Aviator recounts four day battle for life in Alaskan wilds
C O Prest, who flew from Buffalo to Eagle Pass Alaska, told a Butte reporter about his wreck in a swamp near the 70 mile river. He battled rain fog and mosquitoes for three days, survived on caribou meat and salt, and was found by a rescue party from Eagle City. He plans to return to Alaska to complete the journey to Siberia next year.
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Butte
C. O. Prest
Grim Reaper
Prest
Hagle
United States
Siberia
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Prince River
Tia Juana
Alaskan
Arctic Circle
Buffalo
N. Y
Eagle Pass
Anaconda
Salt Lake
Helena
Shelby
Glacier Park
Columbia Falls
Kalispell
Spokane
Seattle
Juneau
Skagway
White Horse Pass
White Horse
Selkirk
Dawson
Eagle
Fairbanks
Niggerhead
Montana
Staterailway Abandons Drummond-Helena Service Plans
The Northern Pacific withdrew its application before the state railroad commission to abandon Sunday service on the Drummond Philipsburg branch and to end tri weekly service on the Helena to Marysville line. Billings sugar refinery expansion outlined with harvest starting September 25 totaling about 130000 tons and factory opening October 1.
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Helena
Northern Pacific
State Railroad Commission
Drummond-Philipsburg
Marysville
Billings
W. P. Hogarty
Great Western Sugar Company
Montana
Supreme Court
H. Lowndes Maury
Butte
Dugger Oend
Pew
Wellington D. Rankin
Montana Supreme Court
Waterloo
Young McCabe
St. James’ Hospital
Anaconda
Andrew Schmidt
Pimples Cleared by Cuticura Facial Set Ad
An advertisement extols Cuticura Ointment for pimples and blackheads with a five minute wash using Cuticura Soap. It advises daily use to maintain clear skin and includes Cuticura Talcum Adyvo as part of the regimen.
Montana timber turns to matches for Michigan firm
H E Davidson of Sommers Brothers Match Company, a Michigan concern, says western Montana and northern Idaho yield the best match wood. The firm operates a White Pine camp in Sanders county and a Sand Point Idaho mill, employing 200 plus workers, with logs shipped to Saginaw for processing. Davidson touts Montana resources while a Saginaw manager warns salesmen to temper praise.
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Montana
H. E. Davidson
Sommers Brothers Match Company
Michigan
United States
Davidson
Sommers Brothers
White Pine
Sanders County
Sand Point
Idaho
Saginaw
Saginaw Company
Hoy the Butte miner kept odds with Montana politics and mines
The article profiles Jack Hoy a veteran Butte miner and political figure linked to the Heinze and Clark factions. It traces his career from mining ventures in Pennsylvania Montana Arizona to his influential role in local conventions, asset holdings, and colorful business escapades including mill schemes and ore ventures. It notes his loyalty shifts, ventures in Grant's Pass Oregon and Arizona, and recalls his era of rough mining life and political clout.
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Pennsylvania
Montana
Arizona
Mexico
Hoy
Butte
Bob Wise
Alaska
Los Angeles
Nogales
New York
Jack
Grant's Pass
Ore
Josephine Hotel
Angeles
Grant
W. A. Clark
W. W. Clark
Heinze
Clark
Heinze Group
Corbin
Cave renaming honors Lewis and Clark explorers
Butte Morrison Cavern located 45 miles southeast of here, reportedly discovered in 1906 by George Morrison, has been placed under the supervision of the superintendent of national parks and renamed the Lewis and Clark cave in honor of the famous explorers.
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Butte—Morrison
Here
George Morrison
Superintendent of National Parks
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Jack Hoy
Barney Shanahan
Charles M. Russell
Blackfeet Trading
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Rocky Mountains
Pierre Radisson
Mississippi River
Russell
Great Falls, Montana
Cheesy-Raban Syndicate
Great Falls
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