Fort Custer raid and early western mining notes
Forty years ago a Fort Custer special reports Piegans raiding a Crow horse band and taking them north while a pursuit troop is ordered. Dyes creek gold strikes draw miners. Leonard Eliel heads to Chicago for dry goods stock. A new moonlight-night slipper is found near town. Thirty years ago Andrew LaMarsh, Hudson Bay veteran, dies at Glendale. Harry Gilbert joins State Bank of Dillon from Fyhrie Grocery. Loren Jones returns with photographs of eastern automobile snapshots. Twenty years ago a Tribune note continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Fort Custer
Leonard Eliel
Chicago
Dyes Creek
Andrew LaMarsh
Glendale
LaMarsh
Hudson Bay Company
Harry Gilbert
Fyhrie Grocery Company
State Bank of
Dillon
Loren Jones
Box of Quick Silver Tied to Move Sparks Court Action
A three by two foot box containing 250 to 300 pounds of quicksilver was hoisted into a dray truck at the Andrus hotel amid light crowd curiosity. The rest of the notes cover a marriage in Dillon, a motor trip by local men, rain hampering the county fair, the Merry Widow hat trend, and a saloon owner stabbed during a disturbance, with severe abdominal wounds and hospital transfer to Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrus Hotel
Dillon
W. H. Kohl
Kohl
Butte
Bull on P and O road disrupts night traffic
A large bull charged a car on the P and O road at night, lowering its head and horns in a dramatic display. The driver accelerated to safety as the animal blocked the road, later seen in the road center tail lashing while lights disappeared. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett Hospital
Dexter Mine Not Leased and Bonded, Cont Divide Claims
W S Pyle of Continental Divide Mines corrects Beaverhead county reporting on the Dexter mine. The property, now owned by Continental Divide Mines Co, is being developed to reopen mining with new equipment arriving soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Continental Divide “Mines ‘Company
Argenta
Montana
Dillon Daily Messenger
Dillon
W. J. Cushing
Pyle
Dexter
Continental Divide Mines Company
Dillon Corporation
Galena
Dexter Discovery
Ralph Tattersall
Permits Required for Entering Montana and Idaho Forests
Proclamations bar entry without permits in the St Joe and Clearwater forests of Idaho and the Jefferson forest in Montana amid severe fire danger. Major Evan W Kelley urges caution as fires rise, noting restricted areas and new patrols to enforce permits. Permits are issued by local forest officers with strict conditions for campfires and conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joe and
Clearwater National Forests
Idaho
Jefferson National Forest
Montana
Evan W. Kelley
Missoula
Kelley
Major Kelley
Forest Service
Hay crop at Garr Ranch creates heavy cuts in Dell
The Alva Garr ranch at Dell reports one of the heaviest hay crops in years with an excellent first alfalfa cut and a rapid second cut progressing. He credits late fall irrigation and thorough soaking of the ground for the strong growth as warm weather arrived and spring was favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Garr
Dell
Thunder Crash Shatters Tree Near Burfiend Home
A dawn thunderbolt split a tree near Mrs. Henry Burfiend's residence, scattering bark splinters fifty feet and leaving a long ground scar. None inside felt the shock, but nearby radio sets picked up the noise from the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Burfiend
Burfield
Birthday Party for Betty Bates in town visit
Mrs. Homer Harrison hosted a Saturday birthday party for Miss Betty Bates of Gary Indiana visiting here. Betty Bates daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Bates celebrated her seventh birthday with local friends and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Kuhns
L. H. Rumbaugh
Redlands
Calif
Homer Harrison
Betty Bates
Gary
Indiana
Miss Bates
Walter Bates
Reward Offered for Illegal Bounty Collectors Arrest
One hundred dollars reward to any individual not a regular officer of the law for the arrest and conviction of anyone collecting bounty illegally. Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Assn. Ad 11-4m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Assn
Notice of Private Sale of Beaverhead Real Estate
Gladys Burfiend administratrix announces a private sale of decedent Henry C. Burfiend's real property in Dillon Montana. The parcel fronts Washington Street and Reeder Street with a 145 by 65 foot footprint and is available for bids after August 31 1929. Bids may be filed at John Collins law offices in Dillon Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Beaverhead
Henry C. Burfiend
Washington Street
Reeder Street
Dillon
John Collins
Gladys Burfiend
Notice for Adelrne Blanchard claim near Great Falls Montana
Adelrne Blanchard of Jackson Montana filed intent to prove up a homestead claim under the 1916 act on land in sections 26 and 27 township 65 range 15 W Montana Meridian. Final proof before Fred Rife Dillon Sept 19 1929 with witnesses Michael E Carroll Harry G Davis William M Hermann and William P Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U. 5S
Great Falls
Montana
Adelrne Blanchard
Jackson
Township
Meridian
Fred Rife
District Court
Dillon
Michael E. Carroll
Harry G. Davis
Wiliam M. Hermann
Dillion
William P. Carroll
M. O. Eeboweg Gister
Land office notices authorize final proof and public sale
Howard C. Wilson of Belleville Michigan plans final proof for land in Montana. Public Land Sale announced for September 10 1929 at Great Falls MT offering E4NW45 Section 35 Township 9 South Range West P M with minimum bid 2 50 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department OF the Interior . S. Land Office
Great Falls
Montana
Commissioner of the
General Land Office
Thomas C. Sweet
Dillon
Township 9 South
P. M
Land Office Notice of Intent on Homestead Claim
Clarence Koenig of Armstead Montana filed notice of intent to prove up a homestead claim on lands described as NIS SW 14 Section 14 NW4 SE 4 and others in Township 18 South Range 12 West Montana Meridian. The proceeding before Fred Rife in Dillon is set for September 5 1929 with witnesses James B Jensen John D Hildreth Emphrey W Hildreth and Edgar B Stife of Armstead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Montana
Clarence Koenig
Helena
Waney
Semnwik
Swynex
Range
Montana Meridian
Fred Rife
Dillon
James B. Jensen
John D. Hildreth
Emphrey W. Hildreth
Edgar B. Stife
Armatead
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Saeed
Tribune
Hercules
George Opp
Harvey D. Bradley
Blackfoot
Margaret Murat
F. M. Poindexter
Tom Scott
Frank Bulger
West Coast
Bull
P &O
By Terry Gilkison
Pinky
Dugan
Geo. M. Gosman
Potts
Adv
Clearwater
Orogrande Road
Orogrande Creek
Cash Creek
Orogrande Bridge
Bungalow Station
National Forest
National
Garr Ranch
U. S. Land Office
Howard C. Wilson
Belleville
Michigan
Range 12
Clara C. Krebs
Wayne County
Lillian A. Rogers
Huldah Blassey
B. R. Spriggs
Leonard Cole
Henry Cole
Great Western Development Company
Suger Loaf
United States
Marguerite
Great Western: Development Company
L. E. Smack
Henry Hutchins
Sugar Loaf
Great Western Development Company, A Corporation
Annabel Desmond
Phillips
R. D. Curry
F. H. Bimrose
Geo. M. Gosiman
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