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Library of Congress1940

Image 2 of Montana oil and mining journal (Great Falls, Mont.), March 9, 1940

Aider Gulch Stampede Put End to Bannack Newspaper what is now Montana and which was adult in Bannuk who did not po A few weeks following the discovery of gold to Grasshopper nack a printer with i press and a shirttail full of type ap peared in Bannack unloaded his out fit and announced that he had come to the new gold fields to establish the first paper in the territory which was then Idaho He immediately proceeded to get out his first and only issue of the Bannack NewsLetter a small poster size sheet In this work he was assisted by Col Wilbur F Sanders and several ys after the issue of the creek Ban a small army who wrote the salutato other editorials A few publication of the initial Bannack NewsLetter came the news of the phenominal strike by Bill Fair weather and his friends in Alder gulch where gold had been found in super abundance Immediately thereafter oc curred the Viriginia City stampede one of the most notable gold rushes in da NOW G0 With Montanas Own BIG WEST Polymer Gasoline Higher Test at No Higher Price A Montana product for Montana people Try Polymer gasoline today

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Library of Congress1936

Image 2 of Montana oil and mining journal (Great Falls, Mont.), August 22, 1936

Early Newspapers Colored by Tides and Prejudices of Gold and Copper Camps War Vigilantes and DalyClark Feud Were All in Their Stride PRESS HAULED BY OXCART OVER PLAINS NOTED MEN HELPED EDIT TOM BAKER LEADING NEWSMAN OF TIMES Strong Southern Leanings At Virginia City Moved Montana Post to Helena Miner Deficits Cost Clark High His Control of A P at Butte Forced Daly to Publish At Anaconda By W W CHEELY A few weeks following the dis covery of gold in Grasshopper Creek Bannack a printer with a small army press and a shirt tail full of type appeared in Bannack unloaded his outfit and announced that he had come to the new gold fields to establish the first news paper In the territory which was then Idaho He immediately pro ceeded to get out his first and only issue of the Bannack NewsLetter a small poster size sheet In this work he was assisted by CoL WÜ tatory anseveraothereditorials Stampede Follows A few days after the publication of e Bannack News u e Din S w2L tne P nenom Su iP y 4 M ni k a 5 her 52 r vfSÎT foini e L g0l f S r

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Library of Congress1919

Image 1 of The Montana nonpartisan (Great Falls, Mont.), September 13, 1919

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THe NATIONALNONPARTISAN LAAGUe IHU T5 TATr OF MOF A IOLUMU 8 GREAT FALLS MONTANAATURDAY SEPT 13 1919 NUMBER 38 C oa A U NUMBER 38 LABOR LEAGUE JOINS HANDS WITH FARt RS IN DETERMINED FIGHT TO FREE MONTANA REPRESENTATIVE GATHERING OF LABOR AT GREAT FALLS EFFECTIVE PLANS OUTLINED Platform Adopted and Nonpartisan League Program Endorsed Organization of Labor League Forces To Be Started At Once and Vigorously Pushed Means Defeat for Copper Crowd Montana Labor has officially joined hands with the Nonpartisan League At a representative gathering of labor men who met at Great Falls two days last week pursuant to resolutions passed at the re cent conference at Billings the committee named to find ways and means gave birth to the Montana Labor League The men who met are well known throughout the state and in cluded Hugh Jones of the Railroad Brotherhood of Great Falls Jack Mangus of the Mineworkers Lehigh Harry Hudson of the Railway Federation Don McLeod of the Havre Machinists Mike Holland of Sun River Bench representing the farmers Hon W F Dunn of Butte and A T Woodruff of the Smeltesmen and Alf Budden president of the Cascade Trades and Labor

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Library of Congress1899

Image 2 of The Billings gazette (Billings, Mont.), October 3, 1899, (Semi-weekly)

The Billings Gazette SBDElIIIWEEKLY U L BOARDMAN 3Adltor nd Puebli2soer Ofiielal City and County Paper Rntered at the Billings Postoffice as Second Class Matter Subscription 1Iatee One year in advance 8300 Six months 150 Single copies 05 TUESDAY OCTOBER 3 1899 ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL EIITION The Illustrated Historical Edition oi The Gazette which has been in courst of preparation since last spring will be issued next Friday It is in maga zine form consists of fiftyone pages inside the covers is embellished with 160 fine halftone engravings and the subject matter is descriptive of the splendid resources of Billings and Yel lowstone and Carbon counties De parting from the usual custom in is suing editions of this character one copy will be sent free to every sub scriber of The Gazette while extra copies will be on sale at this office at 25 cents Each and every copy of the edition has actually cost that sum to produce it the management of this newspaper depending on the individual writeups for profit which is reduced to a minimum on account of the cost of the engravings and other heavy ex penses incident to a publication of this nature In other words The

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