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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, September 2, 1937:
Mrs. I.V. Trower and daughter Yvonne departed
Monday for McMinnville, Ore., where Yvonne will register at Linfield Baptist
college, for the winter term. En route they visited Mr. and Mrs. Myron Bryant,
who operate a Gambles store at Orofino, Ida.
Will Stewart, former Big Timber boy, now
manager of the Montana Power Co. at Fromberg, was here Tuesday. He assisted
E.O. Busch, who has been transferred to Fromberg as trick operator for the N.P.
in moving his household goods.
Bert Peterson, wife and children, guests of
Mrs. Clara Peterson Amundson, a sister, left yesterday for their home in
Pontiac, Mich. Leaving here 20 years ago, Bert is now working with the Pontiac
auto company, working five days of nine hours each week at $1.58 per hour.
Mrs. Chauncey T. Irvine and brother, Walter
E. Taylor of Butte, left Monday for a two week motor trip to Minneapolis,
Duluth and Canadian points. While in Minneapolis, Mr. Taylor will attend the
American Legion regional conference.
Mr. and Mrs. M.J. Greenshields returned
yesterday from a vacation spent at their cabin on Flathead Lake, with a side
trip to the west coast. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Greenshields
of Oklahoma, the former a brother of M.J. who joined them at the lake.
Mrs. Roy O. Frazier joined her husband here
the last of the week. They have taken the Chas. W. Campbell cabin on the
Boulder for the present, and will find a town home later.
Alva L. Lamb, of the Citizen Bank and Trust
Co., a man friend, sister Nelle, and Sadie Bailey left Sunday morning for
Eugene, Ore., where the two latter will drop out of the picture. The other two
will continue their auto trip along the west coast.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, September 9, 1937:
Mr. and Mrs. T.K. Baker of Missoula spent
Labor day with old friends in this city.
Mrs. Bert Green, who spent the summer at the
Hoyem cabins at Silver Gate, has returned to open school at the Bridge school.
Mrs. Tom Hammer and son of
Hardin were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Manis, last week.
Mr. Hammer drove up for them Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester P. Work
and children left Saturday morning by auto for Sioux Falls, S.D. where Mary
will resume study at a girl's school. John will take a plane for
Fairbault, Minn. to enter Shattuck military school for the year.
Jesse and Phil Langston of
Melville are making a shipment of polo horses to San Jose, Calif.
Three are on their way and five more will leave shortly.
Ed Cole left Tuesday for Wheeler, W. VA., to
return with his family, who spent the summer there.
During his absence a brother, "King Cole", who operated a store in
Cooke City, is in charge of the Cole Drug Co. Store.
Donald Haas, son of Mr. Clive Haas, being ten
years on Friday, invited a group of friends to the Haas cabin at the first
bridge, for an afternoon of play with lunch.
Mr. and Mrs. James
Hamilton, among the earliest settlers of the Shields river valley, with a ranch
on Cottonwood creek, visited with their daughter, Mrs. Chas. Christensen of
this city. Their youngest daughter, Lona, accompanied them. Mr.
Hamilton stated that crops in the Shields river valley are the best in years.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, September 16, 1937:
George King, well known here as an early day
auto salesman, visited Saturday. He is now with the Laureleaf gasoline company.
Howard Wertz, former
resident, also World War veteran, left the latter part of last week for Delta,
Iowa. He visited with most old friends and buddies but one man
who missed seeing him, although he made a search of the town, was F.R. Hickman.
He says the last time he saw Howard in France, he was
waving from the top of a mule cart.
Edith Rudd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Rudd, and Albert Kinney, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mckinney of Park City, were
united in marriage September 7 by Rev. Webster H. Clement of the Lutheran
church in Livingston. The bride is a graduate of Sweet Grass County high school
and for the past tow years has made her home in Cody, Wyoming. A dinner was
served at the hoe of the bride's parents. Shortly afterwards the young couple
left for Cody where they will make their home.
Emery C. Jones, WPA foreman, and a crew
ranging from eight to 13 men, have completed work on about four miles of
Boulder road in Natural Bridge hill vicinity. The work was principally cutting
out rocky points and straightening curves.
Mrs. Aasa Furstenberg, who was a patient at
the Big Timber hospital, is able to spend a part of her time at the jewelry
story.
Alva L. Lamb, cashier of the Citizens Bank
and Trust Co., is home from a vacation to the west coast. Accompanied by his
sister Nelle, and Maurice Barton of Jamestown, N.D., they drove to Eugene,
Ore., for a short stay. Then he and his friend drove highway No. 101 up to the
Sound country, taking in Victoria, B.C. and Vancouver, Can. Miss Lamb will
remain for a longer visit.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, September 23, 1937:
Miss Agnes Peterson visited briefly here this
week with her sister, Mrs. Henry Holtan, while en route to her home in St.
Paul.
Leo J. Cremer, Sr. and
retinue are home at the Melville ranch for the winter, having closed the rodeo
season at Logan, Utah. Brahma cows were disposed of, but bulls
and calves, also Mexican Steers, were returned to the ranch. Horses - 93 of
them - also came back to winter at the ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Harper and
baby of Great Falls were the first of the week guests of his grandmother, Mrs.
