Grade School Notes on Absences and Activities
Oscar Olson and John Boe miss the second grade this week while Benjamin Milea transfers to the third grade from Bozeman. The fifth grade held a surprise party for Miss Holly, then visited an island for games and a picnic. Fourth graders finish exams this week and on Thursday and Friday the eee wee tee Salas, plus a peace play cast, joined last year’s cast for a McLeod picnic. The eighth grade class day exercises are set for Thursday, May 3, with a public event on May 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Olson
John Boe
Benjamin Milea
Bozeman
Miss Holly
McLeod
Marlowe Refuses Governor’s Resignation Demand
Thomas N. Marlowe of Missoula, chairman of the state fish and game commission, refuses to resign after Gov. Erickson's request. He defends his record and questions the basis of graft insinuations while noting no charges against other commissioners and citing existing investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
J. E. Erickson
Montana Fish and Game Commission
Thomas N. Marlowe
Examininer
W. A. Brown
Great Falls
Fire Wipes Out Seven Sugar City Businesses
A blaze last Thursday destroyed two brick buildings on North Twenty Ninth Street in Sugar City, wiping out seven firms and damaging Napton hotel residents. Losses are estimated at 140000 to 150000 with at least 115000 insured, while reconstruction plans are underway for the remaining corner building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings Gazette
Twenty-ninth Street
First
Second Avenues
Napton Hotel
H. W. Rowley
Elroy H. Westbrook
Midland National Bank
F. Holiday
Holiday Furniture Company
Paul McCormick
W. H. Tippet
B. Arnold
McCormick
Long Beach
Cal
W. L. Quirk
Fire Companies’ Adjustment Bureau
Vaughn-Ragsdale Company
Ance
Quirk
Yuar
Mayor Walker Leads Fifth Avenue Beer Parade
Mayor Jas J. Walker led a London style parade down Fifth Avenue to endorse taxes on beer. The event drew police estimates of over 5,000 spectators as supporters shouted attaboy and followed a float labeled End the business stagnation with beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atta Boy
Jimmie
Attaboy
Jas. J. Walker
Fifth Avenue
Wheels of Industry
Bureau
Daring 1893 Northern Pacific Train Robbery Remembered
The 1893 Reed Point raid by youths led by an older criminal ended with train crew threatened and about $1000 taken from passengers. Jack Shipman, a Nova Scotia youth, rode with accomplices after learning rail money handling and trained in riding and shooting. The posse pursuit near Glacier National Park left one thief dead and others wounded or captured. The group thrived on bold acts and quickly fled to hide valuables, while passengers hidden cash and jewelry. The incident, recounted from The Billings Gazette, shows the dangers and chaos of that night and the reactions of victims including Col. A. L. Babcock and Mr. McConnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Northern Pacific
Reed Point
Here
Blackfeet
Glacier National Park
Jack Shipman
Nova Scotia
Yellowstone
Jones
Shipman
I. D O'Donnell
Railway Express
Billings Gazette
Col. A. L. Babcock
Bilings
McConnell
G. C. Stull
Methodist
Rapelie
Items Of Eighteen Years Ago In Local Life
A stream of brief notes recalls 18 year old happenings in Grey Cliff and nearby areas. G B Long buys a Metz auto. Duff sells land and heads to California. residents visit, travel, or work at the Auditorium and Alpha Manufacturing Co. in Missoula. Births, moves, jobs, and first sheep shearings are noted amid county happenings and a county commissioner’s report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Long
Grey Cliff
Metz
R. D. Alton
Livingston
Charlies Enders
Frank J. Duff
Melville
California
Miss Verona Bethke
Orpheum
Sophie Simonsen
West Coast
Alpha Manufacturing Co
Missoula
Glen M. Parker
Roy Moore
Albert
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Riesland
Grand Hotel
McAdams
W. A. Carl
Gibson
Walter Foster
Burlington Ave
Mont
K. Rennebaum
M. Eskestrand
Brockway Mecklenburg Co
P. O. Box
Fryer Creek
Carl Seyforth
Pullman, Mich
C. J. Ellingson
Motor Inn
J. J. Gallagher
Allen Conwell
Bailey Hardware
Bear Creek Coal
R.A. Traver
Boulder River
I. A. Lowry & CO
Big Timber, Montana
Sweet Grass County
Mery
C. V. Mosier
Boulder Road
Montana
Sugar City
W. H. Steele
John Nordstrum
Nicoll
Nordstrum
Steele
Jimmy Walker
George N. Cardoga
Briner House
Sam Fallang
Melville, & Son
Nelle Lamb
Cal Cummings
Busteed
Livia Clark
Howie
George W. Moore
Boulder
Ellison & Miller Crew
C. M. Rein
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