Northern Pacific to Build 40-Mile Branch into Northern Idaho
Missoula June 18 A 40 mile branch line of the Northern Pacific railroad will be built in northern Idaho to tap the Clearwater timber region. The line runs from Orofino to the Clearwater headwaters and should be in operation by 1927. Weyerhaeuser will build a Lewiston sawmill, with timber from the Clearwater and Selway forests as well as private stands in northern Idaho. The road follows the grade planned for a Lolo pass route abandoned after partial construction.
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Missoula
Northern Pacific Railroad
Idaho
Clearwater
Charles Donnelly
Orofino
Mr. Donnelly
Weyerhauser
Lewiston
Ida
Selway National
N. P
Lolo Pass
Lolo West
Lewistown Man Wills Estate to Foster Son
Frank Day who died June 6 left practically his entire estate to his foster son George H. Day, who also becomes executor. Mrs Mary Day receives 100 yearly annuity and life residence at 714 Pine St. Mrs Allan Wilson gets property near the brewery with 2 houses and an acre. Son Robert Day gets 1. Attorneys Ayers and Tools of Great Falls represent the estate.
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Lewistown
Frank Day
George H. Day
Mary Day
Pine Street
Allan Wilson
Robert Day
Ayers and Tools of
Great Falls
Giant Montana ranch sale signals prosperity in state
Great Falls June 18 A 5500 acre William Pritchard Deerfield ranch near Sweetgrass east of the Canadian line sold to W C Musgrave of Phoenix for 110000. Sale closes this week through Cameron Abbott Los Angeles with Roscoe ranch and 2300 acres of leased land also tied up for transfer. The Deerfield ranch, long run as a premier Montana ranch, remains a landmark in state ranching history.
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Great Falls
William Pritchard
Sweetgrass
W. C. Musgrave
Phoenix
Ariz
Montana
Roscoe
Pritchard
Deerfield
Musgrave
Cameron & Abbott
Los Angeles
Ice Plant Hit by Lightning at Billings Plant
A bolt struck the high tension wires at the Artificial Ice and Cold Storage plant on First Avenue South Monday evening, knocking down afternoon engineer L. V. Eaton and blowing the fuse box. The plant was quickly restarted after new fuses were installed as rain measured 0.36 inches in under an hour.
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Billings
First Avenue South
L. V. Eaton
Milk River Stampede Set for Hinsdale July 3 and 4
Hinsdale prepares for the Milk River Stampede to be staged July 3 and 4 with about 30 outlaw horses and wild cattle to be gathered by week’s end. Five Montana businessmen riders back the event. A Glasgow versus Saco baseball game is slated for July 3, with Hinsdale facing the winner on July 4. Several prominent speakers are scheduled to deliver addresses.
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Hinsdale
Morns Denham
Montana
Glasgow
Saco
Season's Shearing Begins on North Monta Ranches
Great Falls June 18. First carload of wool shipped from northern Montana to Providence Rhode Island for Colored Worsted mills at 30 cents a pound under contracts made last fall. Shearing under way in the region with full swing expected by June 20 as outfits like Mosier Carmichael and Peter Chevelier ranches start. Wool prices expected to ease from last fall figures with buyers awaiting Australian auctions July 1.
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Great Falls
Amills
Providence
R. I
Montana
Silver
Helena
Miracle van Cleave Ranch
Colored Worsted Mills
Miracle-Van Cleave Ranch
Mosier
Carmichael
Augusta
Peter Chevelier
Armstrong
Big Sag
Tintinger
Wooften
A. H. Lister
Lister
Gordon McKee
Dewey-Gould
Boston
C. R. Tintinger
Cascade
Brothers in Collision and Butte Brokerage Close
Boulder and Butte chapters detail three Sullivan brothers escaping a river plunge after a collision near Basin. The Ontario coach mishap left the Ford overturned but upright. The three teens visited Helena relatives. In Butte, W. H. McNulty Co. at 119 Hamilton St. closed, citing inability to meet obligations and blaming Lauzier Wolcott for insolvency risk. The broker, active since 1916, faced losses and potential wipeout of a locally owned firm dealing in NYSE securities and mining stocks.
