Indian Girls First Cagers In Butte Tale
In Montana sports lore Joel Markham recalls Dr. James Naismith and early basketball origins. The column notes a 1902 Butte exhibition by Fort Shaw Indian girls, described as a curious start amid small town attention.
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Montana Sports Tales
Joel. Markham
Montana State Athletic Commision
James Naismith
Earler
Springfield, Mass
Springfield College
Butte
Fort Shaw
Ville
Deer Lodge to Host Montana Semi-Pro Championship Baseball
The Montana Semi-Pro Championship Baseball tournament will be held in Deer Lodge from July 4 to 11 with more than 1,000 in prize money, a $5,000 national winner’s guarantee, and scouts from Coast league expected. Commissioner Daniel B. Hertz Jr. notes strong local backing and a gold plaque trophy signed by Honus Wagner.
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Daniel B. Hertz Jr
Hertz
Powell County
Horatio Alger
Lou Gehrig
Gus Mancusco
Deer Lodge Kiwanis Club
Honus Wagner
Baseball Feuds of 99 Montana's Rich Pro Baseball Era
In 1899 four Montana clubs fueled by big payrolls and bold moves faced off. Billings and Helena spent freely, luring top pitchers and stars with monthly sums, while Butte and Helena clashed in a tight 30 day stretch spanning Billings Helena Butte Bozeman and Boulder venues. Bets ranged from cents to thousands as players swapped teams and salaries fueled a reform era of Montana independent baseball.
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Ager Denzer
St. Paul
Bill Harker
Lefty Sporer
Denver
J. McNelly
Dave Searfoss
McCloskey
St. Louis Cardinals
Joe Marshall
Jack Flannery
Bob Nix
Bob
W. E. Phillips
Phillips
Paddy Ryan
Harry Maupin
Preces Seapols
Vrain
Eddie Hammond
Hamilton
Harry Burton
Anaconda
Bozeman
Boulder
Control Gate Contract Completed at Fort Peck Dam
Bartlett Award Co of Baltimore completed the eight emergency control gates for the Fort Peck Dam tunnels in a $1,000,000 contract. Gates and by-pass valves, major bronze castings, and heavy equipment were installed. final touches include adjustments and painting while dredge work advances on the dam's west side and future bids for main gates are planned.
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Bartlett Award Co
Baltimore
Army Engineers
Bartlett Hayward Co
Jefferson
West Side
Miaple
Rovide Am
No. 1
Burton a Two-Spot Man Harry Burton’s Montana baseball tale
Harry Burton left Omaha in 1896 to join Anaconda and quickly fit into any position. He played for Angles from 1896 to 1898 and part of 1899, and his transfer helped Helena surpass Billings in spending. Burton’s final Omaha act came during a game on his departure day when he stayed in uniform to ride the 5 45 train, then changed clothes aboard the trip. A notable figure in Montana tennis history, he reached semi finals often despite never winning the state amateur title.
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Naismith
Anaconda Standard
Oregon
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Tom J. Davis
Mosher
Davis
Newshawk Mosher
Standard
East Broadway
Forum Center
Wonder Five
Wonder Boys
Montana
Henry Harvey
Finis Matson
Howard Matson
August Gru~nert
Tom Bolitho
Tom
Copper
Burton
Harry Burton
Nebraska
Omaha
Anaconda
Harry
Angles
Helena
Billings
Ross Phillips
Cornhusker
Omaha Union Station
Supreme Court dismisses Wibaux flood damage suits against railroad
The state supreme court dismissed the last six of 61 damage suits from Wibaux residents against the Northern Pacific railroad over 1929 flood losses. Plaintiffs sought 255000 dollars total. Fallon county court ruled against them and the high court affirmed. Dismissal was urged as appeals not perfected and cases abandoned. Hitherto refinery waste products are being turned into supergasoline for military aircraft, promising about a 20 percent higher power.
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Wibaux
Northern, Pacific Railroad
Fallon
Supreme Court
State Board Seeks Bids for Insurance on State Vehicles
The state board of examiners will call for bids for insurance on state owned passenger cars trucks and highway equipment. The state will take out property damage liability and fire insurance on all motor vehicles and will cover passenger cars with theft insurance as well.
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State Board of Examiners
Early schools and churches linked to New York origins
Fragmentary note traces early education and religious roots with mentions of Whitefish Eureka Gallatin No 81 and a Dutch church forming after 1833. The text hints at a first school in New York and links to regional church development near the Idaho line toward Wok.
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