Montana’s Alder Gulch boom resurges with mining
United Press notes Virginia City and Norris Montana host 122 lode outfits plus 16 placer firms as Alder Gulch yields and prospectors search for color. Madison County leads in 1938 gold output with up to 500 million in historic claims, while dredges probe again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia City
Madison County
Montana
Alder Gulch
Norris
Madison
Henry Plummer
Bill Fairweather
Henry Edgar
Tom Cover
Michael Sweeney
Barney Hughes
Harry Rodgers
Wise River Community Notes Includes Roads And Social Visits
Alonzo H McCerth spent Wednesday and Thursday in Butte while surveying the new highway between Divide and Wisdom. The Wise River crew stay at the Wise River hotel and many locals visit, dine, and host in Dillon, Butte, and surrounding areas. James Gnose and Gilbert Dodgson are among the visitors. the Wise River Stockmen's Association met with W F Dodgson re-elected president and Dan Pendergast as secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo H. McCerth
Casey
Butte
Dickenson
Helena
Stanchfield Ranch
Divide and Wisdom
Wise River Hotel
Veda Gill
Deaconness Hospital
Great Falls
Fred Gill
Colonel Comba
Tom Pendergast
Warren Hughes
Ihe Jones
Walter
Jones Retha
Donald Jones
W. R. Allen
Billy Gloria
Elizabeth Allen
Betty Hughes
Fred Patterson
Walter Jones
Isabelle Bargher
Husted Ranch
Norma Paddock
Madalyn McDonald
Manhattan
Frank Husted
Isabelle Fargher
Verne Stanchfield
Dillon
Paul Paddock
Elkhorn Springs
Elkhorn Mines
Billie Norris
Ham Norris
Jack Evans
Divide
Helen Smart
Leslie Jones
Rural Electrifications Committee
Vivilante R.E.A
Bridgses
Theodosia Smith
Sophia Smith
Montana State College
C. J. Woods
Frank Dodgson
Wise River Stockmen’s Association
Ranger Station
W. F. Dodgson
Dan Pendergast
Ben Mallon
Harry Bennett
Cal Peterson
Robert Hanson
Archie Webbings
Jerry Creek
Frank Reid
Wise River
Fred Miller
Roberta
Dana
Stevensville
Melrose News Highlights From Melrose Montana
Miss Marguerite LaMarche won the daily flour company slogan contest in Helena Butte and Bozeman. Cooney Boetticher closed the fishing season with a seven pound Loch Laven. Virginia Lee Wilhelm visited her parents while studying pre med at Montana. St Patrick's dance prize awarded. details unclear. Leanna Stohr visiting grandparents John McIvor. Lee Wilhelm completes new home. Father Clifford at Palm Sunday mass. Melrose Woman's Club petitions for doctor tick injections. Fire department installs chemical extinguishers. Local social notes list many visits, dinners, and bridge clubs. Marguerite LaMarche earns praise for poem To Montana. Highway patrol reports 224 January accidents with eight fatalities and nine serious injuries. Lee Tower of Lima visited Melrose Saturday.
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Marguerite LaMarche
Helena
Butte
Bozeman
Keith “Cooney
Boetticher
Cooney
Virginia Lee Wilhelm
University of Montana
St. Patrick’s Day
Melrose
Leanna Stohr
John McIvo
Frank Moore
Joe Longley
Sam Friend
Joe
Sam
Lee Wilhelm
Clifford
Strebs
R. W. Wilhelm
John McIvor
George Huber
In Memoriam to E Kenison by Edgar Guest
In loving memory of E Kenison who passed eleven years ago this March the verses of Edgar Guest are offered. The poem reflects on friendship beyond death, the enduring link between the mortal and the divine, and the solace of departed friends guiding the living.
