Fort Benton Mule Exhibition Tells of Indian Tactics
Robert Vaughn recalls a Fort Benton early seventies visit when a government mule with a grass cannon was fired at a river bank. The crowd fled as the mule spun in circles, causing many to dive into the river while Indian chiefs preserved amused calm. Captain J. J. Healy fled over the bank, earning a famous line as he “took water.”
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Robert Vaughn
Great Falls
Fort Benton
Vaughn
Benton
Washington
Front Street
J. J. Healy
North American Transportation and Trading Company
Healy
Northwest
Montana
sweeping change in mining laws to curb apex disputes
United States bureau of mines is drafting a new mining code for congress. The proposed act would abolish the apex rule and require square vertical boundaries for locations, reducing litigation over ore bodies and cross boundary claims, benefiting mining and oil developers.
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Montana
United States Bureau of Mines
Congress
Snex
Amalgamated Copper Mining Company
F. Augustus Heinze
Butte
Butte & Superior Mining Company
Elm Orlu Mining Company
Idaho
Montanan recalls Gettysburg Pickett charge tale
F Van Orsdel of Collins recounts hearing a confederate staff officer describe Pickett’s charge at Gettysburg. He served with the 184th Pennsylvania and witnessed how Longstreet refused to order the attack, yet Pickett advanced into heavy fire and broke, condemning the Confederate effort as a turning point in the civil war.
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van Orsdel
Collins
Great Falls
Gettysburg
Pickett
van” Orsdel
184Th Pennsylvania Infantry
Lee
Washington
New York
Longstreet
Rickett
Geneva
Europe
Vintage sewing patterns and a flax mill plan in Montana
A long list details pattern numbers, sizes and yardages for 1916 17 fall and winter Ladies Misses and Children patterns plus a 1916 17 catalogue offer. It also describes plans for a tow flax mill near Fairfield with E Genger Lindenfield Dalby and Lindenfield named as principals and March 1 start date.
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Walst
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls
Montana
Fairfield Likely to Get Flax Tow Plant
W H Lindenfield and Elmer Genger inspected Fairfield for a flax fiber operation. They estimated local flax straw and growing conditions, transport, and site suitability, and Lindenfield expressed favorable views on Fairfield as a mill site. He ordered machinery to operate upon returning to Great Falls.
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Elmer Genger & Company
Lindenfield
Fairfield
Fairfield Company
Conrad
W. H. Lindenfield
Walier
Montana
Elmer Genger
Elmer Genger & Co
Great Falls
Valor and Pride in Pickett’s Defeat Among Americans
A compact note recalls American pride in the valor of Pickett’s men and the soldiers who defeated them, highlighting enduring esteem for those who faced the Confederate assault.
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Pickett
Largest dental office opens with 10 year Make Good guarantee
An advertisement touts the state’s largest dental office offering six private operating rooms and specialists for each dental branch. It promises better health and perpetual freedom from troublesome teeth with a ten year Make Good guarantee and courteous attendant service.
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Postoffice
Captain Healy
F. van Orsdel
Fairfield Assured
McKinney
Helena
Mont
Symons
Butte, Montana
DR. E. E
Edmonson
E. E. Edmonson
Lapeyre
Photos
Gibson Studio
Cor
and &H
S. O. Huseth
Nike
Harry H. McCole
Montara
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