No Trace of Wason Oliver Found by His Relatives
Wason Oliver, son of county commissioner W. M. Oliver, disappeared after leaving Dillon for Alberta with a wagon and five horses. A Frenchman traveled with him. a wagon burned near Wolf Creek, and the companion vanished. Authorities and family search tirelessly. no trace since he passed Wolf Creek, with grief across the Dillon community.
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Wason Oliver
W. M. Oliver
Dillon
Alberta
United States
Helena
Wolf Creek
Oliver
Wason
W.M. Oliver
California
Mont
Mr. Oliver
Denton Oliver
Electric light plant in Dillon to receive major upgrades
The Dillon Electric Light and Power Company, under receiver H W Turner, is upgrading its main line with No 4 copper wire replacing No 8 to triple capacity. New cedar poles, a new reservoir dam, and substantial steam plant improvements are planned at a total cost of 8000 to 10000 dollars. The goal is a 25 percent efficiency gain and 24 hour service without rate cuts.
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Dillon Electric Light and Power Company
H. W. Turner
Butte Electric Light and Power Company
Dillon
Trisunt
How Alder Culch Was Discovered in Alder Gulch Tale
Barney Hughes, lone survivor of the six who found Alder Gulch in Madison County, recalls the 1863 journey from Bannack to the Virginia City area. After surviving a Crow war party, the group prospected the gulch and began staking claims before a larger gold-seekers crowd arrived, launching a world famous placer strike.
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Montana
Helena
Barney Hughes
Madison County
Alder Gulch
Ireland
New York City
New England
Golden West
Plains
California
Seattle
British Columbia
George Ives
Ives
West
Henry Edgar
Bill Sweeney
Harry Rodgers
Bannack
Deer Lodge
Yellowstone River
Gallatin Valley
Fifteen Mile Pass
Gallatin
Madison and
Madison Valley
Squaw Gulch
Virginia City
Bill Fairweather
Bill
Sweeney
Beaverhead River
Blacktail Deer Creek
Dillon
Point of Rocks
Beaverhead Rock
Wash Stapleton
Butte
Col. McClain
Ramshorn Gulch
Hager Cot Contract City Council Meeting Highlights
City council met in regular session with Mayor White and six councilmen plus Edwin Norris as clerk. Sept arrests and fines totaled 55 and 756 dollars were collected. ex-police judge deficit of 295 dollars paid by his father. Water committee reported 15 taps, reservoir cleaned, 225 water uses, 1568.90 in rents. Shakespeare club sought basement room for weekly meetings. council considered but indifferent amid library board reorganization.
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White
Selway
Best
Hughes
Knapp
Phillips
Edwin Norris
Norris
Joseph Poindexter
Conger
Williams
Thomas Selway
Cushing
Henry Cushing
A. L. Badcon
Shakespeare Club
Tanita
Library Board
Southern Montana Telephone line plans 25 mile extension
Receipts from the new Southern Montana Telephone line serving Dillon Wisdom and Big Hole Basin total about 135 for September the line's first month. Stockholders praise the venture and consider extending the line 25 miles into the highlands to reach about twenty ranches at an estimated cost of 1500 to 2000. Monthly talks may set two dollars to Wisdom and extra for contacting Dillon beyond Wisdom, mirroring westernBell rates. Weather report notes mean 57.7F, highs 84F, frosts on 17 and 30, precip 0.26 in, winds SW. eight year mean temperatures ranged from 50.5F to 58.6F.
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Southern Montana Telephone Company
Dillon and
Wisdom
Big Hole Basin
Highlands
Dillon
Bell Telephone Company
West
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T. E. G. Lynch
Copper Queen Mining and Smelting Co
Nova Scotia
A. K. McDaniels
St. James Guild
Clara Chapman
Dilion
Whittaker
Barney
Beaverhead County
Rockies
Big Hole
Caldwell
Washington
Walla Walla
Orffe
Idaho
Elk City
Florence
Salmon River
Pioneer Gulch
Gibbonsville
Grasshopper Creek
Banzing
Bill Pairweather
Tom Cow
Hager Cot
Dillon-Big Hole
Prise
J. E. Monroe
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