Madame Moustache A Noted Frontier Gambler Of The West
The notorious Madame Dumont later Madame Moustache built a famous gambling empire from Nevada City to Bannack and Virginia City. She hosted elite tables, met Mark Twain, mentored Calamity Jane, and outlived many camps while facing fades in beauty and fortune. She was known for discipline, daring acts, and a life on the move from Montana to Idaho and beyond.
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Nevada City
Madame Dumont
West
Fannack
Virginia City
Last Chance Gulch
Montana
Madame
Thee Place
Nevada
Comstock Lode
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
Lode
Idaho
Clubfoot
George
Annie
Fare Nell
Madame Moustache
Boone Helm
Helm
Bannack
Martha Jane Canary
Calamity Jane
Helena
Cheyenne
Black Hills
Fortune
Dante Harvey
Buffalo
N. Y
13Th
United States Infantry
Faro
Clubfoot Kelly
Panama
California
Mysterious Madame Eleonore Dumont Arrives in Nevada City
In 1854 a poised lone woman steps off a stagecoach into Nevada City. She rents a hotel room for a week, avoids the underworld, and reveals only that her name is Madame Eleonore Dumont. Her companion Dumont remains undisclosed.
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Nevada City
Calif
Madame Eleonore Dumont
Monseur Dumont
State House Receives Federal Funds for Road Projects
State Treasurer James J. Brett received 212,561 dollars in federal funds for allocation to no federal state highway projects in this state.
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James J. Brett
Plan to repay relief via work at prevailing wages
Governor Holt reports Denver headquarters of the resettlement administration is drafting a plan allowing relief recipients to repay aid by working on projects at prevailing wage scales. The arrangement would apply to assignments handled by the department.
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Holt
The
Resettlement Administration
Denver
Montana Highway Bids Opened for Nine Projects
The Montana highway commission will open bids on October 3 for nine road projects totaling about 950000. Locations include Lincoln Toole Liberty Judith Basin Sheridan Golden Valley and Sweet Grass counties.
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Montana Highway Commission
Lincoln
Toole
Liberty
Judith Basin
Sheridan
Golden Valley
Sweet Grass Counties
Sugar content tied to late crops in state report
A Helena issued federal state crop report for last week notes late growing beets advanced toward maturity with little frost damage and colder weather increased the sugar content of the state beet crop.
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Helena
Game Bird Season Set With Limits In Statewide Plan
State game commission fixes upland game season for fall from November to 17 inclusive. Bag limits include three Chinese pheasants five Hungarian partridges and possession limits of six cock pheasants and 10 partridges. Shooting hours run from sunrise to sunset.
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State Game Commission
Enaine
Dudley Wins University Foundation Excavation Contract
Fred B. Dudley awarded the excavation contract for the foundation of the new journalism building at the state university in Missouli by the state board of education. Dudley bid $8,700, while the sole other bid was $11,000 from A. R. Elliott of Charlo.
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Dudley
Fred B. Dudley
The
State University At
Missouli
State Board of Education
A. R. Elliott
Charlo
Beacon light sites leased in Montana by land board
The Montana board of land commissioners granted leases to the U S department of commerce for beacon stations on two sites between Nelson and Great Falls. One location lies 14 miles southeast of Wolf Creek and the other at Sunnyside near Craig.
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Beacon
Montana Board of Land Commissioners
United States Department of Commerce
Nelenn
Great Falls
Wolf Creek
Sunnyside
Craig
Hearing Dates Set for Montana Trucking Licenses
The Montana railroad and public service commission will hold a hearing in Missoula on Sept 29 on multiple applications for trucking and transport licenses. Western routes requested include a passenger and freight line from Polson to the Rocky Mountain Power Co dam site on the Flathead River.
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Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Missoula
Montana
Polson
Rocky Mountain Power Co
Flathead River
State Game Commission bans seasons for pheasants and partridges
The state game commission announced no open season this fall for Chinese pheasants or Hungarian partridges in Carter, Chouteau, Fallon, Fergus, Garfield, Golden Valley, Granite, Hill, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Liberty, McCone, Meagher, Mineral, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Silver Bow, Valley and Wibaux counties.
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State Game Commission
Carter
Chouteau
Fallon
Fergus
Garfield
Golden Valley
Granite
Hill
Jefferson
Judith Basin
Liberty
McCone
Meagher
Mineral
Musselshell
Petroleum
Phillis
Powder River
Prairie
Silver Bow
Valley
Wibaux
Open Upland Bird Season Restricted by County
The state game board sets November 8 to 17 as the upland bird season but limits it to Chinese pheasants only in Blaine Custer Dawson and Rosebud counties. In Daniels Glacier Lincoln Park Pondera Roosevelt Sheridan Teton and Wheatland counties Hungarian partridges remain open while Chinese pheasants are closed.
