Vigilante Days in Montana Praised by Mrs Plassmann
Mrs M E Plassmann details Hoffman Birneys account of Montana Vigilantes 1863 64 noting its aim to establish law rather than mob justice She disagrees with some factual edits about Plummer Wagner and Piranthia while affirming the work overall as informative and admirable.
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Hoffman Birney
Montana
M. E. Plassmann
Territory
Saturday Evening Post
Professor Dimsdale
N. P. Langford
Birney
Arizona
State Historical Library
Plummer
Bannack
Judge Thompson
Sanders
Colonel Sanders
Mrs. Vail
Joseph Swift
Swift
John Wagner
Horse Prairie Hill
Fetherston
Wagner
Col. Sanders
Piranthia
Ball
Copley
Nielson
James Fiske
Mr. Birney
Rock
Blaine Coal Mines Flourish in Northern Montana This Fall
Coal mines around Chinook report record business amid rising natural gas use. Milk River Coal company trucks and cars moving 120 to 130 tons daily and 53 trucks queued for loading one morning. New electric tipple and cutting methods reduce labor. spur track planned next year to cut hauling. Superintendent C. J. Sargent notes at least 24 miners employed. several smaller mines also active serving local ranchers.
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Montana
Chinook
Milk River Coal Company
Glasgow
Chester
Fort Benton
Missouri River
C. J. Sargent
Estate of Andrew Hudak Seeks Distribution in Great Falls
Distribution of the estate of Andrew Hudak of Great Falls, who died May 29 1929, is requested by Veronika Hudak, administratrix and widow. The sole asset for distribution is a lease on a Great Falls rooming house and minor personal effects valued about $2,000.
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Andrew Hudak
Great Falls
Veronika Hudak
Hudak
Hearing on Montana oil rates set for Nov 18 in DC
The Interstate Commerce Commission will hear the Montana freight rates case on petroleum in Washington on November 18. A prior Helena hearing from Sept 29 to Oct 3 was postponed to allow more time to examine evidence.
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Montana
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Railroad Commission
Helena
Milwaukee railway pays Montana counties 1.1 million in taxes
The Milwaukee railway will pay 1,095,747.49 in taxes to 25 Montana counties through which its lines pass. Rosebud, Fergus, Mineral, Musselshell and Missoula counties receive among the largest sums, with per-county figures listed and notes on rail mileage and electrification.
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Milwaukee Railway
Montana
Rosebud
F. N. Hicks
Seattle
Western
Fergus
Mineral
Musselshell
Custer
Missoula
Gallatin
Granite
Powell
Deer Lodge
Silver Bow
Jefferson
Madison
Broadwater
Meagher
Wheatland
Golden Valley
Prairie
Fallon
Judith Basin
Petroleum
Chouteau
Cascade
Teton
Flathead
World's Largest Steer Returns Home to Baker
The immense steer, billed as the largest in the world, returns to southeast Montana pastures after a six month tour of the Atlantic and Midwest. Owned by Jack Guth of Baker, he plans to exhibit the animal at the Arizona state fair in November and later across California and other Pacific coast states.
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Montana
Atlantic
Middlewest
Jack Guth
Baker
Guth
Arizona
California
Pacific Coast
Superior Youth Wounded in Halloween Shooting
Frank Lamm of Superior was shot in the knee during Halloween celebrations and transported to Missoula for treatment. Doctors feared lifelong leg crippling after removing a lead slug in an operation.
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Frank Lamm
Superior
Missoula
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Henry Tilden
Judge Tilden
St. Paul
Tilden
Fort Bridger
Conoco
Blaine Coal Mines
Milwaukee
Rex
Louise Vaughn
Royal Milling CO
Spell
Montana Flour
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