Gold mine legend stirs Deer Creek treasure tale
Frank Terrel of Edgemont seeks a grub stake to reenter the Chic Soos gold claim near Deer Creek. Terrel recalls a 1945 sighting tied to Chico Soos and Mrs Walt Whitford, with reports of rotten quartz and a rich vein. Oscar Fallang notes old family tales but cautions no proof.
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Boy Scouts
Deer Creek
Oscar Fallang
Frank Terrel
Edgemont
S. D
Chic Coos
Reed Point
Terrel
Chico Soos
Walt Whitford
Chic Soos
Soos
Virginia City
Yellowstone Park Sets Record for July Travel
Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming reports 20 046 visitors on Sunday surpassing the prior July 4 record by 2216. Through July 3 travel is up 47 percent over last year with 299 585 entrants since October 1.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Yellowstone National Park
Joe Joffe
Edmund B. Rogers
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Joffe
Fishing Bridge
Red Lodge-Cooke City
Motorcyclist Dies In Livingston Crash
Donald Stubbs a 17 year old Princeton Idaho high school student died in a hospital in Livingston after a motorcycle wreck on highway 89. He sustained a compound skull fracture and a broken leg while his companion Earl Jump 17 of Livingston escaped with lesser injuries when the bike skidded on loose gravel and went over a fence. Jump is expected to recover. Stubbs had come to Livingston for holiday visits with friends.
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Livingston
Donald Stubbs
Princeton
Idaho
Highway 89
Stubbs
Earl Jump
Bridge to span Boulder River after old collapse
State Highway Engineer Lockey announces a Bailey surplus bridge will be installed over the Boulder River at the old site. Moving the Busha ranch bridge is abandoned due to prohibitive cost and local protests east of the river. The deadline is September 1 for summer stock movement, with a permanent structure planned later.
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Boulder River
Lockey
Busha Ranch
Highway Department
Helena
Pioneer
Park Check Station Looted at Yellowstone
The FBI said a safe at the west entrance check stand of Yellowstone National Park was blown Monday night or early Tuesday and stolen were about $9,500 in Fourth of July gate receipts plus three pistols and some tickets. Park Superintendent Edmund D. Rogers reported the loot and a safe blowout. An FBI agent from Butte, Montana, was assigned to the case.
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Denver
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Yellowstone National Park
Edmund D. Rogers
Rogers
Butte, Mont
Visits and family travel around Melville area
The report lists multiple visits by Rostad and related families to Melville and nearby areas. It notes travel to Great Falls for Miss Sadie Bailey’s medical care, holiday gatherings, and fishing at Boulder river. Also covered are fines for reckless driving, jail time for passing a bad check, a disorderly conduct fine, and four local accidents with limited injuries and property damage.
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Great Falls
Floyd Bailey
Bailey
Sadie Bailey
Drivdahl
Jack Hein
John Sherwin
Spokane
O. C. Drivdahl
Melville
Hein
Drivdahls
Sherman
Clarence Rostad
Susanna Rostad
Aloe Warila
Billings
John Rostad
Seattle
Peter Rostad
Ole Rostad
Boulder
Edward Shumaker
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Holly
Highway Patrol
Reed Point
Legion Memorial Building Nears Completion in Big Timber
A Big Timber report praising Sweet Grass post No. 19 American Legion for constructing a new memorial building. The piece notes local builder, Montana architect plans, nightly veteran work crews, and funded by the Legion with Leo Cremer thanked for rodeo support. The facility will host open houses and serve as meeting home for Legionnaires, standing as a tribute to service members.
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American Legion Memorial
Montana
Legion
United States Army and Navy
Sweet Grass Post No. 19
American Legion
Legionnaires
Five Montana Highway Deaths During July 4 Weekend
Five people died on Montana highways during the long July 4 weekend. The victims were Donald Stubbs 17 of Princeton Idaho Jim Banning 36 of Fortune Mr and Mrs James Standley about 50 of Missoula Holger J Pearson 44 of Kosmos Washington.
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Montana
Donald Stubbs
Princeton
Idaho
Jim Banning
Fortune
James Standley
Missoula
Holger J. Pearson
Kosmos
Wash
Stubbs
Livingston
Bannings
Standley
Arlee
Pearson
Hysham
Parade Prizes Total 300 as Big Timber Rodeo Hosts Event
Over 350 dollars in prizes already pledged for the Big Timber rodeo parade set for Sunday July 31 at 11 am. W K Amery chairs the parade committee. Tickets go on sale July 18 at 105 McLeod street with schedules through July 30. Reserve seats priced 1 and 3 dollars. Residents urged to wear western attire and display event stickers.
