of trade to Antwerp, while lace remains famed.
A historical note describes a whale with jawbones up to twenty feet long and a mouth 12 by 18 inches when open. The throat is tiny, hardly admitting a Len's egg. The whale strains small fish from water, filling its body with oil through constant, regular feeding.
Pepys records that on March 7 1669 King Charles II and the Duke of York rose by 3 in the morning to attend foot and horse races at Newmarket signaling an unusually early royal start for the day.
William Rufus King born April 6 1786 died April 18 1853 served as vice president elect but never on office. He was sworn in at Matanzas Cuba by U S consul before inauguration due to ill health and died at Cahawba Alabama the next day after returning home.
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