Melrose Daily Roundup Highlights Local Figures and Travel
Melrose residents engaged in business and social visits across Dillon and Butte. Notables include John Grant traveling to Dillon, the Gordon family from Missoula visiting, and Mrs Hager hosting a bridge party with prize winners. Cattle from the Meine ranch moved through Melrose en route to summer range. Local officials and miners from Wise River and Silver Star were seen on official business. A tragic note reports the death of C J Clark in Butte after seeking medical help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grant
Dillon
Sylvia Tate
Maurice
Butte
Sherman Dodgson
Highland Mine
Melrose
Stacy Gordon
Missoula
Gordon
Frank Gordon
Hi-Way
Gordons
Antone Bayan
Albert Hager
John MacIvor
Hager
Smith
John Maclivor
Clifford Reid
Pat Smith
Frank Hoffman
Ethel Orso
Lulu Lively
Leonard Lively
Roy Evans
Buryl Evans
Hazel
Marguerite LaMarche
Dean MacLaughlin
Laura Ee
Charlie Rosetti
Meine Ranch
Feeley
Bill Bayan
Donal Smith
James LaMarche
Otto Boetticher
Deer Lodge
Joe Henault
Silbern Tate
Barrett Hospital
Sharon Annette
Leslie Trueman
Beaverhead
Eugene Molleur
Texaco
George Huber
Wise River
Sam Friend
John Trueman
al Bayles
Friend
Bill Garrison
Lower Big Hole
Frank Turner
Ermont Mines
Frank Kambich
Reichle
Willard Olson
Bessie Dedman
Ruby Wilhelm
Chester Stine
Otto Boetticher, Jr
Fred Litthe
Ham Norris
C. C. LeSueur
John Windstrand
Phyllis Dunstan
John Madvot
Lloyd Belden
Jack O’brien
Floyd Smith
Elwyn Dunstan
Kirt Walker
Lee Wilhelm
Silver Star
Roy Vance
Texas
Mary Smith
Nal
Joan
James Grose
Cherry Creek
Norman Grant
Michaels
Timothy Clifford
Lima
Gebhart Fassler
St. John’s Catholic Church
James MacLaughlin
Twin Bridges
Verne MacLaughlin
William Q. Kearns
Union Pacific
St. James
Kearns
Joe Bayan
Patrick Smith
Lawrence Gerrety
Frank Bagan
Silver Bow County
Maybelle Hogan
Montana Power Company Report of Service Coverage
The Montana Power Company supplied electric power and light to most Montana communities at year end 1940. Territory includes Butte, Great Falls, Havre, Helena, Bozeman, Lewistown, Livingston, Missoula, Billings, Roundup and Anaconda districts. The firm serves 161 communities with power and light or gas, plus water and steam heat in Helena Butte and Missoula. It also powers the Butte Anaconda & Pacific Railway and Montana railroad electrifications across about 488 miles of track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Power Company
Montana
Butte
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Bozeman
Lewistown
Livingston
Missoula
Billings
Roundup
Anaconda
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company
Montana Power history traces growth from 1891 origins
The piece reviews Montana hydroelectric beginnings at Black Eagle Falls in 1891 and the 1912 formation of Montana Power Company through mergers. It contrasts early isolated plants with modern grid integration across Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Utah, detailing capacity growth from 76 152 to 349 750 kilowatts and customers from 23 409 to 91 505 in 161 communities.
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Montana
Black Gle Falls
Missouri River
Great Falls
Butte
Joneses
Missouri
Montana Power Company
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Montana Power Construction Expands Transmission Grid 1940
The Montana Power Company spent 1,964,959 on 1940 construction adding 8414 miles of 100000 volt line from Harlowton to Billings and began a 161000 volt line from Anaconda to Grace Idaho linking with Idaho Power and Utah Power. New substations at Billings and Missoula and REA rural lines and cooperatives expanded service and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Power Company
Harlowton
Billings
Anaconda
Grace
Idaho
Idaho Power Company
Utah Power & Light Company Systems
Montana
Pacific Northwest
Missoula
Friends Entertain Draft Contingent in Dillon
The five draftees departing Dillon for service were feted with a party last Saturday at the city hall fire department HQ. About 130 attendees enjoyed dances, songs, readings, and wildlife and San Francisco fair films by Fire Chief Vandegrift. Three men left that morning: Wilbur J. Tritt Juan A. Miranda and James Hyndman. Tomorrow John T. Holden and Fred A. Hansen will join the seventh call, bringing April’s Dillon draft total to nine across three calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillom
Fire Department
Jackie Selvidge
Claudia Faust
Dave Hier
Art Watkins
George McDonald
Jack Jardine
Juan Miranda
Scotty Tait
C. M. Casterline
San Francisco Fair
O. T. Vandegrift
W Wilbur J. Tritt
Dillon
Juan A. Miranda
Birch Creek
CCC
James Hyndman
Lima
Toomorrow
John T. Holden
Fred A. Hansen
Dillon Draft Board
Funeral for Cadwalader J. Clark Held in Butte
Cadwalader J. Clark died after pneumonia diagnosed at St James hospital. His funeral service was attended by Mr and Mrs Louis R Hoffman and others in Butte as Jesse Swoford Rhode Wilhelm and Pete Wilhelm traveled to Missoula on a business trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
St. James Hospital
Jesse Swoford
Rhode Wilhelm
Pete Wilhelm
Missoula
Louis R. Hoffman
Butte
Cadwalader J. Clark
Fishing season dates set amid irrigation ditch losses
The article notes irrigation ditches kill thousands of fish annually in the county, with estimates showing losses far surpassing fishermen's catches. It cites tests of a fish trap and calls for steps to prevent fish from entering waterways. May 21 to November 15 is the stated season, with a Sunday opening per recent law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centennial
Bedrock
Horse Prairie
Big Hole
Beaverhead
Former Dillon Boy Weds in California
Dr. Kenneth J. Cosgrove and Dr. Mary Elizabeth Costello wed at Saint Thomas the Apostle in San Francisco last Saturday afternoon. The couple, both Creighton University medical graduates, plan to reside in San Francisco after internships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Kenneth J. Cosgrove
Mary Elizabeth Costello
Church of Saint Thomas the Apostle
Michael J. Costello
John N. Cosgrove
Dillon
Blackfoot
Idaho
John S. Baker
School of Medicine
Creighton University
Omaha
Nebraska
Bennett Pontiac Motors Rep Visits Dilton Last Weekend
E A Smith of Bennett Pontiac Motors Great Falls was a visitor in Dilton last weekend, meeting with local dealership staff and viewing showroom displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Smith
Bennett Pontiac Motors
Great Falls
Dilton
Uncle Ed Sez Continued Harsh Satire On World Affairs
A satirical column mocks dictatorial leaders and shifting alliances while noting strong business in year. It lampoons advertising schemes, a reader record from Francisco Chinaman Kingman, and a mock job ad for a fascism promoter with global travel. Mr and Mrs Alfred Hunt Jr relocate from Waterloo to Daemon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Media Research Bureau
Washington, D. C
Francisco Chinaman
Kingman
Europe
America
Alfred Hunt, Jr
Waterloo
Ato Daemon
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THE
Black E Canyon
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Hauser Holter Kerr
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