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From the Big
Timber Pioneer, April 7, 1938:
Perry Blakely, at the Martin mine way up the
East Boulder, reports seven feet of snow on the level in that country. It is
the largest amount given in years. Other reports are that McDowell Bros. give
the same amount at their dude ranch on the West Boulder.
Gladys Skaarland
and Edna Miller entertained thirty boys and girls at the Paul Lamp home
Thursday. A three-piece orchestra furnished musical numbers, luncheon was
served and everybody had a good time.
Lightning, the 28-year-old outlaw bronc of Leo J. Cremer, of rodeo fame, is dead after
performing for 19 years in the rodeo ring. He died at the Cremer ranch north of
Melville and will receive fitting burial on the range. When Lightning was a
star rodeo ring attraction he threw 95 percent of those who tried to stick to
the saddle, including top riders of the ring.
Louise Rostad,
student at the state university, has been selected as a model for the spring
show of the Missoula Merchantile Co., at the Wilma
Theatre in that city.
Mrs. A.E. Grosfield
is ill with pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. August Mathes,
Jr., entertained a party of their Boulder friends Sunday. A lovely dinner was
served by Mrs. Mathes, followed by cards and a social
visit, heartily enjoyed by all. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Webber and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Isserman and Miss
Mitchell.
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From the Big
Timber Pioneer, April 14, 1938:
Mr. and Mrs. Axel Arvidson
returned the first of the week from an extended stay in California, most of
which was spent in Long Beach.
Lambing at the Leo Esp ranch seven miles east of town was enlivened by
the birth of twin lambs - black ones. Mr. Esp
has been in or with the lamb business all his life and says this is the first
time he has ever seen black lambs come double. Both lived!
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Nepstad
have leased the Mike Hoyem ranch at Melville, moving
there the last of the week. Neighbors on Dry creek gave them a farewell party
before their departure.
Hjelmar Egeland of Livingston, former resident of this city, who
spends considerable time fishing in this locality during the open seasons, got
away with a trout weighing over ten pounds Saturday. It was caught in the
Yellowstone River, almost inside the city limits of Big Timber.
Ralph C. (Bus) Jarrett, rancher and stockman
of Springdale, also son of the late Ralph S. Jarrett, appeared at the office of
County Clerk E.R. Patterson Monday and made the first filing for nomination in
the July primary. He asks for the republican nomination for sheriff, and in his
statement says that he will, if nominated and elected, conduct the office with
honesty and efficiency.
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From the Big
Timber Pioneer, April 21, 1938:
H.A. Appelby, who
took over what was better known as the West Boulder Ranch Co. place sold it
last week to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Scobie, who have
resided for a year at the Murray Hotel in Livingston. Possession was given
Tuesday of last week. The ranch is located south and west of McLeod, about two
and a half miles, on what is known as the West Boulder road.
Monday of this week Paul L.
Van Cleve, III., brought Paul L. Van Cleve, IV., to Big Timber for a haircut at
the shop of S.A. Perrine. In 1914 the dad got his first hair trim
at the same place. Paul L. Van Cleve, II, had his initiation in the same shop
in 1892, and a sire of them all, Paul Van Cleve Sr. started operations when the
shop first opened in 1888.
The Womens club
annual Easter ball was a success in every way, good music, lunch, etc.,
attracting a crowd which purchased 135 tickets. The decorations, featuring Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs, drew many appreciative comments. Mrs. Otto Sippel did most of the character representatives, while the
wall posters showing scenes from the picture were made by Miss Grace Marshall's
art classes in the grade school.
Gilman Aller,
university student at Des Moines, Iowa, writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
G. Aller, of Old Kaintuck
that he had one grand trip as delegate for the national convention of Kappa
Delta Pi held in Atlantic City, N.J., in March. With a lad from Kentucky he
took in all the meetings, then visited New York City and Washington, missing
nothing those places have to offer sightseers. Ample funds had been furnished
for Pullman, high class hotels, and other topnotch expenses, but the boys rode
the cushions, stopped at Y.M.C.A. homes, ate a good many hamburger sandwiches,
and used the money thus saved to add side trips to their program, arriving home
with some change in their pockets. Boys like that will get by anywhere.
