Fort Benton River Press details 1908 Missouri flood crest timing
The River Press at Fort Benton sent data to the Army Division Engineers in Kansas City about the 1908 Missouri River flood. Capt. Theodore Wyman Jr. notes this is the best information to date on crest timing. The article states water began subsiding around 10 oclock Sunday morning. The division seeks gathered facts for future reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benton
Division Engineers
Army
Kansas City
Missouri River
Theodore Wyman Jr
River Press
Missouri
Bond Issue Passed in Anaconda Rouses City Bid
Anaconda city council adopted a resolution authorizing a 43350 bond issue to redeem all city general fund warrants and publish a sale notice. Bonds will be amortization or serial, amortization preferred, sold to the highest bidder on May 21. The council also voted to replace ornamental globes in the residential district with white round globes to save taxpayers. Shanghai now has 35 broadcasting stations, 29 Chinese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City General Fund
Anaconda
Mission Creek Dam Eyes 8000 Acre Foot Flathead Storage
The Mission Creek dam four miles east of St. Ignatius on the Flathead irrigation project will rise 90 feet and span half a mile. It will store about 8000 acre feet, allow diversion to multiple reservoirs, and back water for a mile and a half. Engineers note Indian workers and water users compose much of the labor force as construction accelerates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flathead Irrigation
Mission Creek
Oort Peck
Flathead
St. Ignatius
Henry Gerharz
Flathead Valley
Camas
William McDonald
Gerhart
Indian Service
Mission Creek Canyon
Mission Canyon
Lost life in bold quest for gold across desert
Pioneer Society recounts the deaths of John M. Bozeman and Thomas Cover. Bozeman was killed by Blackfeet near Fort C. F. Smith in 1867. Cover vanished while seeking the Peg Leg gold mine in the Carrizo Bad Lands, later found buried with a ring bearing a Masonic emblem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cover
Gallatin Valley
Johnn
Valley of Flower
John M. Bozeman
Daniel M. Rouse
William W. Alderson
W. J. Beall
John S. Mendenhall
Frank F. Fridley
W. J. Davies
Squire Fitz
Mr. Bozeman
Georgia
Fort C. F. Smith
Big Horn
Bozeman
Dover
California
Cover
Riverside
Cal
Peg Leg
Russell
Carisco
United States
Cuticura Soothes Baby Rash In Advertised Bath Routine
A vintage ad touts Cuticura products for soothing itchy baby rash through hot baths with Cuticura Soap and gentle Cuticura Ointment, finished with Cuticura Talcum. The fragrance product is suggested as an additional finish, priced at 25 cents each.
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Clark’s Fork Valley
Blackfoot Land Development CO
Missoula, Mont
Tyris
S. We Eee Brd
W. Rocks
Wy Wyan
Maple Dale Hatchery Box
Austin, Minn
Ft. Benton Paper
Shanghai
China
Italy
Montana Meat and Commission Company
South
Montana Street
Butte
Montana
Minnesota
ST. Paul Hatchery
St. St. Paul
Alfalfa
Timothy
Allike
Kentucky
Peerless
White Blossom
F. O. B. Helena
State Nursery & Seed Co
Helena
Gallatin
John Bozeman
Fort Peck
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Bisceglia Bros
San Jose
Calif
Pusan
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