Eddy to mining district road eyed by Sanders county
Frank Trainor reports that Sanders county viewers favor a new six mile road from Eddy to the Coeur d Alene Star mining district with the mining company to cover one third of costs. Ferry across the river at Eddy to serve as shipping point is planned. Several outside miners, including Ben Thresher of Spokane and Mr Miller of Mullan, praise the district’s showing as work proceeds.
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Missoula
Frank Trainor
Coeur d'Alene Star
Sanders County
Eddy
Trainor
Ben Thresher
Spokane
Miller
Mullan
Dams for Swiftwater Power Drive Milwaukee Line Plans
Wallace reports that the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway intends a Swiftwater river dam system to generate electricity for trains over Montana Idaho divide. Idaho Water and Electric Power Co may build the dams as a sub company. Charles G. Dawes holds major stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Wallace
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
St. Paul Pass
Montana-Idaho
Swiftwater
St. Joe
Monarch Lumber Company
Idaho Water and Electric Power Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Lacasse Takes Family to Cedar Creek Placer Mines
Missoula news states T Lacasse and family left on Saturday for the Cedar Creek placer mines to stay for the season. Lacasse, former chief owner of Cedar Creek, now manages the company that bought the mines last year, noted as the best paying placer property in Western Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Prospect for record gold yields from grain area season
He states progress is good and more gold will be panned this season than ever before. Conditions are favorable with new flumes in operation and the water supply at its best in five years, promising to hold through the season.
Two Arrests Reported on Separate Charges in Missoula
Missoula reports two arrests on July 21. William Dunn, a stranger, was jailed after erratic behavior and religious notes in a notebook. Later, Under Sheriff Kelley detained burglar suspect Frank Zigan hiding in a closet after a break‑in on East Pine Street.
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Missoula
William Dunn
Larson
Dunn
Kelley
East Pine Street
Frank Zigan
Bonner baseball festival features two tight contests
Missoula July 21. Bonner hosts a baseball festival drawing crowds from the Bitter Root valley. In the opener Corvallis and Bromans battle to a 6th inning surge as Bromans win 6 runs in the ninth to edge 5 to 0. The second game Bonner beats Hamilton 16 to 2 with Owney Kelley of Missoula aiding at second base.
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Missoula
Bonner
Bre
Bitter Root Valley
Corvallis
Broman
Bromans
Hamilton
Owney Kelley
Bonner Boys
Steam shovel damaged by fall from trestle
A Bitter Root District Irrigation steam shovel rolled 75 feet from a 40 foot trestle near McKinney gulch nine miles south of Hamilton. The engineer escaped unharmed as the machine toppled twice. a new boom will be required and the digger may be out of service about a month.
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Standard
Hamilton
Bitter Root District Irrigation Company
McKinney Gulch
Here
Lord
Anaconda Loader Tip Causes Brief Log Delay in Hamilton
Special dispatch from Hamilton notes the steam loader of Anaconda Copper Mining toppled on a new unballasted track, halting log hauling to the Hamilton mill yesterday. It should resume work tomorrow. Visitors include Newton Hyde of Missoula and R B Wiseman of Rocky Mountain Telephone, with local manager W H Roberts reviewing the line. W D Howell arrived from St Paul to look over a big ditch company project. Wet week reduces irrigation needs, leaving pasture and vegetation lush after a peculiar season.
