Great Northern lines Montana fence plan and era notes
State and local items report Great Northern preparing to fence its Montana line. Montana 1897 metal output valued at 52.75 million dollars. Billings to install a new sewerage system this fall. Flathead county declares Fred Whiteside elected by one vote. Geiger may contest. Livingston seeks sewerage system. University of Montana buildings near completion by Christmas. Northern Pacific shipping cattle and sheep within Montana to eastern markets. Crow Indians build a large canal irrigation project.
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Flathead County
Fred Whiteside
J. H. Geiger
Geiger
Billings
State Arid Land Grant Commission
Northern Pacific Railway Company
N. VP
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Grandest of All Fire Dance In Jolly Della Pringle Co
The Loie Fuller style fire dance will be shown by the Jolly Della Pringle Co with 160 yards of silk in Miss Pringle's dress. Elaborate fire effects and calcium and electric effects accompany the program. The company also features a film projector and the most expensive effects yet seen in the repertoire.
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Loie Fuller
Jolly Della Pringle Co
Miss Pringle
Backyard Players Seek Fruit Trees From Greeley Nurseries
Residents in Greeley Colorado pursue locally grown fruit trees after reports note a lack of stock from area nurseries. Community groups organize exchanges to boost home orchard growth and fruit yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Colo
Range cattle season of 1898 ends with gains for ranchers
The 1898 range cattle season ends as the best since 1884 with western range steers averaging about 30 cents per hundred higher than last year totaling roughly 3.75 per head on 1200 pound cattle. Cows and heifers rose at least 60 cents per 100 pounds due to lower numbers and war effects. Top price for range steers reached 5 dollars in October, compared to 4.90 in September 1894.
War on the Curry and Robards gang in Wyoming and Montana
A Cheyenne telegram reports the postal department and war department will target the Curry and Robarts outlaw brothers and their gang in northern Wyoming and southern Montana. The group has robbed post offices and hijacked stage coaches, with a canyon hideout in Deep Canyon, Big Horn mountains. An earlier mountain battle left one gang member captured. inspectors and posses prepare for another clash.
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Cheyenne
Postal Department
War Department
Robarts and Curry
Wyoming
Curry and Roberts Brothers
Montana
Post Office Department
Canon
Big Horn Mountains
Montana Line
Nursery stock order placed with Greeley Colorado nurseries
A directive confirms placing the order for nursery stock with the Greeley Colorado area nurseries.
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Greeley
Colorado
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Kellogg’s
H. O. Kellogg
General Merchandise
Cottage Hotel
BIG Timber
Mont
Thos. Ryan, Prop
W A. Moore, M. D
J. H.mooree
Physicians and Surgeons
Ovrrenk Moore & Co
Independent Order OF Foresters
Court Big Timber
K.of Phallavws
Kem Watt
W. E. Bennert
Ree, Sevy
Old Pioneer
Gypney Fox
Attorney AT Law
Sweet Grass County
Office
Bank Building
Big Thinber
Ssydney Lanner
Attorneisy
Omce
Shanks Building
Sam Lee
Bramble’s Restaurant
H. J. Dixon
Alfred George
Grard Hotel
Harvey Bliss
LTC
State News
The
Livingston
Science Hall
University Hall
University of Montana
Gebo Bridger
NPL
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
District of
Utah
Idaho
Stock Growers Journal
Northern Pacific Railway
Chicago
State Press Association
Butte
West Gallatin Cans
Dean and Marlow
West Gallatin
Sheds
Sven
Manhattan
Braley
John Bloor
Senate
Smith
State Board of Pardons
Permanent School
Permanent University
Moore
River Press
State Land Department
Board of State
Secretary of State
Butte T Inter Mountain
Anaconda Co
Boston & Montana
Butte & Boston
Cosmopolitan
Joseph Leiter
Leiter
Curry Gang
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