County Farm Improvements Suggested at Dillon Montana
A county inspection of Beaverhead County Farm near Dillon notes 160 acres of tillable land with well kept buildings and a pest house. It urges two upgrades a surgical ward with an operating room and proper lighting plus a sterilizer and supplies at an estimated cost under 200 dollars. The report highlights eight current inmates and a smallpox case, with female care provided separately.
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Montana
Beaverhead
Dillon
Neil Sharkey
Board of County Commissioners
Dewey
Washington Our Washington Song of Patriot Faith
Poetic tribute recalling the founding year and the enduring legacy of Washington. It speaks of his deeds at Valley Forge, prayerful resolve, divine aid, and the nation's enduring reverence as his mortal body rests on the Potomac shore. The piece imagines future generations praising his name.
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Washington
Potomac's
Montana Railroad Commission Bill Moves Forward
Helena week in review shows Senate expanding railroads committee to nine with Edwards leading push. Norris signs tax repeal and several bills advance while House handles routine business and Highway Commission debates linger.
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Helena
Senate
Committee On Railroads
Edwards
Fairbanks McLean
McDonnell
Everett
Norris
McCone
Montana
Haviland
Mutual
Donlan
State Water and Light Commission
Railroad
White
Railroad Commission
House
Tudor
Gray
Shaw
Weed
Toole Signs Bills as Legislators Press at Capitol
Governor Toole permits two bills to become law without his signature and backlogs at the state capitol show activity. The railway commission bill advances after committee and senate action while several measures clear third reading or await further steps.
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Railway Commission
Senate
Railroad Committee
Toole
Albright
Montana
House
Senator White
Committee On Appropriations
Sanders Memorial Association
Old Fort Benton
Railroad Commission
Republican Party
Yoder
Butte Pressmen Strike Triggers Publisher Wage Demands
The Butte pressmen strike for a $1 daily wage increase prompting four newspapers the Butte Evening News Butte Inter Mountain Butte Miner and Anaconda Standard to suspend publication. Publishers publish a detailed statement declaring proposed pre May 1906 wage scales and the terms for future resumption, and warn of unresolved demands by the typographical and stereotyper unions.
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Butte
Anaconda
Trisune
Pressmen’s Union of
Butte Evening News
Butte Inter Mountain
Butte Miner
Anaconda Starndad
Allied Printing Trades
Montana
Butte Typographical Union
Butte Pressmen's Union
Butte Stereotypers’ and Electrotypers’ Union
Pressmen’s Union
Typographical Union
Helena
Butte Inter-Mountain
Anaconda Standard
Northwest
W.L. Murphy
Railroad depot plans spark summer construction bid in city
A railroad insider says the Oregon Short Line intends to build a new depot this summer. Rumors point to siting on North Montana street across from the tracks due to possible quicksand near the old depot, where the former section houses stood.
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the Tribune
Oregon Short Line
Montana Street
Normal College Bill Passes Senate and House
The Normal college bill appropriating 81177 dollars for completing the new college wing has passed both the senate and house and awaits the governor's signature. Work on the building is expected to resume soon and be completed this year as much of the material is already on the ground.
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Normal College
Senate
House
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