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Standard
Hamilton
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Newton Hyde
Missoula
Bitter Root
R. PB. Wiseman
Rocky Mountain Telephone Company
Wiseman
W. H. Roberts
W. D. Howell
St. Paul
Big Ditch Company
Eastern correspondents map a forest tour to meet leaders
Hamilton July 21 Eastern newspaper correspondents returned from a forest expedition and head to Helena to meet Governor Toole Senator Carter T J Walsh and others. They spoke with Secretary of Agriculture Wilson who joined Friday night at the Ravalli hotel and toured reserves with Inspector Sherman before a quiet Hamilton stay ahead of Missoula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Hamilton
Helena
Governor Toole
Senator Carter
T. J. Walsh
Butte
Agriculture Wilson
Ravalli Hotel
Sherman
Will
Missoula
Durango Mazatlan Road Project Planned by Mexican Government
A Mazatlan dispatch to the Express reports the Mexican government will build the Durango Mazatlan railroad. The 365 mile line is valued at 25 million pesos with additional millions needed for completion. Construction may start by year end.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mazatlan
Durango
Violence at Madonna procession sparks anti clerical protest
In Rome on July 21 anti clerical demonstrators hissed and broke up a Madonna procession. A bishop and several priests were maltreated as rioters wounded others. police drove back the protesters and made many arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Western Montana Crops Seen In Fine Condition
A Missoula observer reports Western Montana crops, especially hay and grain, in excellent shape after a late-season surge. Farmers seek help as haying begins, with rich yields anticipated in Bitter Root and Frenchtown valleys and across the Missoula agricultural district.
Riot at Finn town bar prompts third sheriff call
In Bonner tonight a riot in Finn town led to three arrests as Sheriff Campbell Under Sheriff Kelley and Deputy McDonald moved in after a call. Officers cuffed two men inside the Skandia bar while a third was grabbed at the street with a gun. Names given were Frank Rowe A Nelson and William Anderson. A prior brawl had left a saloon damaged and a man badly cut. Officers vow a stronger force if needed to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Bonner
Finntown
Campbell
Will Kelley
McDonald
Skandia
Frank Rowe
A. Nelson
William Anderson
Shooting at Capital beer hall leaves bystander wounded
In Missoula on West Front Street a colored man William Brown shot at G L Utter after a quarrel. Billy Wilson, innocent bystander and Rankin steam laundry proprietor, was struck in the left arm. Brown was arrested by Officer Therriault and jailed. A separate incident saw Henderson cut his wrist and be briefly detained after bleeding.
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Missoula
Capital Beer Hall
West Front Street
Billy Wilson
William Brown
G. L. Utter
Brown
Therriault
Wilson
Utter
Mr. Wilson
Rankin Steam Laundry
Aigi
Bonner
Front Street
Henderson
Tivoli Theater
Davis
New York Public Library Nears Completion on Fifth Avenue
New York reports the new public library at Fifth Avenue and Forty second Street will boast 63 miles of shelves for about 3.5 million volumes. Fireproof design uses massive stone walls, a steel bookcase structure, hollow terra cotta blocks, and extensive light from the principal reading room overlooking Bryant Park.
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New York
United States
New Public Library
Fifth Avenue
Fortysecond Street
Fortieth
Forty-second Street
Bryant Park
Lightning damages camping party near Ravalli in Montana
Missoula reports a camping party along the Ravalli reservation road was struck by lightning. Initial word said R F Kersten was badly injured with paralysis on one side and his young daughter severely hurt. Later reports say only Kersten and another member were badly shocked. they are recovering to continue homeward tomorrow. Kersten works in BE Winstanley’s office and is well known locally.
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Missoula
Ravalli
R. F. Kersten
Kersten
BE. A. Winstanley
Station changes announced on Coeur d'Alene branch
Two Northern Pacific moves update station leadership. EE Dunn becomes agent at Lothrop replacing G H Wheatley on leave. W W Gallup becomes agent at Taft succeeding F S Baker who has resigned.
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Missoula
Coeur d'Alene
Northern Pacific
EE. J. Dunn
Lothrop
G. H. Wheatley
W. W. Gallup
Taft
F. S. Baker
Enraged Masila Merchant Kills Officials in Protest
In Algiers on July 21 a Masila merchant shot and killed the public prosecutor and a customs collector after interference in a dispute with natives. He also fatally wounded a native and mortally wounded an unidentified European woman.
