West’s First Labor Trouble Bullwhacker Walkout
The article recalls the 1855 bullwhacker walkout eight to nine miles above Fort Laramie in present Wyoming, nine men including Judge Frank H. Woody of Missoula, amid abuse and a gun threat by a wagon boss. Woody, later Montana pioneer, joined the Kansas rush, moved to Leavenworth, then hauled freight for Livingston & Kinkaid, earning $25 a month plus board.
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Hat
Rocky Mountain
Plains
Old Fort Laramie
Wyoming
Frank H. Woody
Missoula
Montana
Leavenworth
Kan
Salt Lake City
Woody
North Carolina
Leavenworth City
Montana Historical Library
John Waddell
Missouri River
Livingston & Kinkaid
Waddell
Dan Patterson
Patterson
Bates
Ward & Gerrie
State Warrants Uncashed Prompt Audit Office Action
State Auditor John J. Holmes urges holders to cash outstanding warrants to aid auditors and clear long standing obligations. About $1.78 million remains uncashed across general fund and university millage fund with some warrants dating five to six years back. Officials note $902,000 already presented to the treasurer and payable by month’s end while some warrants are kept as souvenirs or require duplicates for replacement.
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State
John J. Holmes
University
Holmes
Early Montana settler Henry Brooks arrives at Hell Gate
The passage traces Henry Brooks who managed horses and cattle for Neil Mc Arthur in the valley, then reached Fort Owen at Stevensville where Maj. John Owen ran a trading post. They reached Hell Gate river on Oct 15, marking Brooks as an early Montana resident who would rise as a leading citizen.
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Henry Brooks
Neil McArthur
Fort Owen
Stevensville
Maj
John Owen
Hell Gate River
Montana
Saskatchewan Officials Study Montana Taxes
Four Saskatchewan provincial tax department officials visited Helena for two days to confer with Montana’s board of equalization on the state tax system. The group then went to Bismarck, N. D., for a similar inquiry. Attendees were George Dickson Frank Robertson Fred Olson and J R McDonald.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
Provincial Tax Department
Helena
State Board of Equalization
Montana
Bismarck
N. C
George Dickson
Frank A. Robertson
Fred Olson
J R. McDonald
Montana youths build profitable Bronze turkey venture near Billings
Harle and Ignatius O'Donnell, 17 and 19, from Yellowstone County, began in 1934 with 40 birds and now market 600 Bronze turkeys. The brothers describe gradual equipment and management improvements, from pure poults to a multi-stage ration, heat control, roost development, and moving operations as the flock expanded on the Hesper farm.
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Yellowstone County
Billings
Hesper
Harle O'Donnell
Hig
Ignatius O'Donnell
O’donnell Brothers
Harley
I. D. O'Donnell Jr
City
Antelope Hunters Fined for Bad Luck Incident
Broadview men Clarence Peperling and Loren Glass faced a Yellowstone county justice of the peace after a finance company repossessed Peperling’s car and police found antelope hair and meat in the home. Each man was fined 100 dollars for the incident.
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Clarence Peperling
Loren Glass
Broadview
Peperling
Louis Miller
Glass
Yellowstone County
How Long Can a Three-Quarter Wife Hold Her Husband
A self-help style piece urges effort in marriage and notes men may be selfish. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy to ease female discomforts during girlhood, motherhood preparation, and approaching middle age, encouraging women to “smiling through.”
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Lydia I. Pinkham
Nature
Lydia E
Pinkstam
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