Bonanza Mine Electric Machinery Goes to Work
Special correspondence from Wispow reports the Bonanza mine electric machinery now working well. New equipment is arriving and preparations to operate on a large scale are under way. W. B. Stanchfield of the Ajax mine notes improvements as the Ajax camp looks stronger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarponx
Wispow
C. A. Maynard
Bonanza
W. B. Stanchfield
Ajax
Fifer
Pendleton
Jas, Donmenilh
Salt Lake
Ajax Live Stock Company
O. H.strawbridge
J. P. Lossl
Wisdom Merchants
Dillon
Butte
Dry House Fire at Watseka and New Pump at Longfellow
Special Correspondence reports a dry house fire at Watseka mining camp early morning after a sleeping miner left a candle burning. The blaze destroyed gum clothing. each miner faces about twenty dollars for replacement. A new pump arrived from Butte to control water at Longfellow, delaying work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watseka
Longfellow
Tribune
Roomzsten
Mont
Watseka Maine
J. EB. Deno
Westside Grocery Co
Dr. Frank
Eye Deator
Rochester
J.H. Cairney
Baby
Butte
Cairney
Bridges
Wm. Heller
Duluth
Minn
W. H. Gibbons
Dillon
Bert Martin
Rochester Cornet Band
Earl Watts Rules, Arm Broken After Horse Kick
Special correspondence reports Earl Watts suffered a broken right arm above the elbow after a dinner hour kick while handling a horse. The piece also notes local movements including L. G. Woodside hauling oats, Steve Kambich’s Melrose trip, Fred Woodside's Red Rock visit for a cousin's illness, Delos Oliver tracking coyotes, and three large bands of sheep from Wood Live Stock Company arriving with more soon. Mrs. A Hood and children visit Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Wits
Earl Watts
L. G. Woodside
Steve Kambich
Melrose
Fred Woodside
Red Rock
Fred Baker
Delos Oliver
Birch Creek
Wood Live Stock Company
Crown Sheet Blows Out Delaying Train on Main Line
An extra train No. 962 carrying stock, 42 cars, was halted about 3:30 am near Melrose when a crown sheet blew out. Conductor Ben Housen, engineer Jack Ripley, and fireman Knowles oversaw the stop until a relief engine towed the train off the main line. No injuries reported. Mrs. L Smith of Parrot Mont visited friends over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Housen
Jack Ripley
Knowles
Melrose
NEW PRECINCT OFFICERS ELECTED IN RECENT GENERAL ELECTION
The article lists elected precinct officers including Justices of the Peace and Constables for Bannack Birch Creek Barretts Big Hole Dillon Dewey Dell Glendale Hecla Horse Prairie Jackson Lima Pioneer Palaris and more. It also notes Mrs Clark and Mrs Morse leaving for the east with children after the election and travel to Ohio and Illinois for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannack
Charles Retallack
Lee Wilson
Birch Creek
H. H. Francis
Arretts
Simeon Kates
Big Hole
George Lawrence
Frank Dries
Dillon
Jos
Rich
Virmillion
Dewey
A. M. Madison
Scott Galbraith
Dell—A
P. Hungate
John Seybold
Glendale
Dan Tovey
Hecla
John Nead
James Jeymore
W. G. Clark
Yoo
Meggie Morse
Three Prominent Women With Noted Writing Talent
Prominent writer Mrs. Pearl Craigie known as John Oliver Hobbes rises in public regard. The author, celebrated for fiction and essays, continues to influence literary circles through her influential works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Craigie
John Oliver Hobbes
Court Proceedings Open Fifth District Term in Dillon
The fifth judicial term of district court convened with Hon. M. H. Parker presiding. Jurors were selected for the term and numerous cases heard including water rights, debts, divorces, and criminal assaults with fines imposed. Several cases set for future trial and several demurrers overruled or sustained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Parker
Birchdale Stock Farm
Hawley Selway
John Watson
Melton
Watson
MacGonnigle
Willis
Seybold
Ed. Ripley
J Hattie Ripley
Susan Jones
Frank Jones
Ripley
Davidson Estate
Thompson
Flynn Et'al Ve
Poindexter & Orr L. S. Co
Whittaker
C. O. Barnett
Dillon
Geo. W. Chinn
Melross
Edward Cushing
M. L. Davidson
Ed Edghill
William Englebaugh
Jackson
David Gibson
Bannack
H. F. Gray
R.N. Gray
Lara Hansen
Fidel Huber
Louis Krueger
Polaris
Mitchell Martinell
Dell
Harvey McKnight
Red Rock
Chas. Mikus
Daniel Mooney
Nels A Nelson
S. S. Patterson
Malcom Roysdon Dillon
John H. Shafer
Argenta
E. W. Slack
D. L. Smith
Geo. E. Smith
Wisdom
J. P. Tallant
W. H. Pine
A. M. Dunbar
O. M. Bell
J. EB. Morse
H. A. Bond
S. Hurd
Barbour
Robert Joy
A. m
Michael Dowling
Ernest B. McNinch
John T. Bishop
Mark Madison
W. B. Carter
David Evans
Edward Gleed
Orr Electric Co
Schultz
Patterson
Jenkins
Kennison
Whitworth
Knapp
Rabichau
Improved Dillon Electric Light Plant Undergoes Major Overhaul
The Dillon electric light plant, taken over by Dr. M. A. Miller last May, has been rebuilt with new machinery and a handsome stone building. About $20,000 was spent, with 150 kilowatt dynamos replacing older units doubling plant capacity. Town lights switched to 2,000 volt transformers. a new afternoon circuit will soon provide daylight lighting and power for those who want it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Lodge
Odd Fellows
Order
Odd Fellows” Lodge
Bannack and
Idaho
Rebekah Lodge
Dnon
Fac
M. A. Miller
Miller
J. B. Turner
Butte
Seattle Electric Light and Power Works
Electric Light_and_Power Company
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BIG. Hole News
Bonansa
Rochester News
ODD’ Fellows
Outeside
Secrets
Willis News
Big
L Smith
Parrot, Mont
Mr. Owsley
Grace Berry
Tion
Justices of the Peace
Horse Prairie
J. M. Nesley
Isaac Rife
John Rhino
Chas. Wampler
Lima
Don Bray
John A. Peat
Dennis Smith
Palaris
Marcellus Pyle
Gone
Ing
India
Lora
Lady Curzon
Great Britain
Battleship
Susan Quay
M. 8. Quay
Beaverhead Canal Co
Dillon Electric Light and Power Co
Fegéle
Neil Neilson
Wm. J
Peter Morrison
St. Louis
Norman EK. Mack
Pauline Pahnish
James Abrame
Wm. Tash Et al
Burton
Hon
Lee Mantle
Jim Phillips
Phillips
N. Short Line Railroad. Co
G. R. Peo
Pennsylvania
Washington
New York
Buffalo
Dillon Electric Light Works
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