The ranch home of Ludwig Allestad
on Duck creek, seven miles north of Springdale, on a homestead he located
within a quarter of a mile of the old J.N. Kelly ranch, was completely
destroyed by fire Monday, as were the chicken house and other buildings. He and
family left home about 9 a.m., there apparently being no fire in the stove. When
they returned about 1 p.m. everything was gone, the wood pile also being on
fire. It is believed that sparks were still in the stove when they left home.
There was no insurance.
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From the Big
Timber Pioneer, April 28, 1938:
Mrs. H.V. Arndt of Springdale received word
that she was a winner of one of the 200 vacuum cleaners given away by the
makers of Crisco in weekly competition.
A Chinaman was taken from a train at the
Northern Pacific station Tuesday night severely ill. He was taken to the
hospital, the attending physician giving no hope that he would live through the
night. He did, and yesterday was on the street with "Smokey",
proprietor of the Chinese laundry.
Two groups of friends enjoyed the delightful
hospitality of Mrs. J.W. Davis last week. On Wednesday afternoon 20 women were
invited for luncheon, and Friday evening there were 245 guests, with bridge the
diversion each time.
About 25 neighbors and friends surprised Mrs.
Sam Thurman Saturday evening, April 23, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sam Fallang, the occasion being Mrs. Thurman's seventy-eighth
birthday. After presenting her a lot of nice gifts, the ladies served a lovely
lunch. The evening was spent visiting and some of the guests sang and played.
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From the Big
Timber Pioneer, May 5, 1938:
A.M. Grosfield,
aged 74, and known throughout Montana as one of its heavy sheep owners, fell
from a load of shingles Saturday, a distance of about ten feet, and landed on
his head. He was taken to Billings by Dr. L.W. Baskett
and placed under the care of Dr. Allard. No word has been received from there
so far.
Officers of the Ladies Auxiliary of the local
post of the American Legion were elected Tuesday evening, followed by a banquet
with about ten guests from the Livingston Auxiliary present. Officers chosen
are: Assa Furstenberg, president; Pauline Chase,
first vice president; Gladys O'Leary, second vice president; Edythe Campbell,
secretary-treasurer; May Witten, chaplain; Signa C.
Bailey, historian; Margaret Busha, sergeant-at-arms.
Dr. J.D. Herries
and James J. Lacken left Tuesday morning for
Minneapolis. En route they are palcing posters
advertising Big Timber and vicinity in hotel lobbies. The posters were painted
by E.P. Fellows, and their rustic frames are the work of Noah Ball. Mrs. Lacken went as far as Wilbaux for
a short visit with Mrs. James Elliot.
Nora Eldar,
freshman at high school, received second place award in the state home
economics contest at Bozeman last week.
Dr. B. Olness went
to Helena this morning to attend a state convention of dentists.
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From the Big
Timber Pioneer, May 12, 1938:
American Legion men Sunday placed the white
marble markers furnished by the government at the graves of four World War
soldiers in Mountain View cemetery. Those marked were Louis Plaggemeyer,
Klaus Kjorberg, Svend Ommundson, and George M. Marrs.
The hatching of Chinese pheasants will be a
new project tried out by Big Timber FFA boys this year. The eggs will be
furnished by Joe Hendricks of the state game farm. These are set under hens and
raised to the age of 12 weeks when they are turned over to the game commission.
The boys receive 50 cents for each pheasant raised.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Willard returned the last
of the week from a winter's stay in California. They spent most of the time in
Fresno. That place also caught a serving of the high water dished up by the
weatherman for lower California. Mr. Willard says that
when they began to wonder if they should get out, where to and how were serious
questions, as the level valley was like a lake and highways were driving down
like a stream.
The finishing touches of eliminating the
bridge across the Yellowstone river, where a new
structure has been erected by the W.P. Roscoe Co, of Billings, were made this
week by the same company. And so, the first bridge in this locality, erected in
1884 by Harvey Bliss of this city and F.W. Vreeland of Bozeman,
ended its career with a blast of dynamite on top of the last concrete pier. The
bridge had undergone many repairs since it was built as a toll bridge for
Albert Hooper of Melville, but it looked natural to the end.
