Oil Men Active in Beaverhead
Oil field expansion near Dillon draws Western operators to Beaverhead county with three drilling outfits already in play National Oil Company Beaverhead Bitter Root Oil & Gas Beaverhead Alberta Oil Company and Dillon Oil Company plan further development Prominent geologists call the field among the best with shale tests on Black Butte Red Rock claims near Dell showing paraffin base oil Aerial and ground access via rail and roads facilitates rapid testing. analysts forecast two months of significant activity and potential profitable yields around fifteen barrels per day per producing well
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Dillon
Beaverhead County
Chapman & Stahl
Beaverhead
National Oil Company
Beaverhead- Bitter-Root Oil & Gas Company
Beaverhead-Alberta Oil Company
Dillon Oil Company of
Butte
Ainslie Group
Red, Rock and Black Butte
Black Butte
Red Rock
Dell
Montana
Little Sheep Creek
Smallhorn
U S May Sever Ties Over German Unrestricted Submarine War
Germany declares it will wage unrestricted submarine warfare from February 1 in defined zones. The move aims to starve England into submission and threatens to push the United States toward severing diplomatic relations with Germany.
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Germany
England
United States
One-Armed Man Captured in Utah Loot Case
Deputy U S Marshal Moore arrested J R Bevard, the one armed suspect in Junction Utah loot of several hundred dollars in merchandise. Bevard and his wife rode a box car to Dell during a bitter winter night. she froze both feet and will be returned to Utah when possible.
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United States
Moore
J. R. Bevard
Junction
Utah
Berard
Dell
Fred Huber Heads to Chicago and Eastern Cities
Fred Huber departed Wednesday afternoon for Chicago and other eastern cities, according to a brief travel notice. He is expected to return in the near future.
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Fred Huber
Chicago
Electrification scheme drives Dillon camp tender to insanity
Jack Calkins once camp tender in Sheep Creek basin was ruled insane by an insanity commission after detailing a plan to electrify Beaverhead Valley. He proposed a billion horsepower plant at Dell using Sheep Creek’s waters to power a valley wide grid and a palatial hotel in Dillon, claiming wealth partners would back the project. He will be taken to Warm Springs in custody by Deputy Sheriff Mooney.
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Jack Calkins
Sheep- Creek
Beaverhead Valley
Sheep Creek
Calkins
Dell
Dillon
Butte
Mooney
Warm Springs
Miss Summers Adjudged Insane and Committed to Warm Springs
Miss Mary E. Summers was yesterday judged insane by an insanity commission caused by a long nervous breakdown. She was taken today to Warm Springs where she will receive treatment.
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Mary E. Summers
Warm Springs
Finlander Nabbed Near Bannack in Odd Interlude
Wednesday evening officers on a Bannack trip detained a man who identified as Roxy Krawata of Finland. His mind is blank and doctors will examine him today for clarification.
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Bannack
Roxy Krawata
Montana considers codifying state game laws for pamphlet reference
Helena Jan 30 A bill to codify the states fish and game laws and print them as a pamphlet is introduced by Sen J B Griese chair of the senate fish and game committee. The measure consolidates laws from the 1907 codes and later sessions with proposed changes affecting deer duck bear beaver and licensing fees. The bill is supported by the Montana Fish and Game Commission and sportsmen groups with hearings by the senate fish and game committee and input from game wardens and lawmakers.
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Helena
J. B. Griese
Senate Fish and Game Committee
Montana Fish and Game Commission
Fish and Game
Montana Fish and Games Commission
Fish and Game Committees
Goose
C. B. Roberts
Dan Slayton
A. J. Brower
Missoula
Fred Whiteside
Dan Healey
Bannack man sentenced after beating wife in mining camp
Fred Osborn Jof Bannack was arrested last Saturday in the mining camp for a severe drunken beating of his wife. He was brought to the city, tried, and sentenced to serve 900 days.
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Fred
Osborn
Jof “Bannack
Primary Law Introduced by Sen George McCone
Helena January 30 Senator George McCone of Dawson county introduced in the state senate a bill to replace the direct primary with a joint primary and convention system Delegates and committeemen would be named at the general election and nominations made in a convention of delegates The bill aims to reduce expenses and retain people’s choice of officers by holding primaries only to elect delegates and precinct committeemen every two years concurrently with the general election
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Helena
George McCone
Dawson County
State
Senate
McCone
Republicans For Brower Bill In Senate Push
Helena January 30 Republicans in the state senate back the Brewer bill to shift weights and measures duties from deputies to county auditors and clerks in larger counties, signaling economizing while detailing past enforcement results across districts. Senator Brower urged the measure with figures showing few illegal weights or measures found in recent years.
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Helena
State Senate
Senate
Judiciary Committee
C. T. Stewart
Brower
Department of Weights and Measures
Deer Lodge
Powell
Chouteau
Téeton
Toole
Former Beaverhead Man Killed by Hungry Wolves
A search party at Gold Hill Oregon found the skeleton of a man near three wolf carcasses and an empty gun. The remains are believed to be Jack Hammersley, a longtime government hunter known in the Big Hole and Grasshopper regions. The scene suggests a fierce fight with wolves in the mountains, and authorities will attempt to confirm the identify.
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Montag
Gold Hill
Oregon
Jack Hammersley
Jack Hammersly
Hammersley
Big Hole
Grasshopper
Children Deserted Reported. Four Fostered by State
Deputy Sheriff Dan Mooney took the four deserted Sharkey children to the State Orphans' Home at Twin Bridges. The case, investigated by County Attorney Gilbert, reveals a sordid tale of four tots aged from one to seven left with their elderly grandmother near Grant after the father abandoned the family near Thanksgiving. The mother went to Butte seeking work but cannot be located.
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Dan Mooney
Barney Sharkey
Twin Bridges
Gilbert
Grant
Butte
Harris duo paid fine and left for Idaho
J. R. Harris and his son Leon, frequent defendants in the local justice court this month, paid the last fine yesterday and departed for Idaho, ending a series of police advisories.
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J. R. Harris
Leon
Justice Court
Idaho
All But Two Eighth Graders Enter High School
Fifteen eighth grade graduates started high school Monday morning with thirteen remaining in district. Two students from other districts joined the group, boosting numbers for the new school year.
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Theigh School
Beav erhead County Lands Draw Wide Interest
Many inquiries reach the Dillon Commercial club about vacant land and climate as homestead seekers from North Dakota Minnesota and South Dakota plan visits to Beaverhead county. Letters from QO E Clayburg Hannah ND and others request maps climate water quality and land details as they consider locating for farming cattle or sheep husbandry.
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Commercial Club
Beaverhead County
W. ‘T. George
Club
QO. E. Clayburg
Hannah
Schlacks
Grand Island
Neb
Wm. C. Taylor
Sparrow's Pt
Mill Shoals
Titionis
A. F. Cathcart
Ernest G. Gross
St. Croix County
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
J. Thompson
Rhamen, N. D
S. M. Dryland
Big Sandy
Dillon
E. A. Boyce
Yoakum
Texas
Beaverhead
B. E. Moore
Seattle
Washington
Edward E. Gregory, Jr
Waterville
Minnesota
R. A. Sterling
Gardner
North Dakota
C. E. Killness
P. J. Tanning
Minneapolis
J. E. Sperry
Clinton
J. T. Oren
Bejon
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