King on Heels of Fleeing Bandits
Col Wilbur F Sanders recalled Harry King a vigilante leader famed for swift justice in the Plum mer case. King deterred Ray at the scaffold and tied many hangman knots, earning a fearsome reputation in a lawless era. He also protected a Mormon girl from Buck Stinson, provoking a dramatic chase that ended with her departure and his relief.
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Harry
Col
Wilbur F. Sanders
Harry King
Sanders
Plummer
Ray
Stinson
King
Montana
Buck Stinson King
Buck Stinson
Virginia City
Utah
Hell
Turkeys Drive New Industry for Hamilton
A carload of dressed turkeys rolled from the Hamilton depot to Chicago for Thanksgiving, marking a new industry for the town. About 500 birds daily were killed dressed cooled and packed in barrels. Elmer and Ralph Savage raised the birds on Sleeping Child and east Hamilton ranches. The operation employed 30 to 40 workers in sheds behind a Main Street garage. Last year Ralph Savage shipped dressed turkeys to Chicago from Hamilton.
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Hamilton
Chicago
Bitter Root
Sleeping Child
Elmer
Ralph Savage
Fur Trade Forts Rise Along Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers
The 1822 founding of Fort Union at the Yellowstone mouth marked a shift as traders moved up the Missouri. Forts William and Chardon followed, with Fort Bentons later, while Forts Assinniboine and Poplar influenced trades, and by 1867 fur posts faded as mining and livestock grew in Montana.
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Yellowstone
Missouri
Marias Rivers
Union
McKenzie
Missouri River
Lewis and Clark
Yellowstone River
Volcano
Lucien
Madison
Mandan
Dakota
William Ashley
Andrew Henry
Rocky Mountain Fur Co
Manuel Lisa
Missouri Fur Co
Big Horn
Gallatin
Snake River
Idaho
Rocky Mountain Co
Lisa
David Thompson
Hudson’s Bay
Milk
Marias
Ashley
Henry
Fort
Fort Floyd
Fort Union
Bent
Arkansas River
Sublette & Campbell
Fort William
American Fur Co
James Kipp
Piegan
Marias River
Loma
Virgelle
Kipp
D. D. Mitchell
Marins
C. A. Chardon
Judith River
Chardon
Fort McKenzie
Fort Brule
Brule Bottoms
Poplar
Fort Jackson
Poplar River
Fort Poplar
Kenneth McKenzie
Sub- Ietter& Campbell
Dians
Fox, Livingston & Co
New York
Northwest Field
Fort Mortimer
Fort Chardon
Judith
Alexander Culbertson
Fort Lewis
Pablois Island
Fort Benton
Fort Clay
Northwest Fur Co
Northwest Company
Fort Hanley
Musselshell
Montana
Meagher's Secretary Barrett Shaped Montana Governance
The early Montana figure Anthony Barrett rose from a 1865 placer miner to Meagher’s private secretary and key speechmaker. He later served as assistant auditor, special Indian agent, state treasurer, and a long-time Helena resident before dying in Kansas after a life in public service.
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Anthony
Meagher
Barrett
Jocko
Missoula
Territorial Assembly
Jefferson County
Judge Barrett
Helena
Hammond
Florida
Kansas
Stillwater turkey pool sold to Gold Medal dairies
The Stillwater county turkey pool sold to Gold Medal dairies of Missoula. Prices ranged 20 cents a pound for prime birds, 17 cents for choice and prime old toms, and 14 cents for commercial turkeys. About 70 percent of the birds were prime, with 45 000 pounds loaded for Missoula buyer.
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Stillwater County
Gold Medal Dairies
Missoula
J. L. Richardson
Richardson
Laurel
State Expenditures and December Land Auction Schedule
State Auditor John J. Holmes reports October expenditures totaled 3 428 955 19 with receipts of 3 053 100 61. State Land Board announces December auction sales to dispose of several thousand acres across Thompson Falls Missoula Polson Fort Benton Havre Chester Shelby Cut Bank Conrad and Great Falls on dates in mid December.
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John J. Holmes
State Land Board
Thompson Falls
Missoula
Polson
Fort Benton
Havre
Chester
Shelby
Cut Bank
Conrad
Great Falls
Montana Road Work Employment Figures for October
During the last half of October 950 persons were employed in state highway projects under contract. Chief engineer D. A. McKinnon said 937 of the workers were residents of Montana.
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D. A. McKinnon
State Highway Commission
McKinnon
Montana
Prairie County May Appoint Interim County Assessor
Attorney General Enor K. Matson rules Prairie county may appoint a county assessor to serve until G. B. Taylor, elected November 3, takes office in January. Taylor asked to assume the office now since the current incu mbsent is an appointee.
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Enor K. Matson
Prairie County
G. B. Taylor
Taylor
Matson
State game and fish bulletin published in print for first time
The October issue of the state game and fish department has been mailed and appears in printed form for the first time. Warden Kenneth McDonald notes the shift from mimeograph to print, made possible by new funds.
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State Game and Fish Department
Kenneth McDonald
Montana Supreme Court Upholds Closure of Butte Gambling Parlors
The Montana supreme court upholds the attorney general's order to close two Butte establishments Mt é& M and Crown Clear and confiscate their gambling equipment. Civil nuisance actions were filed in Silver Bow county district court after the lower court ruled for the defendants.
