May Reorganize Indians Bureau Under Five Year Program
A reported plan to reorganize the Bureau of Indian Affairs under Harvey B. Pearis as general superintendent aims to standardize agricultural and industrial work across reservations. The effort would create district and assistant superintendents, assign boundaries, and centralize oversight, possibly placing Montana Blackfeet and other northwest reservations into one district led from Browning.
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Havre
Secretary of the Interior
Work
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Harvey B. Pearis
Washington
Indian Affairs
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Montana Indian
Northwest States
Fred C. Campbell
Browning
Blackfoot Reservation
Campbell
United States
Deschamps at Fort William and Fort Union Conflict
The article recounts the Deschamps family killings at Fort William and the Deschamps massacre at Fort Union on the Missouri frontier. It describes fort layouts, life at the posts, and the brutal spree by mixed-blood families leading to arson and multiple deaths.
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Deschamps
McKenzie
Fort William
Schamps
Minth
Fort Union
Hilton
Larpenteur
William
Old Jack Rem
Michael Gravel
Jack Rem
Lower Missouri River to be Improved as Freight Channel
A five year channel improvement plan will spend about 2 million dollars in the first year between Kansas City and St. Louis to convert the Missouri into a powered freight river with barges replacing canoes. The piece traces the river’s navigation history from early indigenous canoes to steam and steamboats, noting key vessels like the Western Engineer and Yellowstone and the river’s strategic role in frontier expansion. It also touches on a separate incident involving Mr. Mitchell and Deschamps family members.
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M. BE. Plassmann
Fort Union
Missouri River
Yellowstone
Fort William
Missouri
Sublette
Campbell
William Sublette
Larpenteur
Lower
Kansas City
St. Louis
Council Bluffs
American Fur Company
Bad River
South Dakota
Big Muddy
Deschamps
Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Fort McKenzie
Marias
Fort Clark
Myre
Desperadoes
Bad Man's Gun Unearthed Near Sunburst Refinery Site
The hill south of Sunburst, home to the International refinery and Illinois Pipe Line tanks, yielded a rusted loaded revolver with 13 notches and several dozen bullets while prep work uncovered a long buried pistol battle site. The gun, once linked to a northern Montana outlaw, remains a Sunburst souvenir kept by the O'Neil brothers who own the refinery.
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Sunburst
International Refinery
Hlllnois Pipe Line Company
Montana
O'Neil Brothers
Warning Against Mail Insurance In Montana
State Auditor Porter warns Montanans about mail order insurance from out of state firms not licensed in Montana. He cautions that such companies lack supervision and may fail to honor policies, requiring suit in the domiciling state. He urges use of licensed Montana companies and authorized local agents.
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Insurance Department
Porter
Insurance of
Montana
Insurance Department of Montana
Locate Dr Hontzinger's Grave Near Calabar
A party from the Gen Miles Historical Society traveled from Miles City to the McEvoy ranch near Calabar to locate the graves of Dr Hontzinger and Mr Balian members of the 1873 Custer expedition who were killed by Rain in the Face. The society aims to have the graves officially marked by the government.
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Dr. Hontzinger
Gen
Move to New Townsite in Opheim Implements House Moves
Four house moving crews raise and place buildings in the new Opheim townsite including First State Bank Farmers State Bank Courtesy theater Kidsness pool hall Opheim hardware and Valley hotel. The post office awaits approval from Washington while tenant Bently is believed killed.
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Opheim
First State Bank
Farmers State Bank
Courtesy Theater
Kidsness Pool Hall
Opheim Hardware
Dr. Sherrard
Valley Hotel
Motor Inn
Washingtn
D.C
Bently
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Blackfeet Reservation
U. S
Supt
Cene
Misouri
Francoise
States
Fort Wiliam
Red River
Company
Robert Semple
8St. Louis
Sunburst Refining Co
Great Falls
Sunburst Refining Company
U.S
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Conoco
Continental Oil Company
Arkansas
Colorado
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