J.J. Harper.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude T. Williams left Monday
for the big American Legion convention in New York. They will join the
Legionnaire excursion to the old battlefields in France.
Mrs. May Witten and Miss Alice Ronning left
the first of the week on a visit to Mexico City. Miss Ronning
is taking her annual two weeks vacation from the Montana Power Co. office.
A.C. Grande, well known banker and stockman
of Martinsdale and Creston Crest of Lethbridge, Alberta, Can., son of the late
Syvert Crest, one of the earliest residents of this county, visited with
relatives and friends in Big Timber and vicinity this week.
Mrs. Emma B. Rees came down from Livingston
for a brief visit with friends. She was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. A.G.
Yule, one of the earliest residents of this city but now living in Spokane.
Mrs. Rees' daughter Mrs. Emmett J. Deegan, entertained informally for them on
Friday afternoon.
Miss Karen Wangsmo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lars Wangsmo of Howie, and Durell Lampman of Billings were married in Red Lodge
Saturday evening at the Methodist parsonage by the Rev. Charles Rhodesm pastor.
They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Ole Rostad of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Legreid
of Milwaukee are visiting their sister, Mrs. L.W. Naskett.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, September 30, 1937:
Mr. and Mrs. W.D. McKenzie spent Sunday at
Whitehall with Clark McKenzie, Supt. of rural electrification work in that locality.
Lieut. Wallace Hannah, wife and son who spent
more than a week here and at Rapelje visiting relatives, departed Monday for
Missoula.
Mrs. W.F. Whitsel and Evelyn had as their
guest last week the former's niece. Miss Montgomery
will visit San Francisco and also Mexico City before returning home.
Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Brown left this morning for
a week's stay in Butte with their son-in-law and daughter. They were
accompanied by Peggy Withers, who was left here by her parents last week on
their way from Cut Bank to Butte.
John Carney, Northern Pacific agent at
Springdale, also farmer around that point, has the biggest oat yield so far
reported, 112 bushels per for eight acres. This was not a guess, but machine
measurement.
Kenneth Benson, worker on the new bridge
across the Yellowstone river at the foot of Bray hill, was knocked into a deep
pool Sunday afternoon. While the crew were getting the
ropes ready to extract him from a free bath, he managed to get out unassisted.
Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Ewan of the East Boulder,
visitors in this city Monday, stated that so far there had not been frost
injurious to tomatoes in that locality. Neither has there been any snow except
in the foothills.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, October 7, 1937:
Floyd Bailey, Clive Haas, Lowell Galbreth,
Ceryl O'Leary, Geo. Lavold and Undersheriff Floyd McAllister are one of the
first hunting parties out for big game. They are over on Hell Roarin' Creek,
where plenty of snow fell the first of the week.
Attorney and Mrs. C. Tom Busha were visitors
in this city Thursday of last week. They were enroute to their home in Great
Falls from a trip into Idaho, driving here for a short visit with relatives and
friends.
Ethel Amsberry, now a telephone operator in
Helena, came down for a weekend and visited with relatives and friends in this
city.
Mr. and Mrs. T.G. Blakeman and son Tommy, who
spent the hot weather period at the Blakeman ranch west of Melville, left
Sunday for their home in North Truro, Mass.
Thorval Sandem, living north of Big Timber
and well known as one of the leading stockman of the county, loaded out about
30 head of cows the latter part of last week, headed for the Chicago market.
Harry Hart, a resident of more than 50 years and also a stock raiser, states that
it was the finest bunch of cows ever shipped from Big Timber. They ranged from
1,200 pounds up.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Aller of Old Kaintuck,
adjoining the CCC camp, who were in this city yesterday, report that the camp
is clsing for the winter and that a new company will be sent in the spring. The
last contingent of boys following a general exodus to Kentucky a short time ago
came down this week.
Bo Clark topped the market this fall with
lambs averaging 90 1/3 pounds, according to Ben Slanger. Lester Work who bought
the lambs, state that because of their attractive appearance, low blocky type,
as well as weight, they drew much attention all along the route to Denver.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, October 14, 1937:
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Arneson and daughter,
Catherine, left yesterday by auto for Tacoma and Seattle, Washington, where
they will visit relatives for a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark LaFon
and daughters left yesterday for Silver City, New Mexico, Mr. LaFon having
received a wire asking him to return to his former position for the winter.
Wade Koontz and Ross Olinger of the Upper
Boulder were here Tuesday morning enroute to a Livingston taxidermist with the
head and hide of a grizzly bear they landed in the Buffalo Fork country. It
weighed 300 pounds. They, with an eastern friend, also got three elk, two cows
and a bull.
Mr. and Mrs. Manly Walker returned the last
of the week from a month's visit in Oregon. They have decided to locate in that
state, near Grant's Pass, and will hold an auction of their personal property
at their Glasston ranch on Monday. Mrs. Walker's mother and sister, Mrs. Frank
Boyd and Bernice, left the last of the week for Grant's Pass.
The largest lambs so far in this section were
delivered at the stockyards in this city Monday by Mr. Fred W. Shallock of
Melville. They averaged 96 1/4 pounds per head, and there were $100 of them.
