Beidler the Vigilante Leader of Virginia City Tales
Virginia City lore celebrates John X. Beidler, famed Vigilante leader and quick draw. His clashes with Plummer gang members include graves dug for killers and a dramatic crowd vote at hangings, shaping his perilous career and later service as a U.S. deputy marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia City
X. Beidler
Dillingham
Forbes
Buck Stinson
Haze Lyons
Plummers’ Organization of Highwaymen
Stinson
Lyons
Beidler
Jack Gallagher
Plummer
Bivens’ Gulch
Alex Carter
Carter
Bannack
George Ives
Nick Tiebalt
Vigilantes
Ives
Nelson Story
United States
Helena
Forestvale
State Pioneers Meet This Fall In Livingston
The 34th annual Pioneers of Montana meeting will be held in Livingston from September 5 to 8. Secretary J A Sanders notes about 1 100 members remain from 2 800 original names, with monuments for Captain John Mullan under construction and one dedicated July 4 at St. Regis funded by William A Clark Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Pioneers of
Montana
Livingston
J. A. Sanders
Sanders
The
Pioneers
Pioneers’ Association
John Mullan
St. Regis
William A. Clark, Jr
Board Reducing The High Cost Of Dying
State board of accidents reports the North Butte mine disaster costs. Funeral costs cap at 208 dollars with many under 75 dollars. Heirs of identified deceased receive 38380 dollars each, totaling 118000 already paid. Unidentified dead may receive settlements once identified by the board.
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State Board of Accidents
North Butte
A. I. Spriggs
Accident Board
Famine in Whisky Predicted in Montana
A Montana forecast warns that a federal grain-use ban on distilling hard liquor will hike whisky prices. Within three months drinkers face doubled costs, the “bit” drink may disappear, saloons may close within eighteen months, and open bars could see 40 to 50 cent drinks amid shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Fairweather
Butte
Wyoming Beasts of a Fine Hot Springs Resort
Thermopolis in Wyoming reveals the Car ter Sanitarium Hotel a large refined resort with water from the big spring at 135 degrees offering healing for rheumatism stomach and kidney troubles and nervous diseases. It attracts Montana visitors and increasing eastern travelers as a European style sanitarium amid minerals and therapeutic waters.
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Montana
Germany
Austria
Wyoming
Thermopolis
Carter Sanitarium
Montana Springs
Montana farm land and ranch listings dominate ad section
A flood of Great Falls Butte and Helena Montana listings advertise fur shops and mammoth land tracts. Properties include 1920 acres near Butte at $6 per acre with 6 percent terms, 1400 acres on Powder river at $3.50 per acre with 10 years terms, 620 acres near a shipping station at $25 per acre, and 160 to 640 acre tracts near schools with growing crops and improvements.
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Kagan & McCutcheon
Central Avenue
Great Falls
Montana
Fagan & McCutcheon
Great Malls
Jefferson County
Good Town
Powder River
Miles City
Chas. Giles
Ayrshire
Jd. W. Morgan
Corvallis
Oregon
Woodward and Whitney
Duanbrook
McDonald Realty Co
Great Salts
Yelena
Bowden and
Junod
Helena
Cascade County
Boyle Land Co
Tod Bldg
Mont
G. C. Curtis
Daly Bank
Butte
Entahieeee-Iveny Co
Ent
Ailding
P. OQ
J. M. Affleck
First National Bank
Churchill Home
Sash
Jefferson Valley
H. O. Clark, Jr
West Broadway
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P.c
Rogers - Templeton Lumber Company
Virginia
John X. Beidler
Thomas A. Edison
Montana Livestock Growers & Farmers
Fergus County Sales Corporation
Lewistown
Fred de Maranville
E. C. Dunn
Axel Anderson
Caldwell Horse & Mule Co
Henry Newman
Koeningsburg
H. D. Abbott
Amos Snyder
John Beebe
I. J. Williamson
W. A. Pfister
Judith Basin
Summer Farm
Richard P Hoenck
A. Rauch
Minneapolis
Salm
Oregon Dairy Rancie
Milwaukee Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Seattle
Washington
Shire Stallions
J. BE. McWherter
Plymouth
Tinots
Great Alls
J. A. Ford
Rainbow Hotel
Valmer & Waugh
Park Hotel
Kodak
Reed Studio
Norton
Kansas
VOR
J. J. O'Leary
Talbot Ave
Butte, Mont
Briscod
Second
Utah
Briscoe Motor Co
Wick
Montana Piano Co
Accountants and Auditors
Harley-Clark & CO
T Ladblock
Douglas Wilson & Co., Inc
Ford Building
Eagle Drug Co
C. A. Hunt & Co
Tractor Attachment Co
Boz
2Nd Ave
Leverich & Dencker, Distributors
J. H. Knox
Second Ave
Coal Lands
Fine Tract
P. O. Box
Ford Bldg
W. Broadway
Robert I. Lindsay, Jr
U. 8
Kirst Nat. Bank Bldg
Keerl
Helena, Mont
Niss-Thhishn Construction CO
Great Kalla
Archithols
L. Shanley
Great Alia
Sam'l Ilenry Haas
1St Nat. Bank
Tel
W. L. Lanning
Owlsley
Moorcantish Shrvich CO
Avhby
Anaconda
AUTO
West
Montana Automobile School
South Main
NTO
Certified Accountants
WM. B. Finlay
C. P
Butte College Telegraphy
Montana Employment Co
City
UANA
Mid-West Realty Co
Great Trails
Freeman & Thelen
W. Hoyle
State St
Wyoming Oil
Monntana Public Oil Exchange
Casper
Walger
L. Fryer & Co
Ford Bidg
Yes
Beckman Bros
Wood-Sa Machine Works
Fair
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