Montana State Fair offers 4000 in special prizes to boost Montana industry
Helena Sept 11 Special. The Montana State Fair will award nineteen special prizes totaling 4000 to spur competition in industry. Prizes are largely donated by Montana supporters including Louis W Hill president of the Great Northern Railway offering 1100 for nonirrigated Montana farm products and Northern Pacific head Howard Eliot backing seven ty four prizes for farm youth industrial contests across all thirty one counties. Another big prize pool of 5000 from the Northwestern Development League at Minneapolis winter fair is noted as a target for a Montana wheat champion.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Louis W. Hill
Neat Northern Railway Company
Great Northern Territory
Howard Eliot
Northern Pacific
J. A Rhoemaker
Thorthwestern Development League
Minneapolis
Montana State Fair
Harvest and Travel Notes From Wisdom and Nearby Areas
Notes from the Breezes reports C E Miller sent 90 horses to the Miles City sale. Mrs Strawbridge travels to California for ill sister, while the Oweals head to Missoula for university studies. Families vacation at Elkhorn Springs and Valera Stabler visits Dillon. Oliver Dudley travels to Logan for his mother’s illness. Fred Hirschy plans to join family in Spokane for the winter. The Wisdom Harvest Celebration struggles in bad weather, yet local turnout cheers the ball team’s defeat. A hay hand death near Upper 86 is due to heart disease after drinking. Republican county convention at Dillom nominates a county ticket with Charles F Lloyd as clerk candidate from Jackson.
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McEntee
Squaw Creek
Dillom
Charles F. Lloyd
Jackson
Real estate transfers week ending September 8
A series of warranty and quitclaim deeds record transfers in Dillon and surrounding areas. Transactions includeEdward Cushing to Morton Egbert for two lots. Mort on Egbert to Henry R. Johnson for two lots. W M Oliver to Dillon for an alley. David Robb to Dillon for part of two lots. Frank Hutten and Jacob Neidt to Carl Holm en and Carl Linden for 800 acres in Big Hole basin. John Tessier to Scott McQuenn for two lots. Wm H Beck and John A Nyhart to Kata Laknar for 120 acres. water rights and estate transfers including Della Reynolds and multiple lots in Reeder Fraction A. patents for 80 acres in Big Hole basin. deeds on Mauldin's and Ban nack areas. desert entry, homestead notices, and multiple quartz and lode locations in Blue Wing and other districts.
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Edward Cushing
Morton Egbert
Poindexter & Orr
Dillon
Henry R. Johnson
City of
Public School
David Robb
Idaho
Center Streets
Frank Hunted
Jacob M. Neidt
Carl Holmen
Carl Linden
Big Hole Basin
Fox
John Tessier
Scott McQuenn
Barnett Avenue
Barnett
Wm. H. Beck
John A. Nyhart
Kata Laknar
Lester Ruffner
Amelia Ruffner
William Creek
Lima
Della T. Reynolds
Reeder
Joseph Wiksdal
John Gelhaus
Jos
Wikidal
Judaho Street
M. A. El-iott
Chester T. Stanley
Peat
Thomas Clement
Xavier Benois
Sherwood and Lemay
Bannack
Wm. Pettie
Price Canyon Creek
Blacktail Deer Creek
Sage Valleys
Sage Creek
J. Ambrose Brown
Moose Gulch
Pettie Springs
Price Canyon
Wm. Shelley
Owen Jared
Colorado Gulch
Frederick North
Antler Lode
Bald Mountain
Philip Lonergan
Blue Wing
George Ashworth
Hilla Lode
Michael Plum
Alice Lode
Blue Win
Montana Divorce Suit Seeks Absolute Dissolution of Marriage
In Beaverhead County Montana the district court summons Jessie S. Russell to answer the complaint filed by Charles A. Russell seeking a decree dissolving their marriage on grounds of desertion for over a year. The notice sets a twenty day response period and records the clerk's date of August 20 1912 with attorney Edmund J. Callaway of Dillon. A separate notice provides the time for proving the will of Alvin T Kellum deceased with a hearing set for October 12 1912 in Dillon.
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District Court
Fifth Judicial District
State of Montana
Beaverhead
Charles A. Russel
Jessie S. Russel
A. D
State of
Montana
Alvin T. Kellum
Dillon
Annie J. Kellum
F. A. Hazelbaker
Eight Jurors Say Verdict Fair In Grorud Loss Case
Eight jurors in the Grorud vs Loss case filed affidavits asserting they did not reach the $2,600 verdict by chance or unfair means. The jurors list Harry Gill John Drinkwater W B Woolford W J Warren Wm Case Gustave Henning Martin Fox and Fred Hummel and deny claims that verdict casting was arranged.
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Butte
J. P. Loss
Grorud
Harry Gill
John Drinkwater
W. B. Woolford
W. J. Warren
Wm. Case
Gustave Henning
Martin Fox
Fred Hummel
Sheriff Sale of Mining Claims at Dillon Montana
The Olmated Stevensac corporation as plaintiff proceeds to a sheriff sale of undivided interests in several mining claims in Elkhorn district Beaverhead County Montana. The listing includes Central Tunnel Site 1 and 2, various Quartz Lode and Red Top claims with one quarter or one third interests. Sale date set for the 12th day of September 1912 at 12 o clock noon at the courthouse front door in Dillon. Sheriff C Gosman notes cash terms.
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Olmated-Stevenac Corporation
Cour
Dillon
Beaverhead
Montana
Central Tunnel
Central Quarts Lode
Boston Quartz
Aspen
Apex
Idanha
Elkhorn
Beaverhead County
Notice to Creditors and Lode Claim Co-Owner forfeit
Notice to creditors of John A Moran estate calls for claims with vouchers within ten months at Dillon Montana. Also notice to co owner Al Livingston regarding unpaid annual labor costs on Silver Star and Silver Point lode claims in Beaverhead County with a two hundred dollar demand and final cutoff after 180 days. District court terms for Beaverhead and Jefferson counties are listed.
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John A. Moran
John W. Moran
Jos. C. Smith
Dillon
Montana
Beaverherd
al Livingston
Silver Star
Silver Point Lode
Blue Wing
Beaverhead County
Iade
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C. E. Miller
Miles City
Carl Strawbridge
California
Glen Oweal
Missoula
Montana University
Montgomery
Pearl Simmons
Elkhorn Springs
Valera Stabler
Montana Murray
Metlen
Oliver Dudley
Logan
Utah
Fred Hirschy
Spokane
Mr. Hirschy
Wisdom
Pearl J. Smith
Lookout
Richard Gies
Dark Horse
Frank Smith
C. W. Conger
Edmund J. Callaway
Plaintiff
Fred Nelson
George ' BB
Towit
Jefferson
John Kent
Ladison Counties
Foster
Employment Office
E. M, Yeaman
P. O
GEO. R. Metlen
United States
Chas. Perry
Dillon Examiner
Huber Bros
Masonic Temple
Dillon, Mont
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