Wool Outlook Brightens for Montana Growers this Season
Noted Montana woolman Lewis Penwell of Helena predicts a prosperous season with an estimated 350000 pounds of wool to be sold this year. Buyers from Boston and local brokers are contracting, with several growers offered 20 to 21 cents per pound for their clips. He notes Montana’s wool quality and national shortage push prices higher while profits rise and production improves.
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Montana
Lewis Penwell
Helena
Butte Inter Mountain
Thornton
John D. Waite
Fergus
P. J. Moore
Two Dot
Union
Boston
United States
Willis Residents Seek Bridge Over Big Hole River
Madison and Beaverhead county boards hear petitions from Willis and Glen residents for a new bridge near the winter crossing to ease post office access. Voters on both sides propose shared half costs, noting seasonal detours to Brown's Bridge or the nearby Big Hole crossing.
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Big Hole
Willis
Glen
Boards of Commissioners
Madison
Beaverhead
Brown’s
Madison Monitor
Lima Murder Trial Ends In Not Guilty Verdict
The Lima murder case, featuring Mathewson and multiple witnesses, concluded with a 55 minute jury deliberation and a not guilty verdict. Testimonies covered the Chinaman’s death, various alibis, and defense claims of malice, while the court outlined railroad regulation and a state commission’s powers and fines.
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Mathewson
Moore
Lima
Walker
Joseph Lewis
Mathewaen
W. H. Boyle
Robison
Chinaman
Leo Truax
Peat Hotel
Reece Freeman
Mr Freeman
Sam Burnside
Peat
Melton
Montana Railway Commission Bills Considered in Legislature
The Montana legislature reviews Brennan and substitute railroad bills. Senate bill lists commissioners while house bill assigns names. Both propose a four thousand dollar salary for each commissioner and twenty four hundred for the secretary with power to hire stenographers and experts.
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Railway Commission
Montana
Brennan
House
Committee On Railroads
Senate
Naming Montana counties reflects river basins in early plan
The piece recounts Major Martin Maginnis on how Montana counties were originally named for principal river basins to indicate location, noting many early counties Madison Jefferson Gallatin Beaverhead and others, and detailing later departures like Fergus Rosebud and Ravalli as names shifted toward notable people and features.
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Montana
Martin Maginnis
Madison
Madison River
Jefferson
Deer Lodge
Gallatin
Beaverhead
Edgerton County
Edgerton
Lewis and Clark
Garfield
Missouri
Big Hole
Ruby
Chouteau County
St. Louis
Pierre Couteau
Meagher County
General Meagher
Missoula
Flatehad
Fergus County
James Fergus
Judith County
Judith
Judith River
Clark
Fergus
Broadwater County
Colonel Broadwater
Cascade
Teton
Madison County
Yellowstone County
Park
Sweet Graga
Crazy Mountains
Custer
General Custer
Dawson
Major Dawson
Ravalli
Powell
Randolph Tucker
Val Jey
Milk River
Carbon
Granite County
Granite Mountain
Flint County
Flint Creek
Granite
Philipsburg
Rosebud
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Commission
Examiner
Maurice A. Walker, M. D
Metlen
Seepee
Bannack Street
Henry Wolf
State Bank OF Dillon
F. L. Graves
Wm.roe
A. J. Stone
Vrwe
Oano
Dillo
Ditton Samer
First National Bank
Dillon, Montana
Beaverhead County
B. F. White
H. Gilbert
Dillon Furniture Co
G.T. Paul
Iver
Denver Vale Grande
Colorado
Rio Grande
A. B. Ayers
Trav. Pass. Agt
D. W. Fitzgerald
East Broadway
Butte, Montana
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