English syndicate to back Butte Wisdom & Pacific railroad plans
Boston & Montana Develop ment company signals a major financing deal with an English syndicate to fund the Butte Wisdom & Pacific railroad. Boston broker Freeman S. Davison reports talks with Sir Robert Perks in New York as plans for Elkhorn French Gulch deposits and 72,000,000 tons ore potential are highlighted.
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Butte, Wisdom & Pacific
Boston & Montana Development Company
Freeman S. Davison
Boston
London
William R. Allen
Davison
Chicago
Sir Robert Perks
New York
Big Hole
Boston & Montana Company
French Gulch
Elkhorn
Davison Financial Letter
West Virginia
New River
Montana
Butte, Wisdom & Pacific Line
Boston & Montana
Butte
Union
Allen
United States
Canada
Hall
Deer Lodge County
George Ditty Sees Booming Montana Horse Market
Dillon horse dealer George Ditty predicts a big April sale with over 1 000 head as Montana horses rise in demand due to railroad work homesteaders and farming. He notes strong prices last sale 839 sold from 1 200 corral and carloads shipped to Miles City and Lewistown.
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George Ditty
Dillon Horse Sale Company
Ditty
Montana
United States
Dillon
Butte
Billings
Miles City
Lewistowre
Lewistown
Corral
Big Hole
Madison Gallatin
Beaverhead
Idaho
Beaverhead County
Monte Kay Visits Butte From Goldef Rule Store
Monte Kay of the Goldef Rule store spent Sunday in Butte for unspecified affairs related to his business and local travel.
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Monte Kay
Butte
Brown and partner face new charges after prison term
Five years after Frank Brown a railroad contractor was jailed for ten years for a statutory crime he returned to Dillon to recount his partner S P King s alleged misdeeds The Beaverhead County case centers on Kings alleged grand larceny and Brown s attempt to reclaim his life after being released on Governor Stewart s clemency and service as a ranch hand in Gillman. Brown now 53 says he will try to regain citizenship and clear his name while King awaits trial near Great Falls Dillon.
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Brown
Deer Lodge
S. P. King
Gilmore & Pittsburg
Beaverhead
Armstead
Dillon
King
Stewart
Gillman
Roy S. Stephenson
Railroad Officials W J Ingling and Henry McGonigle in Dillon
W J Ingling and Henry McGonigle, railroad officials, spent several days in Dillon this week.
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W. J. Ingling
Henry McGonigle
Dillon
Rural schools named Standard in Beaverhead county listing
County Superintendent Margaret Ross submits districts and schools marked as Standard or near standard after inspection. Dell Gosman Drummy Lima Wisdom Bedrock Riversie Bishop Armstead Jackson join others with points for buildings lighting and equipment. Pearl J Smith spelling contest to be held in Dillon with four divisions and around 50 contestants expected. Edith Leonard of Bristow eliminated in Wisdom Briston preliminary rounds.
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Margaret Ross
Beaverhead
Davee
Dell and Gosman
Drummy
Victrola
Lima
Iedison
Wisdom
Bedrock
Riversiie
Bishop
Armstead
Jackson School
State Superintendent of Schools
Phate
Pearl J. Smith
Dillon
Normal College
Briston
Edith Leonard
Bristow
Contributions to state fair education building
Miss Ross forwards multiple school contributions toward a new educational building at the state fair next September. Riverside school gives 15 dollars, Bedrock 5 pounds, and Grasshopper district schools 20 dollars. Beaver head has paid more than its share, with several schools still to contribute. each room in the training school plans to raise at least 85 dollars.
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Ross
Riverside
Bedrock
Grasshopper
Beaverhead
Allen Sees Better East Conditions. Montana Mining Advances
Former Lieut. Gov. W. R. Allen returned from Chicago with optimism on national conditions and farm activity in Montana. He noted abundant money, growing confidence, early plowing in eastern Montana, and anticipated summer ranch investment from Chicago. Allen reported Elkhorn mine development on Wise River speeding up with new machines and a full crew.
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W. R. Allen
Chicago
Montana
Elkhorn
Wise River
Allen
Butte Post
Sheep Market Activity In Montana Sees Large Shipments
The Montana Livestock Commission reports heavy sheep disposal last week with 28 carloads moving from Dillon to Utah buyers via Great Falls. A further 9,000 head are to be shipped April 18, plus 1,600 breeding ewes to Alder and 1,000 to Madison county. Additional consignments include 4 carloads to Portland and 869 head shipped by J Duff McAndie, with all sales from John Lovell’s ranch.
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Montana Livestock Commission Company
Dillon
Great Falls
Utah
Montana Live Stock Commission Company
J. B. Long Outfit
Montana Livestock Company
Frank Meizel
Alder
Varied Career of N E Holden In Beaverhead County
Norman E Holden longtime county assessor and noted Northwest dryland farmer has a storied past including law mining real estate and a coffee plantation. He later became a famed potato king near Dillon Montana and shared farming insights stressing deep soil moisture and long root zones for successful dry farming.
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Norman Holden
Northwest
Beaverhead County
Mr. Holden
Orlando
Florida
Nebraska’ Farm Journal
South Florida Sentinel
Norman
EL Dorado Springs
Sentinel
Orange County
City Beautiful
Martin
Nebraska Farm Journal
Holden
Norman E. Holden
Dillon
Mont
High Beach
Montana
Orlandoy
Kentucky Military Institute
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Cecil Bull
Ann Arbor
Mich
Butte
Sandwich Islands
Olden
Former Beaverhead Man John Gray Dead in Chicago
Word reached Dillon of John Gray’s death in Chicago Illinois at age 49. Born in Missouri, he lived in Bannack in the 1860s and Beaverhead county for years before moving to Chicago in 1894 where he resided since. He is survived by a wife and brothers and sisters including Robert, George, Henry, Archie, Edward, Mrs. George Tash and Mrs. T E Chandler.
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Dillon
John Gray
Chicago
Ilinois
Beaverhead County
Bannack
Robert N. Gray
Edward
Bout
Missouri
Mr. Gray
Robert Gray
George Gray
Henry Gray
Grasshopper
Archie Gray
Jackson
Edward Gray
George Tash
Polaris
T. E. Chandler
Leadore
Idaho
Morrison sells Murray Livestock holdings for $20000
Calvin Morrison who ran the Murray Livestock company ranch in Grasshopper valley for seven years disposed of his holdings in the company. The sale price is reported as $20000.
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Calvin Morrison
Murray Livestock Company
Grasshopper Valley
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GEO. Ditty
Rufus
Webster
New York Globe
Milfortne
East
Montana Livestock Commission Co
NE Holden
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