Beaverhead Alberta Oil & Gas Strikes Oil Near Dillon
Beaverhead Alberta Oil & Gas reports striking oil at its 1280 acre tract nine miles south of Dillon. Rich black oil appeared as the drill pierced overlying formations, with natural gas aromas noted last week. Driller Greene forecast a producing well, saying the lay of nearby strata would be clarified. George Lyman traveled to Dillon from Butte.
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Beaverhead Oil & Gas Company
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Greene
Beaverhead
Alberta Oil & Gas CO
Montana
Oil exploration advances as well yields first oil sands near 1009 feet
Head Driller F C Greene, President Nels Nelson, Director G T Paul, and Col John E Shipman toured the new oil well. They reported black oil and a depth of 865 feet with first sands expected around 1009 to 1200 feet, signaling promising exploitation prospects.
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F. C. Greene
Nels Nelson
G. T. Paul
T. A. Grigg
John E. Shipman
Greene
United States
Col. Shipman
W. Stocker
F.C. Greene
Sec.Tréas
Lake Tarpley dies at old home in Texas
Lake Tarpley, formerly of Dillon, died February 14 in El Paso sanitarium of tuberculosis at about 80. He worked for the Montana Mercantile and the Felway Sheep Company during Dillon years. He moved to Texas for milder climate, later died. funeral held in Frisco, Texas.
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Lake Tarpley
Dillon
el Paso
Texas
Tarpley
Montana Mercantile Company
Felway Sheep Company
New Mexico
Frisco
Tex
Yarpley
February Horse Sale Brisk Despite Cold Weather
Dillon hosted an unusually strong horse sale from Friday morning to Sunday noon. Beaverhead and Madison county stock dominated, with heavy draft horses in demand and prices averaging over 100 dollars. More than one thousand horses changed hands, totaling well over 100000 dollars, with three hundred private sales adding to the event.
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Dillon
Beaverhead
Madison County
Madison
Montana
Miles City
Lewistown
B. L. Cragg
Clyde Moore
Edict Targets Gambling Across Montana as Enforcers Mobilize
A circular from Attorney General Ford issued in Helena instructs sheriffs and county attorneys to enforce gambling laws statewide. The letter defines gambling broadly from poker and dice to slot machines and banking operations and outlines penalties of $100 to $1,000 fines and 3 months to 1 year imprisonment.
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Helena
Wilbur G. Gilbert
C. Ford
Dillon's New Hotel Secures $100000 Contract
H E Andrus secures a $100000 contract for a three story hotel on Glendale and Idaho streets in Dillon. Sound Construction and Engineering of Seattle wins after eleven bids. Dart Hardware handles plumbing and heating. The building will include 65 sleeping rooms with 45 baths, a first floor cafe, and a funded lobby with five rentable storefronts. Construction to start once ground permits allow, with completion hoped for early fall.
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Glendale
Idaho Streets
Glendale Street
Andrus
Dillon
Butte
J. M. Warren
German Plot to Invade U S With Mexico and Japan
Washington A P reports Germany planned unrestricted submarine warfare and proposed a Mexico Japan alliance to attack the United States If neutral. Zimmerman instruction urged Mexico to bring in Japan and reconquer Texas New Mexico Arizona with German aid and peace terms. Document dated Jan 19 1917 shows Berlin planned war and peace with Mexico. kept secret as Wilson asks for authority.
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Washington
Associated Press
Germany
Mexico
Japan
United States
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Tost
von Eckhardt
Mexico City
Zimmerman
Berlin
Carranza
von Tickhardt
von Bernstorff
United States of America
England
Wilson
Congress
von Bethmann-Hollweg
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Alberta Oil & Gas Company
George Lyman
Hodge
Spokane Spokesman-Review
Old Home
Alberta Oil & Gasco’s. Power House
Ford
Seattle
Dmrt Hardware CO
U.S
MEX
S. Plaint
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