Lure of Gold Holds Prospector in Belt Mountains For Years
In Meagher county near Great Falls, "Injun Joe" has spent nearly twenty years chasing pay dirt along Placer creek. He moves a sluice up the canyon, nets $3 to $5 nightly, and notes a price rise of five cents per ounce. He camps in isolation, earns extra as a camp cook, and funds winter provisions from summer finds while advising scouts on independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belt Mountains
Great Falls
Joe
Placer Creek
Cascade County
Meagher County
Logging Creek
Bie Timber Creek
Nethart
Neihart
F. L. Graybill
Boy Tries To Bribe Fire Chief In False Alarm
A boy attempted to bribe Fire Chief A. J. Tredick of Great Falls with two cents after false alarm from the Sixth Avenue South and Ninth Street box. The boy, captured after speeding from the box in a Stutz, was lectured and parents notified for the undeIrability of such actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Tredick
Great Falls
Sixth Avenue
Ninth Street
Montana Drug Gists Back Prohibition Office Chief
O H P Shelley urged a horse sense approach as he spoke to Montana pharmacists in Great Falls. He noted 230 druggists can sell medicinal liquor and 280 doctors hold prescription permits while recommending a four year pharmacy program and new board appointments. He urged doctors and pharmacists to report permit abuses and outlined emergency prescriptions and basic permit limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. P. Shelley
Montana
Montana State Pharmaceutical Association
Great Falls
J. N. Starbuck
WaHer
A. N. Walter
Sheridan
Charles Quist
Wisdom
B.E. Lapeyre
J. N. Talbott
Manhattan
J. A. Riedel
Boulder
State Board of Pharmacy
Walter
Charles J. Chapple
Billings
C. Schuehle, Jr
Helena
J. L. Kraker
Bozeman
E. W. Converse
Anaconda
Prohibition
Shelley
Prohibition Enforcement
Treasury
F. A. Woebner
State Board of Education
Montana University
State School of Pharmacy
Alex F. Peterson
Missoula
Board of Education
Montana Iron Ore Riches Spark Major West Coast Venture
Prominent Virginia backed Montana Iron and Steel Corporation eyes 600 acres in Meagher County near Black Butte for a vast iron ore district. Estimates claim 80 to 140 million tons in sight with 100 million recoverable, plus plans for coal, limestone, rail links, blast furnaces and rolling mills. Officials cite low loading costs at 20 cents per ton and long term potential over 100 years of operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black
Dreibelbis
Shee
Meagher
Tenderfoot
Montana Iron and Steel Corporation
Virginia
P. A. Comer
Fiehd
Comer
Cal Coates
Tucson, Ariz
Cascade County
Montana Power Company
Great Falls
Woman’s Flower Ranch Sells 7 Auto Loads in Butte
Mrs. Friend and her son from a flower ranch north of Whitehall report large sales in Butte. They sold seven auto loads of Silaca to the mining city and earned upwards of $500. They arrived in Butte around 11 and sold to passers-by before noon on a clear day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friend
Whitehall
Butte
Eg Brien
British Government Talks Lump Sum Debt Payment
Report notes the British government considering settling its debt to the United States in a single lump sum. The discussion signals potential shifts in postwar financial policy and international reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Deep Formations Show Favorable Signals Across Montana West
Notes indicate deep formations in the West field region near the Hills and Quadrant districts may yield satisfactory production from black or heavy crude if a deep test proves successful. Favorable shale beds and sandstone are present within 50 miles of the mountains, suggesting potential for deeper exploration.
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Cat Creek
Montana
Notch
Moaby
West Dome
River Dome
Frantz Corporation
Discovery
Musselshell River
Decker-Collins
Decker- Collins
Isand
Necker-Collins
Alea
Paliterona
Also Mentioned on This Page
Netharton
Federal Prohibition
Corvallis
Bartlett-Bolen’ Company
H. D.simmons
Custer Oil & Gas
Kooténal
Estreme
Bayer
Aspirinia
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Vancouver
Victoria
North Pacific Coast Points
Alaska
California
Glagier National Park
Chas, Doherty
J. 8. Boch
Great Falls, Montana
Great Nortthern
America
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