City Council Passes Budget and Damages Claim Hearings
A busy last Wednesday session heard reports on fines, water revenue, and city finances. Water system upgrades and a proposed three foot dam to remove sediment were approved with new legal liquor licenses and a police officer appointment. A $500 damages claim for a defective sidewalk was referred to determine ownership and fault. Bicyclist sidewalk violations were to be punished.
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White
Poindexter
Selway
Knapp
Bond
Best
Phillips
Hughes
W. J. Cushing
A. L. Badcon
Water Works Committee
Caloona
Hirschman & Conger
Charles H
A. C. Williams
A. D. Young
John F
Alderman Bond
Fare Bank
Montana Mercantile Company
Center Street
W. H. Pine
Dakota Street
Old Cape
A. S. Johnson
Cca
Osheeusn
J. B. Poindexter
Ira Warner
Charles Fordyce
T. J. Murray
Special Police
Bell Telephone Co
Grant Kennicon
H. Cupp
A.L. Tritt
W. H. Spearin
Ezra Thompson
Fred Baker
William Clark
Kate Fitzharris
E. T. Brock
Frank McFadden
Store Burglary Strikes Jackson Business
The Basin reports a breaking of the B O Fournier general merchandise store and post office in one building last Thursday evening. About sixty dollars disappeared from the post office. A young man using the alias Happy Roberts was arrested, given a preliminary hearing in Wisdom before Judge Staley, and bound over to district court on five hundred dollar bond. Sheriff Gist will bring him back when able to post.
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Happy Roberts
Wisdom
Increase in assessment tabulated for county. board to meet
Assessor Anderegg and Deputy Williams finish tabulation of Heaverhead county assessment returns. Total real and personal property valued at 5 755 050 with an increase of 356 764 over last year. Board of County Commissioners meets for equalization next Monday to review changes.
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Beaverhead County
Anderegg
Board of Equalization
Phil Anderegg
A. G. Williams
Heaverhead
State Board of Equalization
Ncvestment
Ahaw
Credita
Heating system adopted for state normal building
Supervising architect C S Haire presented complete heating and plumbing plans for the new State Normal building. The Webster direct and direct indirect vacuum steam system, praised for efficiency and reliability, will be bid on August 17 with existing dormitory systems retained.
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C. S. Haire
State Normal
Helena
Jaire
Peck-Williamson
Haire
Webster
State Agricultural College
Montana
State of Washington
Wagner
Forden
United States
Department of Instruction
Strike at wool warehouse ends quickly after hiring
A group of young wool warehouse workers walked off Saturday evening seeking shorter hours higher pay and more staff. The strike was short lived as the men were paid off and new workers secured to resume operations.
Sorenson and Slack Buy Tom Haw Ranch South of Dillon
Martin Sorenson and E. W. Slack purchase the Tom Haw ranch near Dillon for about 25000 dollars, paying cash. The 1300 acre property includes 3000 sheep 30 to 40 horses and farming machinery, making the new Sorenson and Slack firm owner of 2700 acres locally notable. Haw plans to devote himself to sheep raising in Idaho after nearly 33 years in Beaverhead County.
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Dillon
Oaklawn Farm
Wayne
Ilinois
Dunham, Fletcher & Coleman
United States
Poindexter & Orr
Washington Street
A. F. Work
R. B. Henley
Beaverhead County
Martin Sorenson
E. W. Slack
Tom Haw
Sorenson
Slack
Tom Maw
Sorenson & Slack
Haw
Idaho
Telephone line progress in Basin linked to Dillon and Wisdom
Clerk Hazebraker reports rapid progress on the Dillon to Wisdom telegraph line with 25 men at work. Poles to the divide top by night, wire due in Dillon soon, Stromberg Carbon gear to be installed, and extensions planned to Wiedom Fox and Jackson.
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Hazebraker
Dillon
Big Hole
Bannack
Wisdom
Stromberg
Wiedom
Fox and Jackson
Hazelbpaker
Halifax man Milner stops in Dillon on trip west
W C Milner of Halifax Nova Scotia visits Dillon briefly en route to British Columbia to see his brother in law T E Smith. He departed this afternoon by train.
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W. C. Milner
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Dillon
British Columbia
Mr.Milner
Thia Z
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Pine
Jackson
B. O. Four
Nier
State Normal College
France
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