Transformation of Western Montana Lumber Industry
The article traces the lumbering infancy era to modern methods in Western Montana. It describes logging’s romantic image, the shift from river drives to mill ponds, and the rise of logging railroads feeding Big Blackfoot Milling near Missoula. It notes the 1885 start by A B Hammond and annual output from 25 to 50 million feet.
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Montana
St. Paul
Coast
Bonner
Hamilton
Missoula
Big Blackfoot Milling Company
Blackfoot Valley
Growth of Blackfoot Valley After Mill Spur
The Big Blackfoot Lumber Company built a mill at Bonner with a new 12 mile canyon route deemed costly, so material moved by teams. In 1910 a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul branch line opened, shifting transport to rail. By 1912 Blackfoot valley yielded 2,000,000 bushels of wheat and 126,810 bushels of oats, signaling a transition from lumber to agricultural prosperity.
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Big Blackfoot Lumber Company
Bonner
Blackfoot
Crook
Russell Logging
Teamns
Blackfoot Valley
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Millpond
Bhickfoot
Curiosities and Notes From The Week In Review
A roundup of snippets includes Dr Frederick Friedman on tuberculosis cure testing in the United States, Vilhjalmur Stefansson planning a northward expedition for pure geographical results with return hoped in 1916, and 36.1 million ladybugs shipped to aid hops and melonaphis control. Also reported are a Chicago pearl necklace recovered from a Pullman car, Frank James reportedly dying in Idaho, Northwestern baseball pitcher D Hale regaining two fingers after a lathe accident, and Professor Starr predicting future loss of hair teeth and toes in humans due to predigested foods and modern wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Hale
Northwestern University
Northwestern Nine
Frederick Starr
Department of Anthropology
University of Chicago
Editors will endure as guardians of truth amid progress
The piece argues editors, though moving into advertising roles, will not vanish. It praises editors for informing the public about murders, marital scandals, and world affairs, while warning against reducing journalism to ads. It stresses that honest editors in small towns uphold fierce traditions and serve the public.
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Gotham
Life
New York
Hhs
United States
Hobble skirts satire at Duluth church lecture
Rev. Herbert L. Trenchman condemns this winter's hobble skirt style at a Duluth Methodist church. He quotes a Duluth man's wife admiring the look and wonders if the trend will end, while a St Paul Dispatch cite notes bachelors would rise if all girls in love were seen dining unseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert L. Trenchman
Duluth
St. Paul Dispatch
Hotel Clerk Declines Offer for Billiard Room
A Kansas City Star fragment shows a hotel manager offering a billiard table to a man sleeping in a telephone booth. The traveler declines, preferring the cozy booth instead of a larger room.
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Kansas City Star
Foreign Humor Snapshot From Le Rire Quips
A fragmented quote from Le Rire humorously critiques marriage and propriety. It features a shopkeeper exchange about gui dropa and a girl who has been engaged multiple times, suggesting a jibe on women’s prospects and social expectations.
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London Telegraph
Jwo
Marrivid
Stearns Electric Rat and Roach Paste Ad
Vermin in homes prompt a call to Stearns Electric Rat and Roach Paste marketed as a single night killer. The paste, ready to use without mixing, guarantees money back if it fails and is sold by druggists or via Axepressure mail order for $1.00.
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Stearns
Wensra
the Paste Co
Chicago
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Dr. Peel
Frederick F. Friedman
Friedman
Arctic
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
North Pole
California State Insectory
Commonwealth
California
A. A. Sprague, II
Marshall Field
Pullman
Boston
Frank James
Jessie James
Tdsho
The
Law
Winton Motor Car Co
Winton
Mitchell
Velie Lozier
Dayton
WHITE
Chalmers
BUICK
Everett
Cadillac
Jinton Motor Car CO
Pike Street
Seattle
Granville ST
Vancouver
B. C
Tacoma Ave
Tacoma
Wash
Washington
Portland
Ore
Second Ave
Spokane
Second ST
Walla Walla
Rion
J. HM. Ginet, Jr
Poet Sound Lines
Pacific Coast
Morrisom St
Oregon
Chapin-Herlow Mtg. & Trust CO
Portland, Oregon
Cliy
Delmar Rexton
Delmar
GEO, P. Ide & CO
Makers
Troy, N. W
Fourth Street
Optimo
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