Dillon Parties Won in Desert Land Contest Near Lima
Registers Miracle and Freeman sustained Ray L. Riley's contest against John Lindsay over a desert land entry near Lima Beaverhead County. The decision cancels entry No. 7222 assessing that expenditures and water rights were not properly demonstrated. The piece also reflects on Dillon and Montana's growth over 25 years, from early 1880s to present.
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Ray L. Riley
Dillon
Register
The
Helena Land Office
Miracle
Freeman
Lindsay
Lima
J. H. Gilbert
O. M. Beat
Helena
Frank D. Miracle
George O. Freeman
Centennial Valley
Birch Creek
Chouteau County
Teton County
Cascade
Montana
Montana Territory
Butte
Chouteatcouny
Utah & Northern
Beaverhead County
Mountatia
Marias
Missouri
International Boundary Line
Fort Benton River Press
Botkin Remembered as Montana Leader and Jurist
Washington dispatch reports the death of Alexander C. Botkin in Washington D C at hospital after a prolonged illness. Botkin long influenced Montana politics as lawyer journalist and state federal official while serving as chairman of the U S commission to revise criminal laws. He leaves a wife Harriet Sherman and two children.
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Washington, D. C
Helena
Alexander C. Botkin
United States
University Hospital
Botkin
Senator Carter
Claire Norking
Judge Botkin
Madison
Wis
Alexander
Jane Sinclair Botkin
Kentucky
Scotland
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
University of Albany
N. Y
Bobin
Chicago Times
Milwaukee Sentinel
Yayes
Montana
Territory
Congress
Martin Maginnis
Theodore Shedd
McKinley
Alaska
Harriet E. Sherman
Milwaukee
Iain Washington
St. Pan
Notice of N S Wood on city baggage and freight service
Dillon residents are informed that N S Wood operates a fast delivery wagon for baggage express and light freight to and from the depot the Normal College and Dormitory. The wagon handles above wood and dry kindling but not coal and orders left with Deputy's Meat Market or the Central telegraph office messenger boy receive prompt attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Dillon
Normal College
Central
N. S. Wood
The Stock Feeding Stations Graft on Rail Lines
A reform wave targets eastern rail firms over the feeding station system near Chicago. Since the 28 hour law, cattlemen unload stock and are charged high fees for poor hay at makeshift lots along western routes. The law was suspended but railroads continue enforcing terms, prompting calls for a full investigation by Secretary Wilson to end this graft.
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Chicago
Wilson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lindsay Land
Ite
Mesers, Williams, Wright and Stevens
Benjamin F. Potts
James I. Mills
Jos. K. Toole
Lewis and Clark
Chouteau
Col. Botkin
Torchon
Gome
Golden Rule
Beaverbed
Tre Beaverhead
Paul Brown
the Tailor
First National Bank
Dillon, Montana
National Bank
B. F. White
Kunzman’s
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Ogden
Denver
Standard
C.S. Williams
Second South St
Salt Lake City
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