Mysterious Murder Case Ties to Mule Team Lead
Great Falls reports a potential murder clew as authorities trace a mule team and wagon linked to a Bray murder near Melstone. A former partner recalled seeing Bray in Helena last August, with details suggesting a hastily assembled wagon and rough gear. Descriptions mention mules weighing about 1100 to 1200 pounds and brands resembling the number 28, aiding the investigation.
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Great Falls
John H. Bray
LH. Kor
Mel Facing
Melstone
Sonntag
Helena
Este Pe Ais Fomp
Philipsburg Court Opens for Regular June Term
Philipsburg June 21 Judge B Wineton and Court her C E Sackett are here for the regular June term of court E Neviing returned from a trip to Virginia City and Butte M J Gillie a mining man of Butte spent days here on business George M Fowler and Arthur Lin forth of Anaconda Copper Mining Co were in town last week tuning manganese district mixes Attorneys S P Wilson T F of Deer Lodge and W E Moore Missoula attended the term William McIntyre of Red Lion mining district transacting business in Philipsburg Mr and Mrs J E Van Gundy and S Napton motored to Butte Justice of the Peace H T Cumming of Drummond and Hugh Mellen were in town Paul Eichelberger of Helena and W C Hosking of Butte have been in manganese mines Drummond visitors Col G W Morse Fred Maud Carl Nelson J A Feather sman and Mrs Charles Tinktepauen were in town for Morse-Holland suit locals noted Perary the BR Mex of Hall spent today in the city
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Philipsburg
B. Wineton
C. E. Sackett
E. Neviing
Virginia City
Butte
M. Gillie
George M. Fowler
Arthur Linforth
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
S. P. Wilson
T. F
Deer Lodge
W. E. Moore
Missoula
William McIntyre
Red Lion
J. E. van Gundy
Napton
Hugh Mellen
H. T. Cumming
Drummond
Paul Eichelberger
Helena
WW. C. Hosking
Col. G. W. Morse
Fred, Maud
Carl Nelson
J. A. Feathersman
Charles
Philipsburg Guests and Fourth of July Plans
Philipsburg welcomed numerous visitors including Dwight Kinney, Dan McCoshum, Simon Johnson, James Weaver, Herbert Weaver, J E Manley, and John Waldbillig party from Stone Drummond. Foreman Sebastian Seeles and W C Phalen toured local manganese mines. The town gears up for the usual Fourth of July celebration featuring a baseball game.
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Philipsburg
Dwight “Kinney
Joe
James Mird. Scherr
Dan McCoshum
Simon Johnson
Stone
Alexander Wignt
James P. Weaver
Herbert Weaver
Hall
J. E. Manley
Powell County
Drummond
John Waldbillig
Frank Waldbillig
Jett Norris
Tom Howell
Joe Stevens
Grace Norris
Sebastian Seeles
Sapphire
West Fork
Rock Creek
P.O. Person
Tom McCarthy
R. W. Watson
W. E. Maso Francis Wieht
Ryan Wickberg
Willam McRae
Emil Long
W. C. Phalen
Bureau of Mines
Department of
Place Boys on the Farm State Wide Plea Made
Helena June 21 L R Foote appointed deputy superintendent and Montana director of the United States boys working reserve has issued a state wide appeal for county organizers. The age limit is 16 to 18 years and the members are asked to devote part or all of their time on farms. The boys will receive wages and badges from the federal government for their work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
L. R. Foote
V. Stewart
Montana
United States Boys’ Working Reserve
Wedding of Miss Catherine McGurk and Wilfred La Montaigne
Missoula reports a high mass wedding for Catherine McGurk and Wilfred La Montaigne at the Church of the Holy Spirit amid public interest due to La Montaigne's survival of the North Butte mine disaster. The couple, residents of Montana for three years, will honeymoon in Helena before year’s end. Great Falls notes 1917 wool deliveries begin with 9,000 pounds for John Mainland, despite limited shearing locally.
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Missoula
Catherine McGurk
Wilfred la Montaigne
Church of
Great Falls
John Mainland
Building at Billings May Be Halted by Strike
Billings faces suspension of building operations as a Federal Labor union strike spreads. The trades and labor council demand a daily wage increase of 1 for team and driver and 50 cents for drivers and teamsters helpers, totaling 8, 4, and 5.50 for the respective roles. If the strike continues, other trades may join due to reliance on strikers for supplies. Initial demands hit Hart-Albin store excavation, Montana National Bank, and a new hotel near Union Station after refusals. Contractors claim a year long contract with unions, denied by the Federal Trade union and trades and labor assembly.
