Fat Jack Jones a Montana pioneer hack driver and barber
The article chronicles John Jones, known as Fat Jack, born 1843 in Maine, Montana bound in 1866, a six foot 180 pound hack driver turned early Montana barber and entrepreneur. He shuttled mining camps from Deer Lodge to Butte, operated a barber circuit, served as justice of the peace at Cedar Creek, then became a major stage and freight driver linking Eagle City and Murray, exploring Idaho camps during the 1880s.
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Fat Jack” Jones
Montana
Fat Jack
Jack
Deer Lodge
Judge Dixon
Jones
Green Clay Smith
Territory
Tufts
Col
George McLean
Therty
Governormith
Missouri River
Fort Benton
Helena
Virginia City
John Jones
Skowhegan
Washington
Quartermaster General
Deerge
Silver Bow
Rocker
Butte
Cedar Creek
Missoula County
Pioneer
Black Hills
Ogden
Union Pacific Railroad
Cheyenne
Custer City
Dakota
Deadwood
Denver
John Hoffman
Pennsylvania
California
Dillon
Hoffman
Ousley & Cowan
Utah & Northern
Warfield & Hauser
Lovell Brothers
Jim Murray
Salt Lake City
Judge Hempstead
Murray
Curtis
Couer d’Alene
Idaho
Fat Dack
Jerry Cumbro
Arcade
Johnny Curtis
Garrison
Jack McAleer
Trout Creek
Thompson Falls
al Dell
Jim Carlton
Mountain House
Eagle City
Pritchard Creek
Dane Cannon
Jim Nobles
Cannon
Urray
House Didn't Burn Wife Didn't Elope Arch Buyse’s Day Of Misfortune
Archie Buyse endures a string of mishaps around his ranch. A mare breaks a leg in a slough while he uses a tractor, the tractor sinks in quicksand, a car tire blows, the vehicle overturns, and he loses money in a lighthearted local card game.
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Archie Buyse
Buyse
Hysham
Spawn Egg Shortage Ties to Fish Deaths at Georgetown Lake
Georgetown lake hatchery reports a drastic egg shortage with only about one million native trout eggs collected this year, far below last year’s 20 million. Superintendent John W. Scofield cites lake fish deaths last winter as the cause of the decline.
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Georgetown Lake
John W. Scofield
Fat Jack Jones The Butte Character and His Flight to Nowhere
The narrative recalls Fat Jack Jones known as Fat Jack, a colorful Butte figure who fled to avoid a fight and spent months trekking across Montana. He wandered from Eagle City to Murray packing valises, lost his money, and endured a long trek by freight and foot. He later bet on horse races and recalled the 1897 ride with William Jennings Bryan through Butte streets. He died in Butte years later.
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Kid McCoy
Butte
Jack
Eagle City
Murray
Eagle
Deacon Childs
Thompson Fall
Fat Jack” Jones
William Jennings Bryan
Fat Jack" Jones
Scenic area proposed for Belts Old Baldy craters
A detailed inspection of Old Baldy mountain north and south craters by C W Swim and Fred Kennedy led to recommendations to preserve both craters as a scenic area with no improvements except trails. Trails to be built from the peak into each crater, with others planned, while the lake near the south crater attracts anglers though trout are scarce.
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Old Baldy Mountain
Little Belts
C. W. Swim
Missoula
Fred Kennedy
Great Falls
Stanford
S. E. Eckert
Ranger Eckert
Ralph Jorgenson
World Calendar Could Replace Present System by 1939
Helena Rotary hears Andy Schultz advocate a universal world calendar to fix inequalities. The plan, backed by many nations and before a League of Nations committee, would start years on Sunday with 12 months three quarters of 91 days. Leap Day and Year End Day would serve as holidays. If approved, Jan 1 1939 would be Sunday. otherwise the change may wait until 1950.
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Andy Schultz
Helena
Schultz
League
J. Miller Smith Jr
James Jorgenson Jr
Kalispell
Sam R. White
Butte
Chet
Unclear Crime Scene In Grantsdale Sees Wallet Recovered
A car with Illinois plates stopped at John s cabin in Grantsdale. Two women entered seeking matches and dropped a hip ket. A wallet containing 115 dollars was recovered by Sheriff James Oliva, with the roede intact and a notation unclear.
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Ee Valley
Illinois
John 'S
Grantsdale
Coleman
James Oliva
Placer Mining Planned in Big Horn Canyon
John L. Harrington of the Big Horn Placer Corp says mining operations will begin within a month in the canyon of the Big Horn river. Tests indicate substantial gold deposits, with early samples showing grains of nearly pure gold and a 12 cent per cubic yard lowest assay.
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Big Horn River
John L. Harrington
Kansas City
Big Horn Placer Corporation
Colonel Harrington
Engineers’ Advisory Board
United States
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Big Horn Canyon
Harrington
Montana
Wyoming
Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
Russia
Canada
Japan
Manchuria
New Zealand
Notable Guests From Across the West Attend Event
Mond Phoenix and Arthur Lehwalder of Butte hosted a gathering with guests William Talbot of Helena Carl Her furth from Los Angeles and Ben Craig of St Louis. The attendance highlighted intermountain connections among regional figures and distant visitors.
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Toe Angeles
Long Beach
Diego
Borg
Glacier National Terk
Donm National Park
Tehape
Chicago
New York
Tsu
Gypsy Gyps
Will Placer
Smnenan
Blandto Sinskey
Seagrent-Diotillers Corporation
York
Charles M
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls, Montana
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