May term civil docket opens in Dillon with many damage suits
The May term district court in Dillon will hear a lengthy civil calendar including numerous damage cases, water rights disputes, divorces, condemnations, debts, and partitions. Notable filings include Armitage versus Highland Water Co., Tash versus Harrison, Mikus versus Felt, Black versus Butler, and many others among farm companies railroads and individuals. The calendar also shows habeas corpus, stipulations for dismissal, and executors handling assorted claims.
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District Court
Dillon
W. A. Armitage
Highland Water Company
S. Tash
J. C. Harrison Ee
B. G. Swofford
W. S. Bar- Barbour
John Butala
Joseph Butala
Maggie Butala
Virgil Jennings
A. C. Ried
Wood Live Stock Company
Bonniview Reservoir Company
Emerson Hill
Henry Gleed
Rosco C. Johnson
F. L. Stone
W. A. Lovell
Charles Mikus
F. B. Felt
Birchdale Stock Farm
H. B. Selway
Josephine Black
Benj. F. Butler
Jno
F. O'Leary
Sarah L. Bammer
Executrix
M. Quirk
Dell Telephone Company
Martin Barrett
Patrick Connors
A. F. Waldorf
W. G. Phillips
S. C. Arndts
C.A. Smith
Big Hole Ranch Company
M. Gilman
G. W. Dart Hardware Company
E. W. Kirk
Frank Carroll
Julia E. Tong
L. J
Prisoner Dick Anderson Linked to Ed Fletcher in Washington Case
Sheriff receives letters tying escaped county jail prisoner Dick Anderson to Ed Fletcher a man sought in Bremerton Washington for a knife attack. Fletcher allegedly came from Charleston West Virginia with his parents and used a 500 dollar bond to avoid custody after escaping near Idaho Falls while being returned to Dillon for forgery charges.
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Dick Anderson
Gosman
Idaho Falls
Dillon
Washington
Bremerton
Anderson
Ed. Fletcher
Port Orchard
Charleston
West Virginia
Harness horse shipped to Seattle family in first week
Frank Landon sent a fine harness horse to his son in law Fred Carter in Seattle. Bill Calloway rode in the car with the horse but vanished near Cle Elum. reports feared he fell or was murdered. A telegram Wednesday morning confirmed Bill was safe. County Clerk J. S. Baker attended a statewide clerks meeting in Butte.
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Frank Landon
Fred Carter
Seattle
Washington
Bill Calloway
Anaconda Standard
Bill
Cle Elum
Landon
J. S. Baker
Butte
Beaverhead farmer bets big on beach land potatoes
Norman Holden, a Beaverhead valley dry land farmer, reports success using the Campbell system to conserve moisture on virgin beach soil. He plans to plant 300 acres of potatoes next year, with 22 acres broken daily and profits cited from last year.
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Norman Holden
Beaverhead
Mr. Holden
Campbell
Holden
Butte
Beaverhead Valley
United States
Auction Sells 2100 Acre Ranch and Livestock Bid
Dr. Jno A Donovan of Butte buys the Hamilton ranch 2100 acres at 12.86 an acre plus fencing. W F Brenner acquires 45 range horses at 11 each and seven work horses at 50. Sheriff Gosman and Conductor Quinn locate Howard Quinn who ran away and returns him to his father in Dillon after he headed toward Seattle.
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Dr. Donovan
Mary Jane Hamilton
Court House
B. F. White
Jno. A. Donovan
Butte
W.F. Brenner
Sheriff Gosman
Quinn
Pocatello
Idaho
Howard Quinn
Dillon
Seattle
Washington
Stack Leaves Dillon for Kansas City Visit
E. W. Stack departed Dillon early this week to join his wife and children in Kansas City Missouri where they have been visiting relatives for several weeks and will return home together.
