Martin Barrett Ships Nineteen Cattle Cars to Seattle
Martin Barrett today shipped nineteen ears of steers to Seattle. The cattle will be looked after en route by Elmer and Chet Barrett. The weather in Rapkoox was stormy with recent snow and wind.
20 Mar 1903
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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1903
Page
1
Martin Barrett today shipped nineteen ears of steers to Seattle. The cattle will be looked after en route by Elmer and Chet Barrett. The weather in Rapkoox was stormy with recent snow and wind.
Special correspondence reports the Mill Road deteriorating to a near solid ice grade with horses slipping. Local residents including J. K. Moree, Julius Cramer, Dave Woodside, Mre Chas Necus, and others are noted visiting nearby towns while stock appears thin and fields look feed-restricted.
Special Correspondence notes near record warmth and bare valley ground while snow remains in the upper basin. George Crowell reports heavy snow up high, ensuring plentiful water this season. Local mill machinery arrival and activity mentioned along with various town notes and humorous travel mishap.
Correspondence from Grant reports two feet of attuck ore at the Lucky Strike mine near Monument. Owner John Roberts expects ore shipments in about two months. vein reportedly gold copper and lead with values from seven to sixteen dollars per ton.
Grub Street in earlier London era becomes a hub for archery trades and writers with Fox and Speed among early residents. The Countess Lonyay, once Crown Princess Stephanie of Austria, travels in Cap Martin amid unverified royal scandal claims. Beaverhead County institute sessions review farm and stock improvements, brand book plans, sugar beet potential, and long term agricultural ambitions.
The text claims a prominent mental chin in humans signals firm character and intellect, contrasting with other vertebrates that lack such protrusion. It cites Huxley demonstrations of chalkboard profiles, suggesting strong jaws relate to digestion and character, though reasoning remains unclear.
A Saturday meeting of the Farmers and Stockgrowers Association at the county courthouse drew a solid turnout. Professors Linfield and Traphagen from Bozeman discussed branding and the proposed county brand book. A plan to have the county assessor record brands for 25 cents per brand was approved to fund publication.
In Bannack about midnight George Pollack and Richard Martin quarreled in Clements McManus saloon. Pollack, intoxicated, fired multiple shots, killing Martin. Pollack was arrested and the coroner's inquest returned a verdict of murder with villanous intent. Martin, formerly in Dillon, was well known locally and had mining ties.
Frederick Schuler son of Mr and Mrs Frederick Schuler died at the Froman lodging house early Tuesday morning of heart trouble. He came from Brooklyn about twenty years ago and had been ill for a week. Funeral held Wednesday at the M Church with Rev R P Smith obituary remarks. Interment in Mountain View cemetery. His parents and seven siblings survive.
Senator J. P. Murray elected president pro tem of the senate will occupy the governor's chair during April as Gov Toole plans an eastern trip and Lieut. Gov. Frank Higgins is away. It was foreseen at Murray's election that such a state of affairs could occur.
County stockmen say recent visits to the city indicate favorable ranges with light losses for the season. In Glasgow the Hayfield murder trial's jury found the defendant not guilty after a second trial. the case involved a 16 year old who discharged a pistol during a fight with William Garner about a year earlier. Sadie Graeter plans to depart for California Sunday evening. Dr. M A Miller returned from New York after a month away. Prof J Edgar Tyree spoke at the Epworth league on Lessons from the Life and Paintings of Raphael highlighting industry thoroughness patience and kindness. John William Wood, infant son of Mr and Mrs J H Wood, died Thursday of pneumonia. funeral held at 2:30 this afternoon from Mrs Kunzman's rooms conducted by Rev R P Smith.
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