Copper and stock market rally with North Butte dividend
A booming day on the stock market in the East lifts copper and railway shares while North Butte declares a regular quarterly dividend of $1 per share payable Sept 25 with books closing Sept 11. Copper Lake tops at 37 1/2 and North Butte rises two points as traders expect higher prices. Sierra Consolidated Mines seeks $6 per share now for a $5 million capital issue in the Ocampo district Mexico, with subscription ending Aug 16. Exports of copper from Boston reach 234 tons for August totals to date 7,130 tons.
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North Butte
Paine
Lake
Duluth
Sierra Consolidated Mines Company
Ocampo
Mexico
Boston
Salt Lake
Saltair Beach
City
North Main Street
Butte
F.D. Wilson
County Board Fixes Chouteau Tax Levy at 1614 Mills
Special Dispatch reports Fort Benton on August 12 that the Chouteau county commissioners in their capacity as a board of equalization set the tax levy at 1614 mills, a reduction of 1 mill from last year.
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Fort Benton
Chouteau County
County Surveyor Merrifield Injury After Horse Mishap
Special Dispatch reports Fort Benton August 12 as County Surveyor Merrifield suffered a mishap while driving a team in the country. One horse kicked free after tail crossed the line, and Merrifield lost track of the rig during the incident.
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The
Standard
Fort Benton
Merrifield
Notable Injury Leads Merrifield Towards Auto Purchase
The article recounts an event leaving Merrifield with injures and bruises while under a rig. He reflects on the accident and now considers buying an automobile.
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Merrifield
Northern Pacific eyes shorter cut from Mandan to Miles City
Miles City Aug 12 More definite information on Northern Pacific survey work east of Miles City cites a potential 23 mile shorter line to St Paul via a path from Mott North Dakota through Hidden Water Lame Jones creek Fallon creek Ash creek Sheep creek Powder river Squaw Mill creeks to Miles City It would require a 60 foot tunnel a main reason the Milwaukee chose Yellowstone route but NP hopes gains in livestock and future agricultural prospects justify the project
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The
Standard
Miles City
Northern Pacific
Mandan
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Mott, N. D
Hidden Water
Lame Jones Creek
Fallon Creek
Ash Creek
Sheep Creek
Powder River
Strewell Creek
Squaw Creek
Mill Creek
Harvest labor shortage alarms northern plains farmers
Billings Aug. 12 Montana and North Dakota harvest crews face a severe labor gap with 15 000 to 20 000 workers needed. Railroad officials and employment agencies scramble to place workers as grain drying and thrashing loom. Local clubs seek applicants, pay is good, but time is running out to harvest fields.
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The
Standard
Billings
Kansas
Montana
North Dakota
Dakota
L. P. Carter
Walla Walla
Pray Back in Montana Glad to Get Home Again
Representative Charles N. Pray and wife have arrived home from Washington. He says it is good to be here and plans to stay as long as possible, enjoying Montana’s bracing atmosphere after the heat of the national capital.
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Montana
Fort Benton
Charles N. Pray
Washington
Pray
National Capital
Property assessments rise in Custer county after kickers meeting
Miles City reports that after the kickers meeting the total assessed value in Custer county is $244 343 higher than the assessors figures. The assessor posted $10 432 798 while the commissioners set $10 677 141. Additional railroad bed values will come from the state board of equalization with 75.28 miles of Northern Pacific main line 17% miles of sidings and 133.26 miles of Milwaukee main line 20.83 miles of sidings.
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Miles City
Custer County
State Board of Equalization
Burned body found. suspect James Cook tied to arson
Sacramento reports the burned body of Mrs. Carrie Breslan found in her ruined home. Police arrested James Cook on suspicion of murder and arson after tensions with Breslan were noted. The case centers on the fatal blaze and alleged intent to destroy evidence.
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Sacramento
Cal
Carrie Breslan
James Cook
Cook
D Lange in the Atlantic Birds and the Great Migrations
The article estimates North American birds migrating between Mexico and the Arctic Ocean numbering about 4 320 000 000 with annual southward and northward movements. It imagines lines of these birds spanning the globe lengths and polar routes, ending with an advertisement for Hamburg corn cure.
