Buffalo Bill Wild Hunter Yack Miller Dies in Montana Ranch
Yack Miller a Blackfeet Reservation figure died at his Cut Bank creek ranch near Blackfoot station at 7 15 AM August 3 after a brief illness of heart failure. Born 1846 near Fort Brule he earned fame as a buffalo hunter nicknamed Buffalo Bill later freighter between Fort Benton and Chateau. He married Tanataki in 1878 and left a daughter Millie who died the same year. He leaves a sister Mrs Jacob Schmidt and two half sisters Mrs Douglas and Mrs Goss. He was known for daring encounters with Indians and building a substantial fortune as a skilled stackman.
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Jack Miller
Blackfeet Reservation
Cut Bank Creek
Blackfoot Station
Mr. Miller
Old Fort Brule
Fort Benton
Northwestern Force
Miller
Nick
Buffalo Bill
Jack
Fort Henton
Chateau
Tanataki
Millie
William Sharp
Sharp
Jacob Schmidt
Douglas
Sun River
Goss
Tramp Fatally Crushed Between Train Cars at Shelby
A tramp riding atop a Great Northern passenger train was crushed between the cars as the train reached Shelby. He lost both legs and died. Acting Coroner C. H. copper left Chateau for Shelby to handle the case.
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Great Northern
Shelby
C. H. Cowper
Chateau
Edison shifts to pure science after fortune
Thomas A Edison declares his $25 000 000 fortune is enough and will dedicate himself to scientific investigations. Democratic leaders seek $500 000 for campaign operations and plan national state and county clubs to poll voters. Idaho Democrats split over Senator Dubois with two conventions and the Mor man question. Illinois primaries nominate Dan Deneen for governor and Adlai Stevenson for the same, while harvest labor needs rise in North Dakota and Minnesota. A Birmingham train attack kills three men, eight suspects arrested. Pillsbury Flour Mills placed in receivership as reorganization begins. The world fleet reaches Auckland after a San Francisco voyage of 383 days. Bryan is notified of his nomination at Shinocola Nebraska amid large crowds. Prohibition candidate W Chafin nearly drowns in a Lincoln YMCA pool.
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Birmingham
Blockton
Alabama
Pillsbury-Washburo Flour-Mills Co
Minneapolis
Auckland
New Zealand
San Francisco
Honolulu
Great Falls men push plan for electric line to Sun River valley
G C Bower and Chas H Campbell lead a fifteen man committee visiting Choteau to present a plan for an electric line tapping Sun River valley Fort Shaw project and southern Teton county. A mass meeting is set at the Court House to discuss the proposal and a franchise is granted by Cascade county while a city franchise and bond are sought.
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G. C. Bower
Chas. H. Campbell
Great Falls
Choteau
Sun River Valley
Fort Shaw
Taton County
Court House
Greatalls
Chateau
Great Northern
A. I. Longoway
J. B. Long
S. B. Robbins
S. S. Singer
J.J. Stanford
A. O. Gormley
5Sord
A. This
I .Jd. Fitzgerald
Messrs
Bower
Cambell
Burton Bench
Levy Meeting Seeks School District Levies 1908 Teton County MT
The Teton County Board of Commissioners met in Chateau Montana on August 10 2005 to set the 1908 tax levy. Officials approved general and special levies for schools and roads, reviewed county valuations, and ordered the distribution of an original assessment book to the county treasurer before adjournment.
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Boards of Trustees
Pree
County Board of Equalization
State Board
General Fund
Three Mills
Sinking Fund
Two Mills
Géneral Fund
Four Mills
Five Mills
Twoe
State Board Reports Slump in Mining Property Values
The state board of equalization reports total real and personal property at 205,907,870 and railroad property at 43,816,000. Real estate is 124,000,000 and livestock 32,000,000. Overall value falls due to a 17,000,000 drop in mining returns, offset by a 14,000,000 rise in other areas.
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State Board of Equalization
Board of Equalization in Teton County 1908 Session Minutes
The Montana Teton County Board of County Commissioners sat as a Board of Equalization in July and August 1908 at Chateau and Sit t ling, with Chairman Geo F Miller and Commissioners Pearson and Hughes. They reduced land valuations, sustained classification changes for cattle, granted mortgage and stock-sheep reassessments, and added listed properties to 1908 assessment rolls. Minutes note protests, affidavits, and adjournments through August 10 1908.