Andrew Egeland of
this city, residing in the south part of town, dropped dead in the Cort pool hall Tuesday afternoon. The body was taken to the
Lowry undertaking parlor and prepared for burial.
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From the Big
Timber Pioneer, May 19, 1938:
J.A. Lowry is confined to his home this week,
suffering from a heart ailment.
Oscar Braaten
of Grey Cliff underwent an operation for stomach ulcers and tumor at Lott
hospital in Livingston, yesterday morning.
Erik Hammersmark,
who moved in April from McLeod to the "Dad" Franklin ranch just this
side of Melville, was in town Tuesday evening, all smiles because of the heavy
rain which had fallen upon his newly planted 50 acres of alfalfa.
At a meeting of the Big Timber Womens club Monday evening, Alice Cameron and Gladys
Stenberg gave a report of their attendance at High School Week in Bozeman. The
girls were sent by the club.
Mrs. Dean Lowry entertained
a few guests at a shower in honor of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Clinton Green,
Friday afternoon.
A spark landing on gasoline on the floor of
the Kuether & Kuether
shop, the old Keisler shop on Anderson street Saturday afternoon called out the fire department on
short notice. As a young Hathaway boy who ran all the way to the place, with
other kids described it, "It wasn't even worth going to."
Dating back for many years, no spring storm
excelled the one of last evening and today. A 5 p.m. a regular cloudburst,
except that it lacked heat, started and rain fell in torrents for three
straight hours. During the night it changed to snow, slighting no community,
and today it is still at it, but lighter. C.V. Mosier, living on the east side
of the Boulder, reports eight inches at his place. Roads are bad, especially in
the Melville country. Boulder residents report a storm similar to one here.
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From the Big
Timber Pioneer, May 26, 1938:
Sixteen friends of Nat and Bo Clark were
invited to help celebrate their sixteenth birthday on Tuesday. Entertainment
included a stop at the McLeod plunge, then dinner and dancing at the ranch.
Misses Agnes Lavold
and Ruth Pravda, teachers at Glasston, were honored
guests last night at a handkerchief shower given by Mrs. Jerry McCormick, with
all the people of that district invited. Miss Lavold
will teach at Livingston next year; Miss Pravda goes to North Dakota. The
school closes tomorrow. Tonight MIss Lavold will entertain her 15 pupils of the lower grades
with dinner at the home in town, and then take them to a picture show.
Tulips are blooming in Mountain View cemetery
and should be at their very best by Memorial day.
Caretaker Blackwell is pushing the work of clearing leaves and dead grass,
while many people are doing much to beautify individual lots.
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From the Big
Timber Pioneer, June 2, 1938:
J.A. Lowry who has been at home for two weeks
with a heart attack, expects to be at his office next
week.
Hard rains Saturday evening and night had a
demoralizing effect on the American Legion dance at Melville. Many started from
this city but were forced to turn back when the end of the gravel road was
reached. The Sweet Grass ran bank full, the report being that it endangered the
Dad Franklin bridge, near the John P. Campbell ranch and on the Glasston road, by which Melville may also be reached, Otter
creek went two feet deep over the road just above the old Glasston
corner.
Auto licenses of Lester Green and Cecil
Appleby have been revoked by J.D. Holly, police magistrate for reckless
driving.
Proving the old adage, "a wise man
sometimes changes his mind," Sam Cohn has changed his mind about moving
his family to Billings, and has leased the G.H. Goosey home, corner Fifth avenue and McLeod street.
E.M. Murray was injured Thursday of last week
by a fall from a load of post on his one horse dray. He was taken care of at
the Vern Meigs home, but is now back at his cabin on
the east side.
Mrs. Aleta Alsop
and daughter Lucille returned Sunday from a winter in the south and California.
From St. Louis they went to Florida, then to Texas, then west to California and
came home by way of Pocatello, Idaho. They had a delightful trip.
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From the Big
Timber Pioneer, June 9, 1938:
E.O. Overland filed yesterday for county
attorney, republican ticket.
Gilman Aller
returned Monday from Des Moines, Iowa, where he graduated from the university
on Friday.
Arrangements are complete for the big
barbecue to be given at the fairgrounds, Sunday, June 26. Two beefs will be
roasted, 2,000 buns will be obtained, and the crowd is still estimated at
2,000. Gov. Roy E. Ayers, Congressman O'Connor and Tom Stout of Livingston will
be the speakers, it being impossible for Senators B.K. Wheeler and James E.
