07 Sep 1905
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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
1
Cattle traders report wider price ranges with western steers from 4.75 and range cattle broadly steady to slightly weaker. Weekly totals show 76 900 head at the market, Montana cattle sold at about 4 60, and 38 western heifers at 3 70 with cows around 3 35. Write for full reports.
A ranch on East Boulder is offered for sale for 1500. It includes 160 acres of deeded land about two miles of fence. Twenty two acres in alfalfa and timothy. Water rights of inches.hay on hand. Enquiries to the listed contact.
Round trip tickets from Big Timber to San Francisco priced at 30 65 and to Los Angeles at 52 15 with liberal stopovers. Sales end 90 days from the date of sale and travel runs from August 7 to August 1 9 inclusive. Agent W 4 Waynes listed for contact.
For sale. Soldiers additional homestead scrip Santa Fe land script and military bounty land warrants. All sizes fully guaranteed usable on timber or government land with entry. Prompt delivery. Price by letter or wire L W Hopne nu Springfield Mo Notice. Water flow through Wormser ditch arrangements.
Galloway breeder announces closing out entire Galloway herd selling all bulls at low prices. Bulls aged six months to three years available. Inquiries directed to Mary Crank at 42 7m Hunters Hot Springs Montana.
Bids are invited by the Sweet Grass County Clerk for the construction of a round timber bridge across Sweet Grass creek on the south line of section 35 township 5 north range 13 east. Plans and specifications are on file in the Clerk’s office. Bidders may submit their own plans. Bids must be filed by September 5, 191%. The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
A retiree from Big Timber expresses heartfelt thanks for the kindness shown by the people of Big Timber and Sweet Grass County during fifteen years in the mercantile trade. The writer notes those years as the pleasantest of life and wishes the community a prosperous future. Planets Invine signs off.
In the Congregational Church Sunday school starts at 1 o'clock on Sunday Sept 10. The pastor preaches morning sermon Belief in God and evening sermon Upward or Downward. Junior Circle meets Saturday at 2 31 in church parlors. Homeland Circle hosts supper Thursday Sept 14 from 5 30 to 8 30 p.m. The Wednesday meeting is omitted next week due to the supper event.
Attorney General Galen rules sheriffs and deputies may not bill mileage for fruitless searches for a suspect with a warrant. In Cascade county the sheriff and deputies submitted mileage estimates for trips and were denied. The ruling emphasizes mileage cannot be collected in such cases. Nickel Plate proposes economical service from Chicago to eastern points with first class dining and no excess fares.
A famed painter Meissonier bets a botanist gardener with dried herring seeds. The gardener pretends the seeds germinate into a rare tropical plant, revealing three rows of pickled herrings heads as a garden gag. Meissonier dismisses and rehireds him the next day.
The article surveys Spain’s dance culture from the feria at Seville to religious dancing. It notes castanets and seguidilla as common sights, traces dances linked to St Thomas of Villanueva, and highlights the Seville cathedral serses dance with choristers in historic costume reflecting deep cultural ritual.
In a brief exchange Mr Blatts reports a janitor did not need to assert authority. He began by making it clear that the authority was understood without argument.
A man who pretends to know it all jokes that he slept off insomnia. The brief exchange appears in the Houston Post style with a light humorous tone.
For sale are choice Shropshire and Cotswold bucks. These well bred animals will be offered at a reasonable price by W. Beastey.
Resident reports a party entered the home between July 8 and 22 and stole two pocket books and papers. The owner asks the finder to return the items, noting they may be valuable to the owner but have little value to the thief.
Bids invited until August 25 1905 by L G Bade clerk district 22 Big Timber for old school building on district lot. Building to highest bidder for cash on August 25 1905 at 2 pm. Successful bidder must remove building within ten days of sale.
A new atlas from the Northern Pacific with the Burlington route and the Great Northern railway covers the Northwestern, Western and Middle Western states with maps of island possessions Japan China United States and the world. It details boundaries history population statistics school population state institutions families farms manufactures railway mileage post offices minerals and state governments. A mine of valuable information for 31 00. AM Cleland gen. pass. agt Northern Pacific St. Paul Minn.
Notice to sheepmen Chas McAllister of North Yakima Washington is holding 1000 Rambouillet bucks at Big Timber Montana. Anyone wishing to buy bucks should see these before purchasing elsewhere. Address Chas McAllister Big Timber Montana.
A Germin professor selects a wife for practical relays not romance. The piece argues that shared life and sympathy are scarce, noting men seek home comfort while serious aims stay separate. It critiques gender roles and the degradation of women in marriage across societies.
A Zion's Herald essay argues that true charity should prompt effort to rise from destitution rather than remove hardship for the recipient, praising a friend’s aiding hand to spark self improvement. The piece emphasizes dignity and exertion over passive assistance.
A suit of Chippendale furniture from an old London family has been sold privately at Saffron Walden for £LSU0. The set included a settee, twelve chairs, five armchairs, eighteen panels, and nine other pieces. The frames were waterborne and carved with cabrioled legs and claw feet.
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