Atwater claims million from slime dump and oil flotation
M. Atwater testified for Minerals Separation Ltd in its suit against Butte & Superior Mining over patent infringement. He said he earned over $1,000,000 from slime dump and tails from Heinze copper ore at Basin, using oil and acid in the process with high recoveries, and criticized the Basin mill as poorly constructed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte & Superior Mining Company
Basin
Max W. Atwater
F. Augustus Heinze
M. Atwater
Minerals Separation, Ltd
Heinze
Atwater
Butte & Superior Company
Navy lifts rules to hire mother of first wartime loss
President Wilson suspends civil service rules to appoint Mrs Annie Bopolucci, mother of John Bopolucci the first American naval seaman killed in the war, as a seamstress at the navy yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Annie Bopolucci
John Bopolucci
Navy Yard
America
Repeater Finds Shortfall In Bribery Plot
The Repeater counts money and notes only 17 dollars, claiming 18 votes. The Ward Boss questions paying for his own extra vote, implying a corrupt setup. A stray verse about smiles accompanies the scene, underscoring social irony.
Million-dollar tramway fire cripples Anaconda mines
A vast fire at the Tramway, Leonard and West Colusa mines has sealed off a copper ore body worth millions. Estimated damages reach up to 100 million, with 700 workers on payroll during peak effort and ongoing costly bulkhead work to contain the blaze. The company foresees possible recovery of some ore but a long process remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda Company
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Leonard
West Colusa
Minnie Healy
United States
Washoe
Great Falls
Butte
Pennsylvania
Famous Spendthrifts Revealed At Bank of England
A tour guide at the Bank of England leads visitors to private strong rooms. He points to a wall frame containing the first shilling earned by Harry Lauder and bags said to hold his other earnings, illustrating the comedian’s famed thriftless image.
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Bank of England
Harry Lauder
Optimistic outlook on heavenly afterlife for married men
A reflective, humorous note contemplates the Recording Angel forgiving sins during spring cleaning, offering hope to a poor married man that he may reach heaven upon death. The piece blends optimism with a lighthearted belief in secondary chances.
No Joke Law Quotation Sparks Prohibition Idea
A dialogue contrasts promoters profiting from blue sky schemes with a call for a law stopping promoters from capitalizing hunks of hot air. The Old Fogg and the Grouch discuss regulatory limits on promotional exaggeration.
Epidemic typhoid spreads to Livingston and other towns
In Montana multiple towns report health and civic notes including Livingston Typhoid spread, Havre labor strike, Harlem lamb losses from grass shortage, and Sidney park plans. Other items mention mine purchases, rail and road projects, and local legal actions.
Poor excuse as moral claim echoes through ages
The adage suggests a weak justification can suffice when no alternative exists, noting the enduring presence of poverty. It frames poverty as persistent, while implying rough practicality in using excuses over action.
Montana Pioneer Charles P. Thomas Dies at 74
Charles P. Thomas a Montana pioneer who came to Fort Benton in 1862 died at his Walier home aged 74. Born in Ohio in 1842 to a French mother and New York militia father he worked on steamboats before escaping capture in 1862 and moving to Montana. He freighted Fort Benton to Helena helped build a Helena house and settled near Dupuyer among early settlers and buffalo plains. He witnessed Virginia City’s early days and the 1872 Fort Benton arrival of Brother Van.
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Charles P. Thomas
Montana
Missouri River
Fort Benton
Walier
Ohio
France
New York State
Artberg
Mississippi
Thomas
Helena
Virginia City
Dupuyer
Van
Advertisers Offered Montana Reach Through Editor
Persons may obtain full information and rates for statewide publicity by applying to the paper's editor. The ads will be placed through him in 120 of the weekly Montana papers, reaching 81,000 or more readers every week across the state.
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Montana
Vast Montana Ranches For Sale Across The State
For sale listings advertise 1 268 acre deeded stock ranch adjoining open range with water galore suitable for horses and cattle plus full farming equipment, 42 miles from Norris at 18 dollars per acre with nine thousand down and balance at six percent. Also two half sections near Montague priced at twenty two thousand five hundred and twenty five dollars per acre respectively, plus 200 acres near Livingston with wheat and farm facilities at eight thousand cash. Additional tract details show 20 000 acres of wheat land for purchase in 320 acre tracts at twelve to twenty dollars per acre with ten year terms through Fa gan McCutcheon Price in Great Falls.
