Great Northern Saco Turner Branch Opens to Boost Montana Farms
Construction on the Great Northern 78 mile Saco Turner branch is speeding toward Nov 1 completion to serve northeastern Montana farms. Officials report 140000 acres in crop this year with wheat yield up to 40 bushels per acre and 70,000 acres more expected next year as new towns, land options, and settlers move alongside the line.
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Great On Northern
Saco
Turner
Montana
J. C. Baxter
A. Guthrie & Company
Baxter
Malta
Harlem
Turner Flat
Great Northern
W. H. Reed
Reed
Loring
Hogeland
Baco
Leedy
W. H. Mead
N. J Brandt
Whitewater
H. P. Thronson
BE. Twete
W. E. Mead
T. J. Larson
Great Northern Railway
E. Cc. Leedy
St. Paul
Miles City Survives Tongue River Flood of 1881
In early 1881 Miles City faced a brutal Tongue River flood after a thick ice gorge ruptured. A dozen miles of dynamite blasting opened a channel, saving the town. no lives were lost though homes and streets flooded as boats moved residents to safety. Fort Keogh supported refugees with tents, boats, and provisions.
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Miles City
Tongue River
Tongue
Mother Shipton
Orschel
J. J. Graham
T. P. McElrath
Borchardt
Ilges
Committee of Safety
J. B Hubbell
C. W. Savage
William B. Gow
E., Maguire
Northern Pacific Railroad
St. Paul
Wolf Rapids
D. A. McMillan
Iges
Woodruff
Tonelle
Coulee
Dan McMillan
Main
Fort Keogh
Durak
Jack Tytler
Lee Huntley
Whistler
Yellowstone
Pioneer Car Aids New Rail Work In Early Construction
The report describes the first motion of the Pioneer Car along the new grade as mechanical carriers feed ties and rails from behind to workers ahead who set them and drive spikes. Gas-alt shovel digs at Sam's cut twenty miles northwest of Saco in the heaviest segment of the project. Officials including J C Baxter A Guthrie & Co E P Watkins and A H Hogeland inspect. The gas-air drag line moves 144 cubic yards per operation while graders pull 106 inches of earth per pass, loading into wagons beside the right of way.
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Sam's Cut
Saco
J. C. Baxter
A. Guthrie & Company
E. P. Watkins
Great Northern Railway
A. H. Hogeland
Creek Crossing
Boulder Civil War Vet Dies in Boulder Montana
Ht Miller 89 a Boulder and Montana pioneer died recently at a Boulder hotel after a long life of ranching mining and public service He served in Company K 20th Maine during the Civil War fought at Chancellorsville Gettysburg Fredericksburg and other battles was wounded by shell fragment and later led a band with the Sixth Veteran Reserve Corps He was active in the Grand Army of the Republic Masons and church work born July 7 1839 in Maine moved to Montana in 1882 and lived summers in Boulder winters at a California soldiers home His wife died 20 years ago a son was killed in an accident 25 years ago and a nephew in Maine is the only known relative.
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S. Ht. Miller
Boulder
Montana
Maine
Miller
Mr. Miller
California
Grand Army of the Republic
Masons
Eastern Star
Bates College
Army of the Potomac
Fredericksburg
Burnside
Chancellorsvile
Gettysburg
Sixth Veteran Reserve Corps
Camp Distribution
Harvest Labor Fumbles in Northern Montana Wheat
Harvest hands seek work in northern Montana as heavy use of many combines reduces need for labor. Farmers report wages unlikely to rise above 50 cents an hour with overtime available, arguing that current farm prices justify lower pay.
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Montana
Robber Loots Two Northern Pacific Stations for 101
A robber entered the Manhattan and Belgrade Northern Pacific stations after agents left and took 61 in total. Police describe the suspect and believe the same man looted tills at both locations, netting 40 at Manhattan and 21 at Belgrade.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Manhattan
Belgrade
Common sense as a measure of prudent intelligence
A quotation foregrounds common sense as the shared level of intelligence, discernment, and prudence among people, credited to a speaker named Fleming.
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Fleming
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Saco-Turner Branch
Montana Lou” Grill
Saco-Turner
Gow
Tana
J. I. Miller
20Th Maine Infantry
Chancellorsville
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