Big Bear Roams Camp Near Rattlesnake in Midnight Rampage
Graeter, Hall, Tibbetts, and Bert Lynch recount a night attack by a huge black bear at their Rattlesnake camp near Esler Lake. The bear breached the wagon top, frightened the party, and loitered through camp before vanishing into darkness as reservoir workers search the hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KE. L. Hall
Graeter
My Tibbetts
Bert Lynch
Dillon
Birch Creek
Mr. Graeter
Elser Lake
Mr. Bruin
Brain
Esler Lake
Hunter J Logan Returns After Two Week Grasshopper Trip
J Logan and family camped near Grasshopper head for nearly two weeks returning Friday with trophy hides including a large silver tip bear over six feet long and about 500 pounds, three deer fawns and a yearling mountain sheep. Bear oil yield was five gallons. Bear hide exhibited at Logan store drew attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Logan
Mr. Logan
Logan
Race horses head to Idaho circuit for Blackfoot races
Race horsemen from Dillon load their stables onto a Short Line car and depart for Idaho. Among the horses are Buckwall and Pirate owned by local handlers, Dubois ridden by Dingley, and King Croy with Miss Croy. The Higgins stable will also race as Torpedo prepares to meet Senator Dubois in a high profile quarter horse contest.
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Idaho
Blackfoot
Taah & Lenkersdorfer
Buckwall
George Tash
Pirate
Ted Ellis
Dubois
Higgings
King Croy
Miss Croy
Dingley
Bill Bailey
Chris Snyder
Bill Dingley
Higgins
Ogden
Dillon
Taxidermist to Transform Hide Into Parlor Rug
From the curious residents of Dil lon, Tom Taylor a taxidermist will mount the hide and convert it into a handsome rug to ornament the parlor at Mr Logan's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Tom Taylor
Mr. Logan
Virginia City church contract feud ends in Helena suit
Contractors Sanden and Stabern, hired to build the Elling Memorial church, face a partnership dispute. Sanden sues in district court for accounting, while Stabern claims no actual partnership existed and accuses Sanden of misstatements and broken books.
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Saya
Virginia City
Madisonian
Sanden
Stabern
Elling Memorial Church
District Court
Helena
Stapern
Montana
Unitarian
Dillon High School
Memorial Church
Candidate for the Reform School
Charles Moreland a 17 year old arrested on vagrancy was given a five day jail sentence to await contact from his Twin Bridges sister. A letter arrived and he was released heading down the valley. Authorities may seek reform school placement if he does not mend his ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Moreland
William Englesfield
B. O. Fournier
Big Hole Basin
Butinsky
Reform School
Montana News Roundup of Fires Fights and Fortunes
A seven day digest notes efforts to stock 50 000 trout fry for Sunriver North Fork Helena male racing group joins National Racing Association arson in Anaconda brewers walkout in Missoula typhoid outbreak in Judith Basin deaths reported rancher Frastus Carr fined for beef sales in Livingston and city improvements across towns.
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North Fork
Sunriver
Frastus Carr
Shields
Livingston
Reward Offered for Strayed or Stolen Horses in Montana
$100 reward offered for information leading to the conviction of anyone who has stolen or driven away Thelma van Camp’s horses. $75 reward for recovery of any horse strayed from her range near Sage Creek in Beaverhead County. Brand on left shoulder. Address all replies to J. G. Willis, Dillon, Montana.
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Montana
Kid
Sage Creek
Beaverhead County
Thelma van Camp
J. G. Willis
Dillon
Tae
Victor J. Evans & Co
Cvans
Washington
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National Racing Association
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Missoula
Garden City
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Walter W. Berry
Yellowstone Park
Fort Assinnaboine
Boston
Billings
Avon
Butte
Northern Pacific
Henry C. Corbin
U. S. Army
Irrigation Congress
United States
Great Falls
Kennett
Kearsarge
Summit
Fred Armstrong
Fife
Yegen Brothers
Victor Janejan
William Phernetton
Fes
Boyd
Granite
Silver Bow
John Boyd
Paul Schoelkopf
Forsyth
Precinct 34
Power
Sanders
A. R. McDonald
Whitehall
A. J. McDonnell
John Wette
Jefferson County
Elliston
Salt Lake
Ogden Union Depot
Oregon Short Line
Pullman Palace
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Loui
Chicago
G. W. Fitzgerald
Mammoth
Poindexter & Orr L. S. Co
Dillon, Mont
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Bethesda
Arcadian
Idanha
el Plantador
Flor de Erb
Rialto
la Coralina Cigars
Madeira
Gutedel
Burgundy
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Catawba
Rhine
Malaga
Val Blatz
Milwaukee
J. G. Erwin
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