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D. Lange
Atlantic
Mexico
Arctic Ocean
United States
Canada
North Pole
South Pole
North
South America
Equator
Globe
Stocks Sold From Mueller Estate Yield Gains
The executrix reports sale of 2000 shares Butte & Ely at 93 cents and 5350 shares East Butte Copper at 13.46 each with multiple dated transactions. Court approves the estate account and claims totaling 45,583.64 plus large bank claims and a separate suit against Pauline M. Zant over a French course payment.
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Alameda Aytte
Belmont Tebereens
Big Creek
Blue Wing
Copper King
Eureka
Imperial Seeesees
Black Canyon
Butte Furnace Range
Butte & Ely
Butte & Arizona
Missoula
North Franklin
Terre
Stewart
Furnace Creek
Norcross
Butte & Superior
Sean
Stee
Nee
Tuolumne
Tuolumne Ae
Oa Beers
Price Butte & Ely
Henry Mueller
District Court
Donlan
East Butte
Executrix
Mueller
Daly Bank and Trust Company
First National Bank
Fred Schroeder
Sheridan
Wyo
Wickes Old Mines See Busy Opening and Revival
The Crowley camp in Wickes Corbin district leads revival activity with old Alta mine resuming work and new development planned. The Blue Bird north of Wickes ships ore weekly while Minnesota and Bird groups push expansion. Corbin Copper, known as Crowley camp, employs more workers and opens several veins as machinery and tunneling gear move in.
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Hope
Alta
Blue Bird
Wickes
Minnesota
Butte and Michigan
Bird-McCormick
Corbin
Butte
Bird
Corbin Copper Company
Crowley Camp
Knights Prepare Annual Convention Arrangements
Lewistown August 12 The committees plan the grand lodge meeting of Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters for October 12 and 13 with morning and afternoon sessions each day plus auto rides and other entertainments. The uniformed rank drill is scheduled for the afternoon of the last day followed by a grand ball.
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Lewistown
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Mrs Annie Besant to Speak on The Coming Race and Christ
The Butte Theosophical Society hosts Annie Besant at the Auditorium next Wednesday evening for a lecture on The Coming Race and the Coming Christ. Born in India, she is president of the Theosophical Society and travels Europe and America, often delivering open air talks to large crowds in multiple languages.
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Annie Besant
Butte
The
Theosophical Society
Mrs. Besant
India
Europe
America
East
Quarrel Over Funeral Bill Ends in Homicide
In Duluth Minnesota on August 12 J H Ostby a prominent Dutch grocer was shot and killed by his 18 year old son at home after a heated argument over a funeral bill. The son was arrested.
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Duluth
Minn
J. H. Ostby
Harriman on Panics and Newspaper Grammar Oddities
The Philadelphia Bulletin reports H Harriman linking panics to mutual ignorance and cites a Western chicken theft trial where witnesses and judge exchange grammatically awkward lines. The anecdote contrasts ignorance with fear and mocks formal speech.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Kk. H. Harriman
Mitchell Claims Justice Wright Not Sympathetic to Labor
John Mitchell former United Mine Workers president said Justice Wright in Washington was not in sympathy with labor at a South Fork miners picnic in Johnstown Pa He condemned the use of injunctions by federal judges and criticized his sentence by Justice Wright.
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Johnstown
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Justice Wright
Washington
South Fork
Mitchell
Wright
Smugglers Use Diplomatic Cover To Ship Hashish
A British military inquiry follows hashish discoveries in military stores and a consignment of law books to the British consulate found to contain hashish. A new device involved smugglers posing as foreign diplomats aided by a mounted cowass and a dignified carriage. The pair were stopped at the docks and arrested. trial soon.
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Cairo
Pall Mall Gazette
Prenton
R. A
Cowass
Union Members Summoned to Miners Hall Meeting
All members of three divisions are requested to attend at Miners Union hall this evening for business of special importance by order of county board.
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Miners’ Union Hall
Fireman Ned Runs Record and Yankee Doodle Cards Free
Fireman Ned, marshal of Battalion C, reportedly sets a record run of 4 11 21. His Yankee Doodle themed rig is highlighted as a fine display. The Standard office offers illustrated cards with the verse free, while values reach up to 49 dollars at Clerke’s on Saturday.
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Ned
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James Wall
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Ida L. Teague Nuhfer
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