Village Council Adopts Fire Limits Change and Vagrancy Penalty
The September 1 and 3 1913 council sessions adjourned for a public holiday. Actions include extending fire limits north and west of Hamilton Street, studying ground with the mayor on Sept 13, boosting vagrancy penalties to state-law parity, and purchasing a $7500 safe. Also the county high school street openings were approved and fines paid. Stockmen’s forest advisory boards expand to 115 total nationwide with local groups growing cooperation with the forest service.
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Hirshberg
Upman
Gorham
Hodgskiss
Deklaas
Burbank
F. E. Moore
Chateau Light & Power Co
Forest Ranger Examination Planned by Supervisor Spaulding
The forest service will hold an October 20 and 21 exam for Assistant Forest Ranger candidates to test practical fitness for ranger duties. Successful entrants earn $1100 per year with strong promotion prospects. details and blanks are available at the Supervisor’s Office in Chateau.
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Spaulding
Forest Service
Chateau
Bear Paw settler John C. Griffin Dies at 3
John C. Griffin a longtime northern Montana figure died in Fort Benton after a hospital stay for intestinal trouble. Known as Bear Paw Jack, he once hauled wood for Fort Assinniboine and later built a large ranch along Clear Creek valley with hundreds of cattle and horses. Survived by a wife and nine children, his funeral plans point to a family cemetery on his Bear Paw ranch.
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Havre
John C. Griffin
Montana
Fort Benton
Griffin
Fort Assinniboine
Bear Paw Mountains
Clear Creek Valley
Legion
Kay
Tribune
Unfavorable View Of Felix Basin Copper Strike
The U S Geological Survey reports copper in Felix Basin on the south fork of the Flathead River but in too small quantities to profitably mine. Geologist R W Stone notes past false alarms, with this year’s rush being the fifth or sixth stampede in twenty years.
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U. S. Geological Survey
Felix Basin
Montana
Flathead River
R. W. Stone
United States Geological Survey
Flathead Indian Reservation
Stone
Poignant Verse and Quips Span Newspaper Snippets
A collage of literary lines and playful exchanges appears from a century of papers. The Boston Record notes a red headed woman securing an absolute divorce from a white horse while Houston Post and others publish diners for pie burglars and punning dialogue.
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