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Butte
W. H. McNulty Company
Hamilton Street
McNulty Company
Laurier Wallcott Company
Logan and Bryan Company
McNulty
Lauzier- Wolcott
WH. M'Nulty Company
New York Stock Exchange
Bitter Root Expects Big Crop of Berries
Bitter Root valley forecasts a large strawberry harvest with an estimated 10 carloads heading to markets in the Dakotas Nebraska and Iowa by July 1. A total of about 80 000 crates is expected though weather and delayed road openings may affect maturation. Acreage has increased south of Victor to Darby as growers await Skalkaho road opening which has not yet occurred this season.
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Missoula
Bitter Root
Dakotas
Nebraska
Towa
Platts
Victor
Darby
Skatkahe
Butte and
Anaconda
Skalkaho
Montana
Hannaford Is Oldest Veteran at Pioneer Meeting
Livingston June 18 J M Hannaford former president of the Northern Pacific railway and now a director and vice president of the road is among the oldest veterans by service in the pioneers group. He began with the NP in 1872 and has remained connected since. Despite silvered hair he adds a new record as the youngest older man in the service on this park visit. He left for his St Paul office last night, unable to continue with the party through the park.
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Livingston
J. M. Hannaford
Northern Pacific Railway
Road
Pioneers
Harmaford
Hannaford
St. Paul
Drastic Rabies Control Order Issued in Great Falls
Great Falls June 8 health board tightens rabies measures after a child’s death from a mad dog bite. A dog owned by 413 Eighteenth Street North is observed at the pound. Pasteur treatment begins for about 10 residents as a precaution. New order requires muzzling or tethering all dogs, vaccination by June 20 or destruction, with fines up to 100. Police and officials will enforce the rules as vaccinations surge and dozens of dogs are treated or shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
City Health Department
Health Board
Chateau
Pasteur
Nike Basike
Eighteenth Street
Health Department
T. F. Walker
Police
H. B. Mitchell
B. C. Fisher
Trace Found Of Teacher Who Has Disappeared
Billings June 18 No trace has been found of Miss Dora Beer a teacher near Forsyth nor of her nine year old nephew since Decoration day when they were in Billings The possibility she was visiting her brother Ira Geer at Winnett vanished with word from him that she had not been there Park officials say they have not seen her There is little money and she had planned a possible Yellowstone trip before returning to Kioma Washington She has taught in several places in the state and is about 1 years old
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Billings
Dora Beer
Forsyth
Ira Geer
Winnett
Mr. Beer
Misa Beer
Yellowstone Park
Kiona
Wash
Park
Miss Beer
Chris Baalke
Baalke
Mrs. Baalke
Miss’ Beer
Snow
Miss Briggs
Gloria
Miss. Briggs
Mrs. Gregory
Glacia
Dr. Seymour
Tye
Mrs. Seymour
Carewe
May Seymour
Jim Carewe
Dr. John
May
Jim
Logan Residents Duke Summer Visits and Travel Notes
Logan News notes Henry Morrison heads to Madison valley to work at Bryson ranch for months. Logan residents visit Bozeman Manhattan Three Forks Great Falls and Livingston for schooling, family, and social visits. Local arrivals include Crowley Rogers Nichols and Williams families with several dinners and ball games mentioned.
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Logan
Henry Morrison
Madison Valley
Bryson Ranch
D. Rogers
Luella Rodgers
Livingston
Horace Nichols
T. H. Tice
Alvin de Long
Bozeman
Joseph Crowley
St. Ignatius
Alva Rogers
Chica
Springs
Sarah
Ruth Rollings
Great Falls
Albert
A. Williams
Three Forks
Charles McDonnell
Frank Kremer
Oscar Thompson
Butte
William Bryson
Manhattan
F. McDonnell
Madelin
Rose McDonnell
Walter Thomas
D. Phenix
Laurel
Robert Dunville
Philipsburg Tire Theft Hits Grogan Robinson Yard
Police report shows Philipsburg foresters found 54 tires stolen from Grogan Robinson Lumber on Saturday night. Entry was gained by forcing a door. Stolen tires include eight balloon tires four Diamond cords 1930x31 Diamond cords and 23 Diamond inner tubes.