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Laurel
Livingston
Lewistown
Harry
Kelly
Land Office
Plentywood
Non-Partisan League
Havre — Jestrab Brothers
Iowa
Harlem
Sidney
Esther Caldwell
Havre
Helena
Jefferson County
American Smelting & Refining Company
Great Falls
Kenny
Great Northern
Margaret Moore
New York City
Red Cross
P. S. Hettenstein
W. J. Kaiser
Army
Blanchard Lake
Edwin X. Thomas
Aldgulch
Havre—Ness Ness
Brockton
Sheridan County
Lion Brothers
Fergus County
Dawson County
Musselshell
Masby
Stewart
War Department
Montana
Montana Souther Railway Company
Divide
Silver Bow County
Wisdom and Ralston
Elkhorn
Beaverhead
Butte
Butte Baseball Club
Milwaukee
Sidney—C. F. Woodward
Canadian War Department
Fred E. Woodward
France
Woodward
William S. Popst
Ed Doherty
Bozeman
Wolf Point
D. Carson
Main and Park
Edmunds
Board of
Northern Pacific
Logan
A. E. Westlake
T. W. Simpson
Norris
H. O. Clark, Jr
W. Broadway
J. W. Hefferlin
Mont
Good Live Town
Carter County
Sevier & Robinson
St._Se
Great_Falls
G. C. Curtis
Daly Bank
Sa Co
Ent
O. Box
Fagan-McCutcheon-Price
Central Ave
Faygan-MacCutcheon-Price
Fagan- McCutcheon-Price
Strout Realty Co
Strooool
Chester
F. I. Long
Teton River
F. LL Long
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Slime Dump
Old Mill
Automobi
Farwell, Ozman, Kirk & Co
State Life Insce Company
F Home People
Ranchers’ Hail & Fire Insurance Co
Alder
Last Chance
Via City San Helena
Yellowstone Tile & Mantel CO
Eagle Drug Co
Briscoe
Second
Utah
Briscoe Motor Co
Montana Piano Co
Butte, Mont
Edwin A. Pierse
First Avenue South
Nelson and Brady
Stont
West
Montana Automobile School
South Main
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
Tout & McCarthy
Myo
J. & Pauley
Fifth Street South
Walger
D. B. Fryer & Co
Ford Bidg
Jewe Elgin
Waltham
Great Fall
Great Falls, Mont
Public Oil Exchange
Montana Farms
Macy
Frary & Burlingame No
First National Bank
Reat Falls
Montague
Highwood
Nelson & Emerson
Steele
Nelson & Emergon
Steele Bldg
Lincoln
County
Enos A. Alligy
Silver Bow Block
Homestead Bureau of Montana
Frank J. Lapin
Steele Block
Teton County
Liberty-Stangl ‘O
Penwell Companies
Dawson and
Prairie Counties
Alex B. Lehman
Milwaukee Rail
Chicago, Milwaukee
A. L. Gesche
Land Atty
Palmer & Hough
Par Hotel
Holbert
Holbert Horse Importing CO
Culbertson, Montana
Livestock Insurance
Watson Robb
Accountants and Auditors
John H. Clark
Douglas Wilson & Co., Inc
Ford Building
Certified Accountants
WM. B. Finlay
E. J. Strasburger
Daly Bank Bidg
Bonner County
Idaho
Stroutty Co
Musselshell River
Fox Land Co
Oxford
Butte College Telegraphy
American Bank & Trust C c. of
Tractor Attachment Co
2Nd Ave
Rouf Realty Co
FURS
Richard P. Hoenck
A. Rauh
Minneapolis
Valier
el Rainbow
Cooper Wyoming
Gallatin
Valley
Fear
Manhattan
Seattle
F. W. Haniman
Ismay
Strouf
Central_avenue
Mootaca
Fair
Montana Employment Co
LaBon
Hood Agency
Great Fella Mont
Duluth
Butte Mont
J. F. Hogan
Empire Construction CO
Ford
Architects
Arnold & van House
Geo. H. Shanley
National Bank
J. Ira Jones CO
Bar
Montane
Henry Haas
Nat. Bank
Tel
Wagetess
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