Tom Arthur Now an Oil Magnate in Wyoming Find
Thomas Arthur of Billings, who left politics to pursue Wyoming oil, leads a Montana syndicate that secured Lusk field holdings. A 2,000 barrel well near his land triggered a major strike, drawing 30 rigs and signaling one of Wyoming’s largest oil developments.
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Discovery Well
Wyoming
Thomas Arthur
Billings
Montana
Lusk
Mr. Arthur
B. R. Albin
Hart-Albin Company
John
Express
Arthur Syndicate
Texas
Midwest
Ohio
F. John Sur
Arthur
Illinois
Grant
Wild Duck
Ceneral
Deer Lodge
Lewis and Clark
Commonwealth of Montana
Montana War Leaders in a Group Portrait
A group photograph highlights key Montana war figures led by Governor Samuel V. Stewart. Adjutant General Phil Greenan trained over 40 000 Montanans for service while Colonel J J McGuinness and Major Edgerton charted army progress. Also pictured are President Sweetland of Montana Wesleyan, President McDonald of Mount St Charles College, Captain Hal Stewart and Mayor Dryburg, with context on local colleges’ officer training efforts.
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Montana
Samuel V. Stewart
Stewart
Phil Greenan
General Crowder
United States
J. J. McGuinness
163Rd Infantry
National Army
McGuinness
France
Edgerton
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Army
Fergus
Musselshell
Sweetland
Montana Wesleyan College
McDonald
Mount St. Charles College
Hal Stewart
Governor Stewart
Mayor Dryburg
Helena
Early Day Session of Territorial Legislature Told
Seth Bullock recalls the 1871 1872 Montana session with Granville Stuart and others in Virginia City. He describes shared housing in a short poker room above a wood shed, the room’s rough furnishings, and the bond among the nine counties represented. Bullock honors Stuart as a pioneer and notes the all Democrat legislature with two exceptions and his own early election challenges.
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Seth Bullock
Montana
Bullock
Mr. Bullock
Granville Stuart
Charless. Warren
Butte
Virginia City
Senate
Legislative Council
Deer Lodge
Missoula
Lewis and Clark and Jefferson
Charles McCabe
Bear
Sol Star
Potts
Territorial
Aldergulch
Captain Mills
New Northwest
Thea Springs
Granville
Stuart
Northwest
B. F. Potts
Sherman
United States
House
Dr. Mitchell
Harry R. Comty
Helena
Robert Fisher
Jefferson County
Virginia
Sanders
Lewis and Clark
Madison
Beaverhead
Gallatin
Meagher
Jefferson
Chouteau
Meagher and
Stephen J. Beck
Timothy Collins
Rufe Arick
James Cadigan
Benjamin F. Potts
Ohio
James B. Callaway
Warren recalls 1865 66 Civil War hardships and Montana scenes
General Charles S Warren, Civil War veteran, compares expectations for returning 1919 soldiers with harsh 1865 66 Montana times. He recalls Lynchings of furloughed Yankees, peace riots, and deserters from both sides seeking refuge in Bannack, Virginia City and Helena before being expelled. He served in the Union Army from start to finish.
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Charles 8S. Warren
Montana
Bannack
Virginia City
Helena
South
Warren
Plains
Convicted Men Must Serve Sentences in Trust Case
Wilmot and Sidebotham, convicted January 30, 1917, for using the mails to defraud via a trust company scheme, must surrender to the U S marshal at Helena within 10 days. They face 13 months at Fort Leavenworth and costs totaling $4,112 after a San Francisco appeals ruling.
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Wilmot and
Sidebotham
J. G. G. Wilmot
R. R. Sidebotham
San Francisco
Fort Leavenworth
Rabbit Farm as Food Conserver in Centerville
Joseph Warren of Centerville launched the American Rabbitry with four rabbit pairs in 1918 to aid wartime meat supply. The operation, housed in a large barn with fifty pens, now claims over 200 rabbits of breeds including New Zealand reds Flemish giants and Belgian hares. Warren predicts does produce five litters of ten yearly and that a doe can become mother to 50 kits in a year with rapid maturity to table weight in three to four months.
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Centerville
Warren
Joe
American Rabbitry
Germany
Centerville Farm
New Zealand
Irrigation Boom for All the West Promises Soldier Farms
The article envisions a national irrigation resurgence after World War I. Government funds and private capital, led by the Blackfoot Land Company of Butte, plan vast reclamation in Montana to seed homesteads for returning soldiers. Missoula lands prove fertile, with irrigation districts likely to be organized and bonded in the coming legislature.
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Johnnie
United States
Montana
Blackfoot Land Company
Anaconda
Roy 8. Alley of
Butte
Alley
Pipestone Beach
Jefferson Valley
Missoula
Horse Meat for Starving Germans Proposal by Montana Stockman
Richard Ingersoll of Miles City proposes slaughtering small Western range horses to feed Europe during the war. He argues ranges would be freed for cattle and thousands of underutilized horses could supply meat, with potential for shipping on the hoof or canned domestically.
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Montana
Europe
Richard Ingersoll
Commercial State Bank of
Miles City
Ingersoll
Berlin
Montana Millers to Resume Finest White Flour
Montana Millers association members met in Helena to review flour production after the removal of substitute restrictions. Under wartime rules mills used 4.4 bushels of wheat per barrel and produced a single flour grade. With the restrictions lifted they expect to resume manufacturing the highest quality white flour.
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Montana Millers’ Association
Helena
Food Administration
Montana
America
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Tom Arthur
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
Great Falls
1St National Bank
Territorial Legislature
Gen. Warren
Rabbit Farm
Joseph Warren
Butte Consolidated Railway
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