Only Living Pioneer Faces Pallbearers in Montana
J. D. Conrad of Helena, the sole survivor of 22 Montana pioneers who arrived in 1865, recalls a pact with Dave Merritt and others that the first to die would name the pallbearer. Having outlived them all, he laments drafting a successor and wonders who will bear him at his funeral when the time comes.
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White House
Committee On Foreign Relations
Wilson
Senate
Jersey City Journal
Philadelphia Inquirer
America
Hartford Courant
Lodge
Digest
Montana
J. D. Conrad
Helena
Mr. Conrad
Dave Merritt
Pratt Three Times Prisoner of Indians
W R Pratt a Drummond pioneer recalled being captured three times by Indians in early western history. He described escaping a burning cabin after Piute attack near Silver City Idaho, then later being captured by Sioux at Hugo Colorado and by Shoshone near Balt Lake. He drove stagecoaches on Montana routes in the 70s and 80s, sharing vivid reminiscences.
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W. R. Pratt
Drummond
Montana
Silver City
Idaho
Fort Menlergutt
Never 50 Low Sees Ten Mile Creek Run Low For Helena Mills
James Breen reports the 300 ton gold mill at the Porphyry dike is shut due to water shortage. He notes Ten Mile creek supplying Helena and the mill is unusually low, a stream that is often a fine fishing water now merely a trickle.
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James Breen
Porphyry Dike
Ten Mile
Helena
Five Dollars Each in Gambling Case at Eagle Saloon
James Boyle Pat Cole John O Don nell Dan Gallagher and Mike Bren flan were arrested at the Eagle saloon on Copper and Main Streets charged with gambling and vagrancy in police court. Pleading not guilty they were found guilty after officers Gerry and Van Orden testified. They were assessed five dollars each. Postman’s Long Walk: A British postman has walked 200 00 miles in
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James Boyle
Pat Cole
John O'Donnell
Dan Gallagher
Mike Bren~ Flan
Eagle
Copper
Main Streets
Gerry and
van Orden
Discoverer Hill Digging in Butte
William Stahl, the man who discovered the first hill digging in Colorado, attends the Montana pioneers convention in Butte. At 84 he still prospects near Finn after a life rich with placer mining across Alder Gulch Helena Diamond City Thompson Gulch Johnny’s Gulch to White’s Gulch and Cedar. He recalls a diary burned in a camp fire, regrets, and fond memories of old days, voting for Bryan, and enduring whiskey and prohibition debates.
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William Stahl
Hill Diggins
Colorado
Butte
Montana
Mr. Stahl
Alder Gulch
Helena
Diamond City
Thompson Gulch
Johnny's Gulch
White's Gulch
Stahh
Thad Kent
Stant
Finn
Bryan
North Main
Americans named to Interallied commission for repatriation of German prisoners
Loring Dorezi and Brig. Gen. W. D. Conner have been named to the Interallied commission to begin immediately the repatriation of German prisoners. The assignment places them in Paris as the work proceeds.
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Paris
Loring Dorezi
W. D. Conner Hs
Interallied Commission
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Yukon
Jensen & von Herberg
Senator Clark
John Branigan
Leggat
All Lyons
Mr. Branigan
War Labor Board
Mexico
Ford
Canada
Dominion of Ireland
Siberian
Omsk
Cardinal Mercier
The
Motor World
Literal Digest
Funk & Wagnalls Company
New York
Wone
Pratt
Stahl
Montana Trunk Factory
J. Bettman & Co
West Park Street
Ethel Clayton Asorting
Charles Ray
Main Springs
Brodie
Jeweler Peoples Theater
East Park Street
Ladies ‘Our Juve
Ladies Garment Store
Columbia Newbro Drug CO
DR. Davis
Lady
Owsley
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