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Big Timber Pioneer

Location

Big Timber, Montana, United States of America

Date

Sep 21, 1933

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Old Scarface likely not the Boulder bear say park rangers

Livingston Enterprise reports Chief Ranger George Baggley states the bear killed near Boulder may not be Scarface of Yellowstone fame. He notes Scarface is likely still nearby within 15 to 20 miles and that the Boulder bear was not killed by a hunter. He explains older bears grow dangerous and solitary, implying the real Scarface remains at large.

Livingston Enterprise Yellowstone National Park Scarface George Baggley Livingston Yellowstone West Boulder Scarforce Baggley

No Change in Carbon in Sheriff's Helpers in Red Lodge

Red Lodge Sept 19 The two assistants in the sheriff's office under the late Walter Lamport will remain in place under new sheriff John R. McFate. Undersheriff William Moore and Deputy Sheriff John Clawson will continue in their roles as announced. McFate, a Democrat, defeated Lamport's Republican bid in the last general election.

Red Lodge Walter Lamport John R. McFate William Moore John Clawson Sheri McFaté Tuesay Mr. Lamport

Hoover Visits Chicago as Ordinary Citizen at Exposition

Former President Herbert Hoover toured the Century of Progress in Chicago as an ordinary citizen. He rejected gunpowder humor, greeted by Capt. M. G. Martling and Adj. Gen. Frank Parker, with the army inviting him for a fairgrounds tour. A crowd of several thousand welcomed Hoover and his wife after a trip from California.

Chicago Hoover M. G. Martling National Guard Adj Frank Parker Fairgrounds California

Lamson Found Guilty of First Degree Murder

The jury convicts 31 year old David A. Lamson, former Stanford University Publishing House executive, of the first degree murder of his wife Allene. The panel imposes the death penalty after a five hour deliberation at a night session in San Jose California.

San Jose Calif David A. Lamson Stanford University Allene

Billings Nurses Escaped Robbery While Walking

Three Billings Deaconess hospital supervisors escaped a masked robbery on a Saturday night as a car with two men pulled up on Seventh Avenue near Thirty-first Street. The drivers wore dark suits. the car was unlit. The trio fled, and no one was harmed. Names were withheld when they reported to police.

Billings Billings Deaconess Hospital Seventh Avenue

Montana Receives 20 Carloads of Government Pork

Montana relief chief T C Spaulding said 610000 pounds of pork allotted for the state will be distributed by local agencies starting after October 1. Five carloads will arrive monthly, with initial shipment of five cars going to Butte for warehousing and distribution to Anaconda Boulder Basin and Deer Lodge by truck, then onward by rail.

Helena Montana Bete Aee T. C Spaulding Butte Anaconda Boulder Basin Deer Lodge

Thirty Montana Counties Named for Feed Loans

The Farm Credit Administration lists 30 Montana counties eligible for feed loans with a very limited fund. Counties include Big Horn Blaine Broadwater Carbon Carter Cascade Chouteau Custer Daniels Fallon Golden Valley Hill Liberty Meagher Musselshell Park Petroleum Phillips Powder River Prairie Rosebud Roosevelt Sheridan Stillwater Sweet Grass Treasure Valley Wheatland Wibaux Yellowstone. Regulations set monthly loans per head at 2.50 for cattle and horses 0.30 for sheep 1 for brood sows with a $250 per person limit. Applications must reach Bennantye by October 31, 1933. local loan committees to continue through this period.

Bozeman Farm Credit Administration Minneapolis J. C. Taylor Montana Extension Service Montana Big Horn Blaine Broadwater Carbon Carter Cascade Chouteau Custer Daniels Fallon Golden Valley Hill Liberty Meagher Musselshell Park Petroleum Phillips Powder River Prairie Rosebud Roosevelt Sheridan Stillwater Sweet Grass Treasure Valley Wheatland Wibaux Yellowstone Taylor Designated Repre- Bennantye

Edward Cardwell Pioneer Stockman Dies at 86 in Montana

Edward Cardwell, who arrived in Montana in 1873 and mined gold at Alder Gulch before becoming a cattleman, died in Billings at age 83 after influenza and pneumonia complications. A strong figure in southern Montana, he built a herd in 1874 and moved his life overland to Sweet Grass county, later homesteading near Columbus. Surviving: two daughters and several grandchildren.

Billings Mont Edward Cardwell Montana Alder Gulch Cardwell Sweet Grass County Columbus

Higbie Injured In Weekend Highway Crash Near Livingston

Bank executive David Higbie of the National Park Bank sustained a broken hip several ribs and a crushed chest when his auto rolled over near the Yellowstone park highway junction with Carbella road. Passengers Albert Cooke and Miss Mary McFarland with her cousin Miss Bowles from Twodot Montana were bruised but escaped severe harm. The group was en route to Yellowstone park after visiting Mrs. Minnie Maitland in Big Timber.

Livingston Enterprise Minnie Maitland Big Timber Twodot Yellowstone Park David Higbie National Park Bank Higbie Carbella Park Albert Cooke Mary McFarland Miss Bowles Twedot Mont Maitland

Rain Powers Holdover Of Livestock In Montana

Helena Sept 19 Cancellation of car orders by Montana stock shippers before Sept 1 shows feed conditions improved after rains. From Sept 1 to 15 shipments were light as producers hold breeding stock for better fall pasture outlook. Montana ranges averaged 76 percent of normal with cattle 89 and sheep 90 percent. hay crop down about 400000 tons from 1932 but carryover sizable.

