Section D Pg 13 Missoulian Centennial 3 Short Articles
3 Short Articles from Page 13 Section D
Typhoid Fever From Ditch
Water from the mill ditch, which ran from Rattlesnake Creek near where the Northern Pacific Railway crosses it now to a gristmill near what is now the north end of Higgins Avenue Bridge, was used by Missoula residents for drinking purposes as late as 1888.
It was in the fall of that year an epidemic of typhoid fever struck the city, resulting from the use of the ditch water by those living near it. The epidemic caused a general suspension of its use for drinking water.
Old Hope Mill Razed in 1922
The Old Hope Mill, the first silver mill erected in Montana in 1867 at Philipsburg, was razed in August 1922.
The mill was of particular interest to people in Missoula because it was built by Horace Countryman. He was the father of Mrs. Frank H. Woody and grandfather of Alice M. Woody who was county auditor of Missoula County at the time the mill was torn down.
Reimbursed For Mount
At a City Council meeting the night of Sept. 8, 1898, L. L. McDonald was allowed $25 for a horse which had been unlawfully impounded and sold by the city marshal.