Floyd Bailey, Ceryl O'Leary, UnderSheriff
Floyd McAllister, Lowell Galbreth, George Lavold and Clive Haas returned home
Friday night from an elk hunt on Hell Roarin' in the Buffalo Fork country. They
brought in four bulls, killed, one each by Bailey, LaVold, O'Leary and
McAllister.
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From the Big Tiber Pioneer,
October 21, 1937:
M.J. Greenshields, Andy McDonald and A.L.
Schump spent Saturday hunting deer in the Crazies, but did not see even a doe.
The hunters were in the mountain timber, while the deer were in the timber
along the creeks below.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Cremer were
here yesterday en route to the Madison Square Garden rodeo in New York City.
They will attend the last four days of the show there, then
stop in Chicago on their way back to see the big event there.
Mrs. John F. Clark and sons, Nat and Bo, and
Mrs. Herman Utermohle drove to Dillon to spend Saturday night with Miss Phyllis
Utermohle at the Normal. They went by way of Virginia City and spent part of
Sunday in Butte.
G.W. Cole left the first of the week for
Cooke City where he operates a branch store of the Cole Drug Co. He will spend
the winter there.
Ben Hereim, living in the
Melville country, has on exhibition in the Pioneer window a rutebega weighing
10 pounds, four ounces. Beside it is a mammoth potato grown by
O.J. Ellingson and a red beet by E.W. Hower.
A 30 day deer season opened Friday of last
week, one buck deer the limit for all hunters. Successful hunter reports so far
include: L.H. Bryan, Rev. C.E. Tatek, Jack Fjelde, Ralph Prather, Borddie Green
and Clinton Green. Most of the sportsmen went to the Crazy Mountains, which
also had a good patronage from Livingston, White Sulphur Springs and Harlowton.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, October 28, 1937:
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Freeburg gave
them a party at their home in this city, the occasion being their silver
wedding anniversary. Food in abundance was brought by the guests and a gift for
the honored couple.
Mis. Julia A.
Woolsey left yesterday morning for Los Angeles, where she spends her winters.
She had been a summer guest of her daughter, Mrs Perry Jasper.
Mr. and Mrs. George Rostad returned the last
of the week from a short visit to their daughter, Mrs. C.E. Erickson and
family, in Northfield, Minn. Weather there was stormy and colder than here, but
they had a good time.
Mrs. Emma Trusty drove to Buffalo for Sunday,
bringing her sister and niece, Mrs. Irma Aller and Mrs. Esther Garrin, home
with her for a week's stay.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude T. Williams returned this
week from a five week trip which took them first to the American Legion
convention in New York City, then on through France where American Legionnaires
were guests of the French government. They had a wonderful time.
Ross Williams, manager of the Montana Power
Company office in this city, and Mrs. Williams left Saturday night for a two
week visit with relatives in Pecos, Texas. They will visit Mr. Williams'
mother, whom he has not seen in 15 years, and stop at numerous other points en
route.
Thirty friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ceryl O'Leary
gave them a surprise and housewarming party Saturday evening, carrying with
them a delicious lunch and an electric floor lamp as a gift. The evening was
spent at cards and visiting.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, November 4, 1937:
A crew working the East Boulder road
completed the project Saturday and returned to town. A narrow stretch of
highway between the Tolhurst and Yerkes places was widened, graded, and guard
posts placed around the hill portion of the road. This has always been a bad
spot in the road, but now is safe passing all the way around the hill. Twenty
six men were employed for a period of several weeks, working five days a week.
Harvey Cort received word
yesterday from the Danish consul at Chicago that his father, Robert Cort, had
died at his old home in Denmark, August 9. Deceased was well
known to old timers here, having come to America in 1878. He had followed
ranching and stock raising, his last ranch being what
is now known as the West Boulder ranch. He left here in 1914 for his old home
in Denmark.
This was a sizable season for farm products,
in spite of drought and insect pests - some whoppers of different vegetables
having been displayed in the Pioneer office windows. The latest is a Texas
cabbage grown by Mrs. L. Drange on Upper Deer Creek. It weighs 12 pounds, nine
ounces. Usually those who put farm products in our windows for display are kind
enough to say, "take them home after a few
days." Now if someone would just turn in a 30 pound turkey or a choice
quarter of beef, we'd live high for a while.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, November 11, 1937:
Justice J.D. Holly revoked the driving
licenses of Oskar Drivdahl, Jr., and R.J. Frang for reckless driving; fined
Lester Green $10 for the same offense, which was paid. Jonas O'Dea was fined
$25 for peddling magazines, could not pay and is laying it out in jail.
Ticket sales for the annual Armistice dance
of the American Legion, to be held in this city Saturday night, indicate a
mammoth crowd. Carl Myrstol, in charge of the advance sale, reported 100 sold
yesterday. The door sales will add largely to the number. Bittner's orchestra of Livingston wil furnish the music.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, November 18, 1937:
Mr. and Mrs. Sol Craft of the East Boulder
were visitors in Big Timber Tuesday. At their place the snow storm of Sunday
night and Monday left about three inches on the ground, all of which melted in.
It did not amount to much, except that it started winter on its way.
Ray A. Traver, Arthur T. Ellison and Laurel
Lamp were in the Deer Creek country this week after deer. Mr. Traver was the
lucky one.
Mrs. Henry Cramer, a sister of Nick Lorig,
with her son, William and his wife, were guests of Mr.
