Silver comeback sparks Helena hopes for new boom
A Helena reader cites a Denver note quoting Mint Director Roberta predicting silver at 76 cents an ounce within two years. He recalls Helena’s past boom when silver mining fed jobs, rail expansion, and local commerce, arguing higher silver prices could revive mining and state prosperity, with sustained regional growth and irrigation projects on the horizon.
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Independent
Helena
Denver
Roberta
Montana
Jefferson County
Jefferson
Sivler
Elate
Missouri
Fort Harrison
Castle
Meaghers County
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Atate
Prickly Pear
Hanserlake
Carter
May Compel A Cut In Rates
Washington reports that a 1876 Union Pacific charter provision grants the US government sweeping rate control. Legal review since 1906 concludes the clause is enforceable but unamended, potentially usable against a railroad combine. The text allows Congress to reduce unreasonable fares after net earnings and expenses, including repairs, are accounted for.
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Washington
Union Pacific Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harriman
Union Pacific
United States
Congress
Notice to Shippers Storage Charges Begin December 1904
Notice to Shippers states storage charges apply to inbound freight unloaded on platform or in warehouse and outbound freight delivered to platform or warehouse without bill of lading. Unremoved freight after 72 hours incurs storage at five cents per ton per day with 2000 pounds as a ton and 24 hours as a day. minimum five cents per day per shipment under 2000 pounds. S S. Carruthers, Agent.
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S. Carruthers
Calls from the Country Attended to Office in City Drug Store
A terse notice states that calls from the country are promptly attended to from an office located within a city drug store.
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City Drug Store
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Roberts
Stationery
Dunn’s
Bradstreet’s
the Examiner
Edison
Phonograph
Triumph
Victor
Horns, Granes and Records
Hughes & McCaleb
First National Bank
Dillon
H. A. Bond, M. D
Edwin Norris
Examiner Office
J. D. Chidester
Dillon, Mont
Virginia City
Ellen Hotel
Twin Bridges
Sheridan
Laurin
Alder
Ruby
Dillon Shop
Helena Street
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