Poindexter Accepts Appointment as Fifth District Judge
Gov Norris appoints J B Poindexter to the Fifth Judicial District adding a second judge for Beaverhead Madison and Jefferson counties. Poindexter will qualify April 1st and divide work with Judge Len L Callaway, with division details to be set after a special term in Dillon. A rod and gun club meeting is planned at Beaverhead Club headquarters to promote game and fish protection.
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Legislative Assembly
Beaverhead
Madison
Jefferson
Len. L. Callaway
Norris
J. B. Poindexter
Poindexter
Callaway
Dillon
Judge Callaway
Madison County
Jefferson County
Beaverhead Club
City Council Sets Spring Election Details and Judges
The March city council meeting scheduled for Saturday night approved the regular spring election to be held Monday April 5. Officers to be elected include Mayor city treasurer police judge and three aldermen with terms listed for each ward. Board appointments for the special franchise vote and future election voting places were announced.
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W. G. Phillips
White
Phillips
Poindexter
B. F
C. W. Scott
C. W. Conger
Orr
Knapp
Rounds
Wemple
Lenkersdorfer
Henr Cushing
J. G. Erwin
T. P. Caldwell
R. T. Wemple
T. J. Mulaney
City Hall
A.B. Martin
S. D. Hooker
E. J. Conger
George B. Conway
James
McDonald
Montana
Sebree Streets
J. E. Erwin
L. P
New 320 Acre Homestead Law Passed in 1909
The act allows entrymen under homestead laws to claim 320 acres in Colorado Montana Nevada Oregon Utah Washington and nearby territories provided land is non mineral non irrigable and compact. It details affi davits proof residency cultivation requirements and Secretary of the Interior's power to designate lands not suitable for irrigation with staged cultivation rules and residence obligations. The law was approved on February 19 1909.
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Helena
United States
Joseph M. Dixon
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Colorado
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Arizona
New Mexico
Secretary of the Interior
A Green Isle Lifts Longing Hearts On St Patrick Day
A poem honors St Patrick's Day as PPSHE hosts parade and bands march, contrasting grand public celebration with a humble thatched cottage and a gray haired woman. The speaker vows love for the land that gave birth and a heart that travels across the sea to a beloved colleen wearing shamrock. Marching verses connect Ireland and distant loved ones.
Deer Lodge dealer delivers three carloads of Shorthorn bulls to Dillon firms
Charles Bielenberg of Deer Lodge valley brought 70 head of full blood Shorthorn bulls to Poindexter and Orr and Ed Roe of Bedrock in Dillon this week. Sheriff O C Gosman, back from the Big Hole Basin, reports the weather disagreeable though the basin air is not described as severe.
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Charles Bielenberg
Deer Lodge Valley
Dillon
Poindexter & Orr Company
Ed. Roe
Bedrock
O. C. Gosman
Big Hole
Gosman
T. Weat
Postcard postal rules cause unmailable mail at Dillon
In Dillon the post office holds a stack of glass and mica postcards that cannot be mailed unless placed in sealed envelopes with a two cent stamp on the outside. Many cards were mailed incorrectly, leading to wasted money and lost returns, with no exceptions to the rule.
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Dillon
Washington, D. C
Dillon Post Ofice
Peculiar Egg Heist Sparks Dillon Court Hearing
A Dane rancher accused a neighbor of stealing about ten dozen eggs from his buggy near Dillon. Laden claimed he paid a bribe to drop the case but Christiansen insisted on court action. Laden was arrested and brought to Dillon as the matter continued in Justice Rich’s court.
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Justice of the Peace Rich’s Court
Berg Christiansen
Dillon
John Laden
Christiansen
Laden
Justice of the Peace Rich
Beaverhead County Commissioners Annual Road Appointments
The Beaverhead County Board met March 1–5 1909 approving minutes and appointments. Road supervisors for districts 1 through 12 were named with specials for Ames and the Big Hole area. A farm road from Ames to the summit was declared a county road pending fence work by Ames with county cost limited. Blair and Purdum received a Grant saloon license and paving plans for Patterson grade were discussed with bids from Mrs. Fitzharris and Charles Wells, Wells’ bid under $500 pending contract.
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Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead County
Montana
H.C. Patterson
C. W. Francis
W. C. Orr
S. Baker
S. A. Robinson
Lima Township
W. H Boyle
Beaverhead
Dillon Loomis Rice
Barratts & P
Jackson
Seth Halbert
Dewey Weldon Else
Bowen
Thomas Tracy
Bedrock
Commissioners
Ames
Big Hole Divide
Big Hole
Geo. M. Tash
Horse Prairie
Gray’s
Marion
Blair
Purdum
Grant
Patterson
Dillon-Argenta
Fitzharris
Rancher Thomas Metzel Shot by Wife in Centennial Valley
A prominent stockman Thomas A. Metzel was shot and killed yesterday at his Centennial valley ranch near Lakeview by his wife after reported family disagreements. An inquest was held and postponed until tomorrow morning as investigators seek details.
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Thomas A. Metzel
Centennial Valley
Lakeview
Madison
Beaverhead
Metzel
John Orr
Twin Bridges
Madison County
Dillon
Monida
E. H. Brundage
Chicago
Sewing Machine Agent Sink Accused of Stealing Child
A Dillon sewing machine agent named Sink is accused of kidnapping Irene Buffingtons two year old daughter while she was hospitalized in Bridger. Mrs Buffington details that Sink took the child after she fell ill last December and left for Three Forks, Montana with his wife and the child.
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Sink
Dillon
Sheridan Enterprise
Irene Buffington
Enterprise
Link
Sheridan
Julian Knight
Madison County
Knight
Melton
Elliott Lodging
Three Forks
Montana
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J.B. Poindexter
Fifth Judicial District
Gov. Norris
Mr. Poindexter
State
American Press Association
Josh
Bert Christiansen
Atty, Melton
Fair Commission
Thomas Etzel
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