Lorig Friday night. They were driving to their home at Winwood, Calif., from a
visit to St. Paul, Minn.
Fred A. Webb, Senator F.M. Lamp,
Representative Ben B. Miles and W.J. Hannah were at Lewistown to attend the big
Townsend meeting of three days. Addresses were made by Senator Burton K.
Wheeler and Congressman James F. O'Connor, and a rattling good talk by Robert
T. Clements of Los Angeles, one of the organizers of the Townsend Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ness of Clyde Park, former
residents of Howie, drove down last night for the silver wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. Nils Peterson. Mr. Ness says he had a very good crop this year in
the Shields river valley, raising about 200 tons of alfalfa down on the river,
and wheat threshing an average of 15 bushels to the acre on the bench land.
Mrs. Everett Keeler and baby, who have been
guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Nepstad, have
returned to their home in Fairview.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, November 25, 1937:
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Webber and Mr. and Mrs.
Sol Craft of the Boulder were shoppers in the city Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Esp,
newlyweds, were honored guests at a party a Grey Cliff Saturday evening. About
100 guests gathered at the Rainbow Gardens for dancing, bringing lunch and a
gift of flat silver and table linen for the couple.
Mrs. Peter Elgen of Deer creek, a visitor in
this city Saturday, reported that her sons, Henry and Clarence, got their bucks
just before the curtain rang down on the season. They went up Deer Creek, Henry
landed an old buck with six points on one side, five
on the other, Clarence got a younger one with two points.
The annual dance of the Knights of Pythias,
proceeds of which go for the Christmas tree for town and country kids, is this
Thursday evening. A large crowd is expected at the Masonic Hall. Music will be
furnished by Roy Williams' seven piece orchestra.
Ben Lavold brought in a black bear cub
Monday, which is now on exhibition on the window of the City Meat Market.
Friday it will be dressed and put on the market.
E.M. Blackburn, formerly with the mill in
this city, has returned from a year spent at this old home in Tennessee. He is
glad to be back in Montana and expects to remain here at least a year.
For the first time since Big Timber got on
the map, it is without a Chinese laundry. The announcement came last week from
Charlie, proprietor, that he had suspended operations indefinitely. Like all
other institutions, it was hit hard by the war, it being impossible for him to secure
another washman to replace the one that quit. He may open once again in a
month.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, December 2, 1937:
Charley Christensen of this city has the
honor of having killed the highest point buck deer reported so far, in Amalong
canyon, Nov. 13. It had 21 points, only two teeth and tough from stem to stem.
Betty Jarrett and Alice Cameron spent
Thanksgiving at Helena with Margaret Jo Webb.
"Julia Thayer" showing in the
"Painted Stallion" at the Strand theatre in Livingston is Helen Hash,
raised in Springdale. She is now playing Indian girl parts with Ray Corrigan.
Mrs. Lena Becken and son Ray, Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Fredrickson and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. O.H. Becken of Billings ate
Thanksgiving turkey with Mr. and Mrs. O.L. White at Livingston.
Alfred Flattum of Thief
River Falls, Minn., is here for a visit with his brother Clarence at Grey
Cliff, and sister, Mrs. Anton Nepstad of Bridger Creek. He will
go to Ferdig, Montana to visit another sister, Mrs. Oscar Nepstad. Thirty years
ago Mr. Flattum was with Mr. Oscar Nepstad at the Grey Cliff store, and also
spent some time in Big Timber.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, December 9, 1937:
The grade school carnival Friday night did
well, furnishing entertainment for a large crowd and clearing better than $95,
which will be used to enlarge and furnish the stage in the assembly room. Donna
Fellows was chosen queen.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul VanCleve Jr., have gone to
Cortaro, Ariz., near Tucson, to operate a winter dude ranch. Paul VanCleve Sr.
expects to join them there after the holidays.
Soren Eide Martin Abeland, Haaver Undem and
Gabriel Hoiland left on the North Coast Limited Saturday night for New York
City where they expect to sail for their old homes on Stavanger, Norway. They
will be there in time for Christmas and will remain there for the better part
of a year.
The Bailey Hardware Co.,
has the first real Christmas window, a real work of art by the Baileys. It is a
mountain scene, maybe the Alps with ski artists doing their stunts down the
mountains. It is operated by electricity and is a great hit with the kids, as
well as interesting to adults.
White Sulphur Springs Independents won a fast
basketball game here Friday night from the Lions Independents, score 34-30.
Louis Steensland, former Big Timber player now teaching at the Springs, starred
for the visitors. John Deegan was outstanding among the local men.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, December 16, 1937:
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Nepstad
returned to their home at Ferdig, Mont., Saturday after a visit at the D.D.
Johnson ranch at Melville.
Mrs. Columbus Sandage and son Forrest were
visitors in the city Tuesday from Ten Mile. They reported a snow fall in that
locality equaling the one in this city.
Dr. Ben Olness left this afternoon for
McPherson, Kans., to join his wife and baby for Christmas with her mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bue and daughter, living
four miles south of Reed Point, on Work Creek, visited here Saturday. During
the week they had 14 below zero weather for one night.
