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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1897
Page
2
The Townsend Messenger lists subscription options with a year in advance and three months in advance, along with advertising rates at one dollar per month. It notes the Post Office in Townsend as second class mail and identifies Broadwater County as the paper’s coverage area.
The Townsend Star, attached to the Helena Independent, appears with a reformist, democratic tilt. It pledges fraternal cooperation over political strife and emphasizes local resource development over party rancor. A new Idaho mine law restricts employment to citizens or those intending to become citizens, prompting a legal challenge.
Bids to care for county poor due by noon May 1 1807. Proposals must cover weekly boarding clothing care when sick excluding medicine or doctors burial and suitable lodging. Send to B S Coad County Clerk Broadwater County Montana. Bond required for faithful performance. commissioners may reject any or all bids.
Notice announces bid solicitations for transcribing Jefferson County records held by Broadwater County. Previous bids rejected. lump sum bids due by noon May 10 1807 at Theend Montana. Bids sealed and sent to B S Coad Clerk Broadwater County Townsend Montana. Bond required. commissioners reserve right to reject all bids.
US Lasp Ouvier Henuxa Moxy along with Carl Kwade and Carl Kietaschmidt filed for a patent under the mining laws for the Gray Copper lode. The claim covers 4818 lineal feet extending 5.5 feet west and varying east from the discovery shaft in Crow Creek district, Broadwater County Montana, within survey DOS. The notice lists the survey details, adjacent claims, and required publication in Townsend Messenger for ten weeks beginning April 22, 1807, signed by Register W. B. Cox.
Thomas E Crutcher Charles V Kinda Henry Stier and Carl Kleinschmidt file for patent of the Magpie lode claim in Crow Creek mining district Jefferson County Montana The survey covers 6.53 acres with 1734 lineal feet of lode and 5284 feet of east west extent Posting was April 7 and publication runs 60 days in the Townsend Lowisend Messenger with nearest adjacent claim Hioma Lode survey 4794 confirmed.
Notice of land classification by the Commissioners under the 1895 act. Public protest window opens sixty days after first publication. Excerpt outlines nonmineral and mineral classifications and procedures for hearings and finalization by the Secretary of the Interior. P Blakel signs as of April 13.
Neary G. McIntire of Helena Montana applies for patent on the Zenith and Halt placer claims in the Jefferson County area of Montana. The legal description covers survey number 464 with bounds, adjoining claimants include the But placer and Liveworth claims, and filings indicate locations in Broadwater area within the principal meridian. Stakeholders are advised adverse claimants to file within sixty days from first publication, with Cox as the filing official.
U S Land Office Helena Montana March 29 1897 Henry G Meintire of Helena Mont files for patent on 71 linear feet of Peacock lode and 0.40 acre Elk lode and 17.49 acre Cariboo lode mining claims totaling 22.34 acres adjoining claims listed. Locations recorded in Jefferson county Boulder with survey numbers 5064 565 and related parcels. Claimants name Henry G Meintire and others listed as adjoining claimants with the Peacock Elk and Cariboo lodes.
Co owner John Mammen and heirs are notified under state statute that Hassel, acting as co owner, has expended labor and improvements on the Gray Horse Claim in Jackson County Abentann. A payment of one hundred dollars covers the representation of the lode for the year 1908. If the co owner fails to contribute within ninety days after service by publication, their interest may vest in Lue une od per statute. Date of first publication January 21.
Notice from Bozeman Montana dated March 25 1897 summoning parties to appear May 17 1897 at 10 am before the United States Land Office Register and Receiver to testify on a protest against the report classifying land as non mineral in the Bozeman Land District J N Anderson and EB M Lamb alleged the land is mineral.
Henry Bivens and heirs are notified that M. Kay Barker has expended labor and improvements totaling 3100 on the Gold Bug Banner and Clipper Quartz Lode mining claims for 1885 to hold the claims under Section 2824 Revised Statutes. If co-owners fail to contribute within ninety days of publication, their interest may become Barker’s property. first published January 21, 1887.
Delinquent stock assessments as of December 15th prompt a sale of shares. Under an order from March 1, 1897, parcels of stock belonging to named shareholders including Geo Mekibbon and Frank J. Devitt will be offered at Rooms 211 and 214 Power Block on May 18, 1970 at 1 am to cover delinquent amounts, advertising costs, and sale expenses.
Notice by U S Land Office of John B Wilson for a patent for placer mining ground totaling 7549 acres in unsurveyed township No 6 north Range East and West in Park Mining District Broadwater County Montana now Jefferson County. Entries include amended and original locations with survey No 5070 and multiple referenced pages. Adjoining claim is survey No 4611 held by St Louis Placers. First published March 18, 1907.
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