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E. W. Stack
Dillon
Kansas City
Missouri
Long May term of Dillon district court set with 16 criminal cases
The regular May term of district court in Dillon opens May 5 with Judge Callaway. A long docket promises 16 criminal cases, including Wm. H. Boyle for a serious charge, Fred L. Stone on perjury, and others tied to alleged grand larceny and burglary. Trials run May 6 to May 25 with multiple defendants and chicken theft cases noted.
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District Court
Dillon
Lew. L. Callaway
Wm. H. Boyle
Boule
Lima
Red Light
Fred L. Stone
Stone
Hahn
Deer Lodge County
Joseph Freed
Telésphére Phoenix
Frederick Holmes
Butte
Big Hole Basin
Angus C. Ried
Beaverhead
George Vance
Ried
Joseph Willett
David Dobbins
J. E. Burdick
Petit Jarcehy
Burdick
George McCall
James O'Neal
Tash & Lenkersdorfer
Wm. Marler
H. Schrieber
A. M. Edwards
Stephen Cook
Reminder of Arbor Day court actions and jurors list
The district court faces cases including Buck defendants charged with gambling violations and other defendants related to forgery and robbery. Several civil suits will be heard. trial jurors are listed by name for the May term.
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A.m
E. S. Buck
Charles Buck
Big Hole Basin
Dick Anderson
J. B. Hill
Bedrock
Metlen
Wyoming
Gosman
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Ray Williams
Harrison & Graves
George T. Banks
Andrew L. Banks
Martin Butch
E. H. Brundage
William Bernstein
Darius Chaput
Byron Cunnard
Chas. E. Crawford
George Clemon
John F. Clay
Samuel Davies
William Davis
William T. Dodgson
John Dowling
Wellington Dawes
Abraham L. Dean
Morton A. Elliott
Geo. French
Oscar Findling
William H. Finsley
John V. Grant
John J. Gelhaus
George Gleed
Jas. K. Herman
Samuel B. Perry
Samuel Peterson
John Peterson
S. S. Patterson
Goodwin T. Paul
Chas. Pinkerton
F. W. Pahnish
Charles Richardson
J. A. Rounds
George H. Stewart
Albert Stamm
John Sorenson
Earl Selway
Chas. Swanson
H. J. Smith
W. J. Tope
John Thoma
John Thomas, Jr
Richard True
Forgery Suspect Arrested Then Returned to Basin
Sheriff O C Gosman arrested Leslie Rufner alias Frank Schmidt at Lima for forgery and jailed him until the Basin Wyoming sheriff arrived. The Basin officer then took custody of the prisoner and returned him to Wyoming.
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O. C. Gosman
Lima
Leslie Rufner
Frank Schmidt
Basin
Wyoming
Rufner
Salary boosts for Beaverhead County High School staff
Beaverhead County High School re elected its faculty with the exception of Miss Benham who did not apply for her Latin post. Salaries rise for Prof L R Foote and others while a Latin vacancy is filled at the next board meeting with several applicants.
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Beaverhead County High School
Montana
Benham
L. R. Foote
L R. Foote
Don E. Fish
Agricultural Department
F. D. Willis
Kate Paxton
Laura Matson
Belle Osburn
Prof
Foote
Robe Theft Arrest in Centre Street Incident
A man who gave the name W. H Hallum was arrested Saturday by Officers Sassman and Oliver for stealing a buffalo robe from George Baker’s buggy on Centre street. Hallum, claimed from Butte, pled guilty and was fined $100 by Justice Hirschman, serving the sentence in county jail.
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W. H Hallum
Sassman
Oliver
George Baker
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C. L. Live Stock Company
Clark McNinch
H. C. Patterson
Eliza M. Selway
Hawley J. Selway
George Staudaher
W. L. Staudaher
Nellie Wilson Kennison
Mary Wilson
Marie A. Fournier
James R. Pinkerton
Charles Bock
Xavier Benois
Charles Cloutier
Monroe Mann
R. J. Brown
Otto Cranwell
Selway Live Stock
Anna. Vogelius
Charles Vogelius
John R. Porter
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Miss Benham
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