Bear Fight and Fort Benton Dance era Tales of Jack Harris
Montana stockman Jack Harris recalls a 1873 bear hunt in the Highwood mountains where his rifle struck the bear’s side after a tense pursuit with his pony entangled in a rope. The narrative blends frontier hunting, a dramatic bear encounter, and memories of early Fort Benton dances and Fisk expedition era travel across the plains.
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Fort Benton
Highwood Mountains
Jack Harris
Montana
Mr. Harris
Bruin
Harris
James Shaw
Priest
Idaho
John Carruthers
McDonald Creek
Lars
Brii
State to loan farmers money under farm loan act
Montana to loan funds to resident farmers for improving farm land at six percent interest. Loans range from 500 to 5000 dollars, secured by first mortgage on land appraised at 10 dollars per acre or more, with a limit of two fifths of appraised value. Applicants must file verified forms, provide abstracts, and cover appraisal and filing costs. Loans payable over three to ten years, with annual interest to the state, and discharge issued after full payment.
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Montana
Register of State Lands
State Board of Land Commissioners
State Lands
Montana Homesteader Sells Farm at 70 to Return Home
A. S. Brownwell, 70, homesteaded near Malta Montana after arriving from Sparta Wisconsin six years ago. He proved up a tract 14 miles south of Lake Bowdoin, transforming it from subsistence to profit. An Iowa buyer offered a fat price, and Brownwell returned to Sparta with funds, choosing independence and a living example of Montana opportunities.
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Montana
A. S. Brownwell
Sparta
Wisconsin
Malta
Lake Bowdoin
Iowa
New Governor Burlingame Takes Montana Gubernatorial Honor
J. M. Burlingame, longtime senator from Cascade, holds Montana's governor role briefly while Sam Stewart is away. As acting governor he wields full power and could shape high offices, with past acting governors creating notable political maneuvers and vacancies. Burlingame is described as a strong Northern Montana financier and a Republican.
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Montana
J. M. Burlingame
Cascade County
Burlingame
Sam Stewart
W. W. McDowell
Senate
Senator Burlingame
Helena
Stewart
Wilson
Interior
Thomas Arthur
Great West
Tom Arthur
Wyoming
Thomas Walsh
Walsh
Senate of the
United States
Bill” Frary
Great Falls
Frary
Edwin Norris
Gover
States
Bob Smith
California
Tom Hinds
Spriggs
Beaverhead
W. A. Clark
Senate Clark
United States Senate
Norris
State
Joseph K. Toole
Clark
Smith
Martin Maginnis
Toole
J. P. Murray
Beaverhead County
Dearborn
Granite County
A. W. Miles
Park County
Nelson A. Miles
Burlie
After Wetz Egg King Holds 20 Million Eggs
James Wetz declares ownership of 20 million eggs stored in Chicago. City ordinance bans egg storage beyond ten months, forcing Wetz to market his eggs by early January or abandon the stock.
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Wetz
James Wetz
Chicago
Equity chief opens 200000 elevator in Minnesota ceremony
J M Anderson of the Equity Co operative Exchange declared the $200,000 structure open at St Paul as five thousand farmers from the Midwest watched. He said the Mississippi would soon carry river wheat to the ocean and warned big interests against opposing farmers while noting plans to clean up the Minneapolis chamber of commerce.
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Farmers’ Terminal
St. Paul
J. M. Anderson
Equity Co-Operative Exchange
Middle West
Anderson
Equity
Minnneapolis Chamber of Commerce
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Nighern Bourke
Bear
Horse
Brain
Hunter
Plains
Land of Promise
Fixk
James L. Fisk
Jim” Wisk
Northern Pacific
Missouri
St. Cloud
W. O. Dexter
Dexter
Minnesota
Wall Flowers
Prairie
Benton
Fisk
Missouri River
Fort Berthold
Fort Union
Milk
Havre
Chinook
N. T. Chemidlin
Last Chance Gulch
James Fisk
Maginnis
Washington
Bannack
Fort Rice
Thomas
Andrew J. Fisk
Prairies
Captain Fisk
Captain Maginnis
John Harris
Wheeler O. Dexter
Burlingame of
Cascade
W. R. Allen
I. A. Leighton
Jefferson County
Leighton
Frank Conley
United
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