Big Hole Basin Shooting Fatal to Owen Ellis in Jackson
In Jackson, Montana, Owen Ellis, a leading Basin resident, was shot and killed by Sid Houk after a barroom quarrel following a card game. The incident led to Houk’s arrest and an inquest in Dillon. Ellis died at the scene and was buried in Smithfield, Utah.
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Owen Ellis
Sid Houk
Jackson
Dillon
Big Hole Basin
Lloyd Dunbar
Gist
EK. B. Benjamin
Houk
Mr. Gist
Jett Jackson
Lloyd & Dunbar
Owen Bilis
Ted Ellia
Owen Hillis
Brank Dunbar
Ted Ellis
Sid Hank
Dunbar
Ellis
Owen Ellie
Gwen Els
Elia
Wenk
Owen
Sid
Grett
KE. H. Brundage
Ted
Lon ‘Elhia
Smithfield
Utah
Basin
Governor Toole Defends Bond Use for Education Lands
Montana Governor Toole rejects AG Galen’s bond illegality stance arguing the enabling act supports using land grants for educational buildings and institutions. He warns a Supreme Court ruling could impact state credit and the operations of schools and normal colleges.
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Helena
Galen
State House
Supreme Court
Gov
Toole
Montana
Dillon Odd Fellows at Anaconda This Week
A Dillon delegation from Appollo lodge I O O F and the Rebekahs attends the grand lodge sessions in Anaconda. The thirtieth annual meeting gathers members statewide to decide on a site for an Odd Fellows home. Attendees include A F E Badcon John Ewing H Cushing Mrs W Z Cushing Mrs Will Cashmore George Jewell and John Banks.
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Dillon Odd Fellows
Anaconda
Dillonites
Appollo Lodge
Rebekahs
Grand Lodge
Dillon
A. Fe, Badcon
John Ewing
H. Cushing
W. Z. Cushing
Will Cashmore
George Jewell
John Banks
Cushing
Flynn Contempt Case Overturned by Montana Supreme Court
The Montana Supreme Court annulled Beaverhead County District Court action fining Thomas Flynn fifty dollars for contempt after he raised a head gate on Blacktail Creek for domestic use. The justices ruled the district court lacked a written charge and the commissioners must file an affidavit.
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Helena
Supreme Court
Callaway
Thos. Flynn
Blacktail Creek
Brantly
Beaverhead County
Thomaen Fiynn
Fiynn
Flynn
Former Dillon Man Killed in Mine Cave-In
Word reached Dillon last Saturday that Chase Hood formerly of this city died in a mine cave-in at Rawlins Wyoming where he had been employed. Parents D T Hood and wife, now in Dillon, received the telegram and a sister in Anaconda confirmed instant death. Hood previously operated a pop corn stand in town and worked locally for several years.
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Dillon
Chase Hood
D. T. Hood
Rawlins
Wyo
Anaconda
Rawlings
Oliver Oliver Murderer Captured After Long Pursuit
The Frenchman Camille Frederick Remy, suspected of fatally harming Wason Oliver near Wolf Creek, Mont, was arrested in Vancouver, B C after a fierce chase. Helena officials plan extradition. Oliver’s father and local authorities pursue return of the suspect to Montana for trial.
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Wason Oliver
Wolf Creek
Vancouver, B. C
Helena
Oliver
Canada
Vancouver
B. C
Montana Papera
Gateway
Montana
Wason
Nelson
Alberta
Washington
Ottawa
Butte Miner
Mulhern
Waddell
Camille Frederick Remy
W. T. Oliver
Mont
Dupont Street
Columbia Avenue
Ravalli
Lewis and Clark County
Allen
Idaho
Oregon
Scharrenbroich
McCann
W. M. Oliver
British Columbia
Missing Beaverhead Sheriff Thomas F Hamilton
Friends in Dillon fear foul play after former Beaverhead county sheriff Thomas F Hamilton disappeared while in California two years ago He left Dillon two years ago and planned a Montana return via San Francisco and Portland He last mailed Aug 6 from a town near San Jose with no further contact and no word to his friends or relatives in Indians.
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Thomas F. Hamilton
Beaverhead County
Los Angeles
Hamilton
Dillon
California
E. Provost
Montana
San Francisco
Portland
Provost
San Joe
Mr. Provost
Booner
Provostia
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The
Sid Houtk
Califormia
Ajax
GOV. Toole
North Dakota
Supreme Court of North Dakota
Contisnet
Walt
Mulhorn
Mann
Goor Prospecta
Beaverhead
Great Kalla
Olver
Tom F. Hamilton
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