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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1903
Page
1
A hunter races to his cabin to retrieve his gun after an encounter with a bear protecting her cubs. She abandons the attack on his horse and disappears with the cubs. The saddle horse is likely to be lame, but the hunter vows to pursue the bear and capture the cubs for sale to a garden management group.
Sim Kates recounts the 1889 killing at the mouth of Ryan Canyon near Watson where a Bannack party led by Chief Ten Day looted a saloon, a guard Clarence Chowning shot an intruder, and Tenday helped bury the Indian and settle tensions with settlers. The tale ties to early Beaverhead Valley crime, stage lines, and frontier justice.
Tom Call of Birch Creek encountered an old mother bear with two cubs while riding to check strayed cattle. The cub climbed a tree while Call restrained the other, prompting the mother to attack. He wrestled the cub free as the bear charged the horse and can stop short of injury.
District Court of Montana Beaverhead appoints August 17 1903 at 10:00 AM to prove last will of Christopher Burteind deceased Leonard Eliel seeks letters testamentary Notice to contest to be published in Dillon Examiner for 21 days in four weekly issues beginning July 22 1903.
Anna E. Miller sues W Grant Miller in Beaverhead County Montana to dissolve their marriage on grounds of willful neglect and failure to support for over a year. The Clerk of Court issues summons with 20 days to answer after service and a default judgment if ignored. First publication July 15 1903.
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