City Council Quietly Shuts Out Gambling and Backs Water Target
Dillon council passes anti gambling ordinance and tables a $15 000 water right offer while approving saloon licenses and street work. Sheriff Gist reports strides against forgery amid a false fire alarm and pending arrival of Engineer Kelsey for water works plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
McKinney
Lumber Company
Oregon
White
W. R. Wyatt
Mesars
Gooch & Coen
James Estes
Kelsey
Salt Lake
Norrig
Duke Gist
Sheriff Gist
Gist
John Morton
Horses Burned as Selway Loses Stable and Twelve Horses
Fire destroyed T M Selway's ranch stables near town Sunday night, killing twelve horses and George Selway's driving horse. Estimated loss about 3500 dollars with no insurance. Workers saved the house and other outbuildings as flames spread. suspicion falls on a tramp sleeping in the loft. Selway plans to rebuild the stable and carriage sheds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Selway
George Selway
Selway
Grand Blue and Gold Ball by Royal Neighbors and Woodmen
A large social ball last Friday at Dart's hall drew a wide crowd. The event featured blue and gold decorations and a numbered emblem grand march with about sixty couples. Royal Neighbors and Modern Woodmen organizers praised for a smooth evening with no delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Neighbors
Woodmen
Dart’s
Oscar Finley
Mesdames
George Kunzman
A. Kuntze
Harry Brown
Messrs
W. J. Cushing
Green
Modern Woodmen
Frank Birrer
Mesdames Kunzman
Kuntze
Ally Brown
Eph Stoller
Mediation Fails in Butte Shut-Down Crisis
The two day mediation by Great Falls Chamber of Commerce and Amalgamated Copper and United Copper officials ends without a solution to the Butte shut-down. The committee says resumption depends on mutual consent and passage of fair trials legislation, as miners react to the failure. Mr Scallon confirms the demand for extra legislative session and impartial courts before operations resume.
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Committee of Mediation
Chamber of Commerce of
Great Falls
United Copper Company
Amalgamated Copper Company
Butte
James J. Hitt
J. K. Toors
W. A. Crank
Paris Gipson
Scalion
Amalgamated Company
Miners’ Union
Butte, Mont
Butte Miners’ Union
District Court
Supreme Court
Wam ScaLton
Deeds Recorded For Lands In Idaho And Beaverhead County
Deeds filed show transfers across Idaho and Montana regions. Transactions include half interest in the Atlantis quartz lode on Eldora peak Beaverhead county and multiple holdings in Lima Dillon Wisdom and Jack son areas with prices from 60 to 5500 dollars. Names include Ryan Kearney Peter Sellers Gustoff Swanson Jas E Hollingsworth Wemple Hopkins Freeman Martinell Kennison Barnett Williams Wing and others.
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Eldorado Peak
Beaverhead County
Ryan and Kearney
Peter Sellers
Lemhi County
Idaho
Columbia
Bryant District
Geo. Bott
Gustoff Swanson
Jas. E B. Hollingsworth
Big Hole Basin
F. A. Hazelbaker
J. E. Hollingsworth
Wisdom
Wary W. French
John W. Morton
Dillon
Roswell T. Wemple
Crowell L. Wemple
Jackson
William Garland
Lima
David R. Hopkins
Butte
Ann R. Hopkins
D. E. Hopkins
Lillian B. Hopkins
Reece. D. Freeman
W. D. Hopkins
Reece D. Freeman
Birch Creek Bonded Copper Deal Ties Montana Camp to Pittsburg Syndicate
A Beaverhead county mining pact sees twelve Birch creek copper claims sold to a Pittsburgh backed syndicate with sale between January and April 1904. Ground was examined by George M. Snow of Nampa Idaho and owners include E L Hall L D Grae ter Ashworth brothers M Hager ty L D Tibbetts M C Monagan and George I Jewell. The district already reports iron ore in U S Treasury mine and copper appears dominant in the twelve claims as developers eye a major Montana copper camp growth.
