Pioneers Built the Empire From Frontier Roots
The article recalls Augustus F. Gracier and the early pioneers who shaped Montana. It notes the Vigilance Committee, the first ditch to Bannack for mining water, and early dredging boats on the Grasshopper. It contrasts frontier camps with modern Dillon and Beaverhead Valley towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus F. Gracier
Bannack
United States
Grasshopper
Virginia City
Citizen's Court
Vivilante
Toone Helm
Jack Gilugher
Prank Parish
Haves
Leon Gearee Lane
Tue
Notori al Perndo
Martes
Waebbout
Plummer
the Ness Or
Crinel
Vite
Dillon
Beaverhead Valley
Salt Lake
Argenta
Glendale
Lima
Wisdom
Jackson
Armatead
Crant
The World's Most Protected People
Washington figures show Americans lead per capita in life insurance, far ahead of Britain. The piece argues protection of the family boosts national production and confidence, urges prudent saving, and defends insurance as a cornerstone of American life. It condemns fear and excessive regulation, and ends with a satirical note on public discourse and a grim joke about kissing with a respirator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Britain
United States
Mediaerifa
America
State to invest in college library and gym expansion
Helena reports the state will spend 555000 next year on a new library for Normal College and a gym for the School of Mines. Miles City notes the Ab sarokee Florence crew resumes after a month shutdown. Fred Mailey drove from Blaine to visit the city on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
School of Mines
Miles City
Florence
Fred Mailey
Our City
Blaine
Foley Cathartic Tablets Advertised for Constipation Relief
A druggist Potts promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as easy pleasant and effective for constipation. A testimonial from Miss Mildred M Keent of Bangor Maine claims severe constipation improved after use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred M. Keent
Essex St
Bangor
Maine
Potts
You Need Not Fail by Whit Hadley
The tale follows Walter L. Hodges rising from a fifty cent a day ranch hand in Indiana to a Los Angeles millionaire. After debt and disaster including fire and a flood, he rebuilt with an innovative belt system, secured bank support, and by May 1922 sold his stake for 1.1 million cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Hodges
Indiana
Los Angeles
Hodges
Western Corporation
Mutual pipeline carries 157,091 barrels to Winnett
October flow moved oil from Cat Creek to Winnett by pipeline. Plans include a new Basin to Helena road via Porphyry dyke and Rimini Browning. Notes cover wells, bank backing, and a planned Albert Refining pany refinery building with seven stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual
Cat Creek
Winnett
Basin
Helena
Porphyry Dyke
Rimini
Billings
Albert Refining Coin
Pany
Oil strike reported at Dry Forks well north of Conrad
Kalispell reports tentative 1923 Flathead farm bureau meet set for December 27 and 28. Shelby notes accelerated development on the west side as the Campbell-Stewart well in section 25 35 3 comes in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad
Here
Kalispell
Flathead Farm Bureau
Shelby
Campbell-Stewart
Hubert Burley Visited City From Jackson This Week
Hubert Burley of Jackson spent the fore part of this week in our city visiting friends and taking in local sights before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Burley
Jackson
Our City
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Walt Whitman
Ed the Frontier
Buck Stinson
Ned Ray
Vionest
Eb Lacy
Tichien
Foley
Whit Hadley
Browning
Montana
Three Forks
New Labor National
Trainman Brotherhood Organization
Irvine Flats
Tey
Ceorce Bard McCutcheon
Meap & Cudany
Quill’s Window
McCutcheon
Lafayette
Weaplains
THE
Dillon Tribune
Wallace
Magnus
Magnus Johnson
Minnesota
Sec’y of Agriculture
Sec’y
Dillon Tribun
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