Big Hole cattle bring good prices at Wellcome Peckover sale
Two hundred head of Big Hole cattle sold at auction at the Wellcome and Peckover ranch in the Big Hole valley. Most cattle went to local ranchers and will stay in the basin. Buyers from the upper Big Hole and Windom area attended. demand for native cattle was high, with Texas longhorns viewed as inferior. About 100 to 130 horses remain to be disposed of, while the ranch plans to exit ranching and focus on other ventures.
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Big Hole
Wellcome & Peckover
Bg Hole Valley
Big Hole Basin
Windom
Texas
Wellcome #& Peckover
Wellcome Peckover
Texas Steers Roam Georgetown Range
Georgetown residents report trouble from Texas steers arriving from the George town district. Cattlemen say the herd is headed to Rock Creek district and halted at Georgetown, with cowboys guiding by day while steers roam freely at night and sleep during heat of day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Rock Creek
Panhandle
City News Snippets and Local Business Ads
Local notices and transients fill the page with travel bits. J. Ducle and Judge Winston return from Hamilton while others visit Butte Great Falls and Spokane. ads promote millinery and piano services alongside liquor and glassware shops. People like Mrs E J Kunkel and John McKenzie travel for business and vacation.
Local Notes From Spokane To Great Falls Timber News
Automobile travel from Spokane described with good roads before heading toward Pipestone Springs. Various residents and visitors are listed, including Mrs. L. G. Smith traveling to Hamilton, and others from Oshkosh, Napa, and Missoula visiting in Anaconda. Classified ads mention a seven room modern house for sale at $1,800 and local shop notices. Community announcements cover church Ladies Aid meetings and a tailor reopening at 18 East Park avenue with fall and winter offerings.
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John Zilinsky
East Park Avenue
Adv
School Board Votes Tests and Cleanliness Push
The board urged City Superintendent Dwyer to administer frequent tests in English and arithmetic for lower grades. He will monitor progress in these two key subjects. A circular will go to janitors urging cleanliness and disease protection. In Bowman’s absence W. W. Harper chaired a meeting with Col Rodgers and Spelman. month bills were audited and allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwyer
Bowman
W. W. Harper
Mesars
Col Rodgers
Spelman
Balla
Sunderland seeks divorce over non support and cruelty
Mrs. Lottie Sunderland sues Frank W. Sunderland in district court on grounds of non support and cruelty alleging drink problems and threats to kill. Married Anaconda September 25, 1908, they have a 20 year old son. She seeks custody of the child and says she supported herself and child as a waitress. Attorney for plaintiff is C. M. Sawyer.
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Lottie Sunderland
Frank W. Sunderland
Anaconda
Public road to cross Deer Lodge Valley near Evans ranch
A public road straight across Deer Lodge Valley will pass the Evans ranch and section 16. William Evans filed a deed transferring a strip about two and a half miles long to the county for the road. Work may start soon, easing travel for Stuart residents and valley ranchers despite little impact on the Butte distance.
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Deer Lodge Valley
Evans Ranch
William Evans
Butte
Stuart
Muller's No-Way Grocery Ad List of Household Staples
A fragmented consumer goods catalog lists items such as flour LSS Pillsbury's, yellow cornmeal, potatoes, tea Ceylon and Rocki, pork and beans Van Camp's, lard, bacon, fresh hens, laying hens, soap Lenox, condensed goods and gasoline, with prices per pound or per dozen for various sacks and packs. Strong entities include Muller's No-Way Grocery, Pillsbury, Van Camp's, Idaho bran, Montana bran, and Gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LSS
Pillsbury's
van Camp
Idaho
Montana
Pianos sold at low price promise high quality and delivery
Anaconda dealer Schlappi touts Cable-Nelson pianos as high grade and durable, offered at 238 dollars to enable moderate income families to own a piano. He promises boxed delivery nearby and free shipping for local customers, with the piano exhibition at 318 East Park Avenue, open evenings.
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Cable-Nelson
Anaconda
Schlappi
East Park Avenue
Butte
Inheritance Taxes Show Big Increase In County Collections
Tax commissioner reports a sharp rise in inheritance taxes, noting early figures from Lodge County. He explains prior years saw sparse probate payments while 12 Deer Range estates contributed, with tax funds split between state and school funds. The collection predominately comes from eastern residents and was aided by recent enforcement changes.
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Office of
State Tax Commissioner
Lodge
Steamo
Houts
Vofflen
England
Helena fair visitors treated well says official
E P Matthewson reports an investigation will show that accusations Helena charged visitors exorbitant prices during fair week are unfounded. The commerce club, responsible for visitor entertainment, arranged rooms for guests and aided the event.
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Helena
E. P. Mathewson
Commerce Club
Commercial club coordinates crowd for lodging and meals
Dr L M Rheem led a well organized effort as applicants found rooms and rate details, hotels were full but commercial club information guided guests. Helena managed large crowds, restaurants kept prices steady with many meals priced around 80 cents.
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L. M. Rheem
Helena
American Flag Dedicated as Insignia of Peace
Washington October 1 President Wilson dedicated a peace flag carried from battlefield to battlefield in the South by Maj Alfred F Judson ex Confederate soldier of Los Angeles during a peace fetes tour Major Judson conducted patriotic services while the flag symbolized pacific aims through the tour
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Washington
Wilson
South
Alfred F. Judson
Los Angeles
Judson
Provincial silk from span sia mined for automobile
Provincial silk made from span sia mined for automobile reportedly in England. The fragment notes a claimed material origin and an automotive use context, with limited readable specifics.
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England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elberta
California
Chase & Sanborn
Studebaker
Deer Lodge County
Richardson & Cosens
Main St
Castle Valley
Ro Servie
Anaconda Coal Co
M. P. Mahoney Funeral Directors
East Park Benge
Tuttle & Mahoney
Goodfriend
Goodfriend Clothing CO
Eee Theater
Liberty
Anaconda News
Georgetown Range
W. O
Sakes Weasel
McRas
Mint
Pagan
Prof
Olson
Cherry
Coleman Lee
St. Paul
E. J. Kunkel
Walter Orton
Allbach
A. F
Stor
John Ducle
Metropolis
George B. Winston
Hamilton
Misa Blanche
J.T. Gunnise
Great Falls
B. Park
Amer
Durston
Dr. Kramer
Frank Hughes
New York
Dr. Pearl
Eben Golder
John Ahearn
Durant
Libbey's
Hammerslough’s.—Adv
Old Taylor
Bond
Cash Liquor House
John McKenzie
Uluth
Chicago
Carroll
Anavonda
Spokane
Ndghn
Gallagher
Prairie Te
Low Morrow
Pipestone Springs
L. G. Smith
Marcus Daly
Riverside Ranch
W. H. King
Oshkosh
W. H. A. Luft
Napa, Cal
Sullivan & Peterson
L. B. Woods
D. E. Wilder
Great Northern
Butts
W. S. Hunnewell
Drummond
Maurice Lewis
San Francisco
City
Ten Falk and Sons
M. P. Gleeson
A. D. Simerson
G. Simerson
Missoula
J.B. Young
Seattle
James Chase
Alcanar
Ald
The
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Andrew Strommen
East Fourth Street
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
Hoglund
Mayer Dryson
Thurson
Whitehouse
Muller’s
Cable-Nélson
United States
Dunn
Bradstreet
Charles R. Schlappi
Reel Theater
Weeser
Reeser
Pete T
Rex Company
Nestor
Abbott-Ford CO
Adeline L. Henderson
West
Ind
Mission Ridge
Chickasmaugh
Appomattox
Gettysburg
Mia
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