Mining at Bannack Montana Promises Wealthy Yields
Special correspondence notes Hay harvest at Horse Prairie with Pat Conners finishing 180 tons and Tash Linkersdorfer stacking over 600 tons. Excelsior mine continues rich ore. Polski mine shows tunnel and old workings with 30-oz ore. Dredges, grants, and many visitors prolong activity as local merchants and hotels stay busy.
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The
Tribune
Bannack
Montana
Pat Conners
Prairie Ranch
Tash & Linkersdorfer
Excelsior
Polski
A. F. Graeter
F. L. Graves
Grasshopper
Messia
Champlin & McDonald
Butte
A. H. Odell
Los Angeles
California
Meade
A. F. Wright
Gibson and
Rothchild
Bald Mountain
X.J Benois
W. Tate Taylor
Frank Price
Salmon City
Idaho
R. W. Christian
St. Paul
al Fancher
Glendale
Gibson
Jackson
Big Hole
Nelson & Hart
F. W. Vogler
Almer Barrett
Tom Barrett
Messrs Q Champlin
Arizona
Nevada
Judge Obas
Retallack
Frank Schwartz
Dillon
Martin
Horee Prairie
Thomas Clement
Big Hole Basin
Ghsa Lloyd
John March
L. A. Brown
Social Events and Notables in Rochester Montana Tonight
Social dancer hosts Friday gathering in Rochester as Will Wade from Dillon returns to greet friends. Visitors include Mat Palmer of Rochester, N Y nephew of Joe J Appel, and Mrs Joe Pritchard visiting Shelby Idaho mother ill. Others Traveling: Mrs Eri O Lewis and son Karl, Mrs Thomas Garrison and Mrs Paire from Melrose, Miss Lillian Hall visiting grandmother near Twin Bridges. Oscar Wills of Melrose, and Dr and Mrs Wilson from Twin Bridges.
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Rochster
Montana
Will Wade
Dillon
Mat Palmer
Rochester
N. Y
Joe J. Appel
Joe Pritchard
Shelby
Idaho
Pritchard
R. M. Co
Eri
Lewis
Karl
Thomas Garrison
Paire
Melrose
Lillian Hall
Richman
Iwin Bridges
Jas. Covell
Whitehall
Zieglar
Oscar Wills
Mrs. Wilson
Twin Bridges
Two Young People Set Sail on Matrimonial Sea
In Pagriiuto Montana on August 13 1902 Miss J E H Dowden of the Montana Children's Home society visited RB Page. Mr and Mrs A J Wilcomb visited in Twin Bridges and Miss Madie Rife hosted in Dillon. Tracy Bushnell and Miss Jessie Wattera traveled to Dillon and will wed soon. Invitations are issued for a reception by Mr and Mrs R W Page on Thursday evening.
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Pagriiuto
Montana
Montana Children’s Home Society
RB. W. Page
Mra
W. T. Taylor
Dillon
C. L. Utley
van Oredel
Miss Burtch
Bear Gulch
A. J. Wilcomb
Twin Bridges
Mrs. Wilcomb
Madie Rife of
Mra. van Oredel
Tracy Bushnell
Jessie Wattera
Willis Montana Society News Aug 18 1902
Willis Montana reports visits from Mr and Mrs Richard Abdera of Butte and Mr and Mrs Robert Joy from Dillon. Theron Moran of Birch Creek in the area. Peddlers common. A baby boy born Saturday the 9th to Mr and Mrs Kambich. Mrs H Cannon and children of Butte guests of Mrs Jacob Hartwig. Berry gathering parties visit creeks on Sundays.
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The
Tribune
Willis
Montana
Richard Abdera
Butte
Robert Joy
Dillon
Theron Moran
Birch Creek
Kambich
Excursion Party Visits Mountain Area
Redrock Montana reports an excursion party riding to the mountains with Professor Tyree visiting for a few days. John Ward returned to Dillon after a brief Redrock sojourn and Mrs P Ward and Miss Florence were guesting with Bedrock friends this week.
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the Tribune
Redrock
Montana
Tyree
John Ward
Dillon
P. Ward
Florence
Bedrock
Robbers at Work Hit Dart Hardware and Smart's Tailor
Sunday night burglaries targeted Dart Hardware Co and a nearby tailor shop Smart & Brown. Five revolvers were stolen from the hardware store after smashing the front door window. four suits and three bolts of cloth were taken from the tailor shop. Two suspects captured later that week near Freely station were identified as Jack and Bill O'Brien, brothers from Denver.
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Dart Hardware
Smart’s
Dart Hardware Co
Atore
Richardson & Harrington
Wm. Knapp
Smart & Brown
Pat Phillips
Fred Oliver
Butte
Silver Bow County
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Freely Station
Silver Bow
Phillips
Dan Quinn
Jack
Bill O’brien
Denver
Young suspects with 44 calibre pistol steal from shop
The youths, one barely 18, were found with a vintage 44 calibre revolver. Smart & Brown identified the stolen goods as taken from their shop, noting a vest and three bolts of cloth were missing.