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E. Kenison
March
Edgar Guest
Wao
Behalf Sale of Thomas Benson Estate in Beaverhead County
In the District Court of Beaverhead Montana the administrator of the Thomas Benson estate will sell privately an undivided one half interest in several parcels in township 14 south range 1 east MPM. Sale date on or after April 6 1940 bids to Leonard A Schulz Dillon Montana. Cash terms ten percent due at sale balance on court confirmation. Dated March 16 1940. Frank C McFadden administrator.
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District Court of the
Fifth Judicial District
Township 14 South
Range
M.P.M
Leonard A. Schulz
White Building
Dillon
Montana
Private sale of Beaverhead county estate in Dillon
Official notice for the Montana beaverhead county estate of D L Smith. George M Melton administrator will sell at private sale Lots four and five in Block eleven of Rifes Second Addition to Dillon Montana. Bid deadline March 2 1940 at 5 pm. Terms ten percent at bid time balance cash on court confirmation.
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Montane
D. L. Smith
Ceeper
Las Smith
Beaverhead
State of Montana
Dillon
Montana
Beaverhead County
J. E. Kelly
George M. Melton
Administrator seeks probate of Earl W. estate
Aged 60 plus, named administrator with the will annexed for the estate of Earl W. Deceased and Henry Wanly John Troupe as undersheriff. The case lists title holder and officials involved in the probate process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Troupe
Notice to Creditors in Montana Estate
Notice is given by the administrator Frank C. McFadden of the estate of Thomas Benson deceased to creditors and all persons with claims against the estate to present them with vouchers within four months after the first publication to the law office of Leonard A. Schulz Dillon Montana Beaverhead County. Dated February 26 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Beaverhead
Ella L
Ella Lynch
Dillon
L. Mayland
Thomas Benson
Law Office
Leonard A. Schulz
White Building
Frank C. McFadden
Notice to Creditors in Robert Clark Estate
Executor Frank J Willis calls all creditors and claimants to present their claims with vouchers within ten months after March 13 1940 first publication at John Collins law offices Poindexter Block Dillon Beaverhead County Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Clark
John Collins
Poindexter Block
Dillon
Montana
Beaverhead County
Ping
Notice to Creditors of Thomas Scott Estate in Dillon Montana
Thomas Scott estate creditors and all persons with claims against the deceased must file with vouchers within four months after first publication. Address is the administrator at Gil bert Gilbert law offices South Idaho Street Dillon Beaverhead County Montana. First publication March 20 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Beaverhead
Thomas Scott
Gilbert & Gilbert
South Idaho Street
Dillon
Frank C. McFadden
Quiet title action in Dillon Montana lands sought
Plaintiff Sorenosn petitions to quiet title to Lots 16 17 18 and 19 in Block 1 Barnett Addition Dillon Beaverhead County Montana. The State of Montana and unknown defendants are summoned to answer within 20 days. Court clerk Norman Giles presides February 27 1940. Attorney Theodore F McFadden represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Barnett
A.D
Norman Giles
W. M. Stone
Theodore F. McFadden
Order Now Baby and Started Chicks Offered by George Opp
Advertisement for baby and started chicks including full-bloods popular breeds hybrids and sexed pullets and cockerels priced reasonably with satisfaction guaranteed. George Opp contact at 631 S. Rife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Opp
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Dillon Examiner
Congress
Examiner
Montana Street
United Press Association
Ralph D. Mercer
Extension Agronomist
Mercer
Atty
Harrison J. Freebourn
H. H. Swain
Greater
Freebourn
Swain
Fort As- Siniboine
Statehouse
Montana Fish and Game Commission
B. L. Price
Laurel
L.M.A. Wass
Montana Liquor Control System
Arthur C. Parsons
Delon
Lorraine .Dodgson
Melrose Joseph P. Maher
Bill Dodgson
Gilbert Dodgson
W. B. Goose
Ralph Potts
Walter Grose
Gilbert
Colonel Combs
May
Olson
State Highway Patrol
Lee Tower of
Lima
Memoriam
Legals
Kimball
Hen Butte
Mensa
Frank
Willis
Soreno, Sorenson
Bayt
Parke, Davis & Co
Geo. M. . Gosman
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