Indians to Own Summer Resort At Camas Springs
The Flathead Indians may gain a Camas hot springs resort in Sanders county after a 25 year lease to Sena tor Reuben Dwight of Perma Edward Donlan of Missoula and C G Van Hook. Improvements include a 40 by 100 swimming pool sanitarim cottages and an artificial lake planned at a total cost of 300000 with eventual transfer to Indians. The story also recounts Bannack ghost camp tales and sage notes from Amede Bessette about Joseph Slade and frontier violence.
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Flathead
Montana
Wyoming
Washakie
Thermopolis
Theremopolis
Bannack
Grasshopper Creek
Amede Bessette
Canada
United States
Rocky Mountain District
Bessette
Frank H. Garver
Department of
Montana State Normal College
Dillon
Joseph A. Slade
Virginia City
Vigillantes
Slade
Jules Reni
Colorado
Garver
Jules
North Platte
California
Independence Rock
Henry Bacon
Harry Smith
Sweetwater River
Calfornia
Bacon and Smith
Joseph Plante
Plante
Barthelomew
Smith
Bartholomew
Bacon
Fergus Society Guards Soldiers Goods For War Relief
Patriotic Fergus citizens organize a war relief society to safeguard property left by draftees and volunteers. Members will pasture cattle and horses at no cost, keep increases, and sell assets if authorized, depositing proceeds to the owner's bank account.
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Fergus
Fergus County
War Relief Committee
Brothers Seek Shared Army Slot At Camp Lewis
Charles Syberson 24 and his brother Clarence 22 from Great Falls sought to join the same company in the 91st division. Charles paid his own way to American Lake after learning volunteers were barred, awaiting War Department permission to bypass draft rules so they could serve together. Clarence may be transferred to join him.
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Charles Syberson
Great Falls
Clarence
War Department
Camp Lewis
Montana
Charles
American Lake
91St
First buggy brought to Montana kept by pioneer Graeter
A. F. Graeter, who arrived in Montana in 1862, preserves the state’s oldest buggy at his Dillon home. The 1862 spring purchase cost 500 dollars, and the vehicle carried Graeter across Bannack, Virginia City, and Helena, surviving severe trails and weather to remain a relic of early Montana settlement.
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Slade
Ben Caron
Montana
A. F. Graeter
Dillon
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Colorado
Bannack
Beaverhead County
Graeter
Bells Company
Alton
Illinois
St. Louis
Fort Benton
Missouri
Virginia City
Wall
J. J. Roe and Company
Diamond R Freight Company
Helena
Mr. Graeter
Doctor Givers Up Skin to Victim of Lightning
Dr W H Brissenden of Roundup performs a pioneering surgery grafting small strips of his own skin to Hendrik Hansen to create a skin nucleus for healing after a lightning strike left severe burns on the back chest and throat. The extensive injuries require multiple operations and skin from several donors.
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Hendrik Hansen
W. H. Brissenden
Hansen
Mother prefers chosen son over son-in-law in advice
A proverb suggests it is wiser for a mother to select her daughter's husband rather than criticize her son-in-law.
Secret Society Head Wiggins Arrested in Seattle
Federal agents arrest Wiggins in Seattle as leader of the Working Class Union also known as Jones Family accused of plotting rebellion and armed resistance to the draft. Investigators say the group uses poisoned needles from decomposed pineapples and a death oath. Wiggins, 38, once with Frank Little in Butte, traveled west and worked at Camp Lewis.
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Frank Little
Butte
Seattle
Oklahoma
Wiggins
West
Camp Lewis
Los Angeles
May
United States
J. E. Wiggins
Sky
Shanktou
Miss
State University to Celebrate 25th Birthday Anniversary
The University of Montana will observe its twenty fourth birthday next February as part of the quarter century centennial celebration of the state university and related institutions. A faculty committee has been designated to plan observances including visiting delegates and speakers.
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University of Montana
Legislative Assembly
State Agricultural College
School of Mines
Normal College
State University
Bozeman
State College
The
Missoula
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Camas Hot Springs
Wonderful
Western Montana
Sanitarium
Caron
Fergus Society
Boy
Brother
A. F
Gus) Graeter
Little
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