Nervy Arrest by Billy Smith in Montana Horse Case
An eye witness recalls Montana detective Billy Smith arresting Win Roberts for horse stealing in 1889. Smith used a concealed self cocking six shooter. the hammer rose as he commanded Roberts to surrender, then a hidden rig slid the gun into his hand. Roberts was jailed in Miles City.
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Billy Smith
Smith’s
Win Roberts
D. J. Omalley
Eading
Powder River
Montana
Roberts
Tye
Smith
Ben Mason
Powderville
Ben
Billy
Win
Miles City
Blazes
Mountain Sheep Survive Winter Then Fall to Coyotes
John Smith reports two yearling sheep with heavy wool spent winter in the Belt mountains with Holliday Sheep company band, then entered a corral with cattle and were killed by coyotes after one wore a bell saving the other from predation. The tale supports the old adage truth is stranger than fiction.
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Montana
Corral
Jack Smith
South Fork
Hobson
Smith
Belt Mountains
Holliday Sheep Company
Martinsdale
Joe Hopkins
Utica
Bell
Hotels Face Five Cent Call Charge Starting October
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph announces hotels in Montana must add a five cent surcharge to each outgoing call effective October 1. The policy applies to all hotel guests and covers local and long distance connections.
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Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Montana
The Hired Man and the Changing Farm Labor Force
The essay compares old and modern farm labor, noting how machinery and engines shift workers toward technical roles. It recalls New England invention, the IWW movement, and shifts in worker expectations, while affirming that skilled hands endure in lighter manual tasks and broader careers.
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New England
The Ranch Hand of Yesterday A Bunkhouse Character
A portrait of Mike Ffrench a longtime bunkhouse hand at the 8-bar S ranch on Swamp Creek. Once a locomotive engineer he tended cows fed animals and cooked while clashing with the Chinese cook. His bond with Sam Sing and the eventual loss of Sam's care led to Mike quitting after a Chinese cook’s departure.
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Mike Ffrench
Swamp Creek
Mike
Rand
Long Horse
Sam Sing
Sam
China
Montana
Lars Aronson
Tom Burns
Lars
Singapore
George
Vich
Lara
Continents
Early Settler Jette Dies in Polson Montana Pioneer
Jean Baptiste Jette a pioneer of western Montana died at his Polson home at 77. Born in Montreal in 1840 he journeyed from Canada to Nevada California Oregon and Frenchtown before settling near Polson. He married Esther Raymond in 1887 and built a cattle ranch with eight children. Survived by wife Frank Jette and several grandchildren.
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Montana
Canada
Nevada
California
Missoula
Jean Baptiste Jette
West
Polson
Father O'Malley
Northwest
Montreal
Frank
United States
Lake Superior
Kansas
Reno
Nev
Oregon
Frenchtown
Banack
Bannack
Virginia City
Denver
Jeannette
U. S. Army
Custer
Ceour d’ Alenes
Idaho
Jettes
Ceour d’Alene
Carson City
A. Hammond
Esther Raymond
St. Ignatius
Big Arm
Flathead Valley
Charles Allard
Jette Brothers
Flathead Reservation
Ranger Exams Dropped for Large Number of Eligibles
The Helena national forest will not hold fall examinations for forest orvice rangers due to a large pool of eligibles. Those who passed the 1925 exam will have their eligibility extended a year. Examinations had been held at Crest Supervisors in October.
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A. H. Abbot
Helena National Forest
Crest Supervisors
Psychologist Links Appearance to Intelligence in Women
A renowned psychologist asserts that women who resemble their fathers tend to be more intelligent than those who resemble their mothers. He argues that daughters who echo their mothers become too effeminate to be intelligent.
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Texas
N—N Cattle Company
Dawson County
Mizpah Creek
N-bar
Mizpah and
Pumpkin Creeks
Custer County
Pumpkin Creek
C Ranch
Mizpah
Little
Missouri
J. D. O'Malley the N—N Kid
Montania
Umph Hood
Joe Hawkine
Tom Irvine
Louis King
Eph Davis
John Smith
Judith Basix
R. H. Bemis
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