Jury Term Ends In District Court In Idaho Territory
Judge Poindexter dismissed the term of the fifth judicial district jury last Saturday night. A verdict awarded Robert Jaggers $500 against The Chicago Montana Gold Mining Company for back wages from 1906 to 1912. The court also heard Walter Johnson reform school case and granted parole with monthly school reports. A divorce between L. M. and Mary Fessenden was finalized, and stenographer salaries and travel allowances for Beaverhead Madison and Jefferson counties were set.
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Poindexter
District Court
Fifth Judicial District
Robert Jaggers
Chicago
Montana Gold Mining Company
Jaggers
Robison & Gilbert
Norris, Hurd & Smith
Walker
Walter Johnson
Reform School
Lima
E. N. Evans
Evans
Johnson
Walter
A. F. Waldorf
J. M. Johnson
Glens Ferry
Idaho
L. M. Fessenden
Mary Fessenden
W. T. Scully
Twin Bridges
Beaverhead
Madison
Jefferson County
Beaverhead County
Madison County
Jefferson
Boulder
Virginia City
Virginia
Dillon
Mild Winter Grips Dillon With Unseasonably Warm Weather
Dillon reports the mildest winter since 1878 with only 1.01 inches of snow and 0.12 inches of precipitation for the month. Temperatures average 43.05 degrees as residents work in shirtsleeves and sprinklers combat dust. Farmers worry over forthcoming crops while some call for a traditional snowstorm to restore air and health.
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Dillon
J. F E. Monroe
O. C. Gosman
Big Hole
California
Montana
Largest Beaverhead wheat shipment sails to Pacific markets
Dillon Implement company shipped eleven carloads of dry land Turkey Red wheat to Ayres Mercantile of Denver. Six men loaded the freight this week, two cars held over from last year. Price set at $1.25 per hundredweight, below what the firm paid earlier in the season. The shipment represents the largest crop portion for the area this season.
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Beaverhead County
Dillon Implement Company
Ayres Mercantile Company
Denver
Colorado
Pacific Coast
Big Money for Beets in Billings Sugar Season
The Billings sugar beet season closed with the big mill shut for overhaul. Beets delivered totaled about 240000 tons, up from 200000 last year. Growers earned roughly 1360000 dollars, about 60000 more than 1912, with 1050 growers on 25000 acres versus 900 and 20000 previously.
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Billings
W. E. Neiler
Wisdom State Bank Incorporation Filed in Wisdom Montana
Articles filed with the county clerk disclose Wisdom State Bank is chartered for forty years with five directors led by W G Conrad and C E Miller. Capital stock $50,000, 500 shares, fully subscribed, with plans to expand. The bank aims to operate soon and bolster local finance, with comments noting regional circulation benefits.
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Wisdom State Bank
Wisdom
Montana
W. G. Conrad
Helena
Jacob Mills
William L. Holloway
Charles W
Francis
Charles E. Miller
Big Hole Basin
Montana Life Insurance Company
Conrad Banking Company
Great Falls
Conrad National Bank of
Kalispell
First State Bank of
Livingston
Pend O' Reille State Bank
Conrad
J. Henry Longmaid
WL. Holloway
Dan Boyle
Paris B. Bartley
Sherman $. Cook
Jj. L
Beaverhead Elevator Builder Plans Bond's Spur Plant
L Buege, owner of the Beaverhead Elevator, is constructing an elevator at Bonds Spur on the Oregon Short Line and eyeing an additional unit at Dell. He moved building materials from Beaverhead to Bonds Spur this week, ordered lumber from Minneapolis, and plans a larger facility with two warehouses. He also considers a $10000 alfalfa mill at Bonds Spur and intends to run a grain business in Dillon.
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L. Buege
Beaverhead
Bond’s
Dell
Buege
Bonds Spur
Minneapolis
Dillon
Bond's Spur
Tam
Dillion
Aoyredd
Plentywood
Montana
Minnesota
Ahr. Buege
C. E. Brooks
Oregon
Party Heads to Whitehall on Live Stock Mission
Boss Emerick Terrence Flynn and R E Foster formed a party and drove to Whitehall last Tuesday to handle live stock business.
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Boss Emerick
Terrence Flynn
R. E. Foster
Whitehall
Dillon's Annual Horse Sale In Beaverhead County
A Dillon meeting formed the Dillon Horse Sale Company to run at least two yearly sales with 1600 head of horses slated for February 19 and 20 at the stockyards. The Reynolds ranch estate will sell to the highest bidder pending court approval. Ladua Sanders and Anderson Ave will provide additional horses plus various listed sellers including Chas A Smith and Ditty brothers.
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Dillon Horse Sale Company
Beaverhead County
George FE. Ditty
Ditty
Reynolds Ranch
Della T. Reynolds
District Court
Dillon
Ladua & Sanders
Anderson Byocere Ave
Tax Sale At Court House Delinquent Property Sold
Beaverhead County held a public auction at the court house led by County Treasurer Fred Rife. Seven parcels sold to outside buyers while the county bought in some properties. Pearl I Smith bought three parcels, A L Stone one, M D Jardine one, and George Botts two mining parcels. The delinquent tax list was the smallest ever, reflecting Rife and assistants’ efforts to inform taxpayers and reduce arrears amid hard times.
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Court House
Fred Rife
Pearl I. Smith
A. L. Stone
M. D. Jardine
Jackson
George Botts
Rife
Beaverhead County
Double Killing at Pompeys Pillar Over Stolen Cedar Posts
A Monday night gunfight at Pompeys Pillar Yellowstone county left Ed Williams wounded and Ed Williams mortally shot by Gately after FEEE fired the first shot over cedar posts said stolen from Crow reservation land. Gately died minutes later.
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Billings
Pompeys Pillar
Yellowstone County
Feee
Ed Williams
Ed Lee
Wiliams
Gately
Williams
Sheriff Moses Shot Dead in Rosebud County
Sheriff Moses of Rosebud county was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon by former deputy J. H. Burgess at Rosebud village. Moses had gone to arrest Burgess for a misdemeanor. a crowd formed that night and considered lynching Burgess but dispersed without action.
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Forsyth
Moses
Rosebud County
J. H. Burgess
Rosebud
Burgess
National Forest Receipts and Road Projects Highlight Montana Idaho
The Secretary of Agriculture reports total net receipts of 2 301 020 85 with 586 506 70 returned to states for schools and roads under the 25 percent clause. In Montana receipts total 260 052 60 with 64 208 15 for local school and road use and 26 095 26 for wagon road construction. Idaho's total 412 655 01 includes 70 163 80 for schools and roads and 31 265 56 for road construction. The Bitterroot Big Hole road and Troy Libby interstate segment progress, with county Forest Service cooperation, aim to improve western park to park and regional transport ahead of snow. Plans to complete wagon roads from Columbia Falls to Upper North Fork of the Flathead and Swan Lake east shore developments are advancing with multi-year investments and local county support.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Montana
Forest Service
Idaho
Missoula
Bitterroot
Ravalli
Troy
Libby
Kalispell
Thy Loon Lake
Fisher River
Libby Creek
Kootenai River
Kootenai
Columbia Falls
Upper North Fork
Flathead River
Flathead County
Swan Lake
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County
Chas. Phillips
The
Dillon Implement Co
Caesar
New York
Wisdom State Bank IS Incorporated
Butte
National Forest
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