Horse Thieves Troublesome in Lemhi County
A detailed report traces a multi county horse theft case led by Tony Degiamibatista alias Tony and Fred Campbell. Officers tracked stolen saddle horses from Lemhi County to Montana, with Cruikshank and Vreeland identifying the LED horses and aiding capture. Bonds set at $1000 each, pending district court action. stockmen endure annual losses from a regional thieves’ ring tied to Beaverhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Degiamibatista
Salmon City
Idaho Recorder
Sheriff Stewart
Butte
Charles Tibbe
Tony
Fred Campbell
Stewart
Alex Cruikshank
Junction
Mr. Cruikhank
Lemhi Agency
Wmn. Vreeland
Collins
Gold Creek
Eer Lodge
Cruikshank
Vreeland
Robinson
District Court
Hotel de Stewart
Lemhi Valley
Beaverhead
Montana
Atock
Beav erhead Case Reversed in Oregon Short Line Suit
The Idaho Supreme Court reversed a Beaverhead county verdict in S M McKnight vs Oregon Short Line. The ruling remands for retrial, finding the complaint defective for failure to plead Idaho statute scope and lack of written damage claim. The case involved cattle killed in Idaho and sought $115 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
S. M. McKnight
Oregon Short Line
Helena
Idaho
S. M.mcknight
Oregon Short Line Company
Beaverhead
Itig
Hollywood Circle Banquet Installs New Officers
Hollywood Circle Women of Woodcraft held installation at the Red Men hall last Monday evening with about 40 members attending. A social session followed and a banquet at the Enoniman Summer Garden featured the new officers G N Mrs Black P G N Mrs George Kuozman Advisor Mrs Sarah Wolf Magician Mrs Elizabeth Rafferty Superintendent Mrs Ellen Leach Clerk Dora Hart Banker Mrs Grant Haines Captain of Guards Mrs Nellie Padley Inside Sentinel Mrs John A Beet Outside Sentinel Mrs N S Woods The drill team appeared in uniform and impressed guests as the youngest lodge auxiliary in Dillon grows in strength and activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood Circle
Women of Woodcraft
Red Men Hall
Kuozman Summer Garden
G. N
Black
George Kuozman
Sarah Wolf
Elizabeth Rafferty
Ellen Leach
Dora Hart
Grant Haines
Nellie Padley
Sentinel
John A. Beet
N.S. ‘Woods
Enoniman Bummer
Strayed Buckskin Mare Reunites Finder Reward Offered
A buckskin mare weighing about 1500 lbs strayed with monogram OF on the right shoulder. Reward of 10 dollars offered by Anderson Bros livery or owner T D Moran at Birch Creek. Finder asked to return the horse for the reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Bros
T. D. Moran
Birch Creek
Dillon Line to reach Wisdom ahead of Anaconda route
The Dillon Hagin telephone line, built by Southern Montana Telephone Co. with local ranchers and Dillon businessmen, will reach Wisdom before the Anaconda line. The Anaconda to Ralston line is nearly done to Fish Trap and Ralston, then extended to Wisdom under a new contract. The same contractor will finish Ralston to Wisdom in weeks, with branches planned to ranch subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon-Hagin
Southern Montana Telephone Co
Big Hole Basin
Dillon
Anaconda
Raleton’s
Hig Hole Valley
Fish Trap
Ralston
Wisdom
Wisdim
Rochester Will Have a Mill at Wolfram City
The cyanide plant at Rochester nears completion and should start within a short time. Five 16 foot and four 26 foot tanks loom in place, with electric lighting to follow. Water supply via a new 1.5 mile flume ensures ample power. Local ore shipments and placer mining reports point to a busier year ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Watséca
McClay-Murray Springs
Thomas & Co
East Helena
Bibereton Co
White and McQuaig
Elgin
Lewie and
Niece
Bartma
Hobin Boys
Camp Creek
Toledo
Eastern
Rochester Gulch
Big Hole River
An Old Prospector Murdered in Beaverhead Region
Col Alf Decker, visiting from Bedrock, states John Strom, a Beaverhead prospector found dead near Salmon, was murdered not a natural death. Strom recently sold a mining claim for 5000 dollars and was believed to carry about a thousand dollars. Idaho officials have not yet located the killer but are pursuing a party believed connected to the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alf Decker
Bedrock
Mr. Decker
John Strom
Salmon
Strom
Idaho
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Lemhi
Louis Stahl
Martin Sorensen
Rattlesnake Creek
B.K. White
Mary A. Pendelton
Rock Creek
Big Hole Bagin
Crowell L. Wemple
Wake Gist
Fox
Jackson
Big Hole Biasin
Roswell T. Wemple
John J. Quinn
Duke
Gist
John J. Queen
Burton A. Maypole
John Peterson
John Tessier
Celanda Tessier
Henry D. Simmons
Wisdom Big Hole Basin
Nicholas Wombuacher
Glendale
Geo. A. Pyle
Nora Hayes
Graeshopper Creek
Zephrine Mailhait
Buffalo, Creek
M. BE
Haye
Bull Creek
Frank Brow
Trail Creek
Lucian L. Eby
Prosperity Bar Placer
Books of Pearl
Smith
Ladies
Oxford
Eliel Brothers
Dillon Line
the Examiner
Geo. R. Metlen’s
Beaverhead County
Dillon Examiner
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