Beaverhead County News from The Tribune’s Busy Writers
Regular reports from Beaverhead, Wisdom, Argenta and Bannack detail small town events. Movements include beef sales, ore shipments, stage changes, dances lasting to dawn, and local trade as crews plan for spring work. notable mentions include marriages, mine activity, and shipping updates for the region.
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The
Tribune
Wisdom
W. W. Francis
Butte
Dillon
F Francis
Armitage
Phiz
C. R. Brown
Emma Fox
Gibbonaville
Losal & Francis
Bannack
Birch Creek
Rena
John Tessier
Bessette
Argenta
John Shafer
California
George French
Joe Malhoit
Barding
the Springs
Blue Wing
Senate and House Debates Mark Montana Reform Efforts
In Helena on February 9 to 11 1897 the legislature debated the eight hour bill for smelters and a woman suffrage measure amid crowded floors. Committees reported on taxes mileage and public lands while bills on liquor credit and salaries for state officers faced fierce scrutiny and party line votes.
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Helena
Senate
Hannah
Hill
Missoula
Equal Rights
Ramsey
Gallatin
Ella Knowles-Hankell
Miss Lauder
O'Malley
Committee On Federal Affairs
Judiciary Committee
Ramedell
Ways and Means Committee
House
Committee On
Crow Reserve
Yellowstone County
Fergus
Board of Real Estate
Hoffman
Gilna
Caldwell
Wamsley
Langhorne
State Board of Prison
Commmis
Wholesale produce price list from ongoing press
Continued on Page Fight shows wholesale prices for butter at 20 to 25 cents per pound, Biggs at 20 to 25, potatoes 40 to 50 cents per bushel, wheat 100 to 125, oats 70 to 85, Timothy hay 10.00 to 10.60, blue joint baled 8.00 to 8.50, wild hay 5.00 to 6.50, alfalfa 4.00 to 5.00.
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O. E. Morse
Undertaker
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the Tribune
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Elijah Ames
Kissick Bros
Bert Williams
Red Rock Valley
J. O. Merlin
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Fred Tanchman
Kissick Canyon
Ephraim Peterson
Mr. Ripley
Bess
Big Hole Basin
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Chas, Pinkerton
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Red Rock
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George Tash
Dick Haines
Mike Penaluna
Jim Jones
Jno. Morrison
Jno. Meade
Dave Williams
L. A. Brown
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Ingersoll
Nellie Jaggers
Robert Jaggers
Tom Ellis
H. J. Reiling
McDonald
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Chicago
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Ike Boyer
Valentine
Postmaster Jackson
Dave Gibson
Bald Mountain
Tate Taylor
Wm. Moore
Idaho
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Sheridan
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Marshal Harrison
Chas. Lipe
Frank Davis
Lemhi
Randle Paddock
Ray Tash
Clyde Allison
John Clark
Lemhi Junction
T. B. Craver
Horse Prairie
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Reform School
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Senate Finance
House Appropriation Committee
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