Shoshone Reservation Lands Opened With Large Registration
Registration begins today at Shoshone Wyoming and at Lander Thermopolis and Worland as thousands seek homes on 1 000 000 acres of Shoshone and Wind River Reservation land. State plans irrigation to reclaim 265 000 to 300 000 acres and water rights will pass to the irrigation company serving settlers.
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Shoshone, Wyo
Shoshone
Wind River Indian Reservation
Lander
Thermopolis
Worland
General Land Office
Department of the Interior
Big Force of Hay Digging Starts In Montana Ranches
The Anaconda Standard notes a large haying push in the Big Hole and Deer Lodge valleys. Al Walker from the D. C. Walker ranch plans to hire 30 to 40 men, move 5 000 to 7 000 tons of hay, and ship provisions from Anaconda for weeks of work beginning Monday.
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Big Hole
Deer Lodge
al Walker
D. C. Walker
Walker Ranch
Anaconda
Senator Carter Returns Home Praises Prosperity and Montana Growth
Senator Thos. Carter, back from Washington, reports strong national business and crop prospects. He notes Northern Pacific freight backlogs west of the Cascades, Milwaukee grading in the Yellowstone valley, and Montana needing 500 more NP section hands for winter readiness. Settlers plan to irrigate, and he commends justice department efforts to align capital with lawful labor.
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Helena
Thos. Carter
Washington, D. C
St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Cascade Mountains
Mandan
Milwaukee
Yellowstone
Montana
Department of Justice
Pardons Granted for Dan Nichols by Governor Toole
Governor Joseph K. Toole extends clemency to Dan Nichols of Beaverhead County who was convicted on two counts of grand larceny and sentenced on November 27, 1903, to ten years. Prison physician Owings cites Nichols’s delicate health as a reason to shorten confinement. Nichols’s father plans to move him to Washington if the pardons board approves.
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Govenor
Joseph K. Toole
Dan Nichols
Beaverhead
Helena
Owings
Nichol
Washington
Board of Pardons
Govenor Toole
Omaha Stock Market Notes Slump in Hog and Sheep Values
South Omaha July 18 beef spreads widen with choice higher and common weaker. Price reports show live cattle at 5.40 to 6.25 for choice steers and 3.25 to 4.60 for cows and heifers. Hog market remains weak after a brief spike and sheep prices fall a quarter from last week with liberal receipts.
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South Omaha
Filings Below Expectation at Crow Reservation Land Office
Crow agency land office opened for filings with 125 entrants today but only 78 appeared. First five numbers drawn include Owen Williams on a quarter section near Custer, Henry Johnson of Sherman Wyoming, and John Schwarz near Huntley. Some entries were made by women including Mrs Bridget Artery of Butte Montana. A second list of 125 will proceed tomorrow and continue daily until about 6,500 entries possible.
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Billings
Crow Reservation
Owen B. Williams
Custer
Henry Johnson
Sherman
Wyo
Sanders
John Schwarz
Chicago
Huntley
Bridget Artery
Butte Mont
Montana Weather Last Week Had Warm Start With Cooler End
The week began with above normal temperatures across Montana, with highs mostly 80 to 90 degrees and a peak 99 at Tokna on the 10th. Nights stayed warm, many stations above 50 degrees, while Havre dipped to 41 on the 15th. Showers hit western and southern counties on the 13th and 14th, with over one third of the state recording above normal rainfall, totaling over half an inch in Missoula Cascade Deer Lodge Park Carbon and Yellowstone counties. Sunshine was nearly continuous except for those two days.
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Tokna
Havre
Missoula
Cascade
Deer Lodge
Oil fuel plans and political probes mix with health tonics
Isthmian canal commission auditor Ernest S. Benson sails from New York on the Colon. Advertisements tout Kodol and Acker's remedies while public officials in Boston and nationwide eye railroad, electric and oil interests. News covers legal fines against railroads, irrigation funding boosts, and a French tuberculosis mortality report.
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Ernest S. Benson
Isthmian Canal Commission
New York
Colon
Riley's
Uncalled Letters List From Dillon Post Office 1906
Post office notes remaining uncalled for up to date will be sent to the dead letter office if not claimed in 30 days. Names include Anderson Nels Albertson Mrs G Boyce W H Coate E E Caroll Jos Gragg Geo H Griffith Mrs J J Hitchcock Mable Millar Mrs McMahan E Rossley William Stewart Ida Williams Mrs L C Willis W Dillon July 12 1906 and others including W S Anderson Wm Boyce F W DeGroot Mrs Geo Fisher Mrs P J Faughar Wm Hanson Hy Jelcos Rev J D McKenzie etc Postmistress Lamont.
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Dillon
Anderson
Nels Albertson
G. Boyce
W. H. Coate
E. E. Caroll
Jos. Gragg
Geo. H. Griffith
J. J. Hitchcock
Mable Keller
Hans Millar
McMahan
E. Rossley
William Stewart
Ida Williams
L.C. Willis
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Laramie
Portland
Salt Lake
Carey’s
G. W. Dart Hardware CO
WHITE
Dillon, Montana
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Wholesale Liquors & Cigars
E. H. Brundage
Mont
Rocky Mountains
Ogden
Denver
Colorado
E. R. Hunt
Butte
Doz
Tribune
Nela V. Smith
Johnson & Smith
Wyoming
Big Hole Basin
Walker
Senator Carter
Omaha
Nye & Buchanan Co
Compassion Merchants
Crow Lands
Weather Bureau
R. L. Riley
Moran
Boston
Gas
Acker
Los Angeles
Cal
Chili
Iquique
Tarapaca
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Cramps
New York Ship Building Company
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
R. L.riley
New York City
Bingham
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Ore
New Orleans
Japan
N. B. Truth
Mississippi
William J. Mills
United States Court
Las Vegas
N. M
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Secretary of the Interior
Klamath
Honda
Minnidoka
Idaho
Truckee-Carson
Nev
Roosevelt
State Capitol
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Payette Lakes
Weiser
Navy Department
Para
Brazil
Root
United States
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Boston & Montana
Harry Thaw
Europe
Riley
Chamberlain
Independence
Kansas
Fannelly
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Henry H. Rogers
William Rockefeller
Richard A. McCurdy
Mutual Life
Hannah Elias
John R. Platt
Platt
Harlem
Department of Commerce and Labor
Augustus T. Ingram
Paris
France
Ingram
Racfever
E.y
Lange
ELY Brothers
Warren St
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