Electric railroad prospects attract Dillon and townsfolk
Dillon and Twin Bridges push a $1500 fund for surveying the proposed Dillon to Madison Valley electric road. Eastern investors back the plan if survey results justify costs, with stock in the new company offered to subscribers. Local letters and satire reflect community interest and skepticism.
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Dilon
Madison Valley
Sheridan Enterprise
Dillon
Twin Bridges
Sheridan
Virginia City
Crow Reservation Opening Proclamation Lottery Plan
The president proclaims open the Crow Reservation ceded lands using a lottery system Registration runs June 11 to June 28 at Billings Miles City and Sheridan The drawing starts July 2 in Billings with 125 filings daily for sixty days. land is available only through registration under a government committee led process.
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Crow Indian Reservation
Billings
Miles City
Mont
Sheridan
Wyo
Bill
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
County High School Prizes Awarded for Four-Year Seniors
The Beaverhead County High School honors two top students Miss Mary Lee Bennett and Miss Eleanor Poindexter with first and second gold and silver medals for highest four year grades. A third prize funds an essay contest on Montana topics with strict entry rules and sealed submissions. Senator Thomas Carter aids library with new government publications to boost resources.
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Mary Lee Bennett
Eleanor Poindexter
Beaverhead County
Montana
Yellowstone
Butte Salmon San Francisco railway plans advance
Caldwell Tribune reports a Boise party promoting the Butte Salmon and San Francisco railway. led by K E Springer Donald Grant C P Pence G T Proper T Parker and Farn of Boise. James Monroe escorted the group to inspect the old Boise grade. They promise construction starts within 60 days with 100 miles first.
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Butte, Salmon & San Francisco Railway
Caldwell
Caldwell Tribune
Messrs
K. E. Springer
Donald Grant
C. P. Pence
G. T. Proper
T. Parker
Farn
Boise
James Monroe
the Tribune
Farna
Stockmen Eye Montana Railway Car Feeding Suit
Stockmen across Montana monitor a Cascade county case against Great Northern and Montana Central for 850 dollars in damages from missing cattle cars. The suit cites repeated delays as railroads face heavy fall stock movements, with railways likely to resist in Great Falls.
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Montana
Great Northern
Montana Central
Stickney
Craig
Cascade County
Rngb
Great Falls
Old People's Service at Methodist Church Sunday
Sunday morning at the Methodist church Chaplain Jones will preach to the old people on the subject Divine Renewal.
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Methodist Church
Jones
Doctors Acquire Monkey For Fever Transmission Study
Physicians investigating spotted fever in Bitter Root valley received a monkey from the coast to inoculate with blood from fever patients to test person to person transmission.
Thirteen Finish Sewing Course Among Girls
A Mothers' club sewing class led by Miss Jeffreys ends with thirteen persevering to finish a brown linen work bag project. Prizes include silver thimbles for Anna Christianson Ruth Conway and tape measures for Juanita Thomas Carrie Guidici. A strawberry treat and summer continuation plans follow for interested girls.
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Mothers’ Club
Miss Jeffreys
Mesdames Bishop
Miller
Foote
Norris
Miga Stamin
Anna Christianson
Ruth Conway
Juanita Thomas
Carrie Guidici
Mothers‘ Club
George Conway
Earnest Nelson Reports Race Track Rush in Metro Area
Earnest Nelson notes progress on a new half mile race track to be used on the Fourth of July with a straight course and various races. He also cites a $6400 sale of 640 acres of hay land from James Fox to Sam Peterson and reports a fall incident involving Si las Dishno with no injury. The Swede builds a new pavilion to serve as a summer beer garden embowered by trees.
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Earnest Nelson
Fox
Metropolis
Earnest
Sam Peterson
James Fox
Fox News
George Weber
Silas Dishno
Sapphire mines on Weat Fork rise in Montana mining drive
The sapphire diggings on Weat Fork of Rock Creek in Montana, owned by the American Gem Mining Syndicate led by president Paul A. Fuez, are booming this season with output expected to surpass all previous years. Montana shows growing gem mining significance alongside copper output, boasting major sapphire and ruby production.
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Weat Fork
Rock Creek
American Gem Mining Syndicate
Paul A. Fuez
Montana
North Carolina
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Senate
Crow Reservation
County High School
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Snake River
Jump Creek
Winnemucca
New
Boige
Canyon
Saw Tooth Mountains
Butte
Old People’s Service
Sapphire Mines of
S. Wemple
Dillon, Mont
Wiener
VAL Blatz Brewing CO
Milwaukee
Meg 3
Ron
Sushor Mensmeooe
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