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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1900
Page
8
Bozeman residents packed the opera house for a Republican rally led by Colonel Custer. The crowd cheered loudly, while Democrats lament a wave of shifting sentiment and fear drubbed at the polls. Independent Democrats held a Chesnut meeting with attendees from both camps noted.
Theresa Prelutt, found hanged in a cellar at a Sixteen Mile ranch, died after tying a cord to a joist and using potatoes to trap her weight. Jury rules death a result of temporary insanity during a dementia spell. Also reported is the drowning of two-year-old George Biggs’s daughter at the ranch spring, plus local health and travel notes.
Livingston news item lists J G Hinman as Inter Mountain representative and details county Republican ticket for Livingston area. Includes many officials from sheriff to treasurer and county attorney, with a Livingston date of Oct 16 and notes on local social events and personnel changes in the community.
Multiple mining patent notices appear from Helena and Jefferson County Montana dated October 1900. Patents sought by Butte Copper Mining Company and John M Steward cover Grand Prize Lode Arrowl Lind Treasure Lode and Cheyaral Tode mining claims with precise surveyed boundaries and acreages, posted locations, and official register notes. Notices record claimants agents and adjoining claims with survey details and official filing dates.
George D Greene, Register, notifies Henry M Wolf heirs that a contest case No 7387 involves parcels 1 2 of the nw led and lots 1 and 2 in section 44 township 4 range 8 west. final hearing set for November 10 before the United States Land Office in Helena. due to insufficient personal service, publication is required.
Department of the Interior notice from Helena dated September 17 1900 states John Ole Allen seeks final proof for homestead entry 7671 in section 24 township 4 north range 11 west before U S Commissioner Charles Mouck at Anaconda October 1900. He lists witnesses John Kar Jak Arthur P Lindsley William Cullen and Thomas Parker all of Anaconda to verify residence and cultivation of the claim.
Notice to co-owners and heirs that Joseph Labouchier has expended labor on the Lively Quartz Lode mining claim in Silver Bow Montana for 1899 and 1900. If co-owners do not pay their shares by publication, the claim will vest in the undersigned. Also notice of Beaverhead county stock farm corporate changes and transfer of principal office from Butte to Dillon.
The administrator Jackson announces creditors and all persons with claims against Louis A Lasha deceased must present them with vouchers within four months of the first publication. Claims should be sent to the administrator at John N. Kirk 88 Owsley block Butte Montana. This notice is dated in Silver Bow County Montana on October 10.
Joseph H Harper of Bulls Silver Bow County Montana applies for a patent for the Betel Peter Mining Claim in the Unorganized mining district Silver Bow County. Survey No 5972. begins at a granite benchmark 22 by 10 by 4 inches. describes bearings and bounds with several corner locations and measurements. shows location on file in Silver Bow county recorder and placer records. First publication dated October 14, 1900.
Allen Werse Jane Smith Phila Hatley and Willand Wall filed for a patent on 20.55 acres in the Pay Back Toed mining claim in Jefferson County Montana. The claim runs 600 feet east and 1500 feet north with lines described from an initial granite corner and is posted August 5 1900. Adjoining claim is Evening Star lode by William P Wall. Name George D Greene appears as recorder.
State Savings Bank through attorney Thomas M Hudgens and John M Steward filed for patents on the Commodor, Blacksheep and Shamrock Lodes in Beef Straight district Jefferson county Montana. The filings cover specific surveyed widths and lengths from discovery shafts with detailed bearing-based boundaries and monument references. Total area claimed equals 89.87 acres with record entries in Jefferson county and first publication October 9 1900.
The District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of Montana in Silver Bay issues a summons to Mertha Fa. Haintne and Ly Tianline. The court warns the defendant to answer within twenty days after service or face default judgment for dissolution of marriage and related relief. The filing names Clinton Clark as Clerk and Hin N. Kth as attorney for the plaintiff.
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