Record-breaking Dillon city caucus draws large crowd
The Dillon theatre hosted Montana voters for a large city caucus with over 300 attendees. Candidates for school trustees were acclaimed, while nominations for mayor, city treasurer and police magistrate proceeded amid strong civic praise of Dillon's progress and future plans.
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Dillon
Dillon Theatre
B. F. White
House
Dillon Public School
Frank Eliel
John
Baker
S. J. Haines
J. S. Gilbert
White
Armstead
Gilmore
Idaho
Gov
Norris
Helena
Montana
Bishop
Montana Enacts Griffin Bill to Outlaw All Gambling
The legislature passes the Griffin bill to end all gambling in Montana with a Monday April 1 effective date. It targets monte, faro, craps, blackjack, slot machines, bucket shops, and margin trading with fines from 100 to 1000 dollars and possible prison terms.
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Griffin
Sanders County
House
Senate
Montana
Grafting Don’t Go Either and Other Gambling Provisions
The act outlines penalties for officials who neglect duties, and for officers who accept bribes to shield gambling operations. It details civil actions to recover losses from games, allows related suits by dependents, and describes landlord responsibilities, witness testimony rules, and repeals of prior Montana gambling laws.
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Mandal
Montana
Legislative Assembly of
Montana Apex Copper to expand New Utopia property
George E Jewell reports Montana Apex Copper company plans extensive spring and summer operations at the Utopia mining district Parlin property after acquiring three claims Snowball Los Angeles and Whale covering 4500 feet. The Snowball adjoins Indian Queen mine and a rich copper vein runs through both sites as development accelerates toward a 500 foot shaft.
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George E. Jewell
Montana-Apex Copper Company
Farlin
C. F. Seymour
Denver
Seymour
C. M. Enos
C. M. Gilbert
Jewell
Inidan Queen
Enty
Thomas F. Stephens
Indian Queen Mining and Smelting Company
Indian Queen
Butte
Montana
Colorado
Montana-Apex
Armstead Gilmore Railroad Survey Moves Forward
W A McCutcheon president of the Gilmore Idaho Mining Co visited Dillon last week with Senator B F White to advance the Armstead Gilmore railroad project. He met with T H Bacon the Pittsburg investors surveyor who has led a survey party for weeks assessing the proposed line.
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W. A. McCutcheon
Gilmore, Idaho, Mining Company
Dillon
B. F. White
Armstead-Gilmore
T. H. Bacon
Pittsburg
Bacon
Route Plan For Proposed Road Across Divide
Details emerge on a potential Horse Prairie route over the Divide with a short tunnel and a grade not exceeding one and three fourths percent. Survey not complete and costs pending. Pittsburg capitalists eye a coast connection via Hill lines. Continued on Page Six.
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Horse Prairie
Bacon
McCutcheon
Dillon
Pittsburg
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