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Billings
Federal
Trades and Labor Council
Hart-Albin
Montanational Bank
Union Station
Federal Trade Union
The
Trades and Labor Assembly
Keown to lead Frankfort mining oil property
Livingston notes James F. Keown, longtime Northern Pacific agent and former Gallatin county deputy sheriff, leaves July 1 for Frankfort Kentucky to head a major mining and oil operation. He declined a government secret service post and will be replaced here by L W Ramsey. Also covered are Knights Templar conclave plans, John Burk's $100 hotel loss, wheat and spring grain conditions in Shields River valley, Miss Brower and Mr Swald marriage, Yellowstone river flow relief, engineer Tra Williams ill with typhoid, Col Fries heading to New York, and early Yellowstone park tourist traffic. A Cooke City suit by E B Hubbard for $32,020 is noted.
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Livingston
James F. Keown
Northern Pacific
Gallatin County
Frankfort
L. W. Ramsey
Livingston Commandery
Knights Templar
Miles City
John Burk
Cooke
Burk
Shields River
Bess Brower
Glenswald
Seattle
Yellowstone
Tra J. Williams
Ed_ Dunn
Col
A.’H. Fries
Fort Yellowstone
New York
Cit
Department of the Army
Fries
District sale dispute and local notices in Yellowstone region
A mining deal with Dan Ross of Cooke collapsed as the defendant company claims the property, blocking the sale. Mrs. Hattie M. Hart seeks divorce from F. E. Hart, alleging misery and dependence. A reception honored Rev. Karl W. Becker of the English Lutheran church. Northern Pacific machinists near Mandan gain from 47 to 4 cents hourly rate, with overtime at time and a half. The Montana Power high voltage line near Yellowstone river was damaged, cutting lights to towns east of here. $5,000 damages expected to be repaired in days. Livingston Water Co appeals a judge’s denial of a permanent injunction against issuing $225,000 waterworks bonds. Judge A. P. Stark returned from Plentywood after Sheridan county seat litigation with 200 witnesses. decision due Sept. 1. County agriculturist J. R. Parker temporarily replaced by H. M. Jennison. Parks to Nebraska for entomology work. Local Elks lodge initiated 12 members and held a banquet.
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Dan Ross
Cooke
Hattie M. Hart
Wilsall
F. E. Hart
Shields Valley
Karl W. Becker
English Lutheran Church
Ading
Mandan
Montana Power Company
Yellowstone River
Billings
Livingston Water Company
W. H. Poorman
Helena
Weit
A. P. Stark
Plentywood
Wich
Sheridan
Predicine Lake
Stark
J. R. Parker
H. M. Jennison
State Cultural College
Parks
Nebraska
Lodge of Elks
Mass meeting by Gallatin Red Cross in Three Forks
In Three Forks on Tuesday the local Red Cross branch held a mass meeting in the Henslee auditorium. Ten men and ten women were appointed as captains to raise funds for the town. Several residents announced travel and business plans, including Lovelace of Bozeman and Bartch planning to relocate. Broadwater county commissioners discussed a Gallatin river bridge project with local businessmen.
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Three Forks
Henslee
Gallatin Red Crome Association
C. Lovelace
Bozeman
Emmitt Lane
Butte
Oscar Bartch
Payette
Idaho
Bartch
C. L. Hoy
Seattle
Harry Gustine
Gallatin River
E. Finley
Andrew Wassanaar Dies After Appendicitis Operation
Andrew Wassanaar of Bozeman died after an appendicitis operation at Dies conces hospital. He was survived by his wife of about 17 years, two children from a previous marriage, and a daughter and three sons from his second marriage. The notice notes the shock to family and friends in Bozeman and near Manhattan.
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Bozeman
Sue
Taniérew Waszanaar
Solis Sols
Diesconces Hospital
Manhattan
Boseman
Bir
Wassanaar
Kannas
Marrage
John Korpi Indicted by the Federal Jury in Butte
Helena June 21 John Korpi was indicted by the federal grand jury for conspiring to intimidate and deter others from registering under the draft law in Butte on June 5. The body returned 30 indictments, 23 public, including bootleggers on Indian reservations. Other cases include theft charges and an alleged attempt to burn a dwelling on the Blackfeet reservation.