Murray to attend. Report is that Harlowton will send a good sized delegation,
accompanied by a good band.
Mr. and Mrs. Basil Ashcroft of Ryegate, who spent the week end at the ranch home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Husebye, returned home
Monday morning. They came near overlooking the return of one passenger, the
family cat, not noting it was absent from the car until they reached the
Yellowstone bridge. It had been picked up on the street and left at the
Furstenberg jewelry store where they found it and returned a happy family.
Clarence Loasby of
Vancouver, B.C., who came, with his wife, to visit his brother, George A. Loasby, is doing his visiting from a pillow, the high
altitude proving too much for his heart. Mr. Loasby
served a long period as a Canadian Mounted Policeman,
then went to railroading on the Canadian Pacific from which he retired avter 23 years of service. He and Mrs. Loasby
will rturn home as soon as he is able to travel.
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From the Big
Timber Pioneer, July 7, 1938:
Mrs. A.C. Logan of Los Angeles, Calif. spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John F. Clark at their McLeod ranch. She was driven
here from Billings where she is visiting her son Vic and daughter Faye. A.C.
Logan was one of the first state superintendents of public instruction in
Montana, and after retiring from that office purchased the Jas. Ennis ranch,
west of this city, now owned by W.D. McKenzie. When Sweet Grass county was created in 1895 he was named in the bill as
county commissioner, with J.W. Bailey and P.O. Fallang,
with two latter forming a republican majority of the board. After selling his
ranch he moved to Billings where he died.
Rev. A.A. Holbeck
was taken to a Billings hospital last evening, probably appendicitis.
Wool sales reported the latter part of the
week were: A.M. Grosfield, the largest clip in the
county, 20 1/2; Ole Langhus, 19 1/2; C.W. Voges, 19.
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From the Big
Timber Pioneer, June 16, 1938:
Floyd Bailey, Oswald and Creston Crest
returned Monday evening from an auto trip of two days.
Late filings for county office are Leo L.
Cremer, democrat, for representative; J.D. Holly, democrat, assessor; Estelle Greig, republican, county clerk; John N. MacFarlane,
republican, county attorney.
Miss Ruth Pravda returned
the last of the week from a brief visit with her parents at Velna,
N.D. She and Miss Sigrid Haugstad have
gone to Dillon to take the summer course at the Normal.
Don Evans, manager of the Woodward Co. Store
in this city for several years, and family left this week for Boliver, Mo. Mrs. Evans has not been well since coming to
Montana, the altitude being too high, and Mrs. Evans has been under the weather
for several months. They will make the return trip to Missouri by easy stages.
Harold Hawks and son, Harold Jr., arrived
Tuesday from Colorado Springs, Colo., on their annual inspection of the Hawks
ranch properties in this county and Park. They drove through by way of
Thermopolis, Codey, and through Yellowstone park and
out Livingston way.
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From the Big
Timber Pioneer, June 23, 1938:
Mrs. Albert J. Seasongood, Sr. arrived Saturday morning for a summer visit
at the Boulder ranch of her son, Albert J. Seasongood
Jr. The elder Seasongood and chauffeur
have been at the ranch for five weeks. Their home is in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Ellingson
and children, Jean and Joe, left Saturday, via Yellowstone park for New
Orleans, at which port they will take a boat for La Lima, Honduras, their home.
They had a three weeks' visit here with the Ellingson
families and in Bozeman with relatives of Mrs. Ellignson.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pravada,
who sold their place at the northeast corner of town this spring and moved to
Velva, N.D., have returned to Big Timber. Harry Clouse
went over with a truck to bring their goods, arriving home Sunday night. The
water was not good in Dakota, and their farm had a variety of weed which
aggravated a hay fever condition for Mr. Pravada, so
they sold the place. Their many friends are glad to have them back.
Leo J. Cremer, now the greatest rodeo man in
the country, left Sunday for Salt Lake City, by auto and from that point will
fly to Colorado Springs, Col. In a letter from the Will Rogers Annual Rodeo
organization of that city, he was informed that contract for the annual rodeo,
August 19, 20, and 21, will be let soon, and that association would prefer to
have him make his bid in person so that they may discuss the matter with him.
