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Dillon Examiner

Location

Dillon, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1925

Page

12

Names Behind Montana Towns Reflect Pioneers And Indian Heritage

Readings from University of Montana journalism students trace how Montana towns got their names. Missoula derives from a Flathead term for ambush, Red Lodge honors a picturesque site, Chinook names a warm wind, Kalispell honors a tribe, and Helena arose from a frontier meeting.

Montana University of Montana At Missoula Porte de Enfre Hellgate Red Lodge Red Lodge Creek Chinook Kalispell Flathead Lake

Helena Name Origin Debate Traced To 1864 Mass Meeting

Montana historians recount the 1864 Last Chance Gulch mass meeting where Helena was chosen over Tom a with ballots showing a Minnesota link. John Summerville proposed Helena while locals recall Heleena pronunciation before the Northern Pacific arrival in 1882 83 shifted usage. Noted figures include G J Wood T E Cooper and John H Schober with ties to Minnesota and Price’s army era.

Helena Montana John Somerville Somerville America Minnesota Gallatin Valley Lewis Washington, D.C Betty Gallatin Saco Gumbo Flat Sacajawea Hedgesville Yale Hedges Brothers Hedges Miles City Milestown Miles Billings Northern Pacific Railroad Frederick Billings Algerton Albert Daniel Boone White Sulphur Springs Heleena David Hilger State Historical Society Last Chance Gulch E. J. Wood Upper Main Street G. J. Wood T. E. Cooper Toma John Summerville Ark Scott County Hilger Price Summerville Henderson, Minn Bob Stanley Historical Society England Cornelius Hedgen Reginald Bob) Stanley Thomas E. Cooper Levi Price George C. Selfridge D. J.,miller John Crab John Cowan George J. Wood C. L. Cutler H. Brewer Sully John H. Schober Nicholas Hilger Geoorge C. Selfridge

Potato King Patrick Carney Reappointed to state board

Patrick Carney of Waterloo known as the Potato King is reappointed by Governor Erickson to a four year term on the Orphan's Home executive board. Also named to state boards are William Dawson to the Deaf and Blind School and Sister Mary Coletta Roche to nursing examiners.

J. Coffen Missoula Matthew Brown Miles City Elmer Holt Eleanor Coit Big Timber W. Stewart Helena C. H. Williams Deer Lodge W. A. Brubaker Terry Prairie County Ida Hills Nepper Butte Patrick Carney Waterloo Madison County Montana Carney Twin Bridges Erick- 800 School For Deaf and Blind Boulder William Dawson Lees Taylor University of Montana At Mary Coletta Roche State Board of Examiners For J. H. McElroy L. L. Worthington Louis Dousman W. A. Selvidge John Cohagen W. M. Johnston Billings Board of Park Commissioners City of the Orphan's Home

British motorcycle industry tops world with 140000 yearly output

The British motorcycle industry with a yearly output of 140,000 machines now leads the world. The noise of atoms moving about in a piece of iron has been detected by sensitive amplifiers.

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