Social and Personal Notes From Old Beaverhead
Special Correspondent to The Examiner from Lima Montana reports on illnesses and social events. Mrs O K Paul is ill with appendicitis while Miss Sylvia Rudeen is sick with erysipelas and the scarlet fever prone infant of Agent Rapland was treated in Salt Lake. Local business, travel notes, and visits by residents including Chas Truax Henry Gleed Rosey OGrady and the Yosts fill the week with a grand J O O F ball planned in Monida March 5 and a special train to Lima.
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the Examiner
Lima
O. K. Paul
Rapland
Salt Lake
News of the Week at Polaris Highlights Local Socials and Travel
Special Correspondence to Tuk Examiner reports a busy Polaris week with a surprise party for Dick Haines, dances hosted by Mrs. David Pearson and the Marchs, and a moving service for Mrs. MacConnell. Marcellus Pyle is ill, Mrs. Harrison has a cold, and a petition is started to open a new Polaris to Big Hole road for a stage route. George Pyle and Wilbur Hays searched Idaho for horses but found them unsuitable. Tom Judge travels to Twin Bridges on business. Jim Mulany and others are breaking horses while Polaris faces frigid weather and a twelve below morning.
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Polaris
Marcellus Pyle
Dick Haines
David Pearson
Dillon
Tom Judge
Twin Bridges
John Judge
Oil Lands Representation Law Noted by Assistant State Examiner
F H Ray, active in Montana oil fields, received from Senator W A Clark a copy of a new law defining oil claim representation and required assessments. Approved Feb 12, it allows up to five contiguous oil claims to share annual labor, with total work of 500 dollars on one claim if five are held, shifting from the prior 100 dollar per claim requirement.
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F. H. Ray
Montana
United States
W. A. Clark
Congress
Sutherland
Utah
Hay Fire Destroys Stacks on Stewart Ranch
Twin Bridges readers learn two hay stacks on Wm. Stewart's ranch were set ablaze last Saturday at 2 a.m. The hay belonged to Mr. Rierdon who runs sheep on the Big Hole river. Stewart Reid and Wilcomb also suffered several hundred dollars in hay losses nearby.
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Twin Bridges Monitor
Wm. Stewart
Mr. Rierdon
Big Hole
Wain. Stewart
Reid & Wilcomb
They Lifted Some Coats
Sam Pratt and Charles Halvergon were arrested Friday for stealing two overcoats, one from Fitzgerald of the Denver and Rio Grande and another from Webber of the Sherman Music House. They pleaded guilty to petty larceny and received 20 days in jail.
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Sam Pratt
Charles Halvergon
Bedrock
Fitzgerald
Denver & Rio Grande
Webber
Sherman Music House
Coata
Vermillion
Cole Given 20 Years
Judge McClernan sentenced George Cole to twenty years in the penitentiary after he pleaded guilty to robbing A. F. Devoe, messenger for the Northern Pacific Express, of 3.75 dollars during a hold up near Butte. The plea surprised few and left Cole to decide on full confession or trial and possible leniency.
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McClernan
George Cole
A. F. Devoe
Northern Pacific Express Company
Messenger
Butte
Cole
Mott Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Last night the Missoula jury convicted Mott of murder in the first degree for the wife’s death. The verdict followed a 30 hour jury deliberation during which the insanity plea was rejected and a hanging sentence was anticipated if no legal hurdles arise.
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Missoula
Mott
Small Pox Outbreak Among Crow Indians in Yellowstone County
The county board of health in Yellowstone County weighs quarantining 41 persons on the Crow reservation as smallpox spreads among the Crow Indians until the disease is controlled.
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County Board of A Health
Yellowstone County
Young Man Dies After Attempted Suicide on NP Train
A unidentified young man attempted death by his own action in a coach toilet on a Northern Pacific train before reaching Miles City. He was removed to the Miles City hotel where he died shortly after. Papers on his body identified him. authorities deny Glendive being idetracked by the Northern Pacific.
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N. P
Miles City
Oil fields teased in Montana vast and varied
The eighth biennial report from Montana's state bureau highlights large prospective oil regions across Beaverhead, Flathead, Teton and Carbon counties. Beaverhead holds the largest deposit with development dating back years, while Teton and Carbon counties show strong indicators of rich returns. early wells in Beaverhead and Carbon counties reveal oil presence. Also includes a legal notice: creditors must file claims against Joseph Arbour’s estate with executor Frederick Arbour.
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Montana
State Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and Industry
Flathead
North Fork
Flathead River
Rocky Mountains
Butte Oil Company
Belton
Great Northern Railway
Lake Kintla
Teton County
Thomas Cruse
Helena
Carbon County
Beaverhead County
District Court
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Beaverhead
Joseph Arbour
W. S. Barbour
Dillon
County
Frederick Arbour
Staudaher Buys 884 Acre Ranch North of Dillon
Former County Clerk W S Staudaher buys his father George Staudaher 884 acre ranch north of Dillon for 21000 dollars and plans to move his family to farm and stockraise. Mesers McAllister Newcomer rent Selway Park for summer with liquor license and weekly attractions. Mrs Henry F Cope reports aunt Ward Thompson Beecher death in New York. Cope is a legatee.
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W. S. Staudaher
George Staudaher
Dillon
Mesers, McAllister & Newcomer
Selway Park
Henry F. Cope
New York
Ward Thompson
Henry Ward Beecher
Empire State
Cope
Poindexter & Orr L.S. Co. Notice to Pay By Order
On the after date the Poindexter and Orr L.S. Co. will pay no bills unless accompanied by their written order. March 4, 1903. 4 1m.
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Poindexter & Orr L. S. Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Some County News
Messrs
Chas, Truax
Henry Gleed
Northwest Territory
R. A. Goodyear
Sam Burnsides
Monida
J. McDougall
A. B. Coon
Dan Grant
Rosey O’grady
Sadie Wharton
Rolenson
Granite
Thomas Yost
Mrs. Yost
N. J
Smoky City
Sylvia Rudeen
Erysipilas
Sidney Wheting
G. T. Paul
Edna Ripley
California
Annie Thompson
the Famous Entertainment Company
B. F. Paul of
The
O.S. L. Co
Tuk
Jack McGinnis
Burlington
Maud
Mable Ellis
Mgr. Retallack
Jim Mulany
Jim
Calderhead
Tom Landers
Ajax Mine
Poindexter & Orr L.S. Co
Dillon Furniture Co
F. E. T. Broeck
Mammoth
Dillon, Mont
Christiansen
Kentucky Avenue
Vine Street
Aay
Kansas City
Saint Louis
Memphis
Southeastern Limited
Springfield
Birmingham
Atlanta
Jacksonville
G. W. Martin
Western
Denver
Colo
B.F. White
R. A. Sullivan
First National Bank
Dillon Cash
Iain
Postoffice Building
Ll. F. Graves
Wm. Roy
A. Ll. Stone
State Bank of Dillon
Dillon, Montana
Europe
F.A. Graves
Roe
Martin Barrett
Jos, Shinenerger, A. I
Graeter
A. L, Stone
Edwin Norris
Attorney-at-Law
Examiner Office
A. L. Bapcon
N. G
W.F. Cashmore
Upper
Montana St
Salt Lake Port
Dillon Lumber Co
J. B. Mickinney
Union Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
F. A. Miller
Claude S. Williams
South St. Salt Lake
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