Sheep Moving to Summer Range News Letter
Special correspondence reports Wood Live Stock Co preparing to move sheep to summer range over about two weeks. Local notes include visits by George Cook Dillon Math Polich Joe Vogt and Julius Hartwig. school elections canceled due to low turnout. new teacher Mabel Bower arrived. long term school session planned. Weather brings deep snow halting fieldwork and prompting feeding, while communities report social visits health updates and local happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood Live Stock Co
the Tribune
Will
George Cook
Dillon
Math Polich
Joe Vogt
Butte
Julius Hartwig
Melrose
W. Lovell
Mabel Bower
Ennis
Wood Live Stock Company
Frank Young
August Young
George Staudaker
Beaverhead Valley
Isitt Recovers From Severe Illness In Paceville
In Paceville on April 8, local notes report Mrs. Isitt regaining strength after a serious illness. The community saw visitors from Helena and Butte, a school election electing Dwight Bushnell as trustee, and various residents traveling to Whitehall and Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paceville
Rodney Page
Butte
T. C. Mills
Helena
Miss Spencer
Henry Utley
Whitehall
A. G. Miller
van Orsdel
Waterloo
Dwight Bushnell
Jackson News Cattle Buyers Gather for Seattle Market
Special correspondence from Jackson reports Seattle buyers in town to purchase cattle for the Sound market. C R Brown sold stock cattle to W S Willard for 27 dollars a head, top price for the lot. Brown’s son is ill but improving with a Wisconsin doctor. Wolves continue to menace livestock this winter with only a few taken by hunters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Tribunr
Jackson
Sound
C.R. Brown
W. S. Willard
Jack
Old Court House Becomes Sheep Sheds and Corrals
The old court house once a meeting place for many gatherings was bought by M. Selway for its lumber. He plans to use it for sheds and corrals for sheep. An alley will cut through the block where justice was once meted out. The county seat moved from Bannack to Dillon in 1881.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Selway
Court House
Blackstone
Kent
Bannack
Dillon
Tom
Order of Odd Fellows
Montana
Poindexter
Parish House a Century of Community Life in Dillon
The old two story frame building known as the parish house began as a school in 1880 81, served as county offices and theatre space, later became Episcopal property in 1890 and housed a public library before a Carnegie library was built. It stands as a witness to Dillon’s education justice and entertainments over decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
Bannack
Dillon
Bishop Brewer
Episcopal Society
Carnegie Free Library
Poindexter
Mark Poindexter
Mek
Election results sweep Montana cities across party lines
Monday's elections in Montana show Republicans gaining mayors and several city offices in Bozeman Helena Great Falls Glendive Kalispell Dillon Townsend and Missoula. Democrats win aldermen in most cities while many towns report no opposition for several posts.
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Bozeman
Helena
Great Falls
Billings
Red Lodge
Glendive
Livingston
Big Timber
Havre
Butte
Pat Mullins
Kalispell
Anaconda
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Tribune
James Mansfield
Elijah Ames
Massachusetts
William Propper
Pat Conner
Frank Blair
Horse Prairie
Frank
Akries
Frank L.stanton
Tessa
Rochester News
A. M. Dwight
Rochester
Salt Lake City
Carl H. Hand
Watseca
New York City
KE. C. Means
Smoky City
Helen Lewis
Myrtle Ald
Mr. Fye
Sam Murdock
W. H., Gibbong
Ypageville News
Mra Isitt
Jackson News
Old Court House
Earth
Hope
Angela
Dearedsey
IPRS
Thomas W. Poindexter, SR
West
W. Poindexter
Beaverhead County
Uncle Tom
Danville
Virginia
St. Lous
Missouri
California
St. Louis
Margarette Pipkins
Canyon City
Oregon
Cleveland
L. C. Fyhrie
Fuhrie
T. W. Poindexter & Sons
Mark H
St. Luke’s Hospital
Chicago
Phil
Ead
Jerusalem
Thos. W. Poindexter
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