First Indian Police Organized at Fort Peck in 1877
Grace Stone Coates recounts the 1877 creation of Indian police at Fort Peck as a government experiment shifting guard duties from whites to Native officers. The 1880 commissioner’s report notes rapid expansion to 40 agencies, 162 officers, and 653 privates, with positive evidence of usefulness and stability in policing Indian reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Peck
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Grace Stone Coates
Mead
Mangel Wurzel
U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Indian Police on Sioux Reservation Report
The Sioux agent’s 1880 report details a police force of fifty, with a captain, lieutenants, sergeants and privates, armed with Springfield carbines lent by General Sheridan. It notes strict discipline, night patrols, and arrests of white renegades for crimes against U.S. statutes, including horse theft and liquor intrusion.
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U. S
Sheridan
White Bird
Little Big Man
Pert
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Alder
United States
Western Mines and Power properties sold in Montana deal
L M Prill reported the sale of the Western Mines and Power company holdings in Cooke City to eastern investors led by Maj William G Vance and Fred F Holliday. The deal reportedly involved 500000 dollars and the buyers plan to form the Vance Consolidated Mines and Power company to operate the property.
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Western Mines and Power Company
New World
Cooke City
Red Lodge
L. M. Prill
Beartooth
William G. Vance
Morristown
N .J
Fred F. Holliday
Billings
Vance Consolidated Mines and Power Company
Agency Police Aid Quell Juvenile Departures in Deadwood
Police officials report valuable service in preventing the departure of ambitious young men from the agency. The U S court at Deadwood Dakota handles offenses tied to these cases and underscores law enforcement cooperation.
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U. S
Deadwood
Dakota
Loan Approved for Ft. Belknap Irrigation District
The Re construction Finance corporation in Washington approved a 33500 loan to Fort Belknap Mont irrigation district for repairs and construction. Funds will help recondition the mill and smelter to start operations immediately and a cyanide and flotation plant may be built at Red Lodge. New York financier J. E. Warber chairs Hydrogenation company. Major Vance, ex Lucerne Fuel VP, is first vice president.
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Senator Erickson
Helena
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington
Fort Belknap, Mont
Red Lodge
J. E. Warber
Hydrogenation Company
New York City
New Concern
Major Vance
Lucerne Fuel Company of
New York
Lord Barnbaroch
A. C. Colby
Carmen A. Newcomb
St. Louis
United States Court of Claims
Horses Shipped From Chateau Carload Sold En Route
F. G. Coyle shipped a carload of horses at Chateau mostly from Dupuyer area. Billing was to Kansas City but the shipment was sold en route at Billings. Pity swells the tide of love. Young.
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F. G. Coyle
Chateau
Dupuyer
Kansas City
Billings
Forest official Rush Injured by Horseback Trip to Helena
William Rush a forestry official for the Lewis and Clark area was injured by a kick to the leg while traveling from Benchmark to Helena for aid after an accident in Sun River country. Three Great Falls men helped transport him to Benchmark and then to Helena where he is treated at St. John’s hospital. Rush previously directed the Chateau forestry office before his current post studying game conditions.
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William Rush
Forest Service
Missoula
Lewis and Clark National Forest
Beachland
Helena
St. John’s Hospital
Flolena
Great Falls
J. A. Niles
C. C. Hall
William W. Brown
Augusta
Rush
Kenck
Benchmark Ranger Station
Benchmark
Chateau
Yellowtail Named Crow Agency Chief and Superintendent
Crow leader Robert Yellowtail will become superintendent and disbursing agent for the Crow reservation after bond approval by Washington officials. Elected by tribal vote 501 to 199 on May 1, he passed the civil service exam and was appointed by John Collier with Interior Department confirmation. Yellowtail, 41, rancher near Lodge Grass, educated at Riverside Indian School and in Los Angeles, is seen as progressive and ran for Congress in 1924. He will oversee about 1,500 Indians on nearly 2,500,000 acres and will be sworn in at tribal headquarters in a ceremony.
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Fort Peck
Sitting Bull
Wolf Point
Poplar River
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Robert Yellowtail
Washington
Billings
Yellowtail
John Collier
Indian Affairs
Interior Department
Lodge Grass
Riverside
Calif
Los Angeles
Congress
Crops Grow Strong in Glacier County Field Area
Favorable weather boosts Glacier county crops with heads forming and potential 40 to 50 bushel yields in some fields. Range conditions are excellent. The piece notes a light aside about preference for Sunday over Monday breaking weekly routine.
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Glacier CO
Glacier County
Noted crash not caused by mechanical failure near Glasgow
A cabin plane crash 35 miles south of Glasgow killed four people including Lincoln Nebraska residents Dr. F. W. Ryman and Alva H. Andrews and rancher James Erickson. E. E. Hughes said the tragedy was not due to mechanical failure after examining wreckage, with official cause pending coroner's jury testimony.
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Glasgow
D. H. Campbell
Alva H. Andrews
F. W. Ryman
Lincoln
Neb
James “Slim” Erickson
Garfield County
Great Falls
E. E. Hughes
Department of Commerce
Hughes
F. W. “Fuzz” Ryman
Montana
Erickson
al Fassett
No Change in Wheat Plan for 1935 Acreage and Payments
Secretary Wallace announces the 1935 wheat program keeps acreage at not less than 1934 levels or 85 percent of base, with total payments at 29 cents and a 30 cent processing tax. First installment 20 cents per bushel due October. second nine cents likely June 1935 after contract proof. Local admin expenses deducted from second payment. acreage open for adjustment through August if beneficial. If international buyers halt, US wheat acreage rules may be revised.
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Henry A. Wallace
Secretary of Agriculure
United States
Missoula Writers Conference Closes With Notable Talks and Plays
The fourth annual Missoula conference, directed by Mrs. Grace Stone Coates, featured Rufus A. Coleman and Dr. Frank Bird Linderman as speakers and excerpts from three original Montana Masquers one-act plays The Wooden Wife Winter and The Light. Additional sessions covered utilizing Indian materials book reviewing and becoming one s own critic among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus A. Coleman
The
State University
Missoula
Grace Stone Coates
Frank Bird Linderman
Montana Masquers
Alice Hanson Ernst
Richard Sullivan
Florence Bakalyar
Higher butterfat prices boost cooperatives sales
Pon der a cooperative cream pool officers report butterfat prices at Walter and Conrad stations have averaged 3 to 5 cents per pound higher than the Seattle price since the pool began buying cream January 23, 1934, marking record gains.
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Pondera Co-Operative Cream Pool
Walier and
Conrad
Seattle
Wool Clip Loaded by Harvat Brothers at Livingston depot
The Harvat Brothers, Park county's largest wool producers, loaded their 1934 clip for shipment at the Livingston Northern Pacific depot.
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Harvat Brothers
Park County
Livingston
Northern Pacific
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Grace Stene Coates
Nana
Carbon County
Ft. Belknap
CROW
Bond
Wallace
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