Sherman Toll Gate Episode Shapes War Dept Policy
In 1877 General William T. Sherman argued tolls on a Montana road were unlawful. After meeting gatekeepers and rancher Billy Johns, Sherman insisted on paying toll only if needed, prompting a War Department reversal. The toll road linked Mitchell and Johns stations along Prickly Pear Creek, built by Nicholas Hilger and William Johns and later sold to Lewis and Clark County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Sherman
United States Army
War Department
General Sherman
Billy Johns
Johns Ranch
Johns
Nick Hilger
War Office
Secretary of War
United States
Fort Shaw
Army
Deer Lodge Road
Arizona
Treasury
W. T. Sherman
Montana
Mitchell and
Johns Stations
Prickly Pear Creek
Mitchell
Diamond Hil
Prickly Pear Canyon
Diamond Springs
Nicholas Hilge
William Johns
John Hops
Lewis and Clirk County
Fergus County to Open Year-Round Cattle Market at Lewistown
Fergus County Sales Corporation aims to launch a full year cattle market at the Lewistown fairgrounds within 60 days. The facility will include a cow barn with modern stock handling, a horse barn, office, bunkhouse, lunch room, and improved trackage. Officers include R A Harlow as president and Ed C Cooper and Louis D Blodgett in key roles, with Herbert L Hull named manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Gales Corporation
R. A. Harlow
South St. Paul
Fergus County Corporation
Ed C. Cooper
Illinois
Iowa
North Dakota
Montana
Mendota
Cooper Bros
Chicago
Blodgett
Louis D. Blodgett
Herbert L. Hull
Lorimer
Fred Reppert
Decatur
Ind
United States
Hull
Reppert
Montana Appeals For Regiment To Meet National Call
Governor S. V. Stewart urges Montana to raise a National Guard regiment to support possible war needs. He stresses readiness, patriotism, and Montana's strategic role in defenses and war plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
National Guard
Wise Competitors and Advertisers in the Tale
In the exchange from Between Us the Wise Guy notes Old Fogg failed in business due to too much advertising. Jed Grouch questions the point and admits Fogg did not advertise, while the Wise Guy argues competitors did. The brief moral centers on competitive marketing dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jed Grouch
the Grouch
Lewistown Opens Dormitory For Country High School Students
Lewistown creates a dormitory to house more than 50 country boys and girls attending the high school with supervision by Mrs. W. W. White. Pupils work to earn room and board, and the dorm includes student-made furniture and an electric bell system under C. Be. Musgrave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High School
Lewistown
Montana
Louie D. Blodgett
W. W. White
C. BE
Musgrave
Yellowstone Trustee Arrested For Armoring Son At School
W. G. Loftus, a Spring Creek school trustee from Yellowstone county, was arrested for arming his 12 year old son with a Winchester and sending him to school daily. Loftus said coyotes wolves and other threats justified the gun. He fired the teacher and closed the school after disputes with other trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Loftus
Laurel
Loftus
Spring Creek
Yellowstone County
Carbon County
James Davis
First Governor Poor Politician and Montana Turmoil
The piece recounts early Montana politics from 1864 1865 detailing Governor Edgerton’s failed county clerk appointment and a rival “rump” board in Edgerton county later Lewis and Clark. It covers clashes over records mandamus battles and the ensuing territorial court ruling, with impacts on county names and governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Clark
Daly
Heinze
Amalgamated Copper Company
Sidney Holgerton
Territory
Idaho
Bannack
Edgerton County
Lewis and Clark County
Wilber F. Sanders
Edgerton
Territorial Senate
J. B. Stewart
G. J. Wood
Henry Hastman
Nicholas Hilger
Colonel Sanders
Silver City
H.harding
Henry W Eastman
Malcolm Clarke
A. J. Wells
J. W. Rhodes
Harding
Sanders
Wood
Lee Markham
Cornelius Hedges
J. C. Sanders
Dan Carpentier
Eastman
Territorial Court
Munson
Board of County Commissioners
Lewis and Clark
Food costs rise erode worker wages since 1913
The average family food bill rose from 339.30 in 1913 to 425.64 currently, per Department of Labor statisticians. In ten years food costs outpaced wage gains, so a worker who earned 3 a day in 1917 is now 69 cents worse off daily.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sherman
U. S Army
Richard A. Harlow
Fergus County Sales Corporation
S. V. Stewart
W. Stewart
S High School
Cost of
Great Falls
First National
Tri Eee
First National Bank
Jontans
Yellowstone School
A& Farm
Helena
First County
Hall
American Society of Equity
Farmers’ Organization
America
Erquity Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Montana Equity Mutual Haiti and Fire Insurance Company
Insurance Department
Tod
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