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Beaverhead
Pittsburg
Birch Creek
George M. Snow
Nampa
Idaho
Dillon
U. S
Gladstone
E. L. Hall
L. D. Gracier
Ashworth Brothers
Michael Hagerty
L. D. Tibbetts
M.C. Monagan
George I. Jewell
L. D. Graeter
E. H. Hall
U. S. Treasury
Hecla Consolidated Mining Company
Glendale
Group of Twelve
Syndicate of
Montana
Market for stockers and feeders slides amid drought
The stockers and feeders market softens after a drought east of the Mississippi and weak fat cattle prices. Farmers say cattle must sell at reasonable prices or fat cattle will rise, noting feeding cattle costs have been high but outlook may improve by fall.
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Mississippi
Bal lard's Snow Liniment Promises Pain Relief
Advertisement states Bal lard's Snow Liniment relieves neuralgia rheumatism lumbago and sciatic pains by penetrating nerves and bones and entering the blood to heal the body. Available in 250 500 and 1.00 sizes sold by Riley the druggist.
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Ballard
Riley
Draggist
Coffee Jelly as Dietetic Alternative after Dinner
The London Lancet says coffee jelly offers a satisfactory substitute for hot coffee for those with dyspepsia. It notes coffee facilitates digestion, with gelatin jelly cooling and soothing the stomach while absorbing excess acidity and avoiding the collapse linked to alcohol.
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London Lancet
Galway Route Would Shorten Atlantic Voyage Says Harper’s Weekly
Harper’s Weekly reports England weighs a Galway Ireland to St John’s Newfoundland express line 1816 miles shortening London to New York by a day. Fast trains would cover the inland leg while sea travel handles the rest, making New York bound trips quicker.
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Atlantic
England
Harper's Weekly
Galway
Ireland
St. John’s
Newfoundland
New York
London
Southampton
St. John's
Liverpool
Miner killed by rock fall at Indian Queen mine
William H. Dudley, about 50, a longtime Argenta area miner with Co. E service in the Philippine campaign, was crushed by a rock mass at the 85 foot level while preparing timbers. Coroner Walker found a broken neck and thigh. verdict declared no one at fault. Burial planned in Dillon if body ships east as directed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Dudley
Indian Queen Mining Co
Walker
Dillon
Brundage
Dudley
Massachusetts
Rochester
Mont
Co. E
Montana
Comrads
Argenta
Lipton Withdraws Offer For 1904 Ocean Cup
London October 30 Thomas Lipton withdraws his offer to present a cup for a 1904 trans Atlantic yacht race. Emperor William will present a cup through the New York Yacht Club and the Atlantic Yacht Club. Lipton cites a telegram from the Atlantic Yacht Club commodore and hopes to enter a boat himself if possible.
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Emperor William
London
Thomas Lipton
New York Yacht Club
Atlantic Yacht Club
Sir Thomas
Associated Press
Queenstown
William
Coroners inquest finds Bechtel death from fractured skull
Allentown Pennsylvania October 31 coroner inquest concludes that Mabel Bechtel died from a fractured skull caused by a blow at her home. The jury names house inmates Mrs Catharine Bechtel Martha Bechtel John Bechtel Charles Bechtel and Alois Eckstein as accessories after the fact.
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Allentown
Mabel Bechtel
Catharine Bechtel
Martha Bechtel
John Bechtel
Charles Bechtel
Alois Eckstein
The Antiquity of the Ballet
The ballet arose in Italy by AD 1500 with court participation in Turin. It spread to France under Louis XIII and Louis XIV, who joined dances. Early performances mixed mythological and allegorical acts, shaping modern ballet. Women appeared around 1700 after centuries of male performers, with notable female dancers emerging by 1790.
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Italy
Turin
France
Louis XIII
Louis XIV
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Sheriff Presents & Communication
R. N
Aland
M. W
A. Enter
Scallon
Herbert Strain
Eastern Syndicate
State— Grader and Hall Engineer
Europe
Inquest
Lipton
Bechtel
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