Aviator recounts Alaska wilderness survival saga
C O Prest describes a four day struggle after his plane sank in a marsh near Alaska. He battled rain fog sleep deprivation and mosquitoes while journeying toward civilization aided by a rescue party from Eagle City. He later reached Montana after salvaging his gear and continuing toward home.
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Alaska
Eagle City
Butte
C. O. Prest
Grim Reaper
Prest
Eagle
United States
Siberia
Prince River
Tia Juana
Birdman
Alaskan
Arctic Circle
Dawson
Fairbanks
Niggerhead
Montana
Cuticura Remedies Promised for Pimples and Blackheads
Advertisement advises using Cuticura Ointment to smear pimply faces, wash off with Cuticura Soap in five minutes, and maintain clear skin daily with these products. Also suggests Cuticura Talcum for daily toilet use.
State railway and sugar plant news from Montana fields
The Northern Pacific withdrew its request to abandon Sunday service on the Drummond-Philipsburg line and stop tri weekly Helena to Marysville service. Great Western Sugar in Billings plans a September 25 harvest start with about 130000 tons and October 1 factory operations. Also updates on a court disbarment report for H Lowndes Maury, admission of three ex service men to practice law, a 17 year old duel injury in Butte, and illuminated license plate agitation in Anaconda after an auto fatality.
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Helena
Northern Pacific
State Railroad Commission
Drummond-Philipsburg
Marysville
Billings
W. P. Hogarty
Great Western Sugar Company
Montana
Supreme Court
H. Lowndes Maury
Butte
Charles E. Pew
Montana Supreme Court
Walter P. Knaack
Shelby
Northwestern College of Law
Portland
Ore
Marcus H. Derr
Missoula
Law School of
the State University
Virgil L. Moore
Big Timber
Marquette University
Milwaukee
James McCabe
Silver and
Excelsior
Frank
Montana wood source for matches cited by Michigan firm
H E Davidson of Sommers Brothers Match Co asserts Montana and Idaho provide the best match wood. The firm operates a White Pine camp in Sanders county and a Sand Point mill, employing over 200. They ship timber to Saginaw Michigan for processing into matches.
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Michigan
Montana
Davidson
H. E. Davidson
Sommers Brothers Match Company
United States
Sommers Brothers
White Pine
Sanders County
Sand Point
Idaho
Saginaw
Saginaw Company
Noted mining man returns to visit Montana friends
Jack Hoy, veteran miner and operator, arrives in Butte for a visit amid fond reminiscences of Butte, Montana, and prior adventures from Pennsylvania to Old Mexico. The piece recalls Hoy's political and mining exploits, including early victories, mill ventures, and transport challenges in pursuit of ore finds.
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Montana
Argonaut
Jack Hoy
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Old Mexico
Hoy
Butte
Bob Wise
Alaska
New York
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Nogales
Jack
Butte Morrison Cavern Becomes Lewis and Clark Cave
The Butte-Morrison Cavern located 45 miles southeast of here, said to be found in 1905 by George Morrison, was put under the supervision of the national parks superintendent and renamed the Lewis and Clark cave to honor the explorers.
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Butte—Morrison
Here
George Morrison
Superintendent of National Parks
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Selkirk
Grand Hotel
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the Electric Shop
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Josephine Hotel
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Eddy Street
Grant
W. A. Clark
C. W. Clark
Heinze
Clark
Clarks
Loyatic
Charles M. Russell
Blackfeet Trading
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Rocky Mountains
Pierre Radisson
Mississippi River
Stix
Russell
Cheely-Raban Syndicate
Great Falls, Montana
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Eye Book
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