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Philipsburg
Jane
Grogan- Robinson Lumber Company
Geisha Kiyoko Furuta Leaves 3000 Dollar Bequest
Osaka city receives a bequest of 3000 dollars from Kiyoko Furuta, once Osaka’s most famous geisha, who left the gift in her will. The donation aims to aid city welfare and cultural preservation programs.
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Osaka
Kiyoko Furuta
Gl imbroglio of Gl oria Gregory and a crumbling marriage
Gloria Gregory a glamorous wife drags her husband Dick Gregory through debt and flirtations as she chases vanity and a stage career. When a burglary is rumored and a doctors suicide linked to a love affair looms, Gloria confronts jealousy and power in a tense urban domestic drama. Miss Briggs, the secretary, hides a hinted romance with Dick while May Seymour faces public shame.
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Gloria Gordon
Dick Gregory
Pointblank
Gloria
Stanley Wayburn
New York
Susan Briggs
Miss Briggs
John Seymour
May
Jim Catewe
Tick Poison in Farmer's Eye Is Peculiar Ailment
Miles City June 1 Willis C Flint a Coatwood district farmer is in town for treatment of a strange eye ailment. He says two months ago he picked ticks from livestock a horsehair lodged in his eye and rubbing with contaminated fingers worsened swelling. The infection spread under the jaw and the eye remains partly closed despite care. Local physicians deem the case highly unusual.
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Miles City
Willis C. Flint
Coatwood Distict
Fire Burns Three Buildings In St Ignatius District
Missoula reports three structures in St Ignatius business district destroyed in a Wednesday fire that started in a wood shed behind the pool hall and Purity Bakery. Frank Wander owned the pool hall, Bert Miles operated it, Emil Brossoit’s garage and storage building were wrecked, with several nearby houses and shops saved by buckets, wet blankets, and water. A small insurance amount is listed on the Brossoit properties, exact coverage unknown. A residence above the garage had some furniture saved.
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Missoula
St. Ignatius
Frank Wander
Bert Miles
Emil Brossett
Brossoit
Purity Bakery
Michaud
Dodge Brothers declares first quarterly dividend on preference stock
Directors of Dodge Brothers Inc announce an initial quarterly dividend of 1.75 dollars per share on the preference stock. The payout is scheduled for July 15 with a record date of July 1.
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Nodge
New York
Dodge Brothers, Inc
Travel Rising on Big Hole Road Through Bitter Root
June report notes increasing travel along the Park to Park highway through the Bitter Root valley. Big Hole pass in excellent condition with few bad spots near the battlefield caused by creeks overflow. A Salmon City telegram says Salmon Bitter Root road contract let to Utah firm, work to start in ten days, Montana line start July 1, completion possible Sept 1, 1926 after 200 working days. Hamilton tourist park reports growing guest list and favorable rains boosting tourism prospects through the valley.
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Hamilton
Bitter Root Valley
Big Hole Mountain
Battle Ground
Divide
H. L Summers
Salmon City
Idaho
Hamilton Chamber of Commertee Today
Utah
Montana Line
Summers
Great Game Reserve in Treasure State
Dr. William T. Hornady urged an offensive and defensive program to rescue remnant wildlife in the region during the Western Outdoor Life Conference in Spokane. Fred Morrill cited 2,144,000 acres of permanent national forest in Idaho and Montana as game preserves and warned grazing must be forgone for wildlife propaganda. New York sugar prices edged up with July at 2.68 and December 2.90 as futures closed firm. Chicago oil leader Col Robert W. Stearn suggested the U S may need foreign oil to supplement domestic supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
William T. Hornady
Bronx Zoological Park
Justee
Permanent Wild Life Protective Fund
Western Outdoor Life Conference
Fred Morrill
Missoula
Idaho
Montana
New York
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Northern Oak
North Mont
Brothers IN
River
ROUSE
Boulder
Jerry
Dennis
Tim Sullivan
Cleveland
Basin
St. Joseph’s
H. F. Teare
H. C. Schneider
Martin Bauten
California
Logan News
Philipsburg Concern
Jim Carene
Glora
Robert Lows Stevenson
Sue Briggs
Big Hole
Treasure State
Chicago
United States
Robert W. Stearn
Standard Oil of Indiana
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