View of Montana Gambler Cy Mounts Recalled by Visitor
Charles Wilcox recalls early Montana life in the 1880s in Livingston and Bozeman. He tells of Cy Mounts the gambler who ran a Bozeman roulette house and helped him reach Billings by train. Wilcox notes Cooke City smelter work, Old railroad towns, and a frontier toll road run by Yankee Jim.
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The
Standard
Livingston
Montana
Cy Mounts
Bozeman
Charles Wilcox
Cooke City
Yellowstone
Wilcox
Yankee Jim
Jim
Billings
Doughty
Ananias
Mr. Wilcox
Cooke
N. P
East
Increase on own in land values Helena Montana capitol land value rise
Montana treasurer O H Junod notes state has more than 110000 acres left from the capitol grant of 182000. The land yields revenues from rentals and timber, with bonds retired and new wings funded by bonds. Expected sales and leases will retire more debt while income continues from interest and deferred payments.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
O. H. Junod
State Capitol
Capitol
Funeral services set for Mrs Pepper in Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge July 29 Mrs Karl Pepper who died Friday night at the family home will have funeral services Monday at 2 pm from the residence Rev Mr Atwood officiating The Eastern Star lodge will conduct rites at Hill Crest cemetery Surviving are her husband Karl Pepper and son Henry Pepper Interment Hill Crest cemetery She would have been 61 in September.
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Deer Lodge
Karl Pepper
West Side
Mr. Atwood
Pepper
Wisconsin
Eastern Star
Frank Boedecker
Bozeman
Lucy Burks
Josephine Malone
Helmville
Ovando
F .A. Chalk
Paul
Butte
H. I. Wilson
Los Angeles
Tom
Children to Stage Dancing Program Deer Lodge
The summer folk dance class at the gymnasium will perform Monday evening July 30 at 7 30 with no admission charged. The program includes multiple dances led by named participants followed by a balloon dance by Alberta Harris. Local events continue with a serious injury report after a pedestrian incident and notes on an Eastern Star funeral gathering and regional visitors.
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Deer Lodge
Shoemakers
Martha Speer
Marian Brown
Peggy Anderson
Mildred Anderson
Janice Brance
Helen Lochrie
Nelle Peele
Betty Jane Lochrie
Catherine Rivers
Ruby Ann Grant
Anna Louise Brance
Louise Rule
Louise Peel
Bennie Anderson
Mary Arnold
June Elliott
Dolores Harris
Pearl Holt
Helen Pierce
Jean Paul
Jean Peck
Jeanette Brown
Mary Ellen Bielenberg
Charlotte Ellsworth
Rugene Wyckoff
Carol Beel
Mary Louise Trask
Alberta Harris
Notable visitors and local social rounds in Deer Lodge region
Walker and Mrs Mantle with son Lee Jr visited the Conley lake home. Kingsleys shopped in Missoula. Mrs Josephson returned from East Portal visiting the Cook family. Judge Galen from Helena and H J Faust from Drummond visited Deer Lodge. Mr and Mrs Bensch returned from California and will resume work at Gannon's. Pat Wahl and E J Cummins visited Ovando. Sheriff Mullen attended Helmville business. Mrs Knopf and daughter Pitroe arrived. Miss Knopf formerly of the city.
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H. J. Faust
Drummond
Deer Lodge
Far Bensch
California
Bensch
Gannon’s
Pat Wahl
Avon
E. J. Cummins
Ovando
Thomas Mullen
Hail storm covers six square miles with heavy hail and rain
A hail storm extended over six square miles, depositing 274200 yards of hail stones and 249400 cubic yards of rain water.
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Yegen Bros
Bankers Butte
General Electric
Butte Electric Supply Company Distributors
Western Electric Company
Anaconda
National Electric Company
Mayer Electric Company
U.S
Universal
Montana Electric CO
East Broadway
Bronce
Lady Bronce
Bluejay
Zareda
REX Ingram
Mrs Alsalsh
Bureau
Mrs. Pepper
Bruce Sager
A. C. M. Hardware House
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