Rocky Mountain Club Bids Farewell After 21 Years
The Rocky Mountain club, founded by western mining leaders and linked to John Hays Hammond and William Boyce Thompson, closes after 21 years of service. It merges with the American Institute of Mining Metallurgical Engineers, leaving a legacy of wartime relief, Belgian aid, and support for western miners.
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Rocky Mountain Club
Hills
Plains
Wenty
Ritz
New York City
American Institute of Mining Metallurgical Engineers
Montana
Virginia City
New York
Sam D. Goza
Charlie Russell
Jack Cory
Herbert Wall
W. W. McDowell
Montana Society
Norman B. Holter
Thomas J. Walsh
Joseph K. Toole
8. W. Stewart
Sam T. Hauser
Territory of
George O. Eaton
Francis E. Bargeant
Montana Constitutional Convention
Marcus Daly
Rockies
Noble Ranges
America
New England
Flanders Field
East
Pacific Northwest
John Hays Hammond
Herbert Hoover
Phipps
Pittman
William Boyce Thompson
John J. Pershing
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Albert J. Seligman
Benjamin Thayer
J. Campbell Cory
F. R. Burnham
James J. McEvaly
Urer
Europe
United States
West
David R Shanks
Rocky Mountain
Northwest
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Mont
Polson Electrical Wizard Pupil of Edison Restores Ward’s Lab
W Duane Trow, Polson Commercial Club secretary and Lake County Abstract manager, reveals his Edison apprenticeship and role in repairing Frank Ward’s faulty electrical device. He recounts 40 days at West Orange with Edison and discusses advances in the indestructible Edison disc phonograph and future plans for Polson research.
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Flathead
Frank Ward
Butte
Ward
Chamber of Commerce
Menlo Park
Trow
West Orange
General Assembly
Edison
General Plant Electrician
Edison Storage Works
Phonograph Works
Motion Picture Department
Cement Research Department
Electrical Department
Edison General Electrical and Chemical Laboratories
Seattle
Mr. Edison
University of Washington
Puget Sound Power and Light Company
Great Western Electro-Chemical Company of California
Washington Water Power Company
Anaconda Company
Southern California Edison Company
Polson
Song of Montana preserved as lone 1867 verse
The only known copy of Paul Cyr’s 1867 poem The Song of Montana, written for the tune Charming Erie, is in the possession of W. C. Peat, Missoula Chamber of Commerce secretary. Cyr, Montana’s first poet, wrote of miners, mountains, and frontier life while in Butte and Missoula.
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Erie
Missoula
Montana
W. C. Peat
Louise P. Arnoldson
The
State University
Paul Cyr
Grand Isle
Maine
Houston
New England
St. Joseph
Helena
Cedar Creek
Cyr
Kalispell
Sherwood Street
West
Boise
Idaho
Pent
Mr. Peat
Peat
Butte Man Claims Robbery Attempt By Four Men
Butte resident David Killham said four young men strong armed him and his wife while waiting for a car. He alleges one struck him and knocked him down, then they fled after his wife screamed. Police searched but found no trace of the assailants.
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Butte
David Killham
Sheriff's Office
Polson Sees Montana as Hub of Aluminum Industry
A reader quoted vision of Polson becoming a center for aluminum production as Montana's natural resources, including vast hydro electric power, are unleashed. He cites untapped resources and cheap power unlocking wealth, noting past neglect of potential sites along with the reservation context.
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Polson
Montana
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