Diamond Montana

Hurricane sweeps Atlantic coast states with deaths and damage

A three day old Atlantic gale moved from the Carolinas toward Nantucket injuring many and killing at least ten in North Carolina. The storm battered the Cape fear region and Virginia with about two million dollars in damage as five people were reported missing at Atlantic, North Carolina.

New York Atlantic Maine Carolinas Nantucket South Atlantic North Carolina Sound Country N. C Cape Country Virginia

Gov Cooney Heads to Washington for Montana Dam Aid

Governor Frank H. Cooney will fly to Washington Friday night with Montana’s two senators and two representatives to seek federal aid for public works. He plans to visit the Fort Peck dam site near Glasgow and inspect its progress to aid securing construction funding.

Helena Frank H. Cooney Washington D. C Montana Glasgow Fort Peck

Officials Move Swiftly to Allocate $3.3 Billion in Public Works

Salt Lake City reports Sunday conferences between the Public Works Administration in Washington and eight western state officials aim to speed up the spend down of 3.3 billion dollars for public works before year end. Col. H. M. Waite led the Washington group. regional administrators Julius Wardell and Marshall Dana attended with state engineer advisers from California Nevada Utah Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana.

Salt Lake City Public- Works Administration Washington Col. H. M. Waite Federal Public Works Administration Cheyenne United States Western State Public Works Julius Wardell San Francisco Marshall Dana Portland Ore California Nevada Arizona Utah Oregon Idaho Montana Waite

Billings Boy Taken for Ride and Robbed

In Billings Montana on September 16 an 18 year old delivery boy Thomas Kay was abducted by a Mexican gunman who forced him to drive to a remote spot seven miles away. He was beaten robbed and left unconscious with a crushed skull. Kay was found by an oil truck driver and rushed to a hospital where he regained consciousness briefly before slipping into a coma. His left head injury and right side paralysis left his condition grave.

Billings Mont Thomas Kay Young Kay

Indian Children Hurt As Truck Upsets Near Browning

A truck carrying 25 children from the Cut Bank Indian boarding school tipped over a bank on a sharp turn near Browning. One child died, two are critical, and 15 others have minor injuries as they were en route to a Civilian Conservation Corps barbecue at Two Medicine Lake. Driver: Carl Belle deaux.

Cut Bank Browning Cut Bank Creek Civilian Conservation Corps Two Medicine Lake Carl Belledeaux

Senator Pittman Studies Silver Free Coinage for Emergency Use

Senator Pittman of Nevada examines executive inflation powers under the farm relief law as a possible path to free coinage of silver. He plans to press President Roosevelt if lawful, arguing the emergency might justify minting bullion and adjusting gold silver parity to lift price levels.

Washington Roosevelt Senator Pittman Nevada Pittman Thomas Utah United States

Surplus Wheat Plan Under Consideration in Northwest

Portland hearing on a tentative plan to form a Northwest wheat association to market 30 to 40 million bushels of surplus with government subsidies faced opposition. Representatives from Oregon Washington and Idaho related industries met with Frank A. Theis and AA A aides to resolve disagreements and refine the plan after over 150 growers millers exporters and shippers attended.

Portland Ore Pacific Northwest Agricultural Adjustment Administration Northwest Frank A. Theis Federal The Oregon Washington Idaho

Paddy Ryan Runs Amuck At Cheyenne

Paddy Ryan, 36, former world champion broncho buster, was under police guard in Cheyenne after attempting to set fire to his jail cot mattress. He asked for a machine gun to "clean out a joint" and faces a likely sanity hearing amid illness since July after returning from Chicago rodeo participation.

Cheyenne Wyo Paddy Ryan Laramie Ryan Montana Chicago

Levinsky Ends Sharkey's Career in Chicago Bout

King Levinsky, once a Chicago fish peddler, defeated former world heavyweight champion Jack Sharkey by a unanimous decision in a 10 round bout at Comiskey Park before 20 317 spectators. Judges and referee Little Phil Collins gave Levinsky a wide margin, with Sharkey winning only one round.

Comiskey Park Chicago King Levinsky Jack Sharkey Levinsky Little Phil” ‘Collins Boston

Sleeping sickness cases decline in number

For the first time in weeks isolation hospital reported no new cases Sunday. There were three deaths and seven new cases, raising total to 953 with 394 in the city and 459 in St. Louis county. The city and county show a steady two week decline in daily totals.

ST. Louis St. Louis County

Body of Fisherman Recovered After Raft Accident

Kalispell, Sept. 15 The body of Dan Brion, 65, Kalispell, was recovered today from the Flathead river after a fishing raft overturned. His companion, T. M. Redmer, swam ashore and saw Brion clinging to a pole as he was swept downstream. Brion lived here with his sister Mrs. Martin Rising. a brother George Brion also resides nearby.

Kalispell Dan Brion Flathead River T. M. Redmer Brion Martin Rising George Brion

Wheeler and family escape serious injuries after car crash

United States Senator Burton K. Wheeler and his family survived a car wreck 24 miles west of Glasgow. The senator sustained a head injury and a concussion, with his wife and children also injured but improving. A rear tire blew causing the sedan to overturn twice. Charley Dawley aided and they were rushed to a physician in Hinsdale and then Glasgow. They planned to rest and proceed to Williston and Washington after the vehicle is repaired.

Glasgow United States Burton K. Wheeler Here Montana Wheeler Contol Mary Ann Richard Edward Simeon Arboleda Charley Dawley Great Falls Hinsdale Glacier Park Lake McDonald Washington Havre Wheeled Williston N. C

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Forest Ranger Sheriff’s Herbert Hoover Lamson Three Billings Treasure State David V. Higbie the Park Hospital Cooke Gov. Cooney Sharkey Sen. Wheeler
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