Superintendents Meeting Highlights State Session at Normal College
County superintendents gathered for their annual session at the Normal college with State Superintendent W. E. Harmon presiding. Attendees toured training schools, heard talks on school libraries, supervision, and summer school problems, and enjoyed a Beaverhead valley auto drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal College
W. E. Harmon
R. V. Ostrander
H. H. Swain
Helen Feeny
Sanders County
Olga Johnson
Powell County
L. Irvine
Granite County
Annie McAnelly
Cascade County
Mary Wilson
Custer County
Fay Alderson
Rosebud
Lizzie Barker
Broadwater
Harmon
Margaret Ross
Beaverhead County
Jessie’f. Evans
Park County
Daisy Blackstone
Chouteau
Maud Brown
Sweetgrass
Mamie Burt
Grace Graeter
Lucy Herrick
G. E. Finch
Phebe Williams
Mary L. Wilson
Lucile Dyas
J. E. Monroe
Beaverhead
May Trumper
Flathead County
Pearl Marshall
Missoula County
Lewis and Clark
Sarah E. Morse
Yellowstone
Templeton
Deer Lodge County
Griffin
Musselshell
Kelly
Dawson
Ida W. ‘Davis
Gallatin County
Madison County
Fanny Torreyson
Carbon
Belle Spohr
Meagher
Lima posse captures pair in Jap robbery case
Roy Grisscom was arrested by Under Sheriff Scully and Chief Sassman in Lima on charges tied to a Sunday night robbery of three Japanese. Grisscom and accomplice Griffin, both in their early twenties, lured the victims into a card game before grabbing $62 and fleeing. Griffin confessed, detailing the plan and the Missouri River forensics, while Grisscom aided in the search among Lima’s streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Grisscom
Scully
Sassman
Lima
Irwin
Grisscom
Doc
Erwin
H. E. Griffin
Griffin
Pocatello
Forest Ranger Meeting Planned For Madison and Beaverhead Forests
Forest Supervisor C W Hudson and Wm H McCoy of Sheridan met Beaverhead forest officers to plan a three day meet with Madison and Beaverhead rangers in this city. The dates are March 26 27 and 28 with a possible venue in the courthouse room. Topics and speakers to be assigned before discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Hudson
Wm. H. McCoy
Sheridan
Beaverhead Forest
Forest Rangers
Madison and Beaverhead Forests
Jury verdict in Montana condemnation case set at 4800 dollars
The second condemnation suit by Gilmore & Pittsburg railroad against Craig Cornell over a 2800 foot right of way, 100 feet wide, valued land at 600 to 1200 per acre, with damages estimated at 8750 and a final verdict of 4800 dollars awarded by a Dillon jury amid courtroom tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kent
J. L. McFayden
Claude H. Phillips
S. A. Langdorf
Dillon
Oscar Foreman
Herman Jackson
Jackson
Martin Fricks
Monroe W. Bucy
Monida
James M. Nye
Lakeview
H. D. Hildreth
Armstead
Fred Schulz
Wisdom
John Steger
Bannack
Gilmore & Pittsburg Railroad
Craig Cornell
District Court
Jos. C. Smith
T. H. Bacon
Cornell Land
Oregon
Bacon
Oregon Short Line
Ike Edinger
J. F. Bishop
Bourquin Named U S District Judge for Montana
President Taft sent to the Senate the nomination of George M. Bourquin to be United States district judge of Montana. The appointment was announced from Washington on February 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Senate
George M. Bourquin
United States
Montana
Well known Lawyer Bourquin Sketched by Butte Paper
The Butte Inter Mountain profiles Judge Bourquin, noting over twenty years as a prominent Montana attorney. Born in Pennsylvania, he moved to Montana in 1884, worked as a hoisting engineer, became receiver of the Helena land office under Harrison, then completed law study and began practice in Helena and Butte, elected district judge in 1904 and serving two terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte Inter Mountain
Bourquin
Pennsylvania
Butte
Helena Land
Harrison
Helena
Judge Bourquin a Leading Republican Figure in Montana
The article profiles Judge Bourquin as a longtime active leader of the Montana Republican Party. It notes his numerous state convention appearances, campaign support, and a notable speech at Missoula. It recalls his defense of judiciary praised by President Taft and highlights his tenure as Silver Bow district judge, his return to law with Kirk Bourquin Kirk, and his family of a wife and three sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Billings
Helena
Judge Bourquin
Taft
Bourquin
Silver Bow
Kirk, Bourquin & Kirk
John Kirk
Professors Campbell Farming Lecture Draws Crowd
Prof H W Campbell spoke on crop growing methods in this city on Wednesday, detailing experiments from Vermont to South Dakota. He traced lessons from fall plowing, soil moisture, and subsoil packing that yield larger crops, citing a 38 acre potato test contrasting old and new practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Campbell
South Dakota
Vermont
Campbell
Condemnation verdict sets price for Poin Dexter land
Gilmore and Pittsburg railway must pay 6930 for 6.3 acres of right of way and 1000 in damages after a late Friday night verdict. Jury reduced figures from commissioners 9655.25 land value and 3218.75 damages. Land runs south of the Union ditch to the railroad property near the brewery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmore & Pittsburg Railway Company
Poindexter & Orr
Union Ditch
Frank Hunsaker
Smith M. McKnight
Henry Fitter
Scenic Shows Draw Amateurs at Scenic Theater
Mabel Melvin won first prize at the Scenic theater last Friday night for amateurs singing Yankee Doodle Boy in national colors. Cox and Dodds placed second, Olla Eldridge third, Arthur Campbell fourth. Susie Robbins won the Monday night $3 prize. The program featured Lost in the Jungles with Katherine Williams of Butte, plus The Battle from Biograph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Melvin
Cox and Dodds
Olla Eldridge
Arthur Campbell
Susie Robbins
Hoffman
Katherine Williams
Butte
Florida
South Africa
Abe Lincoln
Biograph
Biograph Company
Moving Picture
February Water Wagon Sprinkles Dillon Streets
The unusual February sight of a water wagon sprinkles Dillon's business district to settle dust. Driver Lewis Wells notes the wagon was delayed by his absence in the country, while Mayor Olmsted explains it started after the local warm spell and chinook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Lewis Wells
Olmsted
Wells
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College Auditorium
South
W. A. Clark
Senator Clark
J. Ross Clark
T. F. Miller
Anna B. Clark
Osaka Kaisen Shaisha
Tacoma
Immigration Service
Carl Roisch
Campbell Farming
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