Montana Territory Origin Story From Miners Meeting
In Bannack and Virginia City era, Con Orem and Sidney Edgerton push for Idaho division and Montana statehood. Wilbur Sanders aids, miners back Edgerton with gold, Lincoln signs the bill creating Montana Territory. Orem, famed heavy champ, later melts his gold belt to shield his boxing past.
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Bannack
Sidney Edgerton
Washington
Montana Territory
Con Orem
William Orem
Idaho
Montana
Orem
Territory
Wilbur BE. Sanders
Aldergulch
Wilber F. Sanders
Virginia
Sanders
Samuel T. Hauser
Edgerton
Abraham Lincoln
Going to Farms to Avoid Fighting and Conscription
Many wish to avoid conscription by showing farm labor. Ranch hands will increase as the draft nears, with hundreds applying for farm work in Butte and statewide. Employment offices report a shift in men’s attitude toward returning to the soil and securing crop production jobs.
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Congress
Butte
Montana and local notes outline war prep and development
Localities report plans for road and school improvements. Montana offices discuss taxation reforms and abatement of private and foreign corporate taxes. Details include rail and mining profits, state park considerations, and personnel with ties to Helena and Lewistown.
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Scobey
Corvallis
Pheim
Livingston
Killink
Sam Moone
McMillen
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Great Falls
Rotary Club
Belt Mountains
Lewistown
Poplar
Opheim
Great Northern
Plentywood
Sheridan County
Missoula
Elliott
Billings
First Securities Company
Butte
Helena
Clarence Marsh
Deer Lodge
Joe Dixon
Daily Missoulian
Daily Sentinel
Chicago
Hopkins
Glasgow
A. W. Rosecrans
Burley
Idaho
Margarder Brothers
Studebaker
Montana
James W. Gerard
Germany
Gerard
Marcus Daly
Miles City
Lou Curl
Foster
Malta
Lake Bowdoin
Mondak
George Linderman
Cresco
Iowa
Northern Pacific
Laurel
Whitehall
Bozeman
Council of National Defense
Yellowstone National Park
Butte Boy Hero of Air Battle
Willis Haviland, a Butte native, served with the French and later the American air corps in World War I. He fought a German aircraft at 10 000 feet, downing an opponent while a comrade secured another victory. Twice decorated for bravery, Haviland’s early service included ambulance work and a world voyage with the navy before joining the air forces. Another brief note mentions Wee Ford of Middlesboro, Kentucky.
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Flying Corps
Willis Haviland
Butte
Jis
Haviland
Young Haviland
William Thaw
American Flying Corps
Navy
France
David Hilger Named Third Member of Tax Commission
Governor Stewart selected Lewistown banker and landowner David Hilger as the third member of Montana’s new tax commission. Charles Leonard of Butte and William Lindsay of Glendive join him, with the panel expected to organize quickly to pursue an equalization of taxation.
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Leonard
Lindsay
Hilger
David Hilger
Lewistown
Stewart
Tax Commission
Charles McNamara
Big Sandy
Helena
Charles Leonard
Butte
William Lindsay
Glendive
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Qohlo
Virginia City
Dillon
Old
Kentucky
Ner
Humipors
Plains
Davies
Nicholas Hilger
Fergus County
New Tax Commissioner
Wee Ford
Middlesboro, Ky
W. Stewart
E0 Shapiro
Dey Inc
1St Ave. N
Minneapolis, Minn
Symons
Symon
Butte, Montana
Bush Car
Pepeneware Agarens
Delco Ignition
Bush Motor Company
Bush Temple
Ilinois
Richard P. Hoenik
A. Rauh
Ideal Beauty Parlors
Beczman Bros
Photos
Gibson
Cor
1St Ave
4Th &T
O. Haseth
Mong
Pert French Dry Cleaners
Harry H, McOole
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