New State Road Law Aims For Practical Reform
Beaverhead county officials return from Helena where a road law was drafted after eight days of discussion. The bill consolidates prior laws into a 95 page measure, gives commissioners power to appoint road supervisors and create districts, repeals the 1895 and Geiger laws, and includes road viewers at three dollars a day. It also incorporates a Missouri provision requiring drivers of power vehicles to stop near horses and mandates planks on bridges for heavy vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wason M. Oliver
Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead County
Helena
Oliver
Wagner and Hutchison
Gallatin
George A. ‘Davis
Jefferson
Ed Ryan
Ravalli
J. B. Overture
Silver Bow
Dan Yancey
Joint Conference
Montana
J. F.wegner
Lewis and Clarke County
W. O. Hutchison
Anaconda
Great Falls
Lewiston
Hamilton
Bozemany
Missoula
Assessors’ Association
Callahan
Deer Lodge County
Jyhouse
Daniel Yancey
Missouri
Fatal Madison Valley shooting wounds Alties at Briggs ranch
Walter Alties and Ellsworth Boatner shot at Briggs ranch in Madison valley. Alties loaded a shotgun and sat near the bed when Boatner, thinking it unloaded, touched the trigger. The blast tore through Alties hip and pelvis with grave injuries. Boatner did not know the gun was loaded. Alties, once sawmill worker, is hospitalized with little hope of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alties
Ennis
Virginia City
Madison
Ian
Madison Valley
L. 5
Briggs
Walter Alties
Ellsworth Boatner
Boatner
Boamer
Hawkins Higbee
Dillon
Death of Mrs. Catherine Maurier in valley
Mrs Catherine Maurier died last Wednesday from heart failure after months of poor health. Undertaker E H Brundage returned Friday from Point of Rocks where he presided at her burial. The funeral drew a large crowd from Madison and Beaverhead counties. She crossed the plains in the early 1860s and left three sons and a daughter. A sister married to Senator Shoup of Idaho and another sister Mrs Margaret Steffens of Virginia City Montana are noted relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Brundage
Point of Rocks
Catherine Maurier
Madison
Beaverhead
Plains
Senator Shoup
Idaho
Margaret Steffens
Virginia City
Mont
H. E. Steffens
Madison County
Dillon Visit Sparks Cushing Family Reunion Tale
Frank Cushing, former Dillon resident now based in Helena, visited relatives on Friday evening. He said his young nephew arrived and came to Dillon to renew acquaintance, marking a light reunion moment in his old stamping grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cushing
Dillon
Mr.Cushing
Mr. Cushing
Helena
Montana State Normal to College Name Change Moves Forward
In the Montana senate, Murray's bill to rename the State Normal School to Montana College advances, with seven other measures recommended for passage. Debate touches on a free scholarship plan for Missoula University, game wardens powers, and several house bills funding dormitories and state buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Murray
State Normal School
University
Missoula
Jaw
Scott
Montana
Hoffman
Hoffanin
Woodworth
State Normal
Committee On Elections and Privileges
Crow Reservation
House
Miller
Wagp
Justice Courte
Johnson
Stapleton
Harney
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Condi
Silver Bow
Maddox
Judiciary Committee
Kohr
Lewis and Clarkes
Self
Dempster
Free County
Apricnural College
Appropriations Committee
Capitol
Dwight
Giltman
Teal
Orphans’ Home
Tolman
Faust
Cannon
Noble
Secretary of State
Schwend
Beaudry
Two Bannack Children Die From Scarlet Fever
News from Bannack reports two deaths from scarlet fever, Pearl Tash a 13 year old and Robert McManus a 3 year old. Both were buried Friday as a quarantine is kept and a critically ill McManna baby remains under care. Community sympathy flows to grieving families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannack
Pearl
George Tash
Robert
William McManus
McManna
Happy Woodmen Dance Delights Argenta Crowd
A lively Modern Woodmen dance in Argenta drew about 40 attendees riding in four four horse rigs. The merry event, held to honor the Dillon lodge, filled the old mining town hall past midnight with a fine supper served after midnight and dancers leaving around six in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argenta
Argerta
Old Town
Woodmen Lodge
Dillon Lodge
Miles City Water Works Becomes Public Asset and Expands
The Miles City water plant, once privately owned and blamed for failures, was bought by the city with bonds of 17 000 and later 15 000 to move to the Yellowstone river. Rates dropped 14.79 percent in the first year, repairs and improvements rose to 17 006.86, and hydrants rose from 27 to 34 while lighting capacity expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milles City
Ferguson
Benedict
Mites City
Bonda
Waa
Tongue River
Miles City
Maine
Yellowstone River
Sam Gordon
Water and Light Department
Yellowstone
Civil Service Commission
Frank Tandon Seals Matted Driver Team at Belmont Park
Frank Tandon returned from Belmont Park with a matched team of drivers by Hecla and Tempest. The pair, described as one of the finest looking teams ever brought to Dillon, were purchased during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Tandon
Belmont Park
Hecla
Tempest
Dillon
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Montana State Normal
College
Capitol Halls
Miles’ Water Works
Yellowstone Valley
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