County Attorney and Mrs. E.O. Overland and
Mrs. Clarence Flattum drove to Billings Monday where Mr. Overland spoke to the
Pro-American club, of which Mrs. Harry Carpenter of the Carpenter Paper Co., is
president. He spoke on penology to a fine audience of about 110. After his
address he was made the target for questions on the parole system of which he
has made an extensive study.
Asking to have the Pioneer of S.W. Fanning,
formerly a Gibson rancher, sent to a new address, Branson Miles of McLeod
states that the Fannings are now located at Washougal, Wn., 40 miles east of
Portland, Ore. A son, Sherman, has taken over a 120 acre tract and they are now
ready for farming and fruit growing.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, December 23, 1937:
The Christmas program given at the Lutheran
Church Sunday evening by the united chorus of the Lutheran, Congregational and
Evangelical churches, was a real treat to the audience
which crowded the edifice to the doors. Forty voices under the direction of Miss
Ellen Rein, with Mrs. Frank Chase playing, rendered a cantana and Christmas
hymns. The success of the their efforts shows what can
be done with volume, training and practice. The people would be glad to hear
more of such entertainment.
Ralph and Shipe Traver of South Dakota
arrived here Thursday to visit their uncle, R.A. Traver and family. They are on
their way to the west coast.
Mr. and Mrs. W.O. McKinsey, head of the East
Boulder, visited in this city Tuesday, hurrying to get home before the snow in
that locality got much deeper.
The biggest elk brought out of the park area
this season went through Big Timber Tuesday. It was a seven prong bull and
estimated to weigh nearly 600 pounds. It was shot by Charles Tesarek of
Lewistown.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bryan
left Monday for Spokane to spend the remainder of the winter with two sons, Ray
and Billy, and their families. They plan to return about the
first of April.
Gilman Aller arrived Monday morning from Des
Moines, Ia., to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter G.
Aller, at Old Kaintuck.
Gordon Overland, younger brother of County
Attorney E.O. Overland, is here to spend the Christmas holidays at the home of
his brother. He is now a dental student in Minneapolis.
Herbert Wullum, student at
Greeley, Colo., is here to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Wullum.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, December 30, 1937:
The hard wind Christmas Eve, during most of
the night, introduced the mercury to a new low for this winter. Saturday
morning, Christmas Day, Melville reported 28 below, Big Timber -19, McIntyre
ranch -19, and Greycliff at Leonard Esp ranch -24.
A Christmas Eve party at the Bill Donald
ranch at Melville was greatly enjoyed by C.F. Williams, Chas. A. Rupert,
Stanley Hanson, Sandy Harper, Clarence McMahon, Henry Nothaft, Lewis Brannin
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Langston, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Johnston, Happy
Osburn, Byron Grosfield, and all the Donald household.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, January 6, 1938:
The City Band hit the right spot Friday night
by staging its annual holiday dance on New Year's Eve. Masonic Hall was crowded
until an early morning hour, in fact so crowded that dancing was hard work at
times. Roy Williams' orchestra of Livingston furnished good music and plenty of
it, and the band will clear about $100 for its
treasury.
Glen M. Mothershead of Big Timber nad Miss Alma Macioroski of Terry were married in Billings
Monday. The groom farms the Bishop place on Deer Creek, adjoining the L. Drange
ranch. He and his bride are at home there now, and receiving the
congratulations of many friends in this community.
Mrs. Irma Aller and daughter Mary Jo, guests
for several weeks of Mrs. Aller's sister, Mrs. Emma Trusty, left the last of
the week for Missoula and Wallace, Ida.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Van Cleve Jr., who were
here for a short visit, left this week for Cortaro, Ariz., where their new dude
ranch is located. They were accompanied by Paul Van Cleve Sr., who will remain
with them until spring.
Billy Magelssen returned
the first of the week from a holiday visit in Great Falls, where Santa Claus
handed him two operations, tonsils and adenoids.
Mrs. T. Busha, who ranks
among the first old timers in this section, will celebrate her 80th birthday
Saturday, Jan. 8. A reunion of the children at that time has been
called off as it is impossible for some of them to come.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, January 13, 1938:
Mrs. Eliza Conger, sister of G.W. Briley, who
had been a guest in their home for several weeks, departed Monday night for her
home in Macomb, Ill.
Mrs. and Mrs. W.F. Schallock of Melville and
children, Irene and Wallisk, left Tuesday for Phoenix, Ariz., to spend the
remainder of the winter.
Floyd Bailey returned Friday night of last
week from Eugene, Ore., where he spent the holidays with his mother and sister.
Abel Skaarland, working with a road crew on
the Mydland hill, had a narrow escape from serious injury last week when his
dump truck went overboard. Abel deserted the truck with considerable speed,
kicking Emery Jones, foreman, in the head as he made his exit. Man and truck
rolled to the bottom of the 20-foot embankment, the man alighting on all fours,
uninjured. The truck did not fare so well.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, January 20, 1938:
Miss Nora Mjelde was given a housewarming by
a group of friends, Friday evening, when she moved into her new home of Fourth
Ave. west.
Mrs. Carl Bue was in town yesterday forenoon,
having just come from Columbus where, it was reported, Lois Littlepage,
seriously injured in an automovile accident near Reed Point early Sunday
morning, had regained consciousness. Mrs. Bue's son and daughter, Carl and Bernice,
were first upon the scene of the accident. They say
excessive speed was the cause.
