Pioneer Root of Bannack Seeks Strength After Loss
Frederick Root a Bannack and Aldergulch pioneer, 72, ill and weary after his wife died days earlier. He told of his life from 1862 overland to Bannack and Aldergulch, later ranch life near Grace, and his work in mining and commerce. The piece notes his hospitalization, family ties, and the growing parcels post system.
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Butte
Frederick Root
Bannack and
Aldergulch
C. H. Horst
Mr. Root
Root
Massachustets
Bannack
West
Grace
Sweet
Augustus, Sweet
Dixon
C. M. Part
Hamilton
Warm Springs Asylum
East Broadway
Evans heads to Arlee to discuss Flathead reclamation
Congressman elect John M. Evans left for Arlee to consult on the Flathead reclamation projects and water rental policy. A delegation met him there to discuss the situation and expect him to visit Camas to hear settlers' complaints about Interior Department rulings.
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Flathead
Missoula
Mont
John M. Evans
Arlee
Interior Department
Evans
Camas
Loans on Real Estate in Montana for 1911
Helena report shows money loaned on Montana real estate in the year ending June 30 1911 totaled 23 770 031. Chattel mortgage loans reached 22 187 389 with nearly 39 million paid in on lands. Notices in the house outline provisions for loaning public moneys and farm mortgages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and Industry
Montana
Madison County Wheat Beats Park County at Minneapolis Show
Winter wheat raised by E P Kellard of Madison outperformed Nash and Bridgeman of Park county in a flour test by the Minneapolis Milling Company. It weighed 214 pounds and narrowly outpointed the Park county exhibit though not entered in the contest. The milling firm said it would have won the grand prize of 5000 dollars. Citizens boast of the crop’s promise for settling vacant land.
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Twin’ Bridges
E. PF. .Kellard
Madison
Minneapolis
Messrs. Nash and Bridgeman
Park County
Dillon man predicts horses endure in rural markets
Charles A Morse Smith of Dillon says motor trucks cannot replace draft animals in rural districts. He plans a sale in Dition of 40 to 50 carloads, noting Canada is the largest buyer and that long winters favor horses and mules over trucks. He cites firm prices and limited supply for Canadian demand.
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Smith Butte
Dobbins
Charles A
Morse
Smith
Dillon
Butte
Montana
Canada
Mr. Smith
Butte Hotel
Orphans' Story Denied by Montana Board
A Los Angeles tale alleging a seven year old girl Evelyn Mitchell was sold to a traveling gypsy band by a Montana orphanage superintendent was ridiculed. The state executive board conducted a full records check at its regular meeting and found no entry for a female inmate named Mitchell.
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Twin Bridges
Los Angeles
Evelyn Mitchell
Montana
Mitchell
Important Homestead Decision In Eva Underwood Case
Eva J. Underwood versus Charles Snedecor drew wide interest as the case climbed from the local land office to the secretary of the interior. The ruling favored Underwood, holding that improvements cannot substitute for actual residence under the homestead law.
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Eva J. Underwood
Charles Snedecor
Land Office
General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Underwood
Parcels and Post Popular Launch of New Enterprises
Partial readable OCR notes reference launching new enterprises with frictions and awkwardness in the parcel and post sector. Details are unclear but indicate a public notice style item about business openings or policy changes affecting shipments.
Judge Law Opens First Term in Broadwater County Court
Judge Law opened his first term of district court for Broadwater county yesterday morning. Thomas Neill, a forty year pioneer with a fine ranch east of Townsend, says the county is in better condition and expects brighter times ahead. He notes science farming is becoming more common and is beneficial.
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Law
Townsend
Broadwater County
Thomas Neill
Neill
New Big Horn County Formed in Montana
A newly created Big Horn County appeared on the Montana map from parts of Rosebud and Yellowstone counties. Hardin serves as the county seat and only one set of county officers campaigned for election.
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Billings
Montana
Big Horn County
Rosebud
Yellowstone
Hardin
Wisconsin Buyer Leases Bonny Doon Ranch After Myers Estate
Bonny Doon Ranch in Twin Bridges, tied to the late rancher and writer Mrs. Cora B. Myers, has been leased to a Wisconsin man who will arrive soon to assume control. He plans to bring ten or fifteen associates seeking land.
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Bonny Doon Ranch
Cora B. Myers
Butte
Wisconsin
Germans Take By Hole Lands Twin Bridges
Several thrifty German farmers from South Dakota filed on homesteads on the Big Hole beach west of town. They have returned east and will come back in the spring to establish residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Big Hole
State Gamblers Fined In Butte County School Fund Case
Fourteen defendants pleaded guilty before Judge Dontan in Butte Silver Bow County to gambling violations. The case involved $2000 of gamblers money diverted to a local school fund. Most defendants were described as foreigners.
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Butte
Silver Bow
Dontan
Passing of the Montana Pioneers Dudley C Bass
Dudley C Bass a Montana pioneer and self styled father of horticulture in western Montana died January 5 at Stevensville likely from apoplexy. He was found dead near the barn after going there to feed horses. Born August 10 1842 in Clarendon Springs Vermont he moved west at 13 and later mined in Alder Gulch before settling in the Bitterroot valley with his brother William E Bass in agricultural ventures.
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D. C. Bass
Montana
Stevensville
W. E. Bass
Dudley C. Bass
William B. Bass
New York
Vermont
Clarendon Springs
Chicago
Jefferson City
Missouri
William E. Bass
Sedalia
Clinton
Plains
Alder Gulch
Bitterroot
Bass Brothers Pioneered Bitterroot Fruit and Rail Work
The Bass brothers, early fruit growers in the Bitterroot, built 225 miles of the Northern Pacific line east from Missoula and supplied ties for the Bitterroot branch. After selling Pine Grove ranch years ago, Mr Bass retired in Stevensville living in a now praised home.