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Chateau
Montana
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Equalization
Geo. F. Miller
C. H. Pearson
E. A. Savory
Hughes
Bourd
Sun River Stock & Land Co
County Board of Equalization Hears Few Objections to Taxes
County commissioners met as a board of equalization to hear complaints about high assessments. Only two parties spoke, one filing an affidavit on livestock. Sessions ran into Monday with road and other business discussed. Levy increased by 0.55 mills despite flood damage.
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Board of Equalization
Miller
Belleview
Hughes and
Pearson
Shelby and
Conrad
Alderman Kohn Returns After Missoula Visit
Alderman Herman Kohn of Missoula, a council member, rushed home from visiting his daughter Mrs. Hirshberg in Chateau after learning the council lacked a quorum. He says the trip was fine and notes rapid growth and reclamation work in Teton county.
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Herman Kohn
Lid Hirshberg
Missoulian
Kohn
Hirshberg
Chateau
Mr. Kohn
Teton County
Chcteau
Union Services Open for Two Weeks at Methodist Church
The Methodist and Congregational churches unite for two weeks of worship at the Methodist church with Rev. Prescott in charge. Services are 10:30 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. If extended, more notices will follow. Choir practice Sunday school and I p worth League keep usual hours. Next Sunday sermons: The Atonement in the morning and The Beauty of the Book in the evening. Young people next week: The Second Mile Man.
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Methodist
Congregational
Prescott
Ipworth League
Special August Term 1908 Teton County Montana Proceedings
The Board of Teton County Montana met in a special session August 8 1908 with Chairman Geo F Miller and Commissioners H F Hughes C H Pearson present. Hearings on Belleview Deep Creek road and Chateau Teton Canyon changes were continued or rejected and new road petitions from Bynum to Conrad and Kemper County line were assigned viewers. The session adjourned to August 10 and then sine die after further orders to grade washouts and reopen roads and to contract grading on the Marias Coulee road.
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Board of County Commissioners
Teton County
Montana
Chateau
Teton Canyon
Robert Fairburn
Chateau and
Choteau and
Teton Canyon Road
Saltburn’s
Teton River
Hughes
Marias ‘Coulee
Elevators planned for Conrad and Collins race to start
The Rocky Mountain Elevator Co in partnership with Royal Milling Co of Great Falls will build elevators at Conrad and Collins. They already erected 35,000 bushel capacity sites at Cascade Belt and Rainsford and will rush the Conrad Collins project to handle grain this fall.
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Conrad and Collins
Rocky Mountain Elevator Co
Royal Milling Co
Great Falls
Cascade
Belt
Rainsford
Collins and
Conrad
Fires, disputes, and trials sweep Montana in recent week
Nearby Taft is threatened by a forest fire from Idaho while Montana wool sales reach about 33 million pounds for roughly 5 million dollars. A Great Northern brake man and his sweetheart face anti pass law penalties, with the man jailed. Kalispell shootings leave three injured but alive. Litigation over rail track relay, multiple fires, and a large Elks gathering fill Montana headlines ahead of a September 8 state convention in Anaconda.
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Arroga
Taft
Montana
Idaho
S. G. Watts
Great Northern
Havre
S G. Watts
Gertie Williams
Gertie
Watts
John Kusser
Kalispell
H. G. Miller
Hobson
Lewistown
Baker
St. Paul
Great Falls
Boston
Albright
Great Palls
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific
Glendive
Junto
Anaconda
State Normal College Catalogue for 1907 1908
The Montana State Normal College issues its catalogue for 1907 1908 listing the State Board of Education courses of study and past year student register. It highlights the main building now occupied and notes Montana’s effort to equip and staff a capable college. The student roll includes Bertha Davidson from Farmington who completed her second year.
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Montana State Normal College
State Board of Education
Montana
Teton County
Bertha’ Davidson
Farmington
Normal
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A. B. Hardin
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St. Louis
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Lou Coy
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Great Falls, Mont
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Wizard of Electricity
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Albert Goeddertz, Jr
Wm. Dawes
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Harriet O. Agar
A. Goeddertz
P. Eyraud
Broadwater-Pepin Co
Coffey & Wellenstein
W. H. Gorham
Mary A. Harriman
J. E. Meade
A.C. Warner
Teton
Union Services
Kemper
County Line Road
J. W. Shields
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Jr. E. Brockman
Cut Bank
Sweet Grass
H. J. Halvorson
John Peterson
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