Orton Brothers Band Carried A Montana Family Dream
W C Orton of Butte would be Montana Society of Pioneers president and recalls how Orton brothers from Virginia City to Butte built a music and instrument business. The clan formed a band after a family plan to keep brothers together and weathered the 1893 panic with Kimball piano support and strategic shipments. The brothers valued tenacity honesty square deals and service in growing Orton Bros into a regional store and musical force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Orton
Butte
Montana Society of Pioneers
Montana
Orton
Virginia City
Orton Brothers
Lee
Appomattox
Council Bluffs
Mecca
Montana Territory
Northwest
Will
Fred
Walter
Jim
Van
Orton Bros
Helena
Ginger
Kimball Piano Company
Bud Fisher
Matt
Jeff
Kimball Company
Bozeman
Great Falls
Missoula
Display Recalls Early Montana Gold Mines at School of Mines
A special display in the mineralogy museum at Montana School of Mines, Butte, gathers historic gold ore samples from Montana’s early mines. The collection, valued up to $1,000 per ton, comes from numerous old properties such as Silver Star, U S Grant, Kearsarge, Pacific, and others, with histories largely forgotten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana School of Mines
Montana
Mineralogy Museum
Butte
John E. Blixt
Gallagher
West
School of Mines
Hiawatha
Goldsmith and
Brown
Sore
Madison
Silver Star
U. S. Grant
Kearsarge
Pacific
Easton
Revenue
Nords
Watsoa
Whitlack
Unionville
Big Indians
Helena
el Dorado
Ios
Aurora
Jefferson County
Emma
Wickes
Little Rockies
Estes
Fossil Ostracoderms Found by Princeton Expedition in Beartooth
Princeton geologists led by Prof. R. T. Chamberlin found fossil ostracoderms in red Beartooth shale during a Montana Beartooth summer field trip. The seven inch ancient fish wore a bony shell and had a tail and jointed paddles. Fossil remains of ostracoderms are rare and highly sought by scientists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Princeton
Beartooth Mountains
R. T. Chamberlin
Beartooth
American
Chamorros Named for Guam Island Heritage
A Guam native is identified by the term Chamorro, the traditional ethnolinguistic group designation tied to the Island of Guam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island of
Guam
Grasshoppers threaten Montana crops warns entomologist
Dr. J R Parker of the U S bureau of entomology cautions Montana farmers as infestations in neighboring Dakotas Iowa and Nebraska mirror Montana in species and potential crop losses. He urges locating infested areas early and starting spring poisoning when hoppers are young to prevent next year’s damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakotas
Iowa
Nebraska
J. R. Parker
United States’ Bureau of Entomology
Bozeman
Montana
Dakota
Parker
South Dakota
Grain Harvesting Turns to Haying in Musselshell Roundup District
Despite drought, a few farmers in Musselshell county and the Roundup district will harvest and thresh some wheat. Most grain is cut for hay as farmers expect higher value, notably Hanes Ohrt and Ben Johnson of Flatwillow Beach northeast Roundup. Ohrt will combine about 1500 bushels. Johnson also expects wheat, likely stored for seed and sold next spring above market price. Roundup elevators plan to pay well above the posted price for locally marketed wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roundup
Musselshell County
Hanes Ohrt
Ben Johnson
Flatwillow Beach
Ohrt
Johnson
State Briefs Across Montana Drought, Fires and Local News
Reduced freight rates to drought areas in Montana by the Great Northern rail line take effect July 28 and run to April 30. In Helena, 26 race horses were saved from a barn fire caused by a leaky stove at the state fairgrounds. Miles City notes Miss Selma Munter Borchardt, daughter of Miles City’s first postmaster, visits. her father was named Custer county commissioner in 1877. Hinsdale reports Immigration Patrol officers arrest Carl Briggs and Roy Wright on liquor charges. Kalispell records a $1,347,555 drop in Flathead county property assessments for the year, with the tax base at $8,539,645. classification unchanged. Martinsdale notes teachers’ salaries cut countywide. eleven districts hold salaries, two raise, none vote for a tax, no improvements except in district 8. Roundup reports Robert Smith, 77, returned home after disappearing from a Chicago station. he said he was sightseeing. Libby states two incendiary fires on Bull Creek were trenched and patrolled after initial suppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Selma Munter Borchardt
Washington, D. C
N. Borchardt
Custer County
Martinsdale
Dakota Stockmen Eye Cattle Trade Across States
North and South Dakota farmers show interest in eastern Montana cattle after a carload of Aberdeen Angus stock from the George Smith ranch near Malta was purchased by a North Dakota rancher. The buyer also seeks Herefords, with activity centered in southern Phillips County where Agent H. L. Lantz expects buyers to pay good prices for surplus stock.
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North
South Dakota
Montana
George Smith Ranch
Malta
North Dakota
Phillips County
H. L. Lantz
Gas Thieves Steal 34 Gallons From Bozeman Station
Thieves took thirty four gallons of gasoline and five capsules of radiator repair material from Jack's Tire shop in Bozeman last week. They entered the service station, obtained pump keys from the cash register, and pumped the gas into a drum. The pump lock was left on the driveway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Bozeman
Harlowton Plans New Water Mains Financing
Mayor L. L. Kalberg states Harlowton will install cast iron water mains to replace wooden lines without a bond issue. The project will be financed entirely from the existing water fund with cash already on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlowton
L. L. Kalberg
Scooter using both feet for propulsion devised in Germany
A new type of scooter designed to propel with both feet has been developed in Germany. The invention aims to improve balance and power while riding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Geodetic Survey Plans Triangulation from Helena to Walla Walla
E. B. Latham of the United States coast and geodetic survey, with an assistant, will begin preliminary operations in the Helena area next summer. The team of 14 surveyors will establish triangulation points on high peaks about 20 miles apart from near Nelson north of Helena, west through Missoula to the Idaho line near Lolo pass. The work will verify public land and other surveys with the most accurate point locations to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Latham
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Helena
Department
Walla Walla
Wash
Nelson
Missoula
Idaho Line
Lolo Pass
Roosevelt county weighs wheat purchase for seed supply
County commissioners consider buying the season harvest to hold as future seed stock. It is estimated all bushels harvested this year may be needed for next spring sowing. There is risk farmers may sell some grain for immediate needs and reduce seed supplies.
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Roosevelt County
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Pioneer
Cussi
Flit
Semcon
Culbertson
Drouth
Great Northern Railroad
Hinsdale
Doran and Cummins
Carl Briggs
Glasgow
Bowbells, N. D
Roy Wright
Kalispell
Flathead County
Robert Smith
Chicago
Libby
Bull Creek
Bobtail Creek
Forestry Office
Teakettle Mountain
Flathead Forest
Idaho
Washington
Geodetic Surveyor
Es Uemod
Schlitz
Maytag
Maytag Company
Newton
Maytag Intermountain CO
W. Broadway Butte
Cae Ironer
Robel
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