Pioneering Judge Joseph Wolf Allen and First White Child Sophie Allen
Joseph Wolf Allen, a Montana pioneer and judge, arrived in Montana in 1865 and helped shape journalism and politics from Bozeman to Glendive. His daughter Sophie Allen, later Sophie Mallett, was the first white child born in Custer County in 1877.
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Joseph Wolf Allen
Montana
Custer
Harareee
Ucc
Lou” Grill
Territory of
Big Horn River
Yellowstone
Odetta
Sophie
Custer County
Sophie Allen
Charles N. Mallett
Miles City
Big Horn County
Gallatin and
Chouteau
Dakota Territory
Wyoming
United States
George A. Custer
Seventh Cavalry
Little Big Horn
Judge Allen
Fayette County
Pensylvania
Big Springs
Kansas
Jim Lane
John Brown
Kansas Volunteers
Sarah E. Wright
Alien
Bozeman Trail
Helena
Bozeman
George B. Wright
Avant-Courier
Allen
Mr. Wright
Boseman
Wright
Yellowstone River
Big Horn
Lee Travis
News-Letter
News- Letter
Montana Daily News
Avant Courier
Fort Keogh
Northern Pacific
Bismarck
Glendive
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Allied County
North Dakota
Bill” Mumby
Dove
Montana Line
Old Fort
Great Northern
Williston
Culbertson
N. D
George S. Williams
Fort Sumpter
Great Treasure State
Fairview
Mallet
Old
Charles Newton Mallett
Edgehill Ranch
Sheep Hook
Frank Smith
Detroit
Mich
Smith
Pierre Wibaux
Aerial Dinosaur Survey Planned Across Eight States
Dr. Barnum Brown leads a 12 000 mile airborne survey from Billings across Montana Wyoming Colorado Utah South Dakota Arizona New Mexico to study fossil bearing strata. The team uses a Stinson plane with two aerial cameras to map color bands and outcrops, aiming to outline dinosaur beds and record geology for later study.
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Montana
South Dakota
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Arizona
New Mexico
Barnum Brown
American museum-Sinclair
Brown
Keyhole Canyon
Big Horn Mountains
Billings
Great Falls
Dr. Brown
Sheridan
Wyo
Rapid City
Black Hills
Cheyenne
Rock Springs
Salt Lake City
Denver
Flagstaff
Ariz
Gallup
N. M
Big Horn
Pryor Mountains
Cloverly
American Museum
Harry Sinclair
Thomas Fairchild
Stinson
D. A. McIntyre
Tulsa
Oklo
G. Edward Lewis
Yale University
George F. Shea
Montana Named in Federal Migratory Bird Plan
J N Darling head of the U S Bureau of Biological Survey assures Col C L Lutkins that Montana will not be overlooked in federal migratory bird work. Medicine Lake marshes will be enlarged and Lake Bowdoin restored with funds allocated nationwide for waterfowl areas, totaling 8 5 million dollars to be spent by March 1935.
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Montana
J. N. Darling
United States Bureau of Biological Survey
Col
C. L. Lutkins
Darling
Medicine Lake
Lake Bowdoin
Bond Holdings of State Lands Set New Record
Bond holdings of the department of state lands and investments totaled 12 596 579 on June 30 establishing a record for the department The distribution included 1 088 500 US government 3 988 599 state and 7 519 479 county city town and school district bonds Most are payable on the amortization plan or serially Commissioner I M Brandford said these high class bonds are safe investments for state trust funds and yield steadier income through economic depressions.
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Department of State Lands and Investments
I. M. Brandford
United States
Brandford
Tunneling completes at Montana Chrome mine site near Red Lodge
Tunneling and preliminary work at the Montana Chrome mine site in Rock Creek canyon near Red Lodge are nearly finished. More than 25 000 tons of chrome ore are in sight with about 2 000 tons already on the ground, signaling strong resource potential.
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Montana Chrome, Inc
Rock Creek Canyon
Red Lodge
Arms of the Law: Early Miles County Officials
The reading lists officials: Mr. Newman turnkey Jack Hawkins deputy sheriff Thomas H. Irvine sheriff Louis King deputy sheriff and Eph Davis jailer. Irvine served as county sheriff 1879 to 1881 and 1886 to November 1860, Hawkins as deputy sheriff and jailer 1886 and sheriff 1893 to 1897, King as Miles City’s first chief of police from August 28, 1887 to May 5, 1889.
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Mr. Newman
Jack Hawkins
Thomas H. Irvine
Louis King
Eph Davis
Irvine
Sher
Iff
Custer County
Hugh Hoppy
W. H. Bullard
Mr. Irvine
Jack Haw
Kins
Miles City
Tear gas fails to deter hungry Yellowstone bears
Yellowstone park rangers tried tear gas on three black bears to deter raids on larders. Bears aged 2 to 5 years barely flinched, with one mother ignoring the gas while feeding cubs. Rangers Gus Wylie and Frank Childs documented the results, noting the bears could take it.
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Yellowstone Park Rangers
Brain
Park Rangers
Gus” Wylie
Frank Childs
Wylie
Childs
Lodge to add to Masonic building in Helena valley
Grand lodge approves a women s wing for the Mes tana Masonic home nine miles north of the city in Helena valley with a cost estimate of 35 000 to 40 000. Ground will be broken soon for 16 rooms and a lobby with the new wing matching the original structure. Completion by next April fulfills Elizabeth Winn s bequest of 10 088 for furnishing the wing once finished.
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Mestana Masonic Home
Helena Valley
Grand Lodge
Great Falls
Luther T. Hasberg
Elizabeth Winn
Masonic Home Board
Albert H. Davis
Helena
Fred S. Sanden
John Kain
Ernest L. Marvin
Billings
Dan Mun
Frank C.ee
Edward C. Day
Moses Morris
Masonic Home Board For Life
Fishing Boosts Rainbow Trout Catches at Lake Frances
The season sees many rainbow trout taken from Lake Frances at Walier as water clears, boosting catches.
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Lake Frances
Walier
Cheapest concrete cottage built under workers act in Wexford
A newly completed concrete cottage with tiled roof at Coolaw, built by the Wexford Board of Health under the Labourers' Act, is priced at $965 and hailed as the cheapest house of its kind in the Irish Free State.
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Wexford Board of Health
Coolaw
Irish Free State
Fire destroys Norwich Theatre Royal after century claim
A century-old Theatre Royal in Norwich England was ruined by a major blaze. Firefighters battled the flames through the night as observers reported extensive interior damage and the collapse of timber structures. No injuries were confirmed.
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Theatre Royal
Norwich
England
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