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Montana Supreme Court
Butte
Frank Leiper
Glendive
Justilee Sands
Mt É& M
Crown Clear
Silver Bow
Condition Of Cattle In Montana
The Montana cattle condition at the start of the month stood at 79 percent of normal, per Jay G. Diamond state statistician. Last year it was 88 percent and the 110 year average is 92 percent. The Navy 1 range was 59 percent of normal, down from 78 percent a year ago and a 10 year average of 86 percent.
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Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Navy
Hunters’ Rights Limited for White Husband on Indian Lands
Game Warden Kenneth MacDonald says a white man married to an Indian woman lacks the hunting rights given to Indians on their own tribal lands. The ruling aligns with an attorney general opinion, confirming white husbands must follow game laws.
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Kenneth MacDonald
Writs Granted in Helena Beer Parlor Case
Montana supreme court issues supervisory control writ against Helena beer parlor proprietors whose licenses were revoked for alleged Aquor sale violations. District Judge George W. Padbury and Lewis and Clark district court ordered to show cause November 23 why they should not be enjoined from interfering with the board order. District court had issued a temporary writ restraining the board enforcing suspensions of several Helena beer vendors for five days.
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Montana Supreme Court
Helena
George W. Padbury
Lewis and Clark District Court
Flood system revamps farm near Scobey with irrigation breakthrough
A. W. Warden, Roosevelt county extension agent, touts a flood irrigation project on George Thompson’s 480 acre ranch near Scobey completed in 1934. The 45 acre irrigated plot produced a record onion crop in 1935, plus potatoes and millet in 1936, funding farm needs and feeding 125 cattle, two dairy cows, and 30 sheep.
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George Thompson Ranch
Scobey
A. W. Warden
Roosevelt County
Warden
Strict Rules Guide Bear Hunting in Montana
Chief Deputy Game Warden J. H. Chartrand reports two Stevensville men violated bear season rules. One man was fined $25 for shooting and possessing a cub bear. the other was fined $25 for shooting a fawn doe whose carcass was seized for public auction.
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Montana
J. H. Chartrand
Stevensville
Treasure State News in Brief Capsule
MISSOULA Jack Hogan Anaconda elected president of the freshman class at Montana State University succeeding Clarence Kommers. GREAT FALLS Ralph Burch 50 Tracy died from injuries in a coal mine accident at Giffen. LEWISTOWN Fergus county high school votes contract for gym and shop building to Lovering and Longbotham Saint Paul. work to begin. BUTTE Unidentified Walkerville hunter located near a ranch house 26 miles north of Walkeville. LEWISTOWN Dr. C C Wallin health officer announces intensive rodent control drive with about 50 workers. MALTA Record corn yield 782 bushels from 10 acres by Lee Schumacher according to I D Zobell. CONRAD Aloysius Evans 28 pleads guilty to first degree murder and receives life. BOZEMAN City Manager Arnold says 1936 building activity through Oct 10 exceeds eight year total. estimated at about 541000 by Nov 1. LEWISTOWN Jack Abe 19 kills a 3 point buck with a bow in Little Belt mountains. LIVINGSTON Smith River irrigation dam in Meagher county completed a major federal state project. HARLOWTON A bottle of cognac awaits the lone surviving member of the local American Legion post in the new building. PONY Ice causes Leonard Stones car to burn after skidding into a pole. Stone uninjured. HOT SPRINGS Scott Marques 88 Civil War veteran dies after long illness. LEWISTOWN Dr W O Perrin federal vet established here to plan eradicating Bane disease in cattle. KALISPELL Local chamber plans for 1937 Glacier park season with 48 page tourist guide. season expected to surpass last year.
McLeish Granted Clemency by State Pardons Board
The state board commuted the sentence of J. M. McLeish a former Great Falls stock broker convicted of grand larceny as bailee making him immediately eligible for parole Commutation recommended by Governor Holt followed his one year in state penitentiary to serve a three year term
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State Board of Pardons
J. M. McLeish
Great Falls
Holt
McLeish
State Penitentiary
First US airline to carry passengers began scheduled service
The first airline in the United States to carry passengers on scheduled operation began service in 1928 marking the start of commercial air travel.
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United States
Owl Photo Service Promises Value in Prints and Enlargements
Bell offers and Omly colored enlargements with certificates and finishing values. Owl Photo Service advertises reprints 3 cents and all sizes with guaranteed work. The Old Reliable Firm invites trials to build friendship at Farge N.
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Bell
Owl Photo
OWL Photo Service
Farge, N
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Pablojis Island
Thomas Francis Meagher
Anthony H. Barrett
Young Barrett
Africa
State House
Treasure State
Jack Hogan
Montana State University
Clarence Kommers
Ralph Burch
Tracy
Giffen
Lewistown
Fergus County High School
Lovering and Longbotham
St. Paul
Walkerville
Walkeyville
C. C. Wallin
Malta
Lee Schumacher
Strater
I. D. Zobell
Schumacher
Conrad—Aloysius Evans
R. M. Hattersley
Bozeman
Gcg. O. Arnold
Arnold
Jack Abe
Little Belt
Here
Jack
Livingston
Smith River
Meagher County
Harlowton
American Legion
New Legion
Leonard Stone
Stone
Hot Springs
Scott Marques
Sherman
W. O. Perrin
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Bane
Perrin
Denver
Kalispele
Chamber of Commerce
Fiathead
Glacier Park
Malling Lst
Granls
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