Who Will Build Miles City Line
A proposed 200 mile railroad from Sheridan Wyoming to Miles City Montana aims to tap Wyoming oil and coal fields. Investors linked include Haskell Middle States Oil and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul with tentative $100 million finance plans. Officials deny direct corporate commitment while noting traffic and development aims.
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Miles City
Montana Point
Salt Creek
Wyoming
New York
Haskell
Oklahoma
Middle States Oil Company
Europe
Montana
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Chicago
James Veach
Wyoming Territory
Sheridan
Northwest
Burlington
Burlington Railway
Northern Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Road
H. E. Byram
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Wyoming Fields
Railway Corporation
Asking for Aid in Suppressing Dope
Federal narcotics officer John Guerra urges Montanans to help stamp out narcotics by naming addicts and dope peddlers. He links crime to drug use and notes 1,000,000 addicts nationwide with 173 agents fighting the traffic across Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah.
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John Guerra
Montana
Guerra
United States
Germany
France
America
Denver
Agent Guerra
Colorado
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
Charlot the Selfish chief who saved whites at Bitter Root
In 1877 Nez Perces led by Joseph threatened massacre in Bitter Root and Flathead valleys. Charlot of the Flathead nation spoke against bloodshed, allowed passage and protection for whites, then faced a government unfaithful reward. He lost his head chief title and pension, ending in poverty but remembered as a true friend of whites.
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Margery Hawkins
Stevensville
Bitter Root
Jocko Reservation
Charlot
Flathead
Victor
Alexander
Mitchell
Gen
Stevens
Congress
Garfield
Joseph
Nez Perces
Arlee
Flatheads
West
Missouri
Major Maginnis
Montana
Ravalli
Washington
Rocko
Major Rowan
Secretary of the Interior
Looking Glass
Lo Lo
Gibbon
Trail to a white law broken heart Charlot memory
Fragment describes Charlot the Indian leaving his childhood home and family, crossing Fort Owen and the river to a new life under white law. It portrays his quiet surrender and heartache, and notes the trail as a monument to his sorrow and lost ties with his people.
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Fort Owen
Charlot
Motive in Greenbeck murder puzzles Butte watchers
A private detective Fred Greenbeck was shot four times in Butte while investigating gambling and bootlegging for a citizen group. Accused shooter Charles "Fat" Allen remains silent in jail as defense funds and lawyers, including Matt Canning and Nick Rotering, mobilize. The case raises theories of old feuds and crime elements amid intense public interest.
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Fred Greenbeck
Butte
Rialto
Greenbeck
Charles
Fat’' Allen
Main
Park Streets
Allen
Matt Canning
Nick Rotering
Crown Bar
B. H. Lingenfelter
Thieves Steal Linotype Space Bands at Great Falls Tribune
Eighty five linotype space bands valued at 1.60 each were stolen from the composing room of the Great Falls Tribune after the morning edition went to press. This marks the second such theft in Great Falls within a year.
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Great Falls
Alleged Car Robbers Jailed After Freight Car Theft
Four men are jailed in Kalispell charged with entering a Great Northern freight car at Columbia Falls and removing various articles of merchandise.
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Great Northern
Columbia Falls
Kalispell
Diamond Dyes promise lasting color for all fabrics
The advertisement touts Diamond Dyes promising rich color that won’t streak or fade for wool silk cotton or blends. It claims perfect home dyeing even for first timers and notes decades of use by millions of women to refresh wardrobes and draperies.
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Miles City Line
General Carrington
Carrington
Adolph
William H. Clagett
D. G. Swain
W. F. Sanders
J. A. Vail
B. F. Potts
Jocko
Sc Hiesaas
Battle Creek
Felton
Sioux City
Iowa
Prich
H. B. Lake. & CO
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