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Stevensville
Pine Grove
Bass
Bass Brothers
Northern Pacific
Missoula
Bitterroot
Pioneer Sarah Jane Frederick Dead at Three Forks
Mrs Sarah Jane Frederick died at her Three Forks home on January 4 at age 73 years four months and 13 days She was born August 22 1839 in Belville Ontario and wed W A Frederick in 1859 He moved to Gallatin County in 1866 and she followed Their voyage from Ontario to Bozeman was arduous They had two sons Gilbert born 1875 who died four years later and Hiram Don remains the family’s last member.
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Sarah Jane Frederick
Gallatin County
Three Forks
Frederick
Gilbert
Hiram Don
Pioneer Cattleman Tom Dunn Dies in Fresno at last
Tom Dunn, a Northern Montana cattleman and early Sun River valley settler, died last Thursday in Fresno California. He and partner R S Ford drove early ranges into Montana from 1870 to 1886, helping found Great Falls area ranching and later sold to D A Flowerree. Dunn served as Fresno mayor and left five grown children.
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Tom Dunn
Fresno
California
Montana
Sun River Valley
R.S. Ford
Mr. Ford
Colorado
Dunn
Ford
Texas
D. A. G. Flowerree
Great Falls
Sun River
Sunriver
Chicago
Sun River Ranch
Mrs George Irwin Dies in Butte After 47 Years in Montana
The death of Mrs. George Irwin is announced in Butte. Born Mollie Irvine in Lexington Kentucky she joined a gold rush party in 1865 and later settled in Powell County. She lived mainly in Butte from 1881 and was known for kindness and pioneer spirit. Pallbearers listed.
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George Irwin
Irwin
Butte
Montana
Lexington
St. Joseph
West
Deer Lodge Valley
Pioneer Louisa Burton Dies At Bozeman After Long Illness
Mrs. Louisa Burton, a Montana pioneer who arrived in 1864, died at her Bozeman home after a long illness, aged nearly 75. Native of Missouri, she traveled to Pike's Peak in 1863 and crossed the plains, settling in Aldergulch in 1864 before moving to Gallatin valley. She was predeceased by her first husband Samuel King and survived by seven children including Wylie King of Rosebud County and Sam R. King.
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Louisa Burton
Montana
Bozeman
Missouri
Pike’s Peak
Plains
Aldergulch
Gallatin_valley
Samuel King
California
Wylie King
Rosebud County
Sam R. King
Funeral offer of simple burial in line with late Mrs King
Bozeman residents G A King R F King Mrs LeMillican and Mrs Cora King and Nona R King of Fairbanks Alaska recall the late Mrs Burton who requested no flowers no hearse and a plain burial. Her grave should bear a simple marble headstone with name and birth and death dates.
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G. A. King
R. F. King
LeMillican
Cora M. King
Bozeman
Nona R. King
Fairbanks
Alaska
Burton
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Boy’s pepper prank ends candy thieves career
A five and ten cent store hires a young boy who pledges to stop candy theft. He uncovers an unprotected counter and warns of fewer thieves. Staff discover cayenne pepper sprinkled on upper candy layers, leading to his ouster as a pepper shaker scene unfolds.
Mary Lyon Hall of Fame Pioneer in Women’s Education
Mary Lyon born Buckland Massachusetts Web 28 1797 died South Hadley March 3 1849. A teacher she proposed a seminary for girls and then Mount Holyoke Seminary where she led as founder and longtime head directing a plan to educate girls of moderate means through shared household tasks to keep study uninterrupted.
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Mary Lyon
Buckland
Mass
South Hadley
Mount Holyoke Seminary
Miss Lyon
Race of ancient Egyptians disputed in historical view
The piece argues ancient Egyptians were not negroes or Caucasians and suggests they may have been of Arabic stock or a blend with Arabic predominance. It notes uncertainty about their exact position in the human scale and references pyramid builders as possibly Arabic influenced.
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Pyramids
Old Forglen Judge’s Last Hours and Will Fulfilled
A Scottish judge died in 1727. Dr. Clerk attended him as he lay dying. The judge’s old servant David Reed hosted a wine gathering and declared the deceased wished every guest to drink, fulfilling the will of the dead as the party ended with all unable to bite their thumbs in laughter.
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Old Forglen
Clerk
David Reed
Coal Production in Montana and Washington in 1912
The Rocky Mountain districts report 1912 as fair for coal production with dull periods until September. Improved conditions followed due to crops and prosperity, though prices lagged 1911 levels. Montana miners attracted by high wages had ample labor, and car shortages were not severe. Hydro power growth reduced steam use while rising settlement and agriculture expanded domestic coal demand.
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Montana
Washington
Rocky’ Mountain
United States Geological Survey
Helena Assay Office Restored in Senate Bill
The senate appropriations committee reports the legislative bill restores the Helena assay office which the house committee struck out, allocating $16,400 for its operation.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Helena
House
Farm hand singer remembered in Atchison Globe
The Atchison Globe reflects on a lifelong singer known for a farming life, noting he worked long hours and sustained happiness through mindset rather than fame.
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Atchison Globe
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Ad
A medical ad urges quick use of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for a mean cold that risks bronchitis or pneumonia. It claims the medicine soothes inflamed air passages and stops the hoarse coughing with prompt, beneficial results.
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Foley
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