Anaconda Trains Many at Butte Copper Mines
The Anaconda Copper Mining Co expanded training at the Butte copper mines two years ago to address wartime labor and material needs. About 100 trainees per month learn mining basics with safety as a focus, progressing to production under skilled supervision. An exhibit at the Pennsylvania yard demonstrates drilling, timing, and equipment use with detailed explanations. Col. E M Birely urges married registrants to seek essential defense industry work, noting it as patriotic to join mining.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Butte
Anselmo
Pennsylvania
Col. E. M. Birely
State Selective Service
Three Dorr brothers in U S armed services
Virgil H Dorr, Glenn Dorr, and Kenneth Dorr sons of Mr and Mrs K V Dorr of Neihart are serving in the U S military. Virgil in the Canal Zone won the junior welterweight title in Panama City and received a gold wrist watch and 125 war bonds. Glenn is in the Army Air Corps and at an officers training school at Camp Lee Virginia. Kenneth, a former Great Falls athlete, is a naval aviation cadet completing training in San Diego and Chicago.
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Sam
Great Falls
K. V. Dorr
Neihart
Armed Services
Serg
Virgil H. Dorr
Canal Zone
Army
Virgil
Panama City
Glenn
Army Air Corps
Fort Williams Air Base
Chandler
Ariz
Camp Lee
Kenneth Dorr
Kenny
Great Falls High School
San Diego
Chicago
State Chamber Chooses 11 Newspapers for Investments Ads
The Montana state chamber of commerce selects 11 newspapers for advertisements about investments. Publications include Seattle P I, Portland Oregonian, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Examiner, Dallas News, Des Moines Register-Tribune, Wichita Beacon, Chicago Tribune, Indianapolis Star, Cincinnati Enquirer, and Prairie Farmer Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
Montana
Seattle P-I
Portland Oregonian
Los Angeles Times
San Francisco Examiner
Dallas, Texas
News
Des Moines, Iowa
Register-Tribune
Wichita, Kan
Beacon
The
Chicago Tribune
Indianapolis Star
Cincinnati Enquirer
Prairie Farmer
Chicago
Last Hangings of Montana Vigilantes Shape Frontier Legend
Don Murphy alias Red and Jack Redmond led a gang tied to the Edmonson crowd, fueling arson and crime in Helena. The Vigilantes executed Murphy in January 1885, marking the territory’s final hanging. The era’s notorious Hangman’s Tree on Dry Gulch bore witness to these grim acts.
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Vigilantes
Montana
Virginia City
Henry Plummer
Madison County
Langsford
Dimsdale
George Ives
John A. Slade
Helena
Dry Gulch
Davis Street
Don Murphy
Edmonson Brothers
Con Murphy
Red
Jack” Redmond
Red Sox
Deer Lodge
Dearborn
Charles M. Jeffries
Lewis and Clark County
Fort Benton
Prickly Pear Canyon
Yellowstone
Murphy
Johnny O’neill
Missouri River
Winston
Outlaw Murphy Hanged by Vigilantes Near Helena
The capture of Con Murphy ends with a vigilante rope scene near Helena after a night pursuit. Murphy refuses fair trial and dies when the rope breaks. his brother is jailed then sent home to Missouri. Don Murphy’s mother dies of heartbreak.
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O’neill
Murphy
Missouri
Helena
J. H. McFarland
Bashaw
O'Neill
McFarland
Con Murphy
Con
Clasoll
Northern Pacific
Old
Stage Road
Northern Pacific Railroad
Coulee
Brother
Don Murphy
Young Redmond
Broadway
Pacific
Vigilantes
John Redmond
Hannibal
Bismarck
North Dakota
Montana
Custer
Terry
Yellowstone River
Woman fights for nickel on crowded streetcar
A stout woman struggles to find a nickel for her streetcar fare while pockets stay buttoned against pickpockets. The scene prompts a small commotion as bystanders watch the routine struggle unfold.
Montana Apprenticeship Council Approves State Plan
Montana's state apprenticeship council approves a plan with 4000 hours to earn a journeyman certificate. Apprentices receive at least 50 percent of journeyman wages, with at least 144 hours of related work. Local joint councils will implement the plan under state and federal oversight, chaired by James D. O'Brien. The council meets again on December 21.
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Montana
Henry Yaeger
Council
Federal Committee On
State Department of Vocational Education
State Council
James D. O’brien
Butte
Chiirman
Montana wildlife holds its own amid grizzly and sheep decline
Grizzlies and mountain sheep hold their own in Montana according to Bob Cooney director of the restoration division. He notes grizzlies now occupy only the remote Rockies with Montana Wyoming and Idaho hosting more than ten bears. A state survey estimates about 115 grizzly/mountain wildlife in the Sun River and Flathead regions with roughly equal shares, while wild sheep and goats survive in poor numbers, Sun River area likely home to the most sheep at about 200.
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Montana
Bob Cooney
Helena
State Game Commission
Missouri River
Yellowstone
Cooney
Rockies
Wyoming
Idaho
Sun River
Flathead
Bank Debits Show Montana Business Up 3 Percent in August
Montana bank debits in August were 3 percent higher than a year earlier, with 10 cities posting gains and 6 showing declines. Total debits across 16 cities reached 96.471 million versus 93.989 million in August 1941, reflecting payments from depositors for goods services and debts.
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Montana
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
Anaconda
Bozeman
Deer Lodge
Great Falls
Harlowton
Havre
Helena
Glasgow
Kalispell
Lewistown
Billings
Butte
Glendive
Malta
Miles City
Missoula
Willis Death Report Proven Wrong by Granddaughter
An earlier item claimed pioneer John Wills, friend of Theodore Roosevelt and Montana development figure, had died. The assertion is erroneous. Willis, once a Thompson Falls guide and Glasgow civic leader, now lives in Englewood California. Authority is Mrs. Paul Ungstad, granddaughter, 610 Eighth Street South.
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Willis
John Wills
Paul Ungstad
Eighth Street South
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Butte Copper Mines
U.S
State Chamber
Montana Territory
Pee Wee Reese
Kentucky
Brooklyn Dodger
Uncle Sam
Vicks VapoRub
Charles M. Russell
United States
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls, Montana
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