Polaris mine appoints Charles Bliven as superintendent
The Tribune notes Charles Bliven has accepted the superintendency of the Polaris mine. Cadet Harry Poindexter returns from Ogden to spend summer at home. Local mischief and vandalism rise with mudball damage to the Odd Fellows building. William Montgomery and Charles Mikus named justices of the peace for Big Hole basin and Bannack respectively. An athletic offer proposes $100 to lure a Butte wrestler to wrestle Jake Campbell on the Fourth. Ella Roberta Robinson graduates from College of Montana, Deer Lodge.
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Charles Bliven
Harry Poindexter
Ogden
Military
Dillon
Odd Fellows
William Montgomery
Charles Mikus
Big Hole Basin
Bannack
The
Athletic Association
Jake Campbell
Ella Roberta Robinson
College of Montana
Deer Lodge
Red Cross Sewing Room Seeks Helpers For Local War Relief
A Dillon Red Cross sewing room survey shows many hours donated but needs more women to meet year end quotas. Workers listed include Stella Murray Edith Hollenbeck Minnie Liggett and Rhea Meade. Open Tuesdays and Fridays 2 to 5 in Bagley building. tentative goals include 40 toddler packs 100 bed shirts 160 girls dresses 200 skirts and 80 pajama pairs with aid from Lima Jackson Divide Birch Creek and Wisdom groups.
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Sylvester Meade
Dillon
Stella Murray
Edith Hollenbeck
Minnie Liggett
Rhea Meade
Ada McLaren
Violet Grant
Harriette Kennison
Fay Lasich
Mazie Davis
Montana Gilbert
Tom Gilbert
Ardine Mittelmeier
C. J. Horren
John Wenger
Ernest Nelson
Grace Light
Annabel Morrison
Ed Lloyd
Anna Bond
Mary Innes
Katie Burtch
Grace Temple
D. A. Galt
Annie Beiersdorff
Elizabeth Paddock
Elizabeth Shotwell
County Commissioner Orr sues Patterson and Francis
In May 1911 Tribune notes Commissioner Orr sues two board members alleging illegal acts and claims they held a special meeting without his consent. Also, Charles Seybold of Dell suffers severe jaw injuries after a horse knocks him down and dances on his face. Beaverhead High School graduates listed include Maxwell Wilcomb George Gosman Marjorie Conger Myrtle Grace Beulah Provost and others.
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William C. Orr
H. C. Patterson
C. W. Francis
Orr
Charlesi. Seybold
Dell
Seybold
Beaverhead County High School
Maxwell Wilcomb
George M. Gosman
Marjorie Conger
Iyrtle Grace
Beulah Provost
Dell Hunsaker
Ruth Knotts
Walter W Conway
Adolph Stewart
William P. Carroll
Reta Brundage
John Carroll
Kay E. Willey
Vera Baker
Mabel Caldwell
Mabel Phillips
Bessie Beall
Ruth Conway
Billings Woman Is Kin of Calamity Jane
Mrs. Jean Hickok McCormick, daughter of Calamity Jane, returns to Billings after revealing her connection on a New York radio program. Born near Livingston, she spent years in Billings since 1923 and learned her true identity only recently after a 1873 journey with Calamity Jane to Omaha and subsequent adoption in England.
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Billings
Mont
U.P
Jane
Omaha
England
James O'Neil
Montana
Freud
Sigmund Freud
Anna Freud
Wandering Indians plan to settle near Malta Montana
The Pembina or Little Shell band of Chippewa Indians aims to establish permanent homes near Malta with government aid. They would buy the Phillips Development ranch to provide 80 families with 60 acres each of irrigable land and two sections of grazing land. The band refused to sign the 1892 treaty due to unequal land payments compared to the adjacent Sioux.
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Malta
Mont
U.P
Pembina
Little Shell
Phillips Development Company
Surplus Reduced Through Food Stamps Details
Washington report shows the agriculture department purchased over 8.93 million dollars of farm products under the food stamp plan for surplus disposal in March. About 3.705 million persons participated, with blue stamps boosting expenditures on butter eggs pork flour fruit vegetables. Purchases included 3.563 million pounds butter 4.71 million dozen eggs 34.143 million pounds flour 12.181 million pounds pork 6.866 million pounds lard and other items such as potatoes onions dry beans and kale.
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Washington
U.P
Department of Agriculture
In Dunkerque to Crete and Back A World War II Era Reflection
Austin Conover surveys wartime events from Dunkerque to Crete, noting the Dunkirk evacuation's scale, the German glider use in Crete, and the enduring value of courage and history. It contrasts past struggles with modern appeals for education and resilience amid crisis.
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Dunkerque
Britain
England
Hitler
Crete
California
Somme
San Diego
Calif
Bull Run
Burnside
Fredericksburg
Grant
Cold Harbor
Abraham Lincoln
Predators Killed in Montana in Early 1941
R E Bateman of the federal Fish and Wildlife Service said 1 135 coyotes and 131 bobcats were killed by hunters in Montana during the first three months of 1941. Predators killed 357 domestic animals in that period.
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Billings
Mont
U.P
R. E.bateman
Division of
Federal Fish and Wildlife Service
Montana
Bateman
Sheridan man claims title of grandest grandfather
N. J. Birrer of Sheridan Montana reports his father Martin Birrer, 98, of Johnston County Iowa, has 141 living descendants. The count includes nine children 56 grandchildren and 76 great grandchildren. Thirteen relatives, including three children, have died.
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Sheridan, Mont
U.P
N. J
Martin Birrer
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