The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-03-25
CLINTON H. MOORE
TO PRIVATE LIFE
SERVED AS DEPUTY INTERNAL
REVENUE COLLECTOR IN
MONTANA 30 YEARS

Wagon, Walking Most of the Way;
Founded College of Montana at
Deer Lodge; Collected Over Four
Millions for Government.
Professor Clinton H. Moore has
retired from his position as deputy
internal revenue collector after 80
years and 10 months of service i'm
the Butte office. His retirement
10 under the age and service provi.
sions of the civil service depart.
ment, which entities him to q pen.
sion.
Clinton H. Moore has been a resi-
dent Of Montana since 1877, and has
host of friends who admire him for
his scholarly attainments, his ready
wit and unfailing good nature. A
graduate Of Dartmouth college, class
of "a, and civil engineer by pro-
fesston, he early headed west, first
stopping in Nevada, but soon moving
to Montana.
Founded First College
Shortly after his arrival in this
state he founded the College of Mon
tana at Deer Lodge and served as it's
president for two years. He then re-
moