Montana Legislature Debates Bills and Session News
The house moved on numerous senate bills including apportionment transfers, arson laws, and a humanities course for schools. Several bills were favorably reported, others read and referred, with new measures on county road supervision and dairy inspectors. Senate debated elections and public lands, while executive sessions delayed action on suffrage as the session continued.
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Senate
Hoffman
United States
Montana
Anderson
Donlon
State Normal School
Maddox
Crow Reservation
House
Miller
Boards of Appraisers
Wagg
Justice Courts
Johnson
Stapleton
Capitol
Judiciary Committee
Wimple
Committee On Public Lands
Committee On
House Joint Memorial
Congress
High School Department News and Student Activities
Senior editor Charlee Patrick and others lead student voices. The article notes class pins debate, bells alter pace between periods, social events hosted by Miss Emma Burfeind and Mrs Standaher, and shifts in grades from eighth to senior as exams begin. Botany class battles seed loss to mice prompting new measures.
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A. L. Rheam
Emma
Lottie MclIntosh
Name list of letters remaining at post office in Montana
A historical notice lists names of individuals with undelivered mail awaiting collection at the post office dated January 30 1903. The notice warns items will be sent to the dead letter office after 30 days if not claimed, with several names including Andrews Arthur Brous Frank D Brisco and others across multiple towns.
Minute Parts of a Watch Revealed in Exact Figures
The article lists astonishing watch component details. It notes 150,000 screws per pound of a type, a balance wheel pivot of two hundredths of an inch, jewel holes barely larger than pivots, and tiny weights for screws and jewels. It mentions hairspring size about four hundredths of an inch and nine hundredths of an inch long.
Saw Mill Men Active and Sheepmen Target Timber Wolves
Special correspondence notes S. E. McGee and Chas Calvert selling timber in Little Sheep Creek for their mill. Mrs. H. C. Patterson is in Lima under Dr. Ford’s care for sixty days. Sheep Creek stockmen unite against tinder wolves harming cattle. Duck hunting near by persists with no drop in fowls. S. L. construction gang left, dryness persists. move to Crabtree possible. Superintendent J. A. Weed expects one more mile of pipe to prevent freezing, preferring pipe to road distance to depot.
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S. E. McGee
Chas, Calvert
Little Sheep Creek
H. C. Patterson
Lima
Ford
Sheep Creek
S. L
Crabtree
J. A. Weed
Move of the town of Dell over water woes
In a somber reflection the writer laments Dell's possible relocation by OBL given long water shortages. The tone blends nostalgia with defiance as residents wish for a solution and a hopeful future, ending with a vow to endure until a new well is drilled.
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Reat
Dell
Review of Reviews
Death of Bannack youth after scarlet fever illness
On January 4 the 38 year old son of Mr and Mrs W H McMannis of Bannack fell ill with scarlet fever and worsened until Tuesday January 20 when he died. Robbie born March 22 1900, funeral held Thursday morning January 22 at 10 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. McMannis
Bannack
Little Robbie
Epidemic of Weddings Affects Jackson Area
Special correspondence from Jackson reports a surge of weddings, naming Mrs. Roberts the nurse with a blushing husband Mr. Brown and John Franks who unexpectedly married. The column notes Franks’s odd behavior after returning with a wife and a mistaken doorway escape. It also conveys sorrow over infant daughter of Frank Carrier gravely ill and extends sympathy.
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Jackson
Roberts
Brown
John Franks
John
Frank Carrier
Jack
Sketch of Mrs Katharine Maurer Died Last Week
Willis Jan 23 Mrs Fred Hopp was called to the bedside of her mother Mrs Katharine Maurer on Beaver head last Wednesday the 21st when she breathed her last. Native of Switzerland she was a trained nurse leaving four sons and two daughters 19 grandchildren and five or six great grandchildren.
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Willlis
Fred ‘Hopp
Katharine Maurer
Beaverhead
Maurer
Switzerland
Fritz Sassman
Dillon
Doings of the Lower Valley Paceville Notes
Brief local items from Paceville dated January 28 report Miss Theora Mercer returning to school and visits among residents. Twin Bridges guests attend Sunday events, a new baby arrives to the Page family, and Mrs Maurer is mourned after a funeral attended by locals. Two Redfield children ill under Dr Wilson care. weather asks about a winter blizzard.
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Paceville
Theora Mercer
Dwight. Bushnell
Jas. Page
Twin Bridges
Lena Page
Gay Polenger
Dwight Bushnell
Ed Page
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Linderman
Wood
Farmer
Story
Buchanan
Cascade County
Chateau County
Woodwoy
Whiteley
Tolman
Committee On Elections and Privileges
Rice
J. H. McKnight
Ninth Territorial Assembly
Everett
Chateau, Teton and
Valley Counties
Blackfoot Indian Reservation
Lanstrum
Board of Medical Examiners
Swindlehurst
Hilger
Board of Sheep Commissioners
Beaudry
Justices of the Peace
High School Department
Charlee Patrick
Faye Boott
Minnie Streit
Bertha Tyree
Abernathy
Young Blaskovic
Frank Browning
Robt
Boyles, N. G
Dell News
The
Tribune
Moving Dell
Jackson News
the Tribune
Willis News
Tathaus Mauz
Maidenrock
Julius Hartwig
J. H. Lock
Melrose
Matt. Polish
Fred McMuellen
Lizzie McMurin
Pageville News
Pipestone Hot Springs
WM. E. Casey
Hot Springs
Arkansas
C. R. Burket
Prop
G. Malott & CO
Dealers' Ine
George Malott & CO
Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
the Review of Reviews Co
Astor Place
New York
New England
Shore Acres
Phil Hunt
Fannie Curtis
Adelbert Dexter
Ed. Anderson
John M. Stevens
Josephine Sutherland
Little Josie Stevens
Katharine Clarke
Edward Fielding
George Mansfield
East Haven
Thorpe Live Stock Co
Beaverhead River
Philip Thorpe
Dillod
Steedman Post
Lillon
W. J. Cushingee
B. Yearin
Boston
C. C. George
Albert Stamm
Mont
Tribune Store
Spaulding Nokerry and Orcuarn Co
Spaulding, Ill
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