Bill Fairweather Lays in Pauper's Grave and Alder Gulch Rise
The article recounts Bill Fairweather the Alder Gulch discoverer buried in poverty yet famed for finding a $60,000,000 gold strike. It details Holter hydroelectric plant progress on the Missouri river, filling a 150,000 acre foot storage, and creating a chain of lakes from Hauser to Canyon Ferry. The story covers canyon boats, Gate of the Mountains, and the Montana power development alongside Fairweather’s storied life and 1863 Alder Gulch gold rush culminating in Virginia City’s rise and Early Montana governance.
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Holter
Montana Power Company
Helena
Wolf Creek
Montana
Great Falls
Missouri
Hauser Lake
Canyon Ferry
Gate of the Mountains
Lewis and Clark
Bill Fairweather
Alder Gulch
Fairweather
Alder
TW. Cover
Henry Edgar
Barney Hughes
Sweeney
Rodgers
Deer Lodge
Yellowstone
Main Range
Deer Lodge Pass
Big Hole
Beaverhead
Tobacco Root Range
Granite Creek
Gallatin
Lewis Simpson
Bill
Simmons
Medicine Lodge
Edgar
Bannack
Congress
Oo City
Virginia City
Madison County
William H. Fairweather
Butte and Superior battles over oil flotation patent
The Minerals Separation company sues Butte & Superior and others for infringing its flotation patent as stock plunges from a high of 105 to 25.50. Anaconda and other copper firms with licenses pay royalties. case headed for appeal in San Francisco.
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Great Falls
Minerals Separation Company
Butte & Superior Mining Company
West
Butte & Superior
The
Utah Copper Company
Utah
China Copper Company
Ray Consolidated
Miami Copper Company
Bourquin
Butte
San Francisco
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
W. A. Clark
Thempany
Minerals Separation Co
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Allied Porphyry Copper
Butte & Superior Company
Butte District
Comp Ny
Portance
Billings Grower Rears Spuds Above Ground
J. F. Engle a rancher near Sugar City shows a potato vine that bears fruit above ground rather than underground. In a local business display the vine produced more than a dozen potatoes on a single stalk drawing much curiosity.
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Billings
Burbank
J. F. Engle
Sugar City
Engle
Cantonment at American Lake cost six point five million
The War Department reports the army cantonment at American Lake cost $6,517,468. It houses 45,949 men, giving a per capita cost of $142, the lowest on the list. Building costs were $3,181,300 for structures, $1,309,643 for water and sewers, and $406,500 for roads.
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War Department
American Lake
Army City
Camp Lewis as Pioneer City Without Booze and Bad Men
Montana’s first national army contingent is housed at Camp Lewis near Tacoma. About 2,600 drafted men are stationed as work begins on training camps while a second contingent arrives. The camp, 76,000 acres near American Lake, features strict liquor laws, high sanitation, and ample facilities. General H. A. Green leads operations, promising disciplined, healthier, better citizens.
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Montana
New National Army
Camp Lewis
Tacoma
H. A. Green
Green
United States
American Lake
Camp Murray
Lewis
Greene
Camp Lewin
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High Dam
Power Company
Beautiful Lake
Canyon
Madison Valley
Bannock
Fairweather Bar
Verona Town Company
Verona
Legislative Assembly of
Idaho
G. G. Bissell
Richard Todd
J. B. Caven
Henry Plummer
Salt Lake
A. J. Oliver & Co
Express
Suit of Minerals Separation Co
Safety First
First National
First National Bank
Great Wallis
Helena Tana Capital
Bankers Loan and Mortgage Company
Bankers Loan and Mortgage CO
Pioneer City
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