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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1940
Page
5
Fifty years after the event described, hungry miners organized a “search and seizure” committee to share breadstuff as freight from Salt Lake was delayed. The effort, led by the miners, occurred in orderly fashion with inclusions of local workers and improvised rules to curb hoarding by a few profiteers.
In 1865 Virginia City Montana faced severe flour shortages as winter frost and blocked freighting cut supply. Prices soared from 25 to 150 per hundred pounds. residents swarmed streets with a flour sack banner while merchants hoarded goods. Col Sanders and deputized guards helped oversee confiscations to aid the needy.
Miners seized flour in Virginia City after shortages sparked barricades and price gouging. Merchants resisted while volunteers redistributed flour, paying sellers $45 per hundred pounds and ending with scarce supplies and volatile prices across Nevada Town.
Dave Wareham a Montana old timer raised in Last Chance Gulch near Helena and famed wolf hunter and buffalo hunter died at Lewistown at age 83. Known as Captain, he lived along the Missouri River between Helena and Fort Benton and fought Indians in his youth. His family memory spans Calf Creek Salt Creek and Two Calf Creek ranch life with siblings, a son Van a Basin miner, and a daughter Mrs Henry Bacon.
Montana Hereford association directors met at Livingston to set three fall sale dates and sites. Bozeman October 11, Lewistown October 14, and Dillon October 21 were approved along with other business including proposed branding legislation for registered livestock.
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