W.A. Elges, in this city Monday from his
ranch on the West Boulder, stated that his country is enjoying plenty of mud
right now. He also stated that if there is no more rain, there is sufficient
moisture in the ground to insure a good crop of grass.
Dr. B. Olness of this city vouches for the
accuracy of the report of a set of lower false teeth made of steel, advertised
in Livingston and other newspapers throughout the United States. The doctor
knows a false set of teeth when he sees them, whether good or bad, of what
material, and had the pleasure of inspecting the teeth made by a Livingston
blacksmith, J.E. Gilpin, who made one set of iron, found them too heavy and made
a second set of steel. Dr. Olness states it is a very artistic job and that
Gilpin has no difficulty in keeping them in place.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, January 27, 1938:
Mrs. Maud Hickman and Mrs. Jerome Williams
entertained 17 friends at luncheon and cards at the home of the latter on
Tuesday afternoon.
Roy Ellison, now in the employ of the
Burroughs Adding Machine Company at Aberdeen, S.D., was here Saturday to visit
his father, Arthur Ellison, and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Evans have returned from
Hysham, where Mr. Evans operated a store for a short time, and are located at
the Skillman home near the courthouse. Mr. Evans has resumed his old position
as manager of the Woodward store and will be assisted by Elmer O. Larson.
Mrs. Emma Trusty has sold the Big Timber
Beauty Salon to Mrs. Pearl Kem of Absarokee. Mrs. Trusty goes to Missoula with
the expectation of getting into a larger business where she will employ other
operators. She left this morning, terminating a three year residence in Big
Timber.
Edwin Grosfield, president of the Stillwater
National Bank of Columbus, wife and children were here Sunday morning. They
were en route to the A.M. Grosfield ranch, north of the city, to spend the day.
Mrs. Ole Allestad, formerly
of Big Timber, and son spent four days here last week visiting her sister, Mrs.
Andrew Hoiland. They now reside at Plains, Mont.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, February 3, 1938:
A birthday part for Mrs. Addie Hoem was given
at the Hoem home on the east side Sunday evening. Many relatives and friends
attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Axel Arvidson are leaving this
week for an extended visit in a warmer climate. They will make their first stop
at Phoenix, Ariz., then across country to San Diego. From that point they will
come north to Montana, but will not arrive here until sometime this spring.
Ivar Hoglund, formerly of the local fish
hatchery, now superintendent at the Lewistown hatchery, had a rough and tumble
fight with a pet deer when he entered its enclosure last week. Peeved at
something, the deer tore into him with feet and horns, resulting in bruises
over his body, also many rips in his clothes and gum boots. All he could do was
hold onto the animal's horns and hope. Mrs. Hoglund summoned help and the
animal was roped and tied to a post.
Alvin Mehus, wife and daughter, arrived from
Livingston this week, Mr. Mehus having started in with the New Way grocery
store upon his arrival. For several years he was with the Sawyer store in this
city, then with stores in the eastern part of the state. His many friends, as
well as the City Band, welcomed him back.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, February 10, 1938:
Miss Ruth Hamilton of Shields River visited
this week at the Chas. Christensen home. She reports lots of snow in the Crazy
Mountains, on the west slope.
Byron Grosfield, prominent member of the
Longhorn hockey club of Melville, was a visitor in this city Sunday. His left
eye carried a large plaster at the side, the result of a hard swing of a hockey
club by a fellow player landing in the wrong place.
Mrs. Martin Stokke and Mrs. Fred Potter
entertained at the Stokke ranch home at Springdale Saturday night. About 60
guests were present, 12 tables being in play. Mr. and Mrs. W.D. McKenzie of
this city were on the guest list and reported a good time.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Mothershead were honored
guests at a party last week at the L. Drange home, where their Dry Creek
neighbors gathered to welcome the bride. The evening was spent with games and
lunch and the newlyweds were presented with numerous articles for their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Shallock and daughter
Irene arrived yesterday from Phoenix, Ariz., en route to their Melville home.
Mr. Schallock stated that the weather at Phoenix struck around 100 above most
of the time but occasionally dropped to 40. Mr. Schallock is some improved by
the climate.
In observance of their golden wedding
anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hiner of Reed Point were honored at a family
dinner Saturday night at the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Omer C. Hiner. H.S. Hiner of Helena, son of the honored guests, was also
present. A gold color scheme was used, yellow chrysanthemums, daffodils, and
acacia decorating the table. Mr. and Mrs. Hiner were married at Columbus, Ind.,
and came to Montana in 1907. The couple was presented with gifts, and following
the dinner a theatre party was enjoyed.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, February 17, 1938:
Mr. and Mrs. Ed C. Bryant of Belgrade, O.L.
Bryant of Three Forks, Mrs. Maggie Irvine of Dillon, and Mrs. George Forsyth of
Gregson Springs were here yesterday for the funeral of Alfred C. Bryant.
Tuesday of next week is the birthday
anniversary of George Washington, first president of the United States, and
George Washington Cook of Big Timber, who located on the Sweet Grass in 1879
and has resided in this city for several years. Mr. Cook will be 102 on that
date, is in fairly good health, sure to pass through the winter, with a fair
prospect of celebrating several future anniversaries. He now lives at the last
house on the left hand side of First Avenue.