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Smart & Brown
Progress in Irrigation in Montana and the United States
The Twelfth Census report shows irrigation growth through 1899 with 108,218 irrigators nationwide and 7.64 million acres irrigated. In Montana irrigators rose 117 percent and irrigated land 171.8 percent, to 951,154 acres, as ditches total 6,812 miles. The report notes values, costs, and crop mixes, and calls for 1902 irrigation data.
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Washington, D.C
Division of Agriculture
United States
Montana
Congress
Department of the Interior
South Omaha Market Report Shows Feeder Demand Rising
The South Omaha market notes growing cattle receipts and strong prices for feeders and range beef while cows weaken 250 to 40 cents lower. Feeder and stocker steers remain in demand with solid values from 4.75 to 8.50 per hundredweight and fat cows 3.00 to 4.00. Sheep market declines pause as fat lambs and yearlings hold firm. hogs weaken with light receipts and range 7.16 to 7.50. Dr. O M Eddy relocates his dental office to Reinhardt building near the Telephone exchange.
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Nye & Buchanan Co
South Omaha
0. M. Eddy
L. J. Price
Reinhardt
Telephone Exchange
Elected Principal G M Marsh Chosen for District Ten
The School District No 10 board Saturday accepted Prof F L Lewis resignation and elected G M Marsh as principal at 1200 dollars yearly. Marsh, a Dillon resident and Normal School graduate, is an experienced teacher with noted success. Lewis will pursue medical studies in Columbus Ohio entering a four year program.
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F. L. Lewis
G. M. Marsh
Marsh
Dillon
Lewis
Columbus
Ohio
Medical University
Mrs York Killed In Montana State Accident
Mrs. E York died from injuries after a buggy accident near Dewey Montana on Friday. Authorities believe her horse bolted and dragged her body over the axle as the buggy glided to a fence. She was found still breathing, died soon after, and her remains were taken to Butte for burial. She leaves a large family of grown children.
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The
Tribune
Dewey
Mont
E. York
Big Hole Basin
Jas. Tucker
Squaw Creek
Butte
Conductor Brananberg Reports Burglary Enters Train
A midnight telephone alert from Conductor Brananberg of Limd prompted Dillon police to surveil arriving trains for thieves. Early Thursday four youths aboard a Melrose bound train were detained. one carried a stolen chain and another a watch. Undersheriff Phillips and Deputy Calloway detained the four, ages about 22 and 16 to 17, and returned them on the evening train.
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Dillon
Brananberg
Limd
Oliver
Melrose
Phillips
Calloway
Mining filings and community plans in Beaverhead district
Instruments filed include Quartz locations at Eldorado near Miner Creek and Atlantic lodes near Eldorado peak, Phoenix lodes, and Hall placers on Medicine Lodge. Water rights sought for Squaw Creek and Simpson Creek. A fall Old Timers reunion planning meeting is set for 3 PM at the courthouse with invitations sent and a county fair planned for August 24–25. A Beaverhead Democrats meeting updated precinct delegate rules for a 63-member convention. A quiet wedding occurred at the Presbyterian Manse on August 12, 1902 between Tracy Bushnell and Miss Zeesio Watters.
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Hamilton
Eldorado
Miner Creek
Henry L. Terrell
Eldorado Peak
O. A. Maynard
Phoenix
Phoenix Lode No
Wm. Tate
Taylor
Medicine Lodge
Hall Placers
Jas. Shearer
Burtha Shearer
Frying Pan Basin
W. H. Pine
Dillon
Sarah A. Lawrence
Squaw Creek
Desert
Géo. Conley Ala
Grant
Phoebe Crowell
Simpson Creek
Henry Estell
Thorge Live Stock Co
D. K
Court House
Graeter
The
Pioneer's Association
Beaverhead
A. B. Martin
Tracy Bushnell
Misa Zeesio Watters
Pageville
Montana
City Council Fixes Tax Levy and Orders 40 Block Sidewalks
The city council met Monday night and set the tax levy at four and a half mills. One mill funds the library, two mills street and alley work, and one and a half mills general purposes. They also ordered repairs and new walks on about 40 blocks.
Drowning of Emma Johns Near Glen While Fishing Trip
Miss Emma Johns, about twenty five, of El Paso Illinois, drowned while fording the Big Hole river near Willis during a camping and fishing trip with Charley Perry and Mr. and Mrs. Haining. Her body was recovered downstream after swift water washed her feet from under her. She had worked at Mrs. Anna Hart's millinery in Dillon and leaves several siblings including a sister in Argenta. The burial is planned locally or in Argenta per her father’s instructions.
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Dillon
Emma Johns
Big Hole
Willis
Miss Johns
Argenta
Charley Perry
Mrs. Haining
Birch Creek
Big Hole River
Mrs. Perry
Miss Johne
Wade
Haining
el Paso
Illinois
Charles Perry
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Bannack News
Fred Randolph
A. Brown
Blue Wing
Kohn
D. J. Pearson
Rochester News
Pageville News
Nial Sea
Willis News
Redrock News
Q. M. Marsh
Liprse
Central Committee of the Demoscrata
Gov. Toole
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