Anaconda Plans Fertilizer Plant Expansion
Engineers at Anaconda Copper Mining backed by 75000 dollars plan an experimental fertilizer plant at Washoe Reduction works in Montana. Using local Maiden Rock phosphate, the project aims to cut sulphuric acid costs by half and boost production. The venture could lower fertilizer prices for Northwest farmers and expand Montana’s industrial role.
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Montana
Northwest
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Washoe
Anaconda
Maiden Rock
Mont
Butte
Oregon
Anaconda Company
Canyon Creek
Frederick Laist
Germany
Japan
Montana pioneer's watermelons widen spud king title
The spud king of Montana Pat Carney, famed for potato farming since the early 1870s, broadens his agricultural profile by introducing watermelons to his operations, challenging his long held nickname.
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Montana
Pat Carney
Watermelon Patch Delights Montana Farmer at Waterloo
Carney, a Montana rancher near Waterloo, boasts a fine watermelon crop unseen by many. He recalls Madison county farmers once hauling melons to Bozeman and plans to display his at the Helena state fair. He notes a severe dry season that ruined wheat but spared watermelons, promising to take his fruit to the fair.
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Waterloo
Montana
Carney
Madison County
Bozeman
Helena
Mounted Police Rise at Canadian Border Fort Benton Era
In the 1870s the Royal Northwest Mounted Police expanded north of the Montana border to curb cross border crime. The force, organized as a civil military and customs body, stationed at forts from Shdal Lake to Walsh, patrolled a 1000 mile square area and cooperated with Montana authorities. The article recalls their impact on whisky trading, law enforcement, and frontier security, with anecdotes from Colonel James T. Stanford and roster details of officers and units.
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Montana
Canada
Missouri River
Fort Benton
Missouri
Northwest
United States
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Canadian
Hudson Bay Company
Mounted Police
Canadian Department of the Interior
Manitoba
Shdal Lake
Pelley
Battleford
Saskatchewan
Calgary
Alberta
McLeod
Walsh
Canadian Northwest Territories
James T. Stanford
Great Falls
Conrad Banking Company
J. F. MacLeod
A. G. Irvine
W. D. Jarvis
W. Winder
J. M. Walsh
L. N. F. Crozier
Charles L. Holmes Back From War with First Lieutenant Rank
Charles L. Holmes, a Silver Bow club employee, is Montana’s only colored man to win a commission in the U S Army. He recently returned to his club position as first lieutenant after in action in France. Holmes, a Colorado College graduate, served in Meuse Argonne fighting, was wounded, and praised French soldiers for their bravery and aid in trench warfare.
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Charles L. Holmes
Silver Bow Club
Montana
Army
Clu
Leutenant
France
Holmes
Colorado College
Meuse-Argonne
Babes Burn To Death In Presence Of Parents
A fire destroyed the Wurtz family homestead in the North Fork valley, killing two young children a two year old boy and a three year old girl. The parents were moving from the old cabin to a newly built one nearby when the blaze started and the bodies were so severely burned that no traces remained. A faithful dog stayed with the babies until death.
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Wurtz
North Fork Valley
Columbia Falls
Montana’s first grandmother admitted to state bar
Mrs. Emily E Sloan, aged forty and a grandmother of four, has just passed the Montana bar exam and was admitted to practice. She moved from Belle Fourche to Hardin, plans to start a legal career in the state, and is described as a vivacious, hustling woman with ranching roots in the Black Hills.
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Montana
State
Hardin
Big Horn County
Grandma
Emily
Sloan
Belle Fourche
Woods
Wisconsin
Black Hills
South Dakota
University of Montana At
Whitlatch the Montana Prospector and Miner Dies in San Francisco
James W. Whitlatch, discoverer of Montana’s Whitlatch Union mine near Helena, died by his own hand in San Francisco. His 1868 Unionville mine boom spurred Helena’s growth, while his later ventures failed. He remained a colorful promoter and early mining pillar in Montana history.
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Montana
Whitlatch Union
Helene
James W. Whitlatch
Colorado
Helena
Whitlatch
Guiches
Park Lode
Edgerton County
Lewis and Clark
Theodore
James A. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
National Mining and Exploration Company
Owyhee Park
Roosevelt
Unionville
Bozeman
Spokane
San Francisco
United States
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Patrick Carney
Montana Joenz
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Chen
Buite ‘Ondy
Plas Heh Thay
Charles
By Matt W. Alderson
Oro Fino
Grizzly Gulches
Black Hawk Placer
Central City
Nevada
Reese Creek
Montana Post
Virginia City
Fish Bros
Herald
Star
Col. W. F. Sanders
Virginia
Masonic Temple
New York
Brooklyn
Wilds
Mexico
Sandia Mountains
New Mexico
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