Severine Oie of the Oie
Motor Company and Attorney E.O. Overstreet drove to Pony, Mont., Monday on a
business trip. Mr. Oie being interested in
mining properties there. Notwithstanding slick roads in this locality,
also danger of a big storm, they had fine sailing over fine roads in the Pony
region.
Mrs. G.W. Cole was honored at an afternoon
card party last Thursday by Mrs. John M. Carney. Mrs. Cole plans to leave soon
to join her husband in Cooke City.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, February 24, 1938:
Mrs. Bert Mjelde and son Fred were here from
Livingston Sunday to visit the home of Mrs. Louisa Mjelde.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Howells and daughters drove
down from Belgrade Sunday to spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. George Carl.
G.B. Long, former sheriff of Sweet Grass
county for four years, is here from his home in Kansas City, Mo., looking after
his ranch on Swamp Creek, now occupied by Jake Westre. For the past eight years
he has been with a truck repair and truck trailer shop in Kansas city. He looks and feels fine, and reports that Mrs. Long is
in fairly good health.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lindsay stopped over here on
Tuesday for a brief visit with Mrs. A.K. Lewis. They were returning to Mandan
N.D., from Livingston. Dan is a welder with the N.P. shops in Mandan, and says
they have five days of work each week with no time out so far. Snow there is a
foot deep.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald McKenzie entertained the
card players of Duck Creek at their ranch home west of this city Saturday
night. Like all country parties the neighborhood attended. Ten tables were in
play and the attendance is estimated at 60.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester P. Work and daughter,
Mitzi, returned last week to their McLeod home from a month's vacation trip.
They went first to New York City, then by boat via the Panama Canal to Los
Angeles. They spent two days at the Santa Anita race track, one of the prettiest
spots ever seen, and touched points of Mexico.
Clifford Hoem was down from Gardiner
yesterday for a short visit with his father and mother, his wife being on a
visit to her folks in Salt Lake City. He is now associated with Irvin and
Arnold Sleeveland in a Garniner movie show, now running four nights a week but
doing a good business.
A series of three dinner parties with cards
was given at the Clyde Davis home this week, with 16 guests on each occasion.
On Wednesday of last week, Mrs. Davis entertained along; Monday and last night
she was assisted by Mrs. Jack Egerman.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, March 2, 1938:
Rev. C.E. Tate and family visited Buffalo
Ranch and other points in Yellowstone Park Saturday. Mrs. King Cole accompanied
them as far as Gardiner, where she took the stage Saturday morning for Cooke
City.
The magazine section of the Billings Gazette
of Sunday has a splendid picture of George Washington Cook, by Kaufman, and
writeup of this 102nd birthday anniversary. It states he is the oldest person
in the Midland empire.
A letter from Marie Dahl, Riverside, Calif.,
states that Mr. and Mrs. F.R. Hickman were at the annual Montana picnic, and
expected to leave Long Beach after the first for San Diego. From there they
expect to go into the South, returning to Big Timber when the grass is good and
green. She also added that Mr. Hickman is seeing the sights without coat or
vest.
Mrs. Hannah Foster returned
Sunday from a business visit to Minneapolis and will make her home with her
sister, Miss Nora Mjelde.
The last of scarlet fever quarantine cards,
posted around the city, was taken from the house of County Clerk Patterson last
Sunday.
Isaac Rostad returned
Sunday evening from his annual visit in Spokane with his daughter, Mrs. John G.
Ellingson, and family. He says it rained 18 of the first 20 days
he was there, no sigh of a sun. He had a good visit and looks well, but got
tired of walking the streets with only strange faces to look at.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, March 10, 1938:
A group of friends drove to the home of Mrs.
F.W. Brown on Cox Creek, yesterday afternoon to celebrate her 80th birthday.
They took supper, birthday cake and gifts, making the surprise complete and the
occasion a happy one.
C.V. Mosier, boss of the sale at the T.K.
Tolhurst ranch on the East Boulder yesterday, reports a fine sale. Top cow
brought $65.
Judge T.K. Lee, who has been in a pitiful
condition for several months past, has been provided a home, at Nils
Petersen's, across the Boulder River, where he will at last receive personal
attention. When it became necessary to do something for him Silberman & Son
agreed to pay rent on his old office building by the Motor Inn, but recently
notified the commissioners they would not continue the contributions. A home
and proper care can be provided for about what the previous cost has been, and
the commissioners arranged with Mrs. Petersen to care for him.
Mrs. A.T. Ellison and son Hubert arrived home
Saturday from Rochester, Minn., where Hubert has been a patient at Mayo's
hospital the greater part of the past year. His illness began about 16 months
ago, abscesses necessitating several operations for removal of portions of the
top skull bone. He is doing nicely now, regaining strength and weight. The many
friends of the family are delighted with his recovery.
