Lightning Fires Spark Montana Forest Blaze Start
Lightning sparked multiple fires across northern Montana as the season opens. Flathead National Forest reported three fires, with two threatening reserve timber and a slash near the reserve. Lime Creek in the South Fork valley started from lightning, swept by a crew led by Ranger Thor. A Swan country blaze is under ranger watch. Another fire is in slash near the McCreath tagging camp, monitored by Ranger Thompson at Echo Stakol to prevent spread. In Blackfeet forest a 100 acre slash fire in the Fartive district remains out of control but confined to cut-over land. The first serious blaze was in upper Stillwater, where two Connor’s camp buildings were lost and surrounding structures remain at risk. Fire is on cut-over land. a small crew works to keep it from spreading to green timber less than half a mile away. Chief Fire Warden Boorman says the area is to be burned over only as long as it can be confined and slashed to avoid encroaching standby timber.
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Kalinpetl
Northern Montana Forestry Association
National Forest Office
Flathead National Forest
Lime Creek
South Fork Valley
Thor
Swan Country
McCreat
Thompson
Echo Stakol
Blackfert Forest
Fartive
Dudley Slough
Tate
Stillwater
Boorman
Connor's Camp West of Twin Bridges on Stillwater River
Connor's camp lies on the southwork of the Stillwater river, almost due west from Twin Bridges. This location point notes a remote settlement or encampment near the river, with directional relation to Twin Bridges.
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Connor
Stillwater
Spotted Fever Case Reported Near Bridger
June 2 Killings. A case of spotted fever from Cascade County was reported to the health department Wednesday afternoon. Ray L. Wayne, a farmer nine miles west of Bridger, was brought to Billings for medical attention. Fever ranged from 100 to 105 degrees, but progress is favorable. The state health board says the infested area is widespread and the federal government is studying the disease. The tick is believed to spread the illness among animals and people, with spring and early summer peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carridn Conty
Health Department
Ray L. Wayne
Bridger
Billings
Dan McKay Plans New Edgerton County in Montana
Dan McKay now of Great Falls targets creating a new county named Edgerton in Montana. The project proposes about 1,000 square miles with an estimated value of 4 million dollars and mirrors McKay’s earlier county-creating activity. Petitions circulate quietly as in prior efforts.
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Missoula
Dan McKay
Great Falls
Tmathead
Edgerton
Montana
Dad
Flathead Lake
McKay
County pays half of hopper poison cost in Judith
Moccasin June 3 commissioners meet to combat a grasshopper pest threatening spring grain. Supplies for mixing poison will be prepared at Stanford and Thomson with distribution led by Jolie Lillard. Half the cost will be borne by the county and half by farmers, about one and a quarter cents per pound.
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Judith Masin
Stanford
Thobson
Aint Aroun
Maccasin
Jolie Lillard
Oie
Lillard
Lightning strikes Shelby night waitress in storm incident
Miss Gena Overby, a Shelby night waitress, was struck by lightning after leaving a local restaurant during a storm. The bolt burned flesh between two fingers but she was otherwise uninjured. Nearby a cowherd woman was stunned by lightning. one cow was killed.
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Shelby
Gena Overby
Wiest National
Miss Overby
Here
Conrad Hospital
Star Intrigue: Butte Man Holman Led Police Chase to Portland
Butte authorities say Janes S Holman alias A R Bell Reeves EH Hart and A E Brown are wanted in several cities. Holman was arrested in Butte by Chief Murphy and shipped to Portland with a police inspector and two auto men. He faces charges of passing worthless checks totaling thousands after buying cars. Bank records show $81,000 once on deposit, $12,000 another time, and $5,000 in several instances. He allegedly carried tools to remove numbers on engines to place new cars, and denied marriage to women spoken of as his partners. A Portland woman traveling with him claimed he would marry her. telegrams from a Long Beach woman said he would be with her in 10 days. The Portland woman says Holman is her estranged husband, with two children destitute. She claims he spoke 14 languages and stayed at top hotels, spending about $104 daily on flowers and gifts. The woman is said to be a daughter-in-law of a Missoula hotel man.
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Butte
Janes S. Holman
A. R. Bell
Reeves
Hart
A. E. Brown
Portland
Holman
Murphy
Oregon City
Tom Sweunes
Holan
Whiel
Holmai
Grace Hart
Long Beach
Deer Lodge
Columbia Gorge Hotel
Woolman
Missoula
Trident News Briefs From Three Forks And Bozeman
Local notes report resignations and home moves including Charles Cahlart leaving cement firm for Three Forks, families visiting Bozeman, and Stanford student Cloyd Carver returning to campus. Visitors from Cement California arrive, and town residents attend a Pantages program while Three Forks and Trident teams practice.
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Trident
Charles C. Cahlart
Cement Company
Three Forks
Wisconsin
Louis Hoover
Ian Lyle
Bozeman
Cloyd Carver
Stanford University
Henry Carver
Charles Rothweiler
Memdigo
William Neville
Boaoman
W.H. Andrews
Kathryn
Boston
Glils
Feven
Tea Pine
Marcus
Edith Leh
Anand the Wisgier
Fine wool knits in bright colors for all sizes
Ladies knitwear offered in fine wool with bright colors and sizes for women. Spring needleknit knee length options for boys and girls also included. Extraordinary values advertised with prices up to $2.00, and sale emphasis on limited time availability.
Surprise stag dinner honors local clerk at Trident hotel
A surprise Thursday evening at the Trident hotel honored TD. F. Jones, local Northern Pacific clerk and warehouseman, who soon leaves for Big Timber to accept another position. Attendees noted distinctive red and white place cards as a highlight of the event.
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E. A. Leh
TD. F. Jones
Northern Pacific
Big Timber
Trident
A. D. Turkett Fett
Bozeman
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Judith
Sams Bros
Sanden & Ferguson
New York
Fishers Milinery
T. CO. Whistiewaite Shor CO
Golden Hole
Sirenman Waieqrines Music
Gans & Klein
En’s
Trident News
Helena
Lee
Oxfords
de Scott
BNE
Hinher's Milners
Gans & Kisin
Golten Vale
Lukerman Tailoring Co
Reeves Muske House
Sanda Hros
Dry Goods
Sanden Ferguson Co
L. Smithers
Thigtlewaite’s
Shoe Story
Lfe
Winston News
Winston
Tom Brown
Winston Improvement Society
Winston Hall
Improvement Society
Kaniman Inston
Devan
Goodin
Bonnie
Misaoula
Frank Dutly
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Ostle
Townsend
Joneth
Sterrel
Mildred Nield
Hel
Ena
Persus Matthews
Edwin Nield
Genevieve Spurling
Gladys Lipert
Hazel Sitton
Garlie Marion
Dillon
A. €. Kelley
American Legion
Susan Rosman
Alberta Crook
Deep Creek
Rock Creek Basin Ranch
Wolf Creek
Charles G. Scott
Alf Hicks
Rock Creek Basi
Sabant
Hicks
Clemens
Sweet Grass Hills
E. B. Butcher
Scott
Rock Creek
Mr. Scott
Fisher’s Millinery
Fisher's Millinery
Golden Rule
Liberman Talking Co
Los Reeves Music Houses
Sande Bros. Dry Goods Co
Landen
Ferguson Co
L. Smithers Co
Thistlewaite
New York Shoe Co
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