Singapore Jake the Montana clairvoyant and hoard of gold
Montana's early mining era recalls Singapore Jake a famed mind reader who plied the camps in the 1870s. He promised fortunes to miners, dancers, and gamblers, claiming spirits guided his crystal globe and life lines, and he charged five dollars for trances before vanishing after a fatal escape failed.
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Montana
Singapore
Jake
India
New Orleans
Mississippi
Kelly
Plummer
Mexico
King” Kelly
Rocky Mountains
Marty McGraw
Denver
McGraw
Fara
Marty
San Francisco
Butte
Singapore Lake
Platte River
Scudder’s Lake
Three Cross Ranch
Scudder Lake
Flathead forest reports record elk take amid open preserve
The closed season tally shows 536 elk 19 deer 4 grizzly bears 21 black and brown bears and 9 coyotes in Flathead forest. About 46 percent of 1,161 hunters bagged elk, with 56 percent above the 1934 35 average, aided by opening Spotted Bear preserve. Non residents from Missouri Mississippi Michigan California and Washington hunted elk. 726 pack horses and 340 vehicles were used. Forest supervisor Dr Urquhart notes 4,000 elk total in the forest and warns of ongoing winter forage damage despite the harvest.
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Flathead Forest
Spotted Bear
State Game Commission
Missouri
Mississippi
Michigan
California
Washington
Urquehart
Montana Horticultural meeting and state notes headline
Reports from across Montana summarize local events including the 40th Montana Horticultural Society meeting led by R. G. Ostersten Darby. Other items cover deaths, elections, road and dam projects, wildlife club selections, and a notable bowling team member from Eddy Bakery.
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Hamilton
The
Montana Horticultural Society
R. G. Ostersten
Darby
Nelena—Marie Hirsch
Eddy Bakery
Eddy
Montana sports tales of Jack Travis and early leagues
Joe L Markham recounts Havre journalist Jack Travis a former Montana State college guard who became a fixture as a guard after a coaching ruse. The piece moves through racing promotions a 1916 auto show, and Montana baseball league roots from the 1890s to 1935 highlighting Arthur Merkle Hi Kimball and the 1905 Left field eight putouts record.
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Jack Travis
Havre
Montana
Jack
Montana State College
Ott Romney
Travis
Romney
Varsity
Scrubs
Bobcats
B. A
J. Alec Sloan
de Lloyd Thompson
Helena
Sloan
Billings
Marie
Merkle
Kimball
Butte
Art Merkle
Horace Merkle
Fitch
Burns
Austin
Donahue
Claybourne
Wilson
Sullivan
Pratt
Kane
Weiser Dell
Brooklyn
Montana State League
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Banks
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda
Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
Charles M. Russell
United States
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls, Montana
Frontier
Frontier Raw Fur! Corp
West 27Th St
Treasure State News
Great Falls
George Pejko
Belt
Calone and
Johnson
Bozeman
Cassius Kirk
Gellatin County
Montanans
Iinc
Lewistown
Glendive
Jordan
Circle
Nwavre
Hill County
First National Bank of St. Paul
Wamilton
Josephine Marshall
New Westminster
B. C
A. Dawes
T C. Malee
Paul Cannon
L. B. Phillips
Dillon
South Central
Wild Life Conservation Clubs
Red Lodge
Turk
Alice Greenourh
Boston
Madison Square Garden
Hollywood
Clara Reed
Leslie Soulsby
Windham
Livingston
Weishing
Northern Pacific
Servce
Gallatin Dam
R. Robertson
Reclamation Bureau
Gallatin River
West Fork
Shelby
Charles Alexander
Doc"’ Blevins
Whitlash
Fort Benton
Edmonton
Alta
Blevins
Sweet Grass
Fort MacLeod
Alberta
Belgrade
Chester Ternon
Charles
Here
Ternan
Charlies
Nrichbors
Montana Sports Tales
Joe L. Markham
Intermountain
Longmont
Colo
Columbia Gardens
Gregg
Dr. Gregg
Harold Gregg
Butte High School
Butte High
Denver University
Washington State College
Spokane
Clem Crowley
Duke
Schroeder
Crowley
Washington University
Gil Dobie
Husky
Los Angeles
Via
Montana Mountains
Great Salt Lake
Cedar Breaks
Zion National Park
Boulder Dam
Tropical Coast Line
National Parks Airways
Western Air Express
National Parks Airways, Inc
Salt Lake City
Utah
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