Treaties With Indians Alter Western History If Enforced
A historical reflection argues that U S treaty promises to sovereign tribal nations were violated by white settlers and frontier forces. It contends stricter enforcement might have kept Indians off forced reserves, preserved land sovereignty, and avoided the bloody clashes culminating in the 1876 Custer massacre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Elno
United States
Pacific Coast
Fort Laramie
Black Hills
Yellowstone
Big Horn Mountains
Bozeman Trail
Custer
Cheyenne
Crook
Belle Fourche
William B Allison
Iowa
Alfred H. Terry
Big Horns
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Five Civilized Tribes
Uncle Sam
Uster
Peponnuerors
We World
Pastory
America
Wrestler Leo Hechinger Carries Beer Kegs Up Big Butte
In 1885 Butte, Leo Hechinger, a slim wrestler from Centennial Brewery, carried an eight gallon keg weighing 107 pounds to the top of Big Butte in 45 minutes and returned in 40 minutes without rest. Hechinger had prior feats including a 24 mile beer-carry from the Centennial brewery to Walkerville, weighing 115 pounds on the keg, with a reference praising his endurance and athletic prowess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Hechinger
Butte
Hechinger
Centennial Brewery
Silver Bow Creek
Big Butte
Leo
Schmidt
Gamer
Centennial
Alice Mill
Walkerville
Evan Morgan
Paul Davis
Chris Rocker
Montana Street
Broadwater
Main
Alice
Echinger
Broadway
Centerville
BA Span Agn
Salish Wool Robes From Unlikely Materials
The Salish peoples reportedly wore wool robes though they lacked domestic sheep. They used blankets made from dog hair with mountain goat hair, goose down, and bark fibers. The text notes indigenous groups adapted available resources to create warm garments.
Bridge Insurance Suit to Be Heard by State Supreme Court
Arguments on the $12,000,000 bridge insurance suit will be heard March 5 by the state supreme court. The case involves a 1938 purchase of a policy covering state bridges for a $120,000,000 premium. Governor Ayers opposed the purchase and key figures include J M Wheeler of Billings and Dis Besancon serving as district examiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apolis Fire & Marine
Minneurance Co
State Supreme Court
Board of Examiners
Eebourn
Sam W. Mitchell
Roy E. Ayers
John M. Wheeler
Billings
State Highway Commission
Dog Hair Blankets of Coast Salish Goats and Myths
Early observers describe woollike shore blankets woven from dog hair mixed with goose down and bark fiber. Coast Salish artisans produced these robes with dyed colors. ships from Asia and wreck stories are noted as possible origins for the dogs. A few examples survive in Canadian museums showcasing intricate craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Kane
Northwest
Kane
Vancouver
England
Reine
Pomerania
Asia
Washington
Montana Patrol to Control Air Crash Scenes
Montana Highway Patrol will oversee serious aircraft crash sites until wreckage is released to the civil aeronautics authority. C. L. Claybaugh of the CAA inspectors division and Lou C. Boedecker, patrol chief, say the plan enforces preservation of wreckage per air safety board rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Highway
Civil Aeronautics Authority
C. L. Claybaugh
Lou C. Boedecker
State Highway Patrol
Claybaugh
C. A. A. Air Safety Board
Air Safety Board
Iight
Lou Boedecker
Montana
Helena
Miles City
Butte
Livingston
Billings
Highway Patrol
Boedecker
City Government Forms Compared in Helena Talk
Fred Bennion, Montana Taxpayers Association executive secretary, compares aldermanic, commission, and city manager forms before the Helena Lions Club. He cites the city manager plan as superior, noting about 500 cities use it and that it gives an elected commission strong oversight while avoiding parochial aldermanic pitfalls. He quotes favorable letters from national businessmen praising efficiency and economy under manager governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bennion
Montana Taxpayers Association
Helena Lions Club
National Municipal League
Bennion
Helena
Galveston
Tex
Montana
Bozeman
Fishing Coyote Seen In Yellowstone Park
Ranger Rudolph Grimm observed a coyote in a stream near the Wyoming Montana line struggling with an object. Investigating, officials say the coyote appeared to be fishing, a rare sight amid a mild winter that has left game animals abundant at Loch Leven Ra Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Park
Rudolph Grimm
Wyoming-Montana Line
Loch Leven
Germany claims partial sufficiency of dairy byproducts
Germany asserts that only part of its whey and skimmed milk extracts are enough for egg production and other uses in frozen and dried forms, with these byproducts now being produced and stored in large quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Exhibition Refrigerator Height Measured At 3 Feet 6 Inches
A fragment notes a Reiger refrigerator or similar item reaching three feet six inches in height at the shoulder. The text is incomplete but indicates a measurement milestone for the apparatus or animal in question.
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Red Man
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda
C. J. Dean
Walter E. Taylor
Western
Montana Highway Patrol
Helena Lions
Montana City
Kentucky
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