Big Beaverhead County ranch deal forms Foster holdings
A Dixon dispatch notes the Morse Birchdale Stock Farm will join the Foster Ranch company, part of the Penwell group. The move follows a sequence of dividends and rising Montana owned assets as the new venture absorbs Morse ranch with substantial capital and livestock assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birchdal
Foster Ranch Company Holdings
Butte
Helena
Birchdale
J. E. Morse
Foster Ranch Company
Penwell Land and Livestock Companies
Penwell
Riverside Land and Livestock Company
Penwell Companies
Montana
Morse
Beaverhead
Council Accepts New Sewer Contract and Balance
A special city council meeting approved accepting the new sewer laid by Kent & Waldorf. The final contractor’s balance of 1337.64 was authorized for payment. The sewer runs 3200 feet from Butte to Orr, with 6, 8, and 10 inch pipe and a total cost of 3470 to city and property owners.
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White
Kent & Waldorf
Butte Street
Orr Street
Idaho
Bannack Streets
Messrs
Counci
President Roosevelt to Receive Telegrapher Strike Papers
The telegraphers' strike has escalated and President Roosevelt agreed to review documentary statements from the strikers. He would consider convening further if needed after examining the papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
Concot
Will of W. T. Mauldin Leaves Most to Wife
The late William T. Mauldin’s will dated November 15, 1900, filed in district court, provides an annual $200 to sister Maggie S. Hughes of Maryland. His wife Nancy Mauldin receives Lot No. 12 in Butte, a ranch known as Stodden Place near Dillon, and control of all remaining assets as executrix. Upon Nancy’s death the property transfers to Ellen T. Rittenhouse of Chicago and later to Feathrely children. daughters Nannie and Georgia Featherly receive $5000 each at marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Mauldin
District Court
Maggie S. Hughes
Maryland
Nancy Mauldin
Butte
Montana
Ellen T. Rittenhouse
Chicago
Benefit ball game planned for next Sunday in Dillon
Dillon hosts a charity baseball event with two all star teams to raise funds for local players. Lineups feature Clint Ford LaCroix C Gilbert Fuller Barry Egan Heline Price Wheat versus Eklund Kinnear Stolle Tom Gilbert Patterson Eddie Ford Wolf Herwig Hart.
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Dillon
Fuller
Barry
Egan
Heline
Price
Wheat
Eklund
Kinnear
Stolle
Tom Gilbert
Patterson
Eddie Ford
Wolf
Herwig
Hart
Beaverhead Club Deluges Montana Mercantile In Big Local Ball Game
A Sunday afternoon clash saw the Beaverhead club defeat the Montana Mercantile Company in the season’s warmest and biggest contest. M. E. Barry, B. N. Stevenson, and A. F. Waldorf hit three home runs while the lively crowd fueled by Pond’s Extract fueled the excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Montana Mercantile Company
M. E. Barry
B. N. Stevenson
A. F. Waldorf
Stevenson
Waldorf
Beaverhead Club
Barrow
Four Dillon and Lima members elected to grand lodge posts
Four members of Masonic and Eastern Star in Beaverhead county won offices in the grand lodges at Butte last week. The Dillon group includes Dr. M. A. Walker and Dr. R. R. Rathbone and Rev. A C B Mastin, while Lima’s Mrs. Anna Gosman was also elected to office.
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Masonic and
Eastern Star Orders
Beaverhead County
Butte
M. A. Walker
R. R. Rathbone
Acb. Mastin
Dillon
Anna Gosman
Lima
Alker Alds
Argenta mine camp gains with new water power plant
George French reports rapid growth at Argenta with 35 miners employed, a meat market, saloon, and grocery. The Butte Argenta company plans a 40 000 to 50 000 dollar water power plant and canal to powers its hoists, using 125 horsepower from a 78 foot head on Rattlesnake creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte-Argenta Copper Company
Argenta
Dillon-Argenta Company
Farlin
George French
French
Butte-Argenta Company
Cowan
Dillon-Argenta Mining Company
Miss McCartney Ill in Butte Hospital
Miss Mary McCartney appointed seventh grade teacher at Dillon public school is dangerously ill in Murray’s hospital Butte. A message summoned Miss Delia Dorchester to Miss McCartney’s bedside as it is thought she may live only a short time. Miss Dorchester leaves for Butte this afternoon and Miss Ida Stonecliffe will teach in her absence.
