Granite Mines and a Town That Vanished in a Silver Dream
Granite Montana near Philipsburg once housed 4,000 residents and the Bi-Metallic and Granite mines with 20 to 100 stamp mills. Rich ore shipped as hot bricks, but the 1893 panic ended the boom, triggering a rapid exodus and leaving a ghost town with the Miners' Union hall as a memory-filled ruin.
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West
Mons
St. Louis
Philipsburg
United States
Tombstone
Walter Noble Burns
Law and Order
Granite
Miners’ Union Hall
Granite Mountain
Montana
Charles D. McClure
J. M. Merrill
Hope Mill
McClure
Granite Co
Messager
Dr. Merrill
Charles Clark
Algonquin
Hasmarck
Rumsey
Granites
McClure, Clark
Holland
Motorists Urged to Obtain 1941 Permits as Patrol Warns
Montana motorists face arrest risk if they lack 1941 driver permits. State highway patrol supervisor Charles L. Sheridan reports a $4,500 shortfall in license receipts for nine months of 1940 and notes about 6,000 drivers still lack current licenses after the 1941 deadline passed.
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Montana
Charles L. Sheridan
Woman Pioneer Saw Gold Rush
Minnie Fowler 87 died in Lewistown after living in Neihart and Kendall during Montana mining years. Born January 23 1854 in Auburn New York, she came west in 1869 with parents. Survived by five generations including daughter Mrs John Kertz and several grandchildren.
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Minnie Fowler
Lewistown
Auburn
N. Y
Montana
Neihart
Kendall
Arthur Fowler
John Kertz
Ghosts of Granite: Town’s Rise, Fall and Mining Legacy
Describes Granite’s boom through the 1890s and its decline after the crash. By 1898 the Granite Bi-Metallic Consolidated Mining Co. revived some activity, with a long tunnel and power works established. The town faded as mines operated intermittently, leaving a ruined landscape with the hospital and Union hall stark against storm and memory.
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Granite
Granite Bi-Metallic Consolidated Mining Co
Douglas Creek
Montana Water, Electric Power & Mining Co
Georgetown Lake
Amalgamated Copper Co
Union Hall
Fred Burr Lake
Track Official Completes 32 Years at Montana Meet
J P Rowe will end his period directing the 38th annual interscholastic track and field meet at Missoula May 15 to 17. The event, sponsored by Montana State University, is expected to attract the largest crowd in history, with a two mile race featuring Gregory Rice, Mel Trott and Dixie Garner.
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Montana State University
Missoula
J. P. Rowe
Montana
Gregory Rice
Mel Trott
Indiana
Dixie Garner
Washington State
Montana liquor control board names 60 venders and 12 assistants
The Montana liquor control board announced a complete revamping of the state liquor store network with 60 new venders and 12 assistants appointed by administrator Ray L. Wahl effective May 1. The list includes Belt Butte Fort Benton Great Falls numerous towns and stores with names such as George W Stuffel Thomas Kennedy C M McCaulay Roy W Page Fred Dorn W H Thomas Ed Link C W Nelson Sam Deniff etc.
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Montana Liquor Control Board
Ray L. Wahl
Belt
George W. Stuffel
Butte
Thomas J. Kennedy
C. F. Reardon
Great Falls
Roy W. Page
Fred Dorn
Fort
Donald A. Gast
Poplar
Oscar A. Larson
Philipsburg
A. H. Neal
Alzada
M. C. Morgan
Cut Bank
George Edkins
Alberton
William F. Gast
Galata
J. H. Fenton
Wilsall
Lawrence Knapp
Kalispell
Ray Johnson
Vender
Francis Ripke
Whitefish
William Donegan
Columbia Falls
Chris Raven
Miles City
Alex S. Caudel
Sam Findlater
Hingham
Ben F. Muzzey
Nashua
Alex Torkelson
Conrad
John Riggs
Dupuyer
A. W. Hullinger
Brady
Daisy Foy
Walier
J. N. Starbuck
Lewistown
Roland Hegan
Jack C. Hannah
Big Timber
Utilities Ready for Their Defense Part
D. J. McGonigle of Butte, Montana Power sales manager, said private electrical utilities could supply all power required by the national defense program. The Montana Chapter of Electrical Inspectors, formed last September, elected Carl Smith of Butte as chairman, Ralph Grant of Havre as first vice chairman, Thomas Lloyd of Butte as second vice chairman, and James Clune of Chinook as secretary-treasurer.
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D. J. McGonigle
Butte
Montana Power Company
Montana
Carl Smith
Ralph Grant
Havre
Thomas Lloyd
James Clune
Chinook
Montana High Schools Enter Journalism Contest
Dean A L Stone reports 64 Montana high school newspapers submitted for the Montana Interscholastic Editorial association contest held May 15 and 16. Sample papers were filed and the state papers will be judged by Montana State University journalism faculty in five classes. Each entrant must send four copies of three consecutive issues to qualify.
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Montana Interscholastic Editorial Association
Dean A. L. Stone
School of Journalism
Montana State University
Montana
University School of Journalism
Average American Age Reported From 1940 Census
The census bureau released data from a percent sample of the 1940 census showing the average American age is 28.9 years. The finding reflects age distribution across the population with detailed breakdowns forthcoming.
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Census Bureau
Flathead County Buys More Land for Airport Site
County commissioners announce the purchase of 80 acres at the proposed Flathead county airport site from E. R. Havens for 3000 dollars. This move brings total acquired land to 220 acres with options on about 400 more acres secured.
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Flathead County
E. R. Havens
Fifteen U S Students Win Prized Degrees at MSU
Montana State University honors fifteen graduates at winter quarter close. Weisel Jr. graduates in zoology with honors. two seniors Harold Goldstein Miles City and Glenn E Livingston Billings earn teaching certificates. Degrees listed across Chemistry Economics and sociology Law Mathematics Spanish Zoology Business administration Education Forestry Journalism with multiple named recipients.
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Montana State University
Armon Glenn
Secretary of Iecommittee
George F. Weisel Jr
Ovando
Harold Goldstein
Miles City
Glenn E. Livingston
Billings
Leonard John Campbell
Stevensville
Lehman B. Fox
Missoula
Stanley P. Klesney
Great Falls
Donald McCulloch
Alberton
A. Eugene Phelan
Norman L. Stortz
Forsyth
Ward Buckingham Jr
Kalispell
Isabelle Eleanor Jeffers
Jeffers
Paul Gereald O'Connor
Butte
Susan J. Wilkinson
Bonner
Gladys Margaret Gill
Alton Leonard Knutson
Von
William C. Bequette
Thompson Falls
Warning Issued Over Misleading Defense Contract Promises
Donald M Nelson, director of the division of purchases OPM, issued a warning about individuals or groups who imply that hiring certain agents or contacts will secure defense program contracts. The alert came via information from Montanans, Inc.
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Donald M. Nelson
Division of Purchases
Office of Production Management
Montanans, Inc
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By T. J. Kerttula
Liquor Control Board
Hugh McElwain
Willian Steinburger
Eureka
Frank P. Garey
Flathead
U.S
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Pinkham
Glacier Production Company “Natural” Plant
Northwest
Glacier Production Company
Butte, Mont
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