Severe storm devastates Melrose valley crops and homes
A major Sept 2 storm drenched Melrose with hail and rain. Four to four and a half inch hailstones damaged windows, crops, gardens, and alfalfa. several ranches reported heavy grain losses. School opened with large enrollment as geology students from Butte visited to study local strata and map faulting.
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New House
Hecla
Melrose
Soap Gulch
Pancord
Browne’s Mountain
McCarty
Reichle
Camp Creek
Fardice
T. J. Foweill
Streb Brothers
R. R. Hoffman and Son
Philipsburg
Ralse
Butte
Butte School of Mines
Louise Harvey
Wise River
Marguerite LaMarche
Hazel
Jack McGinnis
F. P. Tate
Bilings
Cattle market gains noted in Sheridan district
Sheridan reports slight cattle market improvement with shipments to Butte and Spokane. L. C. Edwards inspected two carloads for Sam Robinson of Butte and one for R. Thompson of Silver Springs. J. H. LaDue shipped lambs to Chicago. The article also covers threshing yields, social visits, and a birthday dinner hosted by Dorothy Marsh with local residents attending.
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Norris
Congress
Hostes
Mary Brigham
Barbara South
Ione Phillips
Vernetta Cheney
Esther
Gertrude Hill
Rightenour
E. D. Marsh
Severe Storm Damages Grain as Glen Station Sees Flooded Hayfields
Reichle P C reports a severe electrical storm with floods and hail harming ripening grain and hay fields. Residents hope for clear weather to resume haying while families relocate and schools begin, including Miss Donovan and Miss O Leary. David Hier and the Cosgrove family visited during the period with several locals traveling to Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reichle
M. Donovan
Butte
Prof. Price
O’leary
Rock Creek
Ruth Parker
Willow Creek
David Hier
Apex
R. Cosgrove
Dillon
John Poole
Mechanics Move to New Site After Lumber Work
Rhodes Wilhelm R W Wilhelm and Lee Wilhelm arrived from Rock Creek with machinery and near finish sawing lumber. Jack Massey travels to Dillon for his ill baby. T Moran and J Barry from Dillon came on business Tuesday.
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Rhodes Wilhelm
R. W. Wilhelm
Lee Wilhelm
Rock Creek
Jack Massey
Dillon
T. Moran
J. Barry
Credit Strain Eases as Montana Farmers urged to market quickly
State bank examiner L. Q. Skelton reports improving financial and trade conditions across Montana. He urges farmers to sell wool, lambs, grain and other products promptly to relieve credit strain, noting daylight appears after a long tunnel and business sentiment is turning optimistic.
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Helena
State Bank Examiner
L. Q. Skelton
Montana
Mr. Skelton
Donovan Ranch Company Water Appropriation Notice
In Beaverhead County Montana the Donovan Ranch Company applies to appropriate seven cubic feet per second from Nip and Tuck Creek for agricultural and other uses. Interested parties may file written objections with the Clerk of Court by September 28, 1921. Court seal and official date noted.
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Fifth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Beaverhead
Donovan Ranch Company
Nip and Tuck Creek
Horse Prairie Creek
Beaverhead County
A. D
W. E. Stephenson
Mrs Hart Sells Wonder Needle with Patterns Displayed
Advertisement notes Mrs Anna Hart sells a wonder needle that performs tasks once done by grandmothers and offers lessons. It promises a good assortment of stamped patterns with finished work on display.
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Anna Hart
Miss Thora Sisson Takes Teaching Post at Har Slowton
Miss Thora Sisson has left for Har Slowton to teach at the local school, beginning her duties there this week.
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Thora Sisson
Harslowton
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Melrose News
Bighorn Place
Mary Innes
Spokane
Sheridan
Mirs G. W. Rightenour
G. W. Rightenour
Bert Foster
Weiser
Idaho
Mesdames
M. Thomas
FE. E. Hyndman
Bert
Harry
George
Len Foster
J. H. Thomas
C. E. Hagie
Ey. D. Marsh
J. F. Oakwood
Fritz Lueck
Thomas Foster
M. B. Drummond
Pauline Jennings
Lueck
George Foster
Drummond
Drummond. Mr. and Mrs. Foster Took the Train For Their Home In Weiser
Denver
Dorothy Marsh
Irving Bacheller
Abraham Lincoln
the Tribune Book Store
Frank A. Hazelbaker, Pres
Glen Station News
E.H. Brundage
Thomas’ Book Store
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