Charles Mikus Loses Desert Claim Suit in Montana
In a Beaverhead county dispute over 320 acres near the Idaho line, the land office rejects Charles Mikus entry for desert land and sustains protestants Patrick Sweeney, John Robbins, and John Grant that the land is mineral and largely not irrigable. Evidence shows Mikus expended funds are disputed. final proof is rejected and the desert land entry canceled. The decision follows hearings in Dillon and Dilton with testimony against Mikus while Sarah Law originally entered the land.
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Helena
Freeman
United States Land Office
General Land Office
Secretary ‘of the Interior
Charles Mikus
Patrick Sweeney
John Robbins
John Grant
Mikus
Beaverhead County
Idaho
Sarah Law
Helena Land Office
Dilton
the Land Office
State proposes bounty inspector bill to curb equine scabbies
Montana lawmakers draft an act to prevent and eradicate scabbies among horses and cattle. The measure empowers the stock commissioners to establish districts, dip or treat livestock, publish notices, seize untreated stock, and place liens on treated animals. Violators face misdemeanor charges.
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Helena
Montana Stock Growers’ Association
Board of Stock Commissioners
Department of Agriculture
Montana Scholars to Take Cecil Rhodes Exam in Helena
The next qualifying examination for Montana scholars under the Cecil Rhodes bequest will be held in Helena on January 17 and 18. Candidates will be selected by March, with elected scholars to begin residence at Oxford in October 1905. George Barnes of Helena, son of Rev. J. A. Barnes, won a scholarship last year and studies at Oxford. Another Montana scholar is expected to go next fall.
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Montana
United States
Cecil Rodes
Helena
Oxford
England
George Barnes
J. A. Barna
Amalgamated Copper Company History and Influence
A brief history of Amalgamated Copper from its 1899 formation to its 1904 known holdings, outlining its securities role, major subsidiaries and controlling interests in Montana and elsewhere, the goal to dominate copper, and the opacity of exact production figures for 1903.
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Amalgamated Company
Ealthy Corporation
Montana
Amalgamated Copper Company
Henry H. Rogers
William G. Rockefeller
H. H. Rodgers
Albret C. Burrage
William Rockefeller
Fred P. Olcott
James Stillman
Anson R. Flower
George H. Church
Amalgamated
Anaconda
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The
Helena: Land Office
EK. B. McNinch
Dell
Dillon
Alias
State of
Beaverhead
Justice Court
Wisdom Township
F. M. Staley
Justice of the Peace
George B. Owen
Nora Davis
County of
Wisdom
Said ‘Township
Kaiser & McCann, Proprietors
Ing Company
Washoe Copper Company
Colorado Smelting & Mining Company
Diamond Coal & Coke Company
Big Blackfoot Milling Company
Boston & Montana
Boston & Montana Consolidated Copper & Silver Mining Company
Parrot Silver & Copper Company
Butte & Boston Consolidated Mining Company
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Hennessy Mercantile Company
Copper
Henize
United Metala Selling Company
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