Atwater Claims Million From Slime Dump In Copper Field Suit
M W Atwater testified for Minerals Separation Ltd in a suit against Butte and Superior Mining. He said he earned more than 1 million dollars from slime dumps left after Basin mill work and from tailings of Heinze copper ore. He described high copper content in the dumps, his extraction method, and that profits spanned 1910 to part of 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte & Superior Mining Company
Basin
Minerals Separation
Max W. Atwater
F. Augustus Heinze
M. W. Atwater
Minerals Separation, Ltd
Heinze
Atwater
Butte & Superior Company
Navy yard grants seamstress post to war hero’s mother
President Wilson suspends civil service rules to appoint Annie Hopolucci, mother of John Hopolucci the first American naval casualty of the war, as a seamstress at the navy yard after her son’s death aboard the Aztec sunk by a German submarine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Annie Hopolucci
John Hopolucci
Navy Yard
America
Repeater Counts Cash in Corrupt Vote Exchange
The Repeater notes only 17 dollars present after claiming 18 votes while the Ward Boss suggests one vote was his. The dialogue ends with a sly exchange about paying for a vote and the lure of a smile as a social snare.
Million-dollar blaze hits tramway mines and copper output
A March fire in the Tramway, Leonard, and West Colusa mines destroys a vast copper ore district of the Anaconda Copper Mining company. Estimates place direct losses near a million dollars with total possible damage up to 100 million. About 700 workers labored two months sealing bulkheads. recovery may take years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Leonard
West Colusa
Minnie Healy
Anaconda Company
United States
Washoe
Great Falls
Butte
Pennsylvania
Epidemic typhoid spreads to Livingston and beyond
The State reports typhoid outbreak reaching Livingston with cases in nearby towns. Other items note Harry J. Kelly reappointed register of the land office, a Non-Partisan league picnic set for July 14 at Plentywood, and various local developments across Montana including farm labor actions, mining sales, and municipal suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel
Livingston
Lewistown
Harry J. Kelly
Plentywood
Non-Partisan League
Havre — Jestrab Brothers
Iowa
Harlem
Sidney
Esther Caldwell
Havre—City
Helena
Jefferson County
American Smelting & Refining Company
Great Falls
Margaret Moore
New York City
Red Cross
Hettenstein
W. J. Kaiser
Army
Wisherman
Blanchard Lake
Edwin X. Thomas
Alder Gulch
Havre—Ness
Sheridan County
Lion Brothers
Fergus
Dawson County
Musselshell
Mosby
Stewart
War Department
Montana
Montana Southern Railway Company
Divide
Silver Bow
Wisdom and Ralston
Elkhorn
Beaverhead County
Butte
Butte Baseball Club
Milwaukee
Sidney—C. F. Woodward
Canadian War Department
Fred E. Woodaward
France
Woodward
Williams
Wolf Point
O. D. Carson
Main and Park
Tom Edmunds
Edmunds
Bozeman
Board of
Northern Pacific
Logan
A. E. Westlake
T. W. Simpson
W. S. Erwin
Private strong room of Harry Lauder described
Visitor tour reveals a private strong room attributed to Harry Lauder. A frame on the wall reportedly holds his first earned shilling and bags said to contain his other early earnings of the famous entertainer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
Harry Lauder
Optimistic View of the Recording Angel and Spring House Cleaning
A humorous note imagines the Recording Angel taking a vacation during spring cleaning, offering hope that a poor married man may reach heaven when he dies. The piece blends optimism with light spiritual fantasy about afterlife timing.
Promoters Targeted By Law Against Capitalizing Air
The Old Fogg quips on a good law preventing promoters from capitalizing slices of blue sky. The Grouch agrees, arguing for a rule that bars promoters from profiteering on hunks of hot air.
Montana Pioneer Charles P. Thomas Dies at 74
Charles P. Thomas, a Montana pioneer who arrived in Fort Benton in 1862, died at his Walier home at age 74. Born in Ohio in 1842, he worked on river steamboats, escaped capture in 1862, helped build the Helena log house, drove freight to Helena, and witnessed Virginia City’s early days and the Dupuyer settlement frontier. He was aboard Fort Benton’s wharf when Brother Van arrived in 1872.