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Big Timber
W. K. Amery
Rodeo Grounds
New
Legion Hall
Jim Brannin
McLeod Street
Solberg
Pioneer
Rodeo Advertising Committee
Court News Judge Presides in Bozeman District Court
Judge W W Lessley presided in Bozeman district court in Judge Berg's absence. Partial estate disbursement for Harvey Cort totaled 180000 with 60000 to Alma Cort 40000 each to Frances Strobel Helen Sullivan and Robert Cort. J H Preston named Duck Creek water commissioner. Estate matters for C A Caulkins and Klaus E Erickson approved with distributions and heirship determinations. Erickson estate valued around 1956 to sister Anna Regina Hedman Gefle Sweden and brother Eric Ernfrid Osterlid Sweden.
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W. W. Lessley
Bozeman
Berg
Harvey Cort
Alma Cort
Frances Strobel
Helen Sullivan
Robert Cort
J. H. Preston
Springdale
Duck Creek
C. A. Caulkins
E. O. Overland
Klaus E. Erickson
H. A. Tyvand
Erickson
Anna Regina Hedman
Gefle
Sweden
Eric Ernfrid
Osterlid
Local Notes Brighten Nearby Visits and Moves
Visiting friends arrive from Marysville and Burt as Callie Allison and Emma Boettcher share time with local families. T. C. McCall, Sweet Grass county pioneer, dies in Los Angeles at 92. L. L. Viers assumes Airway Center Grocery in Billings. Leo Cremer and wife return from Mandan after a record audience. O C Drivdahl family hosts a Sunday reunion and picnic with relatives from Great Falls Spokane.
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Callie Allison
Marysville
Cal
Harlowton
Emma Boettcher
Burt
Arthur Boettcher
T. C. McCall
Sweet Grass County
Los Angeles
Minta Bonner
Donna Daily
Billings
North Dakota
Services Held For Gust Kirchner
Gust John Kirchner 65 died Saturday at his daughter’s home 30 miles north of Big Timber after long illness. Funeral at Lowry chapel with Rev. E E Tollefson. burial Mountain View. Born Bailey’s Harbor Wisconsin June 15 1884. married 1906. lived in Montana, Oregon, Gibson area, then Big Timber. Survived by two daughters Mrs Burmeister and Mrs Cecil Braley and a son Gust J. Kirchner.
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Gust John Kirchner
Ludwig Burmeister
Kirchner
Burmeister
Lowry Chapel
E. E. Tollefson
Allan Thompson
Frank Chase
Wm. Feldt
Carl Feldt
Oscar Stephens
Arthur Stephens
Clay Morris
Hans Gerwitz
Lowry’s
Mountain View
Mr. Kirchner
Bailey’s Harbor
Wis
Jacksonport
Montana
Rapelje
Oregon
Gibson Area
Big Timber
Cecil Braley
Lewiston
Ida
Gust J. Kirchner
Open House Featuring Jake Adolphs Band At Legion Rodeo
North Dakota visitors Mr and Mrs Arvid Wickland and family of Bismarck traveled with Ed Braaten and family to Spokane to visit Axel Wickland and Mrs John Johnsons family They plan to attend a Legion open house with Jake Adolphs ten piece band performing Saturday night July 30 The band currently based in Sheridan Wyoming tours major Northwest recreation areas and was secured at considerable cost to enhance the event
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North Dakota
Arvid Wickland
Bismarck
N. D
Ed Braaten
Orvin
Sheridan
Wyo
Northwest
Legion
Challenge Rifle Match Set for Sunday at Local Range
Big Timber Rifle and Pistol club hosts a Sunday rifle meet starting 9 a.m. July 10 at the new range five miles north on Highway 19. A 10 man challenge team led by Floyd Bailey faces the club’s top ten shooters, plus two open events with 75 percent of entry fees distributed as prizes across three matches.
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Big Timber Rifle and Pistol Club
Big Timber
Highway 19
Louis Mysse
Floyd Bailey
N. R
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Royal L. Richards
Robert N. Barker
Sheriff's Office
Gene Spiltle
Grey Cliff
Jas. Woods
Herman Smith
Wm. H. Patrick Jr
Gastonia
N. C
Eaton’s Inn
Smith
Eaton's
Patrick
Frances Widdicombe
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The
Leo Cremer
California
Kenneth Davis
Corky
Bell
Calif
A. T
Fred
Albert Billisons
Art Berg
Alice Morrison
Byron Hendrickson
Cremer
Court News
Leo Overfelt
Clarence
Emil Drivdahl
Harry Plaggemeyer
Louis Drivdahl
Gust Kirchner
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