While Ray Wyn was in Harlowton Wednesday of
last week on business, all buildings on his ranch in Guglar basin, northeast of
Melville, were burned. The fact that there was no
wind, that house, barn, granary, etc., were some distance apart justifies a
belief that an incendiary fired them separately. State Fire Marshall Parsons
and an insurance underwriter of Billings went out yesterday to make an
investigation.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, March 17, 1938:
Oscar A. Fallang, who served 14 continuous
years as sheriff of Sweet Grass County, tells a story about Calamity Jane this
paper has not seen in print. In the early days of his service he received a
call from the Polutnik saloon, now called Strand Cafe, that Calamity was there,
good and drunk, quarrelsome and starting fights among other patrons. He went
down and found Calamity inside, in the condition described, and wearing a black
Prince Albert coat and old style black plug hat. He told her she would have to
leave and her reply was, "Who in the hell are you?" He informed her
he was the sheriff, also told her he would go with her to the old Blakeslee
hotel, now Cook, across the street and pay for a night's lodging for her. She
readily consented, saying, "You are the first sheriff to pay for a bed for
me." The question now is, "Where did she get the plug hat and Prince
Albert?"
The band concert and community sing at the
high school Friday evening were thoroughly enjoyed by a good crowd. Band master
Overland feels that each succeeding program will benefit the criticisms of the
one before, and that a more varied program will be worked out. The band music
is good, and there is no doubt about the audience enjoying both it and the
opportunity to sing.
Mrs. H.E. Mjelde and Mrs. R.L. Mjelde
entertained 24 women friends on Monday evening with dinner and cards at the
home of the former.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tangen left yesterday for
West Yellowstone, where he will be in charge of the spawning station of the
state fish hatchery during the spring and summer.
Mrs. Minnie Buell arrived
the last of the week from San Francisco to remain some time caring for her
mother, Mrs. Frank Gottlieb. Mrs. Mike Hoyem, another daughter,
then returned to her home at Silver Gate.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, March 24, 1938:
Mrs. Reutha Hufford of Absarokee left a badly
damaged car at the Oie garage Tuesday afternoon after she had been through a
narrow escape beyond where the Springdale road joins Highway 10. The car hung
on the edge of the cliff, but did not go over. Front fenders, bumper, radiator
and other parts are damaged. She returned home.
Harry Reed, brother-in-law of Harvey Cort,
also traveling representative of the Midland packing Co., is in the hospital
with a broken collar bone, resulting from his car going into the ditch Sunday
evening. The accident happened five miles west of this city on Highway 10, all
roads being in bad shape that day from the big snow. The car is also damaged.
Funeral services for George Washington Cook,
who was born on Washington's birthday, 1836, and died
on St. Patrick's Day, 1938, were held at the Lutheran Church Saturday
afternoon. Rev. A.A. Holbeck delivering an excellent sermon in which a glowing
tribute was paid the deceased. The church was filled with oldtimers and friends
from city, county and elsewhere, a Sunday school room being opened to
accomodate the overflow. Music was furnished by Mrs. Signa C. Bailey and Mrs.
Ted C. Busha.
Mrs. Claude C. Gray, a state director of the
Farm Bureau Auxillary, was unable to attend a meeting in Bozeman the first of
the week. By the time her car had been pulled by team from her ranch home to
the highway she thought she had gone far enough.
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From the Big Timber
Pioneer, March 31, 1938:
Mrs. Connie Lamb arrived this week from New
York, where she stopped over for a time upon her return from a visit to her
childhood home in England.
Work started Monday on the athletic park in
this city, ten men going on the job with E.H. Ellingson foreman. The total
number of men at work in various parts of the county is 86, by the records of
the employment agent-timekeeper.
Annual egg hunt of the Lions Club, at
Fireman's Island, will be in charge of W.K. Amery, Dr. J.D. Herries and R.A.
Bray.
Grade school pupils under the direction of
Miss Arlene Roush, assisted by other teachers of the school, gave a delightful
presentation of the operetta, "Land of Dreams Come True" at the
school Thursday and Friday evening of last week. The assembly room was filled
each night, and the audience thoroughly enjoyed the splendid work of the
youngsters. The hour of singing, dancing and dialogue made a varied program
showing painstaking work by teachers and pupils. Proceeds will go in part
toward payments on a beautiful new curtain which has been purchased for the
stage.
Paul Van Cleve, Jr. of Melville, George
Wright and Chris Branger of Roscoe, Mont., Hugh Murphy of Butte and W.E. Clark
of Belfry, Carbon county, are nominations to date for judges and timekeepers of
the Rodeo Association of America during the coming season.
Roads up the Boulder river, especially at the
Schmidlkofer bridge, "the second bridge"
were in very bad shape this week. A snow fence on the west side of the bridge
made travel on the Wagner hill impossible. Stuart H. Nicholson of McLeod
shoveled out the drifts and made it through with his car, the mailman
following, but the road immediately drifted again. The county snowplow went up
and cleared it but had the same trouble, as soon as drifts were removed, new
ones appeared.
A letter to J.A. Lowry from a state hospital
physician, following the death of Thomas K. Lee, stated that if he had been
sent to the hospital a few months earlier, and had been given the benefit of
walks, and formation of an acquaintance with others, allowed outdoor
privileges, it would have been different. As told in a previous local in this
paper, he was so weak at the time of his arrival that he had to be put to bed
and never got up. The physician talked with him before the end came and Judge
told him his relatives were still living in Ohio and were Presbyterians. There
being no denomination of that order here, his burial service was held at the
Congregational church. On the way over Judge did not know Sheriff Bartels, but
told him he was a good driver. He died believing he was in Bozeman.
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