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Helena
John Korpi
United States
Butte
Crow
Korpi
Confed
Wyoming Street
William Hall
James Crawford
Joe Owl Child
Blackfeet Reservation
Red Cross Fund Surpasses Targets in Montana Campaign
Montana reports show Red Cross fund totals from 30 counties reaching 30 887 with Lewis and Clark expected to top 36 000 at tomorrow's final campaign lunch. District quota was 20 000 and state chairman E C Day praised the campaign as best equipped and ready to respond to any call during the war.
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Helena
Montana
Red Cross Fund
Lewis and Clark
E. C. Day
Philipsburg joins Red Cross drive in Granite county fund
Philipsburg business leaders and prominent residents met at the public diary to plan Granite county’s contribution to the national Red Cross fund. Walter W. Kroger named chair, with H A Featherman secretary and an executive committee guiding efforts amid a goal of at least 2500 for the drive ending Monday night. Cascade county reports progress toward Montana’s share with Great Falls accounting for most of the raised total of nearly 60 000. In Great Falls a switchman, W Wheeler, was killed in the west side freight yards last night at age about forty, leaving a wife and four children.
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Philipsburg
Granite ‘County
National Red Cross Fund
HH Durston
FLW
Whyte
George C. Jackson
G. B. Winston
Anaconda
Red Cross
Mit
Walter W. Kroger
H. ‘A. Featherman
W. “I Power
A. G. Atwater
Paterson
Hall
Wilson
Granite County
Cascades
Great Falls
Cascade County
Montana
W. Wheeler
Northern
West Side
Lnto
Open letter from ex chairman Hall over ousting by railroad board
Helena June 21 John H Hall a member of the state railroad commission issues an open letter detailing alleged misconduct by his fellow commissioners Boyle and McCormick. He claims stenographers were told not to record dictation and that his dissenting opinions were destroyed. He asserts outside interests seek to prejudice the public against him to influence Governor Stewart to suspend him.
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Helena
John H. Hall
State Railroad Commission
Hall
Railroad and Public Service Commission
Boyle
McCormick
Cormick
Stewart
Hageland Lane pleads guilty in murder case
Lewistown June 21 The Nels Hageland murder trial ended as Hageland pled guilty to murder in the second degree. Judge Ayers sentenced him to 25 to 16 years in the penitentiary after a sanity trial. The widow, Mrs. W. E. Coppedge, expressed satisfaction with the outcome.
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Lewistown
Nels Hageland
Ayers
Hageland
W. E. Coppedge
Montanans Organize Society in Portland
About 60 former Montana residents met in Portland Oregon to form a Montana society for locals and visitors. Officers elected include Dr George W King as president and Dr J G Labb as vice president with Mrs G A C Newell and Mrs A C Holmes leading committees for permanent organization and convention entertainment.
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Portland
Ore
Montana
Montana Society
National Education — Association
George W. King
J.G. Labb
J. Ne Gravette
A. C. "Newell
A. C. Holmes
National Education Association
State Epworth League Holds Annual Meeting in Missoula
In Missoula on June 21 delegates from Butte and other towns gathered for the twenty second annual conven tion of the state Epworth league. The opening session featured welcome speeches and remarks by missionary Rev. Mark Freeman recently returned from foreign fields. Mrs. G C Valliant reported on missionary work in Montana while delegates recited and listened to addresses from numerous local leaders and visiting members.
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Missoula
Epworth League
Mark Freeman
East Indies
Felda
America
G. C. Valliant
Montana
Ague
Butte
Hazel Adams
E. Bolltho
Phyllis Bowers
John Biderkin
Lussa Goodwin
Anna Greer
Louisa Heath
Gertie Hill
Gwendolyne Kent
Charlotte Knowlton
Violet Laity
Este Nicholls
Myrtle Oates
Ada Olds
Finnish men held for not registering for the draft
Sixteen men in Cascade county jail are being detained for failing or refusing to register for conscription. All but three are Finns. They have been turned over to the United States marshal for disposition by federal authorities.
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Great Falls
Jun
Cascade County
Miles City Prep for Knights Templars Meeting Declares Day
Miles City brims with decorations as the grand commandery Knights Templars gather tomorrow. Delegates arrive by rail, with 800 expected. Kalispell Lewistown Glendive and Butte already present.
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HTS Templars
Miles City
Knights Templars
Kalispell
Lewistown
Glendive
Butte
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Philipsburg News
Earth
Farm Mortgage Corporation
Electric Building
Livingston News
Buffalo Gold Mining Company
Cooke City
E. B. Hubbard
Andrew Wassanaar
Railroad Commission
Hageland Lane
Coppedge
State Epworth League
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