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Algiers
Masila
Land Office Rules Against Dunseth in Davies Mine Case
In a 160 acre dispute near Butte by the Bluebird mine the Montana land office recommends cancelling John P. Dunseth’s homestead entry and says the land is valuable only for copper veins. It suggests no placer mining entry until it yields paying gold. Dunseth did not attend the hearing but testimony was heard.
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The
Standard
Helena
John F. Davies
John P. Dunseth
Butte
Bluebird
Homstead
Dunseth
Davies
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Britton Kidnapped and Beaten Near Hamson
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney L A Britton of Lonoke county was seized from his buggy by six masked men, dragged into the woods, stripped, and beaten with a strap near Hamson schoolhouse. Governor Pindal offers a reward for the capture of the assailants.
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Little Rock
Ark
Lonoke County
L. A. Britton
Hamson
Mr. Britton
J. W. Gates
England
Jordan
Gates
Britton
Andas
Pindal
Hunter Shot in Alice Alabama as Pursuit Follows
Mayes Hunter son of a railroad contractor in Macon Mississippi was shot and killed by Albert Carr in Alice Alabama early today. A large posse of several hundred citizens is in pursuit of Carr as he allegedly caused a disturbance and Hunter tried to quell him.
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Macon
Missa
Mayes Hunter
Albert Carr
Alice
E. Ala
Carr
Hunter
Mob Breaks Loose Again In Mission District
Three unknown men attacked a conductor and motorman after a carriage collision on Mission street near Twenty third Street. A mob formed, injuring Davis and assaulting Evans before police from Mission Station restored order with clubs.
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San Francisco
Mission District
Mission Theater
Charles Davis
Mission Street
Twenty-third
Twenty-fourth
Davis
Almos
Charles Evans
New Serum Prolongs Heartbeat and Vitality
Paris reports Dr. Fleig of Montpellier developed an artificial serum with key blood salts especially iron and potassium. Hearts of several animals kept beating for days in the serum, with a maximum life maintenance of one week. Further tests on living animals are planned to gauge vitality stimulation.
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Paris
Fleig
Montpellier
Bouchard
Academy of Science
Mike Heffern Killed by Falling Under Train Car
Livingston July 21 report says Mike Heffern of St Anges ville Wisconsin died last night after falling from the first car of an outgoing west bound train and being run over by the locomotive. He was a member of the Elks and the lodge has taken charge of funeral arrangements.
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The
Standard
Livingston
Mike Heffern
St. Angesville
Wis
Elks and the
Lodge
Roosevelt to attend Lakes to Gulf Deep Waterway meet
Final arrangements for the October 4 convention in Memphis Tennessee to welcome President Roosevelt were approved at W K Kavanaugh’s home. Governors Folk and others will join the president, with a flotilla of steamboats to greet the party above Memphis. Memphis leaders present included Mayor James H Malone Sydney M Neeley W H Russell James S Warren and Lewis T Kavanaugh.
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St. Louis
Roosevelt
Gulf Deep Waterway Association
Memphis
Tenn
W. K. Kavanaugh
Folk
Missouri
James H. Malone
Sydney M. Neeley
W. H. Russel
James S. Warren
Lewis T. Kavanaugh
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Sanpure
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Dept
Seattle, Wash
U. S.A
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Auust
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Mr. Reilly
P. M. Reilly
Frenchtown
Gaspard Deschamps
Finn Saloon
Manion
Around the
Anaconda
BIG Blackfoot Milling Co
Bonner, Mont
Blackfoot Milling Co
Yad Toole Avenue
Mont
Gotham Library
Lightning
Reilly's
the Land Office
J. F. Davies
Burlington
Billings
Denver
Mississippi River
Kansas City
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Tincoln
Omaha
Chicago
Peoria
Scenic
Colorado
Denver East
H. A. Bradt
W. Broadway
Butte, Mont
Carmen
New Wash
Mercantile Department
Hamilton, Montana
Estern Montana National Bank
Mone
GA. Wole
John C. Lehlon
J. H. T. Ryman
Cashie
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