Banker Greening and the Cowboys
A 1908 Melstone tale recounts C. W. Greening, a tenderfoot banker, sleeping under a lumber shed with $4,000 in cash as Musselshell Cowboys shot up town. He built a tiny bank, survived a risky start, and expanded to lead multiple banks as Melstone’s first mayor and community leader.
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Melstone
Musselshell
C. W. Greening
Tenderfoot
Arack
Midland Lumber Company
Grand Meadows
Minnesota
Ing
Morpheus
Greening
Greerting
Miles City
Sumatra
Vananda
Ingomar
Jordan
Muselshell
Melstone Bank
Jeff Davis Gulch and the Start of William Clark Fortune
In Jeff Davis Gulch a pioneer era camp birthed Abraham Clark's fortune. W A Clark shoveled gravel in a placer claim, cooked simple meals, and helped organize a miners meeting on July 4 1863 to establish laws and cooperation. He later built vast holdings including United Verde mine and a transcontinental railroad while remaining tied to Montana pioneers society.
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Jeff Davis Gulch
W. A. Clark
Beaverhead County
America
Clark
United Verde
Jerome
Arizona
Graham
Senator Clark
Society of Pioneers of
Montana
Seffistier
W. X. Clark
Pershing Adopts Sawed Off Shotguns In War Front
In early days General Pershing learned the sawed off shotgun in Montana firefights with stagecoach express riders and gold dust. The article notes Pershing now plans to deploy these emergency shotguns in trench combat, claiming ten thousand are in American trenches. Also recounts Montana placer mining figures and the Vigilantes era with Judge M H Lott and W B Dance filing claims on Jeff Davis gulch.
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Pershing
Fort Assiniboine
Montana
General Pershing
Matrimonial Mix Up Of Early Days In Virginia City
Charles Beerher tells of a miners court divorce in Virginia City where a widow sought separation due to poverty. A lawyer persuaded miners to grant a divorce, then the judge used a new law to marry the same man to the former wife, creating a peculiar remarriage on the spot.
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Charles Beerher
Virginia City
Aldergulch
German Fiber Substitute Appears in Germany
The British consul general at Zurich reports a wood pulp fiber named cellulon as an efficient substitute for jute, cotton and other fibers. Swiss spinners watch developments as cellulon cloth, made directly from wood pulp, is described as extremely strong.
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London
Zurich
Germany
German Crop Report Describes Early Harvest and Livestock Gain
London officials report western Germany crops 3 to 4 weeks earlier than 1917 with luxurious rye growth and satisfactory summer grain condition. Cattle are picking up while oats have been unavailable for a long time. Pigs rise, signaling improving soil tillage.
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London
Germany
Miners Laws and Old Hotel Register Play Key Roles in Montana’s Early Records
The narrative recounts how in early Montana a lack of formal government left miners to rely on improvised laws. A hotel register brought by Graham becomes an official county record in Beaverhead, giving rise to quaint entries such as a claim sale and Descriptions of early mining activities at Jeff Davis gulch.
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Montana
Clark
Jeff Davis Guich
Henry Lovewell
Jeff Davis Gulch
Beaverhead County
W. R. Vandruff
Graham
States
Territory
W. Harvey
W. B. Perkins
Graeter Tella
Gus Graeter
Bannack
Graeter
Montana Livestock Outlook Big Increase This Year
A report to the federal land bank of Minneapolis by H. F. Wessel predicts much higher livestock production in Montana this year. Wessel cites a rancher’s claim of a 95 percent decrease in winter losses versus over 50 percent losses last year, highlighting improving conditions across the state.
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Montana
Federal Land Bank of Minneapolis
H. F. Wessel
Investi
Sulphur Shortage Threatens U S Munitions Plants
At a senate mines and mining committee hearing, evidence showed a sulphur shortage endangers national munition production. Without action, new plants nearing completion risk running out of material, potentially forcing suspension of certain vital industries.
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Montana
Washington
Senate Committee On Mines and Mining
Submarine Depth Bombs Sink Destroyers in Ocean Fight
Sailors arriving at port report eight destroyers sunk by depth bombs from a submarine in mid ocean. The latest "super" type carrier carries six deck guns, some of eight or nine inch caliber.
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New York
Port Said
Rain Douses Shelby County Boosts Harvest Prospects
A soaking rainfall last week in Shelby County totaled one and a half inches. Farmers, who have faced risk to grain yields, gain renewed hope for a bumper crop if additional rains follow soon, brightening harvest prospects.
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Shelby
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Banker Greening
THE
Cowboys
Judge Lott
Jeff Davis
Colorado
M. H. Lott
Win Bridges
Dorsett
Vigilantes
California
Highwaymen
Twin Bridges
W. B. Dance
Price
G. W. Stapleton
C. B. Nelson
Central Avenue
Great Falls
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Man of Light
Crimmins & Peirge CO
Summer Street
Boston
Mass
First National Bank
Mont
E. Martin
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