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State Game Board
Blaine
Custer
Dawson
Rosebud
Daniels
Glacier
Lincoln
Park
Pondera
Roosevelt
Sheridan
Teton
Wheatland
Liquor Funds Allotted and Store Plans in Montana
The Montana labor control board allocated $100,000 of revenue to state funds, bringing yearly total to $900,000. It confirmed plans to open a new state operated liquor store in Great Falls and rejected a Miles City building owner’s request for higher rent for liquor store leasing.
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Montana Labor Control Board
Great Falls
Miles City
Grasshoppers Vanish Early In Montana Plain
E K Bowman Montana state hall commissioner reports grasshoppers disappeared weeks earlier this year in central and southern Montana after his tour. If they died or moved before laying eggs, hope remains for reduced plague next year.
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Montana
E. K. Bowman
State Hall
Montana July Freight Shipments Rise Over 1935
July freight shipments in Montana rose from 23 610 to 24 163 carloads. Cattle shipments totaled 2 941 cars, up from 878, and ore shipments reached 3 656, up from 3 103 in July 1935, according to the state railroad commission.
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Montana
State Railroad Commission
Montana reports August auto fatalities total 28 deaths
statistician Lucien Benepe of the state board of health notes 28 people died in August highway crashes in Montana. The month recorded 849 births and 457 deaths with fatalities spread across multiple counties including Cascade Gallatin Missoula Silver Bow Yellowstone Park Deer Lodge Fergus Gallatin Lake Lewis and Clark and others.
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Montana
Lucien ©. Benepe
State Board of Health
Ble Horn
Cascade
Deer Lodge
Fergus
Gallatin
Garfield
Lake
Lewis and Clark
Missoula
Park
Rayalli
Richland
Silver Bow
Valley
Yellowstone
State Board to Buy Bonds for Lewis and Clark Hospital
The Montana land board was the successful bidder for an 80,000 bond issue to finance a new Lewis and Clark county hospital. The bonds carry 3 percent interest and can be drawn as installments during construction. The hospital replaces the one damaged in the earthquake last year, with construction not starting before January 1.
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State Board
Montana Land Board
Lewis and Clark County
Montana Supreme Court Ends Sands Removal Case
The Montana supreme court ended W. B. Sands’s attempt to be ousted by W. Tipton of Butte after a rehearing. Tipton had challenged Sands over alleged improper acceptance of campaign funds and reported decisions, arguing improper influence and overpayment in the supreme court tenure.
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Sands
Montana Supreme Court
Peat
W. B. Sands
W. Tipton
Butte
Tipton
Supreme Court
Kalispell High Paper Wins International Journalism Award
The Flathead Arrow, Kalispell High School newspaper, won a first place award from Quill and Scroll. Edward Nell of Northwestern University announced the honor, noting the Arrow’s outstanding 1936 critical service. He provided a scorebook for future improvements as the paper enters a new staff headed by Noel Johnson and Elaine Moe.
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Flathead Arrow
Kalispell
Quill and Scrol
Edward Nell
Northwestern University
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern
Nell
the Arrow
Arrow
Virginia Cook
Maurice Quesnell
Noel Johnson
Elaine Moe
Shelter belt tree choices advised by extension expert
E E Isaac urges farmers to consult county extension agents before selecting shelter belt tree species as some varieties suited for plains altitudes may not survive higher areas like Glacier park. Hog price outlook: seasonal decline this fall and early winter followed by higher prices as hog supplies tighten. drought may reduce fall farrowings and limit 1937 spring pig crops.
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E. E. Isaac
Plains
Glacier Park
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Montana Briefs Highlight State Events and Accidents
In Kalispell 1015 Kasel registrations mark first 1000+ in town. Missoula court opens Oct 1 per Judge Baldwin. Great Falls chairs and funding set for Oct 13 19 drive with $45000 goal. Missoula okays nuisance sale of intoxicants. Governor Holt attends Fallon fair in Fallon county. Bozeman man injured by own car. Gallatin county cash basis schools for first time in 20 years. Conrad arraigned on jail escape aid. Pondera county abandons poor farm operations. Yellowstone visitors reach 420026 by Sept 13 up from 308268 last year. Elk overgrazing noted near Selway. Cattle moved to Little Bitterroot for winter grazing. Bozeman Masons hold quarterly meet. Gerald Sharp and James White jailed escape. Butte to refinance $883000 bond saving about $275000. U.S. Marshal Sid Willis injured in collision. Navy Day proclaimed Oct 27 by Gov Holt to honor Montana navy service. Glasgow sets Dec 8 special election for $24000 bond for $100000 recreation center WPA project. Bozeman five Boy Scout troops planned this year. Great Falls M C A elects leaders. Traber president. Mrs Mary Brossult lauds showy rovers. Livingston Yellowstone fencing narrows fishable streams effective Oct 20. Cut Bank tribes seek Two Medicine irrigation project status change. Kalispell defendant pleads innocent in fatal altercation. Helena forms National Aeronautical Association chapter. Fergus Fay elected president. Stevensville reports late frost delays crops but forecasts ample water. St Marys Peak snow coats higher ground.
