Strange Mammal Or Fish Is Seen In Flathead Lake – (1937) Kalispell, May 24. – (Special) A large animal, believed to be a “sea monster” by those who have seen it, has been reported by five persons living around Flathead lake. The animal was last reported by two persons at Read More
Story of Old-Time Bar Room Antics Related After “Wild West Bad Man” Is Squelched by Strong Arm of Law After taps were sounded on a purported old Wild West effort to make patrons of a Bonner beer parlor dance the can-can Wednesday night, a story of a 50-mile-an-hour fist fight Read More
Clock Shooter Pays $100 for Moment’s Fun Mechanic Fined After Plea Of Guilty to “Killing Time” at Bar. It cost J. B. Topp, Yakima, Wash., mechanic, just $100 to kill time in Missoula Thursday night. Time’s sudden demise came at the Rex bar when Topp pumped three bullets into a Read More
First Bathtub in Missoula Dear Oracle: You ask if any one knows who brought the first bathtub into Missoula. Personally I do not, but an old-timer friend, Major Andrew Swaney, who lived in Missoula those days, thinks the honor belongs to J. P. (‘Jimmie”) Reinhard, who imported one via Corrinne Read More
Year Without Zero Goes Into History [1925] Missoula Favored Spot in United States; Record Is Established At the stroke of midnight when the old year passed out of existence and 1925 became a memory, it marked the passing of perhaps the first year in history that western Montana was without Read More
BITTERROOT IS BITTER ROOT. Let’s go picking bitter roots. by Deane Jones A while back, a gent took us severely to task for using bitter root or Bitter Root as two words. The Forest Service, said he, uses it as one word and we should too. We never got around Read More
Silver Plate On Tree Tells Love Story A memento of an early-day Montana romance was discovered recently by John Clack, fire assistant of the Missoula national forest, while making an inspection on the summit of the John Long mountains, on the divide between Harvey and Upped (sic) Willow creeks, about Read More
Paul Maclean & the nude boys go to jail Keeping Up With Jones by Deane Jones Swimming Fashions Phil Rowe, whose father, J. P. Rowe, was head of the Geology Department at the U and boss of the Interscholastic Meet for years and years, writes from Walla Walla, Wash., where Read More
Missoula’s 1st 50 Mile Horse Race – 9 riders (1 Lady) – Fabulous 4th of July – Bash for the Books Missoula sponsored a dilly of a celebration for the 4th of July in 1934. Over a three-day period, the events included a huge variety of activities, but the main Read More
The Peoples Party A County Ticket Put in the Field. The District Judge the Only Office Left Vacant – Names of Candidates and Proceedings The Ticket. Sheriff – R. J. Latimer. Treasurer – W. P. McClay Clerk of district court – O. C. Cooper. Assessor – Andrew Swaney Auditor – Read More