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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1894
Page
2
The notice warns first time voters must become U S citizens by November 1st. naturalization occurs in open court with Judge Henry at the September term. It also notes July brings the end of Postal Notes and introduces cheaper, safer Money Orders issued by the government.
The text argues that unemployed citizens should migrate eastward to ease the labor market and discipline opposition to constitutional money. It cites Coxey's Army and other peaceful or militant groups marching toward the National Capital as examples.
The group captured at Forsyth and discharged by Judge Knowles left Helena for Fort Benton early this week. Helena supplied teams for baggage transport and will fund boat building and provisions to Bismarck, while the residents say they were taken by the government and treated with charity despite not being voluntary guests.
Four hundred dollars have been raised in Virginia City for an old fashioned Fourth of July event featuring a free dinner, free dance, parade, and oration. The Old Settlers urge quick citizen support to ensure the celebration proceeds.
For the past week J.M. Shelter Observer notes slight frosts with no damage. Late week rains raised flood risk for lowlands but losses were minimal as lamb crop damage was limited. Snowmelt swells rivers causing inundation and bankfull stages. Seeding finished. vegetation and ranges praised as never better. Deer Lodge county saw a two mile wide hail storm. Beaverhead reports grasshoppers. Schreiner’s big store in Helena attracts many farmers with good value.
The May 26 1804 decision held that mineral lands were exempt from the Northern Pacific Railroad land grant. The case began with E P Barden and associates locating quartz near Helena in 1888 against the railroad. The ruling reverses a Montana circuit decision and directs the demurrer be sustained, with implications for mineral claimants and future land awards in Montana and Idaho.
The Rocky Mountain Celt editor won a one thousand dollar prize for an appeal poem urging newspaper subscribers to pay dues. The verse lampoons editors who miss the advance system and laments unpaid subs. It notes poor men’s lives and worn pants as symbols of overdue payments and urges timely support.
The Park District mines operate on small scales with sinking shafts and tunnels and limited stoping due to poor roads and low silver prices. Gold is the main profit, with several mines including Gold Dust and Park yielding promising ore as Patrick Crook reports. A new shaft on Gold Dust is advancing and a large soft ore body may boost output before year end.
Union Pacific announces six month limited California tickets with daily sale starting March 25. Excur sion fares Helena to San Francisco and return 75 dollars and Los Angeles 801 dollars, six months only with stopover privileges. Thirty day to San Francisco return 62.50 with continuous passage. Pullman Dining Car route advertised. ticket office at 36 North Main street Helena Montana.
Beginning March 25 the Northern Pacific railroad offers daily round trip tickets to California points. Helena to San Francisco and back via Spokane Tacoma Portland costs 75 dollars. Other routes to San Francisco and Los Angeles priced with varying routes and two returns, with 60 day going passage and six month return limits. Limited 30 day fares from Helena to San Francisco include five admission tickets to the Midwinter fair.
The court fixes terms for six counties with dates: Jark County on the second Monday in January and April and October, Meagher County on the fourth Monday in February and November, and other specified Mondays in March September. The prior order from December 28, 1500, is revoked by this ruling under Judge Frank Henry.
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