Montanan Farmer who passed up gold camps for wheat
William Flannery, Montana’s long time leading farmer, recalls 1865 move from gold camps to Gallatin valley. He pioneered dry land wheat, built the first mills and threshing in Bozeman, and later cropped tens of thousands of bushels. Now 72, he still runs a vast Toluca area ranch in Big Horn county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Big Horn County
Hardin
Gallatin County
William Flannery
Mr. Flannery
County Caldwell
Ireland
America
American Desert
Rocky Mountains
Omaha
Plains
Nebraska City
Fort Kearney
Julesburg
Salt Lake
Platte
Polo Creek
Black Hills
Ben Holliday
Little Laramie
Rock Creek
Virginia City
Tom Shanahan
Gallatin
St. Louis
Bozeman
N. W. Pennell
W. A. Clark
Sullivan
Confederate Gulch
Missouri River
States
Colorado
Butte
Barney Hughes
Big Hole
Thompson for the Bolshevik and Red Cross aid
Col William B Thompson head of an American Red Cross mission to Russia returned via Siberia and claimed Bolsheviks were a force for liberty and would bring order. He disclosed contributions of about 1 million dollars to Bolsheviks to spread propaganda in Germany and Austria influencing wartime policy and peace prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
American Red Cross Mision
Germany
Austria
New York
William B. Thompson
Montana
Colonel Thompson
Butte
Thompson
Nine Mile Canyon
Thompson Park
Cobalt
Canada
Federal Reserve Bank
Col. Thompson
Richard Hickman
Madison County
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Siberia
Petrograd
Rocky Mountain Club
Ermans
Protopopolf
Czar
Weird snow wager ends in naked nine minute draw
Two Miles City men Mush McGee and Kid Graham challenged each other to endure cold. In a saloon alley they stripped and buried themselves in snow for nine minutes, emerging together as a draw in front of friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Mush McGee
Kid Graham
Meagher County gains Rep E C Baxter in new boundaries
Representative E C Baxter from Meagher is placed within the new county. At the last session the House had 49 Democrats and 46 Republicans. in the extraordinary session it will be 43 Democrats and 42 Republicans, leaving equality and possible speaker tiebreaks. Senate balance remains Republican with vacancies not altering the majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Baxter
Meagher
House
Senate
Worth All It Cost
John and Mary are newlyweds on a train as a tunnel is passed. John’s arm remains around Mary’s neck and passengers grow suspicious. He blurts out that the tunnel cost a million dollars, Mary retorts it was worth the money, a joke retold by Frazier to farmers at Great Falls with a hint of market wheat.
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Morin
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific
Senator Gallwey
Gallwey
Page
John
Mary
Frazier
Great Falls
Go Away George and His Journey to the Penitentiary
The Helena figure nicknamed Go-Away George, a longtime tin horn gambler, killed a rival in a dispute and faced murder charges. The trial drew heavy newspaper attention, the jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to the penitentiary, fulfilling his wish to go away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Helena
Montana
Law and Order
Linfield Heads State Seed Committee in Montana
Governor Stewart names Director F B Linfield of the Montana experiment station as president of the Montana seed committee to represent the federal government in seed grain purchases. Members include C D Greenfield Helena secretary W L Beers Bozeman field agent Sam Stevenson Great Falls banker and W N Smith Harlowtown mill owner. The panel will locate seed grain stocks and oversee purchases of oats barley flax while government buys seed wheat. it may gather farmer applications and aid local credit where possible.
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F. B. Linfield
Montana Experiment Station
Stewart
Montana Seed Committee
Montana
C. D. Greenfield
Helena
W. L. Beers
Bozeman
Sam Stevenson
Great Falls
W. N. Smith
Harlowtown
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James O’connor
Fifteenth Legislative Assembly
St. Valentine’s Day
Sam V. Stewart
Harry Gallwey
Silver Bow County
Emil
Park Smith
Lewis and Clark
Daniel O’shea
Carbon County
Federal Land Loan Bank
Spokane
C. B. Roberts
Lincoln County
Banke
O. G. Willet
Mineral County
Wheatland
Jones
Meagher County
John Oliver
Fallon County
Carter County
Fallon
Park County
Washington
Department of the Attorney General of the United States
William Cutts
Silver Bow
Jansen
Cascade
California
Frank C. Murray
Harold C. Blake
Deer Lodge
H. A. Hussar
Hill
Lincoln Working
Lewis and Clark County
Valley County
James Griffin
Blaine County
William J. Cristmas
Earland County
United States
Logan Waller Page
Office of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
State Highway Department of Montana
Thomas F. Kehoe
James F. O’connor
Kehoe
Billings
THE
Helena Gambler
Linfield
Army
Sam B. Goza
Wyoming
Three Forks
Bigon
Missouri
Chamber of Commerce, Dept. C
National Life Insurance Company of Montanaegal Reserve Company
Ting
Botte. Mont
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Montaya Manufacturers
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