White Bird Refuses Surrender In Nez Perce Canada Episode
Duncan MacDonald recalls the 1877 encounter where White Bird resisted U S demands at a conference in Canada. The Canadian Mounties interpreter aided negotiations with Captain Baird as White Bird feared arrest and questioned Canadian loyalties while wary of surrender.
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White Bird
Canada
U. S
Joseph
Nez Perce
Bear Paw Mountains
United States
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Captain Baird
United States War Department
Martha Edgerton Plassman
Duncan McDonald
Montana
MacDonald
Howard
Washington
Mills
Deer Lodge
Mounted Police
Ft. Walsh
Baird
United States Army
Mounties
White Bird Canyon
Columbia
Ft. Leavenworth
Miles
Ollicut
St. Walsh
Nez Perces
Idaho
Amusing Happenings in Butte Courts by Judge McHatton
Judge McHatton recalls early Butte days in 1888 with veterans of the territorial bar L. J. Hamilton C P Brennan W S Lippencott. He recounts cases from police court to district bench notes scuffles with film flam men and a stern jail yard scene and argues for expanded criminal court powers and trial by court without juries in civil cases.
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Judge McHatton
Butte
District Court
Silver Bow County
John Lindsay
J. J. McHatton
California
Territorial
L. J. Hamilton
C. P. Brennan
W. S. Lippencott
Illinois
Horace Greely
Centennial Hotel
Hennessy’s
Virginia City
McHatton
Park Street
W. Y. Pemberton
Pemberton
Supreme Bench
Deer Lodge
State Bar Association
Fewer Divorces in State in 1924 Reported
Montana records show 5 141 marriages in 1924 and 1 084 divorces statewide over the two-year span. Silver Bow and Yellowstone counties led in divorces, while Golden Valley and Granite Liberty Treasure and Wibaux counties reported no divorces in 1924.
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Granite
Liberty
Treasure
Wibaux
Montana
United States Department of Commerce
Marriage Mart
Yellowstone County
Silver Bow County
Yellowstone
Cascade
Missoula County
Silver Bow
Missoula
Golden Valley
Earthquake Crack Hits Public Highway Near Three Forks
A two by four foot wide and four foot deep crack opens on a public highway near Three Forks following the largest Montana quake on record. Public schools in Three Forks Logan and Manhattan suffer severe damage making buildings unsafe. Governor Erickson calls for aid and appoints Sam D Goza of Helena to head relief fund efforts. The fund is to be administered by the state board of examiners with Governor Erickson Charles Stewart and L A Foot. Local county groups coordinate fundraising through designated chairmen.
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Three Forks
Logan
Manhattan
Montana
Erickson
Glacier park fish make dramatic 1500 foot dive
In Glacier National Park two lakes Ellen Wilson and Little St. Marys sit above a 1500 foot waterfall. Rainbow trout were stocked recently in the upper lake and occasionally dive down the cataract with the rising water, drawing tourists who watch the high dive.
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Ellen Wilson
Little St. Mary’s
Glacier National Park
Woodrow Wilson
Pioneer Rancher Celebrates Fifty Years on Highwood
John Harris of the Highwood section in Chouteau county marks half a century of residence. He settled on the Highwood creek in 1875 with only one neighbor nearby, J. M. Arnoux, leaving Fort Benton as the next closest. The milestone underscores early settlement in the region.
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Chouteau County
Deer Lodge
Sun River
Arnoux
Harris
Great Falls
Great Northern
Chateau County
John Harris
Highwood
Highwood Creek
J. M. Arnoux
Fort Benton
State Fair Returns Horse Racing and Exhibits
The State Fair sets September 7 to 10 with five daily horse races. Pat Carney, known as the Potato King of Madison County, leads the County Collective Exhibits with top prizes of 300, 200, and 100 dollars. Lewis Penwell of Helena resumes leadership as board president after guiding the fair to prominence.
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State Fair Management
Pat Carney
Madison County
Carney
Montana
Lewis Penwell
Helena
State Fair Board
Northwest
Sid Coffee Leads Missoula In Montana State Fair Plans
Former director and president Sid Coffee of Missoula helps plan exhibits for the county collective display now re established. Montana state fair management offers more than $20 000 in premiums this year plus district prizes about 500 for northern and southern counties in grain and grasses.
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Sid Coffee
Missoula
Coffee
Montana
Gas Tax Income Shows Increase Across State Receipts
Gasoline tax receipts for the second quarter of 1925 total $180,332.53, up about 83,000 from the prior period after a Montana Supreme Court ruling invalidated the old law. Larger payers largely withheld last quarter. Texas Oil Co paid $10,977.34 this period, with others including Continental Oil and Avro Oil contributing sizable sums. Distribution splits: 30 percent to general fund, 15 percent to highway fund, remainder to counties at year end. The 2 cent per gallon tax funds road upkeep amid revenue shortfalls for the state highway commission.
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Montana Supreme Court
Texas Oil Company
Texas Company
State Highway Fund
State Highway Commission
Park and Progresses on Belton-Java Highway Section
A. C. Clark of the bureau of public roads announces completion of the Nyack Crystal creek 3.6 mile section through heavy rock and acceptance by the government. Contractors plan to clear the Paola nine mile section and Gary 3.5 mile stretch this fall with steam shovels and crews.
Missoula Eyes City County Manager Plan Study
Missoula Chamber of Commerce actively investigates consolidating city and county government under a manager plan. The chamber asks its taxation committee chair Frank Kieth to require immediate figures and facts to support a favored consolidation proposal.
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Missoula
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Martha E. Plassmann
Flathead Reservation
St. Ignatius
Mission
Duncan MacDonald
Dixon
Mission Range
White Cottage
Hudson's Bay
Angus
State General Fund
Continental Oil Company
Avro Oil Company
Sunburst Refining Company
Lewistown Oil and Refining Company
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