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Charles P. Thomas
Montana
Missouri River
Fort Benton
Walier
Ohio
France
New York State
State of
Charles
Mississippi
Thomas
Helena
Virginia City
Dupuyer
Van
Ranch land sale offers near Norris and Montague
Real estate advertisements list a deeded 1268 acre stock ranch 42 miles from Norris with water and farming gear offered at 18 per acre with 9000 down and balance at 6 percent. Also two half sections near Montague priced 22.50 and 25.60 per acre and 20000 acres of wheat land in Great Falls area for 12 to 20 per acre with terms.
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Norris
WL QO. Clark, Jr
W. Broadway
Butte
Montana
Montague
Highwood
Nelson & Emerson
Steele
Great Falls
Heffertin
Livingston
Mont
Good Live Town
Carter County
Sevier & Robinson
St. Lo
Greatalls
Steele Bldg
Good Town
G. C. Curtis
Daly Bank
Homestead Bureau of Montana
Vrank J
Lapin
Steele Block
WHWAS
Teton County
Liberty-Stangs Co
Central Ave
Givens Co
Ont
Ailding
P. Q. Box
Great Walls
Fagan-McCutcheon-Price
Fagan- McCutcheon-Price
Bonner County
Idaho
Strouf Realty Co
Fergus County
Parm
Chester
Long
Teton River
L Long
KOR
Musselshell River
Vox Land Co
Lewistown
Gallatin Valley
Manhattan
Poor excuse may outlast need in hard times
A study notes that in tight budgets and scarce aid the use of excuses persists as a coping mechanism. Researchers observe that people justify delays and limited help to endure ongoing shortages and social strain.
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Slime Dump
Old Mill
Farwell, Ozman, Kirk & Co
Saint Paul
Minnesota
State Life Insurance Company
Wen
Ranchers’ Hail & Fire Insurance Co
Gqbeat
Alder
Last Chance
Eagle Drug Co
Briscoes
Second
Utah
Briscoe Motor Co
M Montana
Imade
Montana Piano Co
Butte, Mont
Edwin A. Pierse
Bee Nelson and Brady
Auto School
West
Montana Automobile School
South Main
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
Tout & McCarthy
J. 8
Pauley
Fifth Street South
Great Falls, Montana
Walger
D. KB. Fryer & Co
Ford Bldg
Waltham
Minois
Dunlap Jewelry Co
Ee Ee
Byron Dek Crest
Lincoln County
Knos A. Alley
Silver Bow Block
Sure
Penwell Companies
Dawson
Prairie Counties
Alex B. Lehman
Milwaukee Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Seattle
A. L. Geache
Palmer & Hough
Park Hotel
Gale
Holbert Horse Importing CO
R. Holbert
Culbertson
Livestock Insurance
D. Watson Robb
Accountants and Auditors
John II, Clark
Ford
Douglas Wilson & Co., Inc
Ford Building
Certified Accountants
WM. B. Finlay
First National Bank
Ae Gee Oe
E. J. Strasburger
Daly Bank Bidg
Oxtford-Wright and
Judith Gap
Great Valle
Butte College Telegraphy
Farm Land Loans
American Bank & Trust Co
Great Malls
Tractor Attachment Co
2Nd Ave
City Property
Bangain
Strauf Realty Co
Great Balla
Mazi
FURS
Richard P. Hoenck
A. Rauh
Minneapolis
Waller
Rainbow
Wyoming Oil
Oming Monanon
Ismay
Strous Realty Co
Central Avenue
Fair
Price
Montana Employment Co
Bureaua
Hood Agency
Duluth
Agey
Butte Mont
Empire Construction CO
Ee Ee Arnold & van House
Geo. H. Shanley
Fir National Bank
J. Ira Jones CO
Sam
Henry Haas
Great Fails
Fisk Teachers’ Agency
Montane
Public Oil Exchange
Casper
Montana Farms
Frary & Burlingame
Mont. Est
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