Son of J. J. Hill Builds Montana Cattle Empire
Walter Hill, son of the late James J. Hill, joins R. P. McClellen to acquire 7 500 acres and lease 24 000 along the Yellowstone near Livingston. They stock 7 600 head and ship most beef to South St. Paul. Hill once raced a high power Apperson car at 70 mph during railroad work in Montana, entertaining passengers with dangerous stunts. He plans purebred Ayrshire herd with aid from F. S. Dalrymple to boost Montana ranch output for Armour & Co. plant in South St. Paul.
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Walter Hill
James J. Hill
Montana
R. P. McClellen
Kansas City
Yellowstone River
Livingston
Hill
Chicago Stock Yards Company
South St. Paul
Burlington
Billings
Great Falls
Young Hill
Coulees
Hfe
Hhem
Northwest
Ayrshire
Scotland
St. Paul
Thomas Shaw
F. S. Dalrymple
Great Northern Iron Ore Properties
Dalrymple
Armour & Co
William Berkin Pioneer Freight Baron of Montana
William Berkin built the Diamond R transportation outfit in Montana from pack trains to a 60 bull team freight network. He battled hostile Indians while surveying rivers, shipped ore from Butte via Corrinne and Swansea, helped found Boulder, Idaho Territory, and later served as US marshal after aiding the Vigilantes.
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Montana
William Berin
Missouri River
Diamond R Transportation Organization
W. A. Clark
Charles A. Broadwater
Sam Pepin
Butte
Corrinne
Utah
San Francisco
Swansea
Wales
Meagher County
Berkin
St. Louis
Fort Benton
Bannack
Virginia City
Boulder
Jefferson County
Diamond R
West
Broadwater
Missouri
Musselshell River
White Sulphur Springs
Musselshell
Deer Lodge
Silver Bow
Gold Camps
Salt Lake City
Helena
M. Wall
Mountain Chief
Butte Hill
Horn
Park and
Main Street
Rialto Theater
Young Bourquin Witnessed German Surrender From Air
Flying Ensign M. M. Bourquin of Butte was one of three American aviators to observe Germany's fleet surrender from 1,000 feet over the North Sea. He later saw London’s peace celebration remains and described Allied ships lining the horizon toward Harwich.
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London
M. M. Bourquin
Butte
North Sea
Bourquin
Hassen Bourquin
Harwich
Admiral Beatty
Uncle Sam
New York
Southampton
England
Admiral Nelson
America
Commissioned on Field for Bravery in Action
Robert Howell of the 362nd regiment List division recalls battlefield promotion in the Argonne forest. He wears crossed guns, gold bars, a Sam Brown belt, and shiny leggings, and says he was commissioned on the field for gallantry and possibly earned a D. S. C. for capturing a machine gun.
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Robert Howell
Forest of Argonne
Howell
362Nd Regiment
List
Hohenzollern Visits Holland for Exercise Not Trial Fears
Sympathizers say the former German emperor left to Holland for physical exercise and not to avoid facing trial. They insist he seeks no shelter from legal proceedings and remains committed to accountability.
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Mr. Hohenzollern
Holland
Montana Birdmen in Unique Work Across the English Channel
J H Dwyer and Jerry Hegarty of the 335th aero squadron from Butte returned home after flying missions from England to Calais aboard planes loaded with high explosive eggs. They signaled submarines to destroyers and praised American crews for rapid adaptation in planes and guns, aiding the Allied air campaign. Hegarty previously worked for the Butte Miner.
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J. H. Dwyer
Jerry Hegarty
Butte
335Th Aero Squadron
English Channel
Dwyer
Hegarty
England
Calais
Air Service
Butte Miner
Montana Tractor School to Open in Billings This January
Billings to host a new four week course teaching tractor mechanism operation and repair from January 6. The Montana Tractor Truck and Auto School backs the program with endorsements from tractor manufacturers and expects full enrollment at its 109 North 29th Street location. Special night courses will run for partial study.
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Billings
Montana
Allo
Northwest
North 29Th Street
Descending to Dugout No 2 Elevates Air Quality Moment
A fragment notes a descent to dugout No 2 beneath No 1 where the air supposedly improved. The sentence captures a vivid image of the scene and the subjective sense of relief among those nearby.
Patrol of ranch sections urged after Christmas influenza death
The Lewis town chamber of commerce recommends volunteer inspectors in each district with few settlers to visit outlying homesteads for a week to check occupant needs during the influenza epidemic after the Christmas death of the Oline brothers seven miles from Roy.
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Oline Brothers
Roy
Chamber of Commerce of
Lewistown
Missing Baker man listed with $25 reward
A 58 year old man from Baker Montana vanished on Wednesday November 27 after arriving in N D that evening. He is 6 ft 11 in tall 165 pounds with grey hair blue eyes 23 scars on his left arm and was last seen wearing blue bib overalls black dress coat grey sweater and a light colored overcoat. His wife Mrs N T Master offers a $25 reward for information leading to his whereabouts and requests contact through Sheriff F F Kelling in Baker Montana.
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Baker
Montana
Teach
N. D
N. T.,mast
Master F. F. Kelling
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. J. Hill
Yelowstone
Barney Oldfield
William Berkin
Diamond R Outfit
Henry Plummer
X. Bercher
Neil Howie
Vigilantes
United States
John Berkin
Meagher
Diamond K Transportation Organization
Birdmen
N. T. Mast
Irving Whitehouse Co
First National Bank Building Department “A
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