The association has just completed work on a new stadium, with a seating
capacity of 10,000, right back of the famous Broadmoor
Hotel.
The cloudburst and hail which hit this city
Saturday afternoon also made itself felt in the country south and east of
Melville. An alfalfa field was lost at the Effie Franklin ranch, one at the
John P. Campbell ranch was ruined and a field of oats badly damaged. At the
latter place ten small bridges on Cayuse creek were washed out. At the C.E.
Crum ranch, just below the Sweet Grass bridge, fields
were flooded and water stood in the house. Leslie Browne, on the J.D. Holly
ranch, crop completely wiped out. On the Mike Hoyem
place, the Floyd Nepstads lost a beautiful garden, 65
chickens and a number of turkeys. Their young son Gordon, with his friend,
William Benson, was out in the storm and came in bruised and much frightened.
Roads from Glasston on were damaged, one bridge being
out between the Anshelm Olin place and the Snyder
corner. Had the storm struck at night the loss would have been more serious, as
corrals were flooded at several ranches where sheep and milk cows were penned
for the night.
Walter Aitken, city
attorney of Bozeman, and wife were here for a short visit Thursday evening of
last week, on their way to the municipal leauge
convention in Miles City. Walter was the second newspaper business in Big
Timber, starting the Big Timber Express. Part of the writeups
of Melville and the Boulder in the Pioneer were taken from a special Christmas
edition of the Express, December, 1897, and they were good. Leaving here he
went to Livingston, read law, edited the Livingston Enterprise, was admitted to
the bar and opened an office in Bozeman, where he has since made his home. He
is a good lawyer in every aspect, and has done well in his practice.
Robert Rodwold,
brother of Mrs. J.D. Herries, is here from
Minneapolis for his annual summer visit.
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From the Big
Timber Pioneer, June 30, 1938:
Leo J. Cremer, who was here Saturday, feels
highly honored. He was wearing a new Stetson hat, the emblem, "Leo Cremer
Hat", on the inside band. Hereafter the new make, and it is a good one,
will bear that name.
An item in the career of Ansel
S. Hubble, whose story appeared in the Livingston edition of last week's
Pioneer, is told by H.B. (Doc) Yerkes, for many years a resident of the
Boulder. Hubble told him that he was on Elk creek in 1877, and lived in a
dugout cabin. He gave a good location of the cabin and Doc started out to find
it. After a varied search he found that he was standing on top of it. It had
been built into a bank. It is also worth mention that John Renfro, who died in
this city several years ago, was also in the Boulder country the same year,
1877, prospecting.
A young man of 23, who thought his real name
is Emil Haver, was here Wednesday of last week trying
to establish his identity. It will be remembered that while Judge Stark was on
the bench the younger Blair, of Gibson, was tried for cruelty to a child,
convicted and sentenced to a heavy jail sentence. That child is the same boy
here last week. From here he went to the Orphan's Home, remained there until he
was 10, was taken from there to Whitehall, where he attended school three
years, has since lived in California. Upon the death of his mother, Mrs. Emil Haver, he was brought here from St. Louis by Mrs. Marie
Bryan. Later she married George Neumayer of
Livingston, Blair adopting the child. When Haver, or
Blair, was here Sunday to the Barbecue he stated he had spent three days in
Livingston with his foster mother, Mrs. George Neumayer,
and found that he has no real name, although still carrying that of Blair. He
left Monday for California, well satisfied with the information received here.
Mrs. Neumayer of Livingston is a sister of Mrs. John
Schlitz and Mrs. John Gerge Neumayer
of Gibson.
Those of our readers who may have wondered
about the pronunciation and meaning of the name of the Congregational camp on
the upper Boulder will be as pleased as we are to be set right, at least on the
first matter. Rev. C.E. Tate, minister of the church on this city, says it is
pronounced Mim-a-nah'gish
j- both i's short, the accent on the third syllable.
The name means "Singing Water." It was suggested by a Crow Indian
from Hardin who visited at the camp, but Rev. Tate cannot remember his name.
The name is very appropriate, being located as the camp is on the banks of the
Boulder where the flow of water over the rocks, with the steep fall, gives a
continual murmur to the stream.
