From Rome to Nome A Ursuline appeal from Alaska
A 1910 Helena Montana letter recounts Mother Amadeus leading Ursuline missions in Montana and Alaska. It describes a journey to St Michael to open a school for Eskimo children, requests alms and support, and urges donors to aid the northern mission despite extreme cold and distance. Address: Rev. Mother Mary Amadeus at St Michael Alaska.
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Montana
Rome
Nome
Amadeus
St Peter's Mission
Helena
Billings
St. John’s Hospital
James A. Walsh
Ewingtreet
Mont
St. Micaels
Alaska
Mary Amadeus
Indian Mission
Itome
Ursuline Missions
St. Michael
Foldg
Israel
Seattle
Civilization
Yukon
Artic Circle
St Ursula
Pius X
St. Ursula
Mother Mary Amadeus
The
Ursulines of
Bickford to Move to Missoula as Clark Interests Attorney
Wm. M. Bickford, longtime chief counsel for W. A. Clark in Butte, will relocate to Missoula to represent Clark interests in Missoula and western Montana. A USDA bulletin reports experiments in drought resistant forage plants from South Dakota and northern Montana aimed at adapting such crops to the Great Plains.
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Wm. M. Bickford
W. A. Clark
Butte
Missoula
Clark
Montana
The
Agricultural Department
South Dakota
Great Plains
North
Nebraska
Regulations Allow Part Assignments of Homestead Entries
Under new rules, homestead entry men on irrigation projects may assign parts of entries after five years residence. Idaho Senator Borah protested. new instructions outline multi unit assignments, required farm unit conformity, plats, water right proof, deposits for surveys, and full compliance for assignees.
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Ballinger
Borah
Idaho
Fand
Reclamation Service
General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Local Land Office
General Land ‘Office
Legislature Opens With Governor Norris Message Read
Helena session centers on Norris biennial message praising Oregon system of electing U S senators and mine safety. Officials report Montana to gain two congressmen per federal census and districting plans under way.
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Helena
Norris
Oregon
United States
Montana
George
Yellowstone
Senate
Donlan
Messrs
McCone, Tooley and Selway
Apa
Ba George
House
Orett
Iowa
Senaice Dill Nooola Meyer
Meyer
Yoder
Cluston
Burlingame
Cascade County
Power
Dearborn
Granite County
Albright
Duncan
Madison County
Ieuviland
Gallwey
Silver Bow County
The Cowboy’s Lament Folklore in Lone Prairie Ballad
A rustic note on the popular song The Cowboy’s Lament from Lone Prairie. Author B M Bower contributes a version to Popular Magazine claiming it preserves the true original while noting cowboys sing with humor in their eyes. The piece recounts the dying youth’s plea bury me not on the lone prairie with lines about home churchyard and mother’s prayer amid prairie imagery.
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B. M. Bower
Thad
Lone Prairie
Montana Irrigation Census Underway To Count Projects
Government irrigation census for Montana and North Dakota aims to quantify the number of projects and acres reclaimed. J C Locke said about one third of Montana had been canvassed with 2000 projects recorded and 4000 more to go. Data will reveal water use costs per acre and land value gains for investors.
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Montana
North Dakota
Helena
J. C. Locke
Governors Inaugurated Across Six States
Six new governors took office Monday in New York Wisconsin Michigan Wyoming Idaho and Nevada. Democrats gained in New York and Wyoming while Nevada installed Tasker L Oddis the first Republican chief executive in the state’s history. Dix, Osborne and Hawley were sworn in with varying ceremonies.
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United States
Nevada
Tasker L. Oddis
New York
John A. Dix
Horace White
Wisconsin
F. E McGovern
James A. Davidson
Michigan
Charles E. Osborne
Fred M. Warner
Wyoming
Joseph Carey
LB. A. Brooks
Idaho
James H. Hawley
J H. Brady
Tesker L
Ddis
C. Diekkersen
Dix
Osborne
Induguras tion Attracts Crowds On Horseback Journey
Report notes a long horseback trip witnessed by crowds along a stream with all portions observed during the event. Details on participants or location are unclear in the fragment but indicate a ceremonial parade or procession with public attendance.
Prison Sentence for Pool Hall Safe Robbery Guilty Plea
A man named Volberding pled guilty to robbing the Pratt and Livings pool hall safe. Judge Frank Henry sentenced him to two and a half years at hard labor in the state bastle at Deer Lodge.
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Pratt
iVolberding
Jon Perkins
Frank Henry
Hex
Deer Lodge
Public Land Notice of Homestead Final Proof in Ismay
Edward J Walrath of Ismay Montana, holder of entry 05922 for S W N W quarter and other parcels in section 32, township 9 N range 55 E, will prove final commutation before F Z Gray on January 16 1911 at Ismay Montana. Witnesses Peter Schluter Charles Dickson Frank Cass J E Prindle all of Ismay. A Kirch er Register. First publication Dec 9 1919.
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Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Miles City
Montana
Edward J. Walrath
Ismay
M. P. Meridian
F. Z. Gray
U. S
Peter Schluter
Mont
Charles Dickson
Frank Cass
J. E. Prindle
A. Kircher
Public Notice of Homestead Final Proof in Montana
State Land Office Miles City Montana announces Ralph M Bartholomew of Westmore Custer county Montana filed notice of intention to make final commutation proof to establish land claim for SW 1 4 section 24 township 8 N range 56 E Mount Diablo meridian before Felix Z Gray US Commissioner Ismay February 4 1911. First publication January 6 1911.
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Department of the Interior
Miles City
Montana
Margaret Austfather
Seattle
Wash
Township
M. P. Meridian
Ellis Z Gray
United States
Ismay
Caimunt
Walter Anderson, Jr
William P. Johnson
Charles H Emerson
John Johnson
Ekalaka
A. Kircher
United State Land Office
Ralph M. Bartholomew
Westmore
Custer County
Felix Z. Gray
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Lye Spaals
Osa
Malta
Gro. W. Burt
J.B Kempron
Alfred Wright
W A Brubaker
Cashier
F. P. Ribey
Asst
State Bank of Terry
Terry, Montana
Gro
Geo. T, Gipson Lon
Remington ‘Typewriter
Edwards
Whiteside
Fathead
Lincoln
Saanders
Whitesir
Foithead County
MacGinnis
Stevens
Silver Bow
Cummings
Guffy
Secretary of State
Alley
Ryrle
Lewis and Clark
Woody
Bell
Census Bureau
Nizh
Aus
Ho, Wyoming
G. H. Grote
Barber
Ada M, Bennett
Geo. W. Farr
United States Land Offices
Ontario Veterinary College
F. W. J. Johnstone
Ixnowlton
Tisor & McKinnon
Miles
Register
C. D. Ferris
B. J. Dierckman
Mont. Scott
Sandy
A. B. Johnson
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