One Dollar Becomes Eight Thousand for Victory Loan
Justin M. Smith of Gallatin county recalls his first Bozeman client who paid a single dollar for homestead papers. A later contributor, now owning 320 acres, buys an $8,000 Victory Liberty loan subscription, leaving Smith jokingly broke and still the same attorney.
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Liberty Loan Committee
Justin M. Smith
Gallatin County Victory Liberty Loan Committee
Bozeman
Mr. Smith
Liberty Loan
Chamber of Commerce
O. A. Lynn
Mr. Lynn
Victory Liberty Loan
Gallatin
Gallatin County
Justin
Slayer Surrenders After 60 Mile Ride in Carter County
William Hedrick of Climax confessed to killing Bruce Cochrane near Cli max in Carter County. He said the quarrel over the boundary between their homesteads led to the shooting in self defense. Both men were stockraisers who had been partners nearby.
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Slayer
John Deague
Ekalaka
Carter County
William Hedrick
Climax
Bruce Cochrane
Cochrane
John Colter Pioneer of Yellowstone and Beasts of War
John Colter, first Montana commercial traveler for Manuel Lisa, explored the Yellowstone region and aided Lisa's trading post. He joined Lewis and Clark, trapped beaver, and survived battles with the Crow and Blackfeet. Renowned for a daring run for life near Three Forks, he escaped naked through a beaver den, reaching Lisa's fort after a 200 mile trek. He later helped build Lisa's ill‑fated Three Forks post and died on a Missouri farm.
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Montana
John Colter
Manuel Lisa
Lisa
Yellowstone
Big Horn River
Colter
Yellowstone Park
Daniel Boone
Fort Mandan
Bewis and Clark
St. Louis
Hunter
Rowan Crusoe S
Yellowstone Valley
Clark
Custer
Big Horn
Billings
Crow Nation
Wind River
Wind River Range
Jackson Hole
Teton Pass
Pierre’s Hole
Madison
Three Forks
Missouri River
Hugh D Cook Named Chair Of Rotary Casualty Insurance
Hugh D. Cook of Helena Montana is appointed chairman of the casualty insurance section for the International Rotary annual meeting in Salt Lake City. The 12 month term places him at the head of the vocational section during the June 16 to 20 gathering. Cook, president of Western Accident and Indemnity Co, says the honor reflects his company and Montana as a key casualty insurance field.
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Cook
Salt Lake City
Western Accident and Indemnity Company
Helena
International Rotary
Wesley E. King
Utah Capital
Montana
Colter’s Hell Named After Yellowstone Explorer
The description by early traveler Lorenzo Colter led locals to nickname the Yellowstone feature “Colter’s Hell,” a name that persisted for many years as the area was explored and mapped.
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Ders
Yellowstone Park
Colter
Hell
Memory of Daly Daughter Helps Capture Butte Spy
Henry Bodte alias Herbert Wildson, a Butte miner and former soldier of fortune, is serving a 10 year term on Governors Island after Mrs. James W. Gerard, daughter of Marcus Daly, identified him by memory. The case reveals Bodte’s long espionage career for Russia and Germany, including attempts to gain access to the American embassy in Berlin. After serving his sentence, he faces possible deportation as an undesirable alien.
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Henry Bodte
Butte
Herbert Wildson
Governor's Island
New York
James W. Gerard
Germany
Marcus Daly
Montana
Bode
United States Army
Japan
Russia
Philippines
California
Mexico
Madero
United States
Fort Bliss
Berlin
Gerard
Uncle Sam
Secret Service Department
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Missouri
The
Platte
Yellowstone National Park
Potts
Lewis and Clark
Eapore
Madison River
Hugh Cook
CASUALTY INSURANCES _INTERNATIONAL ROTARY
Montana Joint Stock Land Bank
Aioe
Ethan Gupense
Eeros
Banking Corporation OF
Honolulu
San Francisco
United States Navy
Bodte
Second
China
Henry Bode
Great Falls
Cascade Bank of
Mont
B. Roberts
N. T. Renee
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