Dillon City Council Eyes Regulations on Saloons and Growth
The Dillon city council in regular session upheld routine financial reports and approved new saloon license restrictions. Officials discussed a draft ordinance limiting saloons to six and regulating location, bid process, and annual licenses. Attempts to allow off hours water use for trees were denied to avoid unequal watering.
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Kh‘jott
Sassman
Badcon
John Gelhaus
Provost & Ripley
Charles Sassman
White
Knapp
Dillon
Montana
City of
G. T. Paul
Beaverhead County
James Paxton
Washington and
Reeder Streets
Paul
Paxton
Dillon Visitors and Local Happenings in Big Hole Basin
Misa Helen Lennox of Dillon visits with Mia, Win Montgomery of the Weatside. Rev. G. W. Kaufman returns from Granite Mont and attends the Fourth of July in Dillon. Harry Rutledge injured training a horse bucked him into a buggy denting his left ear. Dr. K A Sweet and Chas Maxey take possession of the C H McCaffey ranch in North Fork, a 900 acre tract. Miss Loretta Loss and Miss Addye Mallon win prizes in the Anaconda Standard contest, earning a diamond ring and a gold watch respectively. Robt H Jones and Geo P Wellcome plan merging their ranches into a large cattle and hay operation with Chicago capitalists. The transfer is valued around eighty thousand dollars.
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K. A. Sweet
Chas, Maxey
C. H. McCaffey
North Fork
Ioretta
Addye Mallon
Windom
Anaconda Standard
Miss Lose
Miss Mallon
Robt
H. Jones
Geo. P. Wellcome
Wellcome & Peckover
Chicago
Capitaliata of
Chiceago
Bales & Jones
Witten outlines opening of government land in reservation
Several hundred attendees at the opera house heard Judge Witten discuss the new government land opening plan. He warned against fraud and windfalls, stressed moral obligations of homesteaders, and noted a 25 cent notary fee with about 40 appointed notaries. He urged officials to caution against brokers and emphasized the vast Flathead tract as the era’s most expansive land opening.
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Opera House
Witten
Oklahoma
Flathead
United States
Oregon
Washington
Great Northwest
Montana’s Day in the East Promotes State Growth
J S M Neill reports Montana gains notice in eastern magazines and ads. He cites railroad demonstration cars in farming districts, rising capital interest, and a Milwaukee official calling Montana the most fertile state his road has tapped. He says promise attracts home seekers and strong campaign advertising.
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Montana
J. S. M. Neill
Neill
New York
Middle East
Milwaukee
Salmon River Railroad War sparks Idaho frontier intrigue
In Salmon City Idaho engineers from Pittsburg and Gilmore push 120 miles toward Salmon City as tensions rise over who backs the line. The project, resembling a Hill Harriman struggle, prompts local speculation that Northwestern or North Coast systems may be involved while surveys, land options, and river canyons fuel the mystery.
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Salmon City
Idaho
Salmon River
Pittsburg & Gilmore Railroad Company
North Coast Railroad
Armstead
Mont
Pittsburg Railroad
Pittsburg
Northern Pacific
Northwestern
Armetead
St. Anthony
Pittsburg & Gilmore
Milwaukee
Mackay
Oregon Short Line
Pittsburg & Gilmore Company
Hill
Helena
Peckover Ranch Acreage Expansion Track
Peckover ranch comprises 6,000 acres deeded and 1,300 acres leased. Combined with the Upper S6 ranch, the total reaches 14,260 acres.
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Peckover
Special Excursion to Portland by Oregon Short Line
Daily service from June 10 to September 3 offers Dillon to Portland round trip tickets at 30.30. Tickets valid thirty days each way with a final sixty day limit from sale. Stops allowed in either direction.
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Oregon Short Line
Dillon
Portland
Oregon
Trustee deed and warranty deed for Bannack and Big Hole land
Trustee deed from B F White trustee to George M Tash for 313 72 acres near Bannack with one dollar consideration. Warranty deed from John Walchill to John F Bishop for 230 acres near Big Hole with one dollar consideration.
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B. F. White
George M. Tash
Bannack
John Walchill
John F. Bishop
Big Hole Bagiv
Cone
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alderman Knapp
Big Hole Basin
Misa Helen Lennox
Mia, Win, Montgomery
the Weatside
G. W. Kaufmas
Granite, Mont
Kaufman
Harry Rutledge
CGC. W. Francia
Harting Stern
Sioux
Helena-Buitte
Salmon River Railroad
Smith
Auburn
Sir
UBURN
Ore
Idanha Motor Car Company
Northwest Distributors
Vogler
Portland, Oregon
Beaverhead Ranch.co
F. Hunsaker
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