Orem’s Idea Sparks Montana Territory Split
The 1864 Bannack gathering sparked a push to create Montana Territory. Con Orem, a famed early heavyweight and father to State Mining Inspector William Orem, helped rally miners who funded Edgerton’s Washington trip. Edgerton’s effort and Lincoln’s signing produced the official creation of Montana.
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Bannack
Sidney Edgerton
Washington
Montana Territory
Con Orem
William Orem
Territory
Idaho
Montana
Orem
Wilbur E. Sanders
Banmack
Waron
Aldergulch
Wilber F. Sanders
Virginia
Sanders
Samuel T. Hauser
Edgerton
Going to Farms to Avoid Fighting in Draft Era
Many seek to dodge conscription by proving labor on crops. A general shift back to farm work is seen as the draft looms. Ranch hands increase as more men join farm labor near the approaching conscription bill, with 88 leaving cities for rural work since Congress moved toward drafting. Employment offices in Butte and elsewhere report hundreds of farm labor applications and a changed attitude among jobseekers. Farmers say recent days brought more help, though not universally, as the pressure to avoid service drives the trend.
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Congress
Butte
Montana News Roundup Highlights Local Developments
Montana towns report new schools and buildings springing up while mines, farms, and public works plans expand. Transactions include oil leases near Winifred, a Belt mountains camp plan, a Studebaker prize at the state fair, and extensive state tax investigations to inform new laws.
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Scobey
EER Brockton
Naote Stanford
Carpenters’ Union
Batte
Opheim
Yivingston
Sam McMillen
Livingston
Deer Lodge
Missoula
School of Journalism
Miles City
Lewistown
Winifred
Great Falls
Redstone
Cleveland
Minneapols
Rotary Club
Belt Mountains
Poplar
Great Northern
Plentywood
Sheridan County
Great Falls Ironworks
Elliott
Billings
First Securities Company
Butte
Jane
Helena
Clarence Marsh
Joe Dixon
Daily Missoulian
Daily Sentinel
Chicago
Hopkins
Glasgow
A. W
A. W. Rosecrans
Burley
Idaho
Margarder Brothers
Studebaker
Montana
James W. Gerard
Germany
Gerard
Marcus Daly
Lou Carl
Foster
Malta
Lake Bowdoin
Mondak
George Linderman
Cresco
Iowa
Northern Pacific
Laurel
Whitehall
Bozeman
Council of National Defense
Yellowstone National Park
Butte Boy Hero of Air Battle in World War I
Willis Haviland a Butte native serving with the American flying corps in France distinguished himself in a high altitude duel with German planes. He shot down one enemy, aided by a winged ally, while another German fled the scene. Twice decorated for bravery, Haviland previously served in the French ambulance corps and Navy before joining the American air service.
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Flying Corps
Willis Haviland
Butte
Haviland
Young Haviland
William Thaw
American Flying Corps
Navy
France
Landowner David Hilger Named to State Tax Commission
Governor Stewart appoints Lewistown banker and landowner David Hilger as the third member of Montana's new tax commission. Charles Leonard of Butte and William Lindsay of Glendive join him as the panel prepares to organize in Helena. The group aims to devise a plan to equalize taxation across the state.
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Hilger
Montana
Plains
Davies
Nicholas Hilger
Helena
Fergus County
Lewistown
David Hilger
Stewart
Tax Commission
Charles McNamara
Big Sandy
Charles Leonard
Butte
William Lindsay
Glendive
Names Is Names Wee Ford Hives in Middlesboro Ky
In Middlesboro Kentucky a person or group named Names Is Names appears in records or notices. The item mentions Wee Ford Hves in the same locality, suggesting a local identifier or family name connected to the area. Further details are limited in the readable fragment.
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Wee Ford Hves
Middlesboro, Ky
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Kentucky
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Lindsay
New Tax Commissioner
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Hieger
Bae
S. V. Stewart
Leo Shapiro & Co., Inc
1St Ave. N
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Symons
Symon
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Butte, Montaan
Dany
Shipero Promot
Tres Tash
Delcolenition
Bush Motor Company
Bush Semple
Illinois
Richard P. Tloenck
A. Rauh
Minneapolis
Hutte
Ideal Beauty Parlors
Ole
Beceman Bros
Photos
Gibson Studio
O. Haseth
Mont
Harry H. McOole
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