Fire at Daly Spur Silica Quarries Destroys Buildings
A dynamite mishap at the Daly Spur silica quarries caused a fire that burned the boarding and bunk houses and other structures last week. About 125 sticks of dynamite thawing in a cabin ignited, burning like grease and blowing out windows with giant caps and rifle cartridges exploding nearby. The Anaconda Copper Mining Co owns the property and may rebuild as the quarries supply rock. Several workers lost clothing, bedding, and cash, while no serious injuries were reported. The incident highlights the dangers of handling explosive powder near work sites.
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Daly Spur
Ed Patrick
Joe Charlston
Bird Landeau
Anaconda Copper Company
Anaconda
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Jos. Chariton
Examiner
Spur
Dillon
Atate
Estray Law Strengthened For Stock Interests
A new measure approved by the late legislature tightens penalties for taking up estrays and failing to locate owners. The act defines estray to include horses cattle and other livestock and targets those who possess estrayed animals without attempting to find the rightful owner.
February Snowfall Varies Across Counties In Montana
February snowfall varied by county with light totals in Silver Bow, Beaverhead, and Jefferson, while Madison and Gallatin counties saw deeper drifts and higher mountain accumulations. Valleys remained crusted or bare in places, and overall winter conditions stayed mild with limited ground thaw despite some warm spells.
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Silver Bow
Beaverhead
Reater
Madison County
Madison Range
Madison River
Snow Crest
Ruby
Boulder Mountains
Gallatin County
Madison
West Gallatin
Jefferson County
Butte Readings: Admi ral Schley Visits Copper Camp Hopes
Condensed notes from the past week report Admiral Schley may visit the great copper camp soon. Ohio’s W H Abbott plans a paper pulp mill at Flathead Lake head. Julia Leary dies from bonfire burns in Butte. Walter Brooks convicted of manslaughter in the Chevrier case.
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Butte
Admiral Schley
Great Copper Camp
W. H. Abbott
Ohio
Kalispell
Flathead Lake
Julia
Timothy Leary
Butte Thurdsay
Burns
Walter H. Brooks
Chevrier
New Law to Let State Bid on Bonds for Funds
State Land Register Thomas D. Long hailed a new law empowering the state board of land commissioners to bid against bond buyers for county and municipal securities. He said it will unlock about 323,000 in uninvested funds from the permanent school, state normal school, university bond, and agricultural college funds, enabling better returns and supporting state lands revenues.
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State Board of Land Commissioners
State
Thomas D. Long
Thornton Hotel
State Normal School
University
Agricultural College
State Land Department
Leng
Inter Mountain
Eighth Annual Lecture Course Begins at Baptist Church
The eighth annual lecture series at the Baptist Church opens on Friday February 27 with eight talks and concerts. Prof J E Monroe presents Hibernia Seen From a Jaunting Car on March 20, Miss Bertha Thormyer discusses A Twelve Months in Germany on March 27, and other lectures cover Popular Historical Delusions Education and Success Popular Fallacies in Medical Science Mendelssohn on April 24. Lectures start at 8 pm and tickets allow all nine lectures for 1.50 with 35 cents for single admissions.
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Baptist Church
Hibernia
J. E. Monroe
Germany
Bertha Thormyer
H. H. Swain
Something Wrong With His Eyes
Deputy State Game Warden Henry Ferguson of Bozeman reports from Gard ner on the park border that hundreds of park animals died from starvation during a hard winter. He observed many elk carcasses in one day and notes plentiful game but poor, undernourished animals.
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National Park
Henry Ferguson
Bozeman
Ferguson
Gardner
W. F. Scott
Kelly Case Postponed in District Court
The Kelly murder trial was vacated this month in district court upon defense counsel Cornelius F. Kelly petition. An affidavit said Dr. Turner now in California will provide essential testimony. The defense seeks to prove Dr. Hanson mutilated the spinal cord of the injured party, Cayley, who was shot.
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Kelly
District Court
Cornelius F. Kelly
Turner
California
Hanson
Cayley
Nan
Miner
Library Hours Schedule for Winter Rest of Season
The public library adopts a winter schedule. Reading room open every evening 7 to 10 including Sundays. Afternoon hours 4 to 6 on Friday Saturday Sunday and Monday. Book distributions on Monday Wednesday and Saturday nights and Monday and Friday afternoons. Children under 14 must exchange books Monday or Friday afternoons.
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The
Public Library
Mail delays at Sappington depot prompt rail fix
The Sentinel notes thirty sacks of mail await transport to Pony at the Sappington depot. It suggests the assistant postmaster general could charter a coal car from the Northern Pacific to move mail monthly. The piece mocks officials for geographic blunders and urges better training.
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Sappington
Pony
Accond
Northern Pacific Railway
Washington
Sentinel
Death of a Prominent Montanalan
Beverly W. Sanders a longtime Helena resident died Saturday at St John s hospital after months of illness. He moved to Helena in 1868 and spent early years in mining before entering real estate after the Northern Pacific arrived.
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United States
Paris Gibson
Washington
Theodore
Gibson
Roosevelt
Great Falls
Montana
I. D. Lister
Flathead Valley
John KE. Murray
Lewistown
Ireland
Bis Country
Maine
Pike's Peak
Aldergulch
Bannack
William Clark
Beverly W. Sanders
Helena
St. John’s Hospital
Trains to Chicago Daily via Union Pacific Route
The new overland service runs daily from San Francisco to Chicago using the Union Pacific and the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. Commercial agent Williams in Salt Lake City invites readers to learn about this service and its advantages.
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San Francisco
Chicago
Union Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Williams
Chicago,Milwaukee & St Paul
West Second South St
Salt Lake City
Pullman Palace
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Loui
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Forge
Bureau
News OF the ‘State
Storrs
Northern Pacific Railway Company
C. A. Wunderlich
Oregon Short Line
Clancy
Divide
T. C. Bach
United Copper Company
Supreme Court
Toole
Hannah Hussey
William Nagle
Nagle
State Land Register Long
George Quinn
Apollinaris
Bethesda
Arcadian
Idanha
el Plantador
Flor de Erb
Rialto
la Coralina Cigars
Madeira
Gutedel
Burgundy
Muscatel
Catawba
Rhine
Malaga
Val Blatz
Milwaukee
Ward Brose
Center and
Idaho Streets
Dillon, Mont
Ogden Union Depot
Ogden
G. W. Fitzgerald
Black Hills
Munn & Co
Scientific American
New York
St. Washington
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