Human Dynamo Roy Murray Built Montana Auto Empire
Roy Murray left Kentucky for Dillon Montana in 1908 at age 19 with dreams of gold and adventure. He started as a bakery clerk earning 50 dollars a month, then rose to become principal owner and director of several Montana garages and auto agencies. His vision of the auto era transformed his career and local commerce, shaping a life from humble beginnings to wealth and prominence.
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Montana
Roy Murray
Kentucky
Dillon
Butte
Murray
Dillon Bakery
The Vast Fortunes of Henry Elling in Montana’s Gold Era
For forty years Henry Elling made Virginia City his home and built a banking network across Montana. He arrived during the gold camp’s peak, thrived as a gold dust dealer, banker, and merchant, and amassed holdings in Helena Red Lodge Butte Pony Sheridan Bozeman and more while backing mines like Boss Tweed and Easton. He faced losses from Hecla and risky patronage but remained a princely gambler, trusting in people and prospects, not formal security.
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Helena
Madison County
Butte
Henry Elling
Kansas
Elling
Fairweather
Aldergulch
St. Louis
Chicago
Eling
Montana
Union Bank & Trust Company
George Ramsey
Red Lodge
Pony
Sheridan
Bozeman
Easton
Boss Tweed
Hecla
Glendale
Indianapolis
Henry Knipperberg
Knipperberg
Aston Mining Company
W. W. Mortis
San Francisco
Era of Montana Air Travel Begins With Six Planes in Butte
The Montana aviation era starts as six Curtiss planes, operated by Inland Empire Aerial, are to serve key Montana points from Butte. A two seater passenger plane has arrived at Butte, with routes planned between Butte Helena Great Falls and Livingston Yellowstone Park. J. W. Hesser leads the corporation with Harry E. Hickey as manager. flying exhibitions are planned next week.
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Montana
Curtiss
Inland Empire Aerial Corporation
Butte
Lake Avoca
Helena
Great Falls
Livingston
Yellowstone Park
J. W. Hesser
Harry E. Hickey
Murray's rise from bookkeeper to Montana auto pioneer
In 1908 Riley's antiquated car sparked Murray's career switch to auto work. He became a bookkeeper, then manager, built the largest Montana auto institution, expanded to Dillon and Butte, then opened a new Butte garage. He now plans an airfield and aviation agency, marking a rapid, restless ascent.
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Montana
East
Murray
Butte
Glendive Man to Inherit $100,000 Fortune
Joseph Olson a 23 year old car cleaner in Glendive is destined to inherit a $100,000 fortune from ranchman Thomas Stevenson of Placerville California. After serving in the war and working for the Northern Pacific Olson borrowed money to travel to California to claim the legacy.
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Joseph Olson
Northern Pacific
Glendive
California
Thomas Stevenson
Placerville
Olson
Stevenson
Northwestern Soap Company Forms In Lewistown
A new soap venture at Lewistown, Will Manufacture Soap, has inspired local business interest. It includes a $500,000 capitalized Northwestern Soap company with directors David B. Bolton William D. Rose and Robert McFarland.
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Lewistown
Northwestern Soap Company
David B. Bolton
William D. Rose
Robert McFarland
Two Long-Lived Ladies Share Different Lifestyles
In Chicago a census reveals two women aged 102 and 103. They meet and compare secrets of longevity. One avoids meat and alcohol, while the other eats freely, drinks wine and beer, and smokes a pipe. The tale offers two morals for readers to choose.
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Chicago
Montana Rail Network Grows With Vast Mileage Expansion Plans
Montana's 1917 population was 466,000 with 4,847 miles of railroad. Some rural areas lack service while extensions are proposed, including Great Northern lines through McCone and Garfield counties and a Milwaukee line from Dracut to Lewis and Clark. Plans also envision a Montana Southern corridor via Beaverhead County to Jackson.
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Powder River
McCone
Garfield
Phillips
Valley
State Railroad Commission
Great Northern
Hickey
Richland County
Garfield County
Lewistown
Chipawa
Fergus County
Dracut
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Lewis and Clark County
Powell County
Bonner
Missoula
St. Paul
Allentown
Montana Southern
Beaverhead County
This County
Hole River
Jackson
Retired Austrian Officers Apply for Vienna Porter Job
In a Vienna suburb a house owner sought a porter and reported army officers among applicants. The pool included a major general, three colonels, two lieutenants, seven majors, and 18 captains.
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Vienna
Last Montanan in A F arrives home Walter F Reiss
Walter F. Reiss of Helena Montana is the last Montanan in the A E F to reach New York with the final contingent from France. He is at Camp Merritt awaiting his official discharge this week which closes Montana's participation in World War I.
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Walter F. Reiss
Helena
New York
France
Camp
Merritt
America
Pompeys Pillar Plans Move to New Location
Pompeys Pillar would relocate two and a half miles west as petitions circulate in Huntley project community to persuade the Northern Pacific Railway to build a beet dump and trackage facilities away from the current townsite. If approved the entire town may move, with about 30 or 40 businesses and homes expected to follow. Petitions likely to be presented next month.
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Pompey
Little Huntley
Northern Pacific Railway
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Mont Ways
Staund
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Orcastta Te Garettes
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