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From the Big
Timber Pioneer, July 14, 1938:
With warmer days, swimming in the Boulder is
started. Miss Audrey Dahl is employed as instructor and life guard this season.
Reports from various sections so far show a
shortage in dude ranch patronage this year which also applies to National park
travel. In Park county the dude patronage did not
equal previous years at the rodeo. Brannin Bros.,
located in the Crazy mountains, have had a fair patronage so far, and have many
bookings for the last part of July and August. However, many others who had
promised to come have changed their minds and will go to Europe.
Mrs. Rosamond Forster is a patient at the
Christensen home, recovering from unexplained bruises. The elderly woman lives
in a cabin near the Rudolph Forster home, east of Grey Cliff, and not far from
the John Weidinger ranch. It has been a habit of the Weidinger's to look after her frequently, and not having
seen any smoke from her chimney for a time, Mrs. Weidinger
investigated. She found Mrs. Forster locked in her home, suffering from bruises
and from lack of care for several days, and had her
brought to Big Timber for treatment.
Leo Cremer and his big rodeo layout opens in
Nampa, Idaho, today, having shipped out of Butte
Monday. From there the rodeo will travel to Salt Lake City for a five day
engagement, the Idaho Falls, next Butte, Billings, then
Colorado Springs, Colo. Then smaller places. The itinerary is rather mixed, go
and come, but it will continue until the 15th day of September when Mr. Cremer
will be back to start a campaign of six weeks for election to the lower house
of the Montana legislature.
During a storm Sunday afternoon lightening
struck at the home of Mrs. Mary Tronrud, west of
Melville. It followed the telephone line into the house, setting fire to the
siding, some of which had to be torn away to extinguish the blaze. Mrs. Tronrud, who has been ill for some time, suffered from
shock.
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From the Big
Timber Pioneer, July 21, 1938:
The male quartet of Miltonvale
Wesleyan college, Miltonvale, Kans., stopped over
night at the local Evangelical parsonage last Friday. Rev. Harris attended this
institution for three years. The quartet is on a singing tour of the Northwest.
Seth Platt, for many years a resident of the
Springdale country, died of a stroke of apoplexy yesterday morning. The body
was taken by Coroner C.D. Graff of this city to Bozeman, where a wife, son and
daughter of deceased live, for burial. Deceased and Chris Boe
had been putting up hay jointly at their ranches about 14 miles north of
Springdale. Boe was ready to lift some hay to the
stack for Platt to distribute when the latter asked him to wait a minute, that
he had terrible pain in his chest. A few seconds later he fell on the stack and
expired. Deceased was about 65 years of age and well known in this city.
The Past Chiefs club is meeting this afternoonat the Frank Lamb camp on the Boulder for a picnic
and business meeting.
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From the Big
Timber Pioneer, July 28, 1938:
Every buyer of a ticket to the annual ball of
the Big Timber Volunteer Fire Department who saw the response to a fire call on
Saturday afternoon got his money'worth. Large hail
was falling in torrents when the alarm sounded, but nearing firemen made a run
for the hall, minus coat or vest, and rode to the Scyphers
home on the north side in an elegant shower bath. The fire was in the home
radio, caused by lightening entering on the aerial connection, but loss was
only the radio. The call came over the phone from a neighboring building.
Mrs. Bud Deeney
entertained the Surprise Club Friday afternoon, serving lunch after the
business meeting.
Ed Cole, of the Cole Drug Co., and family,
and Mrs. W.J. Keffer sister of Mrs. Cole and daughter
of Kentucky, returned from a trip to Cooke City, where "King" Cole is
operating a branch store. They went in and out the Red Lodge - Cooke City way,
and like that way because what you do not see going you get
coming back. Mr. Cole states that Cooke City is not so hot, only 27 men working
in the mines. Park travel is also belowe par, but an
increase is expected in August and September.
Ernest McLaughlin, of the McLaughlin
Construction Co. of Livingston, was here Sunday, accompanied by his wife and
son, also mother, Mrs. Angus McLaughlin to take a final look at the finishing
touches on the Fraternity hall, also the new road leading from the new Boulder
bridge to the top of the hill east of that point. All work was satisfactory.
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