Idaho deer migrate to Fish Creek area
Quartz district rangers expect about 1500 deer to arrive in Fish Creek in mid October with around 300 bucks, the only deer legal to shoot this fall. Deer season runs Oct 15 for one month and elk numbers are high in the area with hunting Open Oct 15 to Nov 15 in Mineral county south of the Missoula river and east of the Little St. Joe game preserve.
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Fish Creek
Idaho
Quartz
Mineral County
Missoula River
Little St. Joe Game Preserve
Washoe Theater Opens in Anaconda After rebuild
The Washoe theater in Anaconda opened last week at a cost of 200000 dollars with 1000 seats and modern amenities. It replaces the historic Margaret showhouse on Main street which dated to 1896 and burned in 1929.
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Washoe
Anaconda
Main Street
Margaret
Washoe Amusement
Poisonous Plants Take Some Toll Among Cattle
Dr. Howard Welch state college veterinarian warns stockmen about feeding livestock certain common plants that develop prussic acid when stunted or wilted. Sorghum sugar cane sudan grass wild cherry chokecherry peach plum and flax seed can be deadly. Feed seeds to small groups first to limit losses if poison is present.
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Howard Welch
State College
Welch
Patrolmen Added to Missoula District to Improve Safety
Montana highway patrol chief Lou Boedecker assigns six patrolmen to the Missoula district to curb rising crashes. He cites 20 deaths in the district this year and calls the situation alarming and largely preventable.
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Missoula
Lou Boedecker
Montana
Boedecker
Beet molasses replaces barley in dairy cow rations
J O Tretsven of Montana State College reports feeding trials at the Montana experiment station showing beet molasses can replace barley pound for pound in cow and heifer rations without reducing butterfat or weight gains. Trials with producing cows and growing heifers show similar results with two pounds of molasses daily, though costs favor beet molasses when priced at 17 dollars a ton versus barley at 25 dollars.
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J. O. Tretsven
Montana State College
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Tretsven
Small Fire Damage in Gallatin Forest
A Gallatin Forest summary shows fewer than 30 acres burned over the past year from 19 fires. One Class A blaze exhausted over 12 acres, five Class B fires burned between one-fourth and 10 acres, and 13 Class C fires stayed at or below one-fourth acre. Ten fires were man caused, nine from lightning, with about $30 in timber and feed losses on national forest land.
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Gallatin National Forest
National Forest
Civil War Vet Castle Relocates to Shelby from Cheyenne
Thomas Castle a 90 year old Civil War veteran and longtime commander of the Cheyenne John F Reynolds post has moved to Shelby to live with his daughter Mrs A J Williams. He is the sole survivor of the post once with over 200 members, elected commander in 1906 as membership declined to 40.
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Cheyenne
Grand Army of the Republic
Monana
Thomas Castle
John F Reynolds
A. J. Williams
Shelby
Castle
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Last Chance
Madam Moustache
Walter ED Taylor
State House
Treasure State News
Missoula Division
James H. Baldwin
Currell
Baker
Fallon County
Elmer Holt
Bozeman
Clarence Preston
Malta
Jock Brennan
Gallatin County
A. M. Brandenburg
Conrad
Pondera Board of County Commissioners
Livingstogn
Joseph Joffe
Yellowstone Park
Clarence Strong
Selway Country
Here
Dixon
Grouth
Forest Service
Little Bitter Root
Big Sandy
Masonic Welfare Association of
North Central
John Kain
Montana Cranch Lodge
Gerald Sharp
James White
Musselshell County
Sid Willis
United States
Glasgow
WPA
Williams
Dexter Moser
P. Hewison Pollock
Boy Scout Council
Fred Traber
State Council of the
L. W
Upshaw
B. W. Edworthy
Chandler Cohagen
Billings
National Council
Martinsdale
Mary Brossult
Miss Brossult
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Livingston
Heart, Lewis and Shoshone Lakes
Yellowstone River
Lamar River
Edmund B. Rogers
CUT Bank
Blackfeet
Sen
B. K. Wheeler
Two Medicine
Alvin Culver
J. T. Plyler
J. E. Rockwood
Plyler
Culver
National Aeronautical Association
Fergus C. Fay
Stevensville
St. Mary’s Peak
Gallatin Forest
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining CO. Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
U.S
Fleischmann
Fleischmann Distilling Corp
Peekskill, N. Y
Amls. Division
National Distillers Products Corporation
Louisville, Kentucky
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