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Mary McCartney
Dillon Public School
Murray's Hospital
Butte
Delia Dorchester
Miss McCartney
Miss Dorchester
Ida Stonecliffe
The
Normal College
Sutton Not What He Claimed In Dillon Visit
A Dillon town report recounts Doc Sutton’s return after twelve years as a wanderer in sheep and ranching. He displayed wealth claims and bought gear then hunted in Montana, wired drafts from South Dakota, paid long-standing debts, and finally vanished toward Idaho before Lakeview authorities recaptured him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Doc
Sutton
South Dakota
Montana
Dakota
Caleb
Dart Hardware Co
J. Robert Morton
Dillon Furniture Company
Likeview
First National Bank of
Idaho
Lakeview
Austrian prisoner asks judge to release for life outside jail
Bortol Kruljac, jailed six months by Judge Hirschman for third degree assault on his wife, writes a rambling plea to be released and to leave Dillon and his family. The judge declines at present, noting a later date may be possible if promises are kept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bortol Kruljac
Hirschman
Dillon
Kruljac
Hirsch
Attorney Barbour Family Enjoy East Trip
Attorney W. 8. Barbour reports from the east that he and his wife are having a delightful time. He plans to return to Dillon on or before October 1st and resume business. He praises the Jamestown exposition and finds Baltimore's City of Monuments pleasant while Richmond and Alexandria in Virginia are sacred historic Meccas for many travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbour
The
Tribune
Dillon
Baltimore
Richmond
Alexandria
Beaverhead County Horse Sale Promises Large Dillon Event
Hundreds of horses of all kinds will be sold in Dillon in October by the Dillon Horse Sale Company. The October 15 to 17 sale follows a successful spring auction at the stockyards led by Dr. W. C. Ort and Clark Anderson, with about fifty thousand dollars in sales. Local signatories include Poindexter Orr Livestock, Anderson Bros, J. G. Erwin, and others. The catalog lists 300 broken draft horses, 50 broken drivers, 200 unbroken horses, 50 saddle horses, yearling mules, two carloads of high grade mares and stallions, North Dakota matched teams, a Shetland and a spotted Arabian stallion, and teams suited for hearse work or fire departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Dillon Horse Sale Company
W. C. Ort
Clark Anderson
Poindexter & Orr Livestock Company
Anderson Bros
J. G. Erwin
J. W. Sutherland
C. A. Smith
J. W. Morton
Louis Stahl
North Dakota
Blaine Couple Wed in Dillon After License Issue
Mrs Irene Planalt and Mr James Murray of the Blaine neighborhood on the lower Beaverhead obtained a marriage license from Clerk Hazelbaker in Dillon last Saturday. They were married in Hazelbaker's office with Deputy Clerk Conger and Richard Price as witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Planalt
Fred Woodworth to Wed Bessie Bulen in Bozeman
Fred Woodworth eldest son of Mr and Mrs George Woodworth of the Big Hole basin will wed Miss Bessie Bulen in Bozeman next week. After the ceremony the couple will honeymoon in Spokane and other coastal cities before settling on the Standfield ranch in the Big Hole basin.
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Fred. Woodworth
Bessie Bulen
Bozeman
Spokane
Fred Woodworth
George Woodworth
Big Hole Basin
Fred
Dillon
Fred, Woodworth
James H. Bulen
Bulen
Montana State Normal College
Woodworth
Will
Standfield Ranch
Mr. Woodworth
Chas McGough Dead in Butte Jail Death
Charles McGough a Dillon resident serving 25 days for petty larceny died in Silver Bow county jail in Butte from pneumonia. County Physician Tremblay said illness was brief. coroner Stevens ordered body removed to Sherman and Reed's. He was 26, unmarried, survived by mother, brother Frank in Butte, and sisters Mrs. Upton, Mrs. Cox, Alzira McGough, with two more sisters in Nevada and Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McGough
Dillon
Butte
Anaconda Standard
Montana
Silver Bow
Tremblay
McGough
Bannock
Beaverhead County
Sherman
Reed
Stevens
Baptist Ladies Aid Event Planned at Rathbone Home
The Baptist Ladies' Aid will be entertained by Mrs Rathbone Mrs Yeaman and Mrs Stoller at the home of Mrs Rathbone next Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist
Mrs. Rathbone
Warden Tom McTague Visits Helena From Deer Lodge Prison
Tom McTague, warden of the Deer Lodge penitentiary, spent Wednesday in the city for undisclosed official business and meetings with local authorities.
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Tom McTague
Deer Lodge
Walking out at Livingston NP shops sparks strike
The entire force in the machine and blacksmith shops of the Northern Pacific at Livingston struck at 10 this morning. Machinists demanded reinstatement of two men discharged yesterday for refusing to work with strike breakers and threatened to leave posts if not met. Officials reportedly rejected the proposition.
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Livingston
Northern Pacific
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Council
Dads
Louis Owens
Mountain View Cemetery
W. T. Mauldin
A Plenty
Grand Lodge
Big Hole Forest Reserve
Hirschman Toj
Jestesser
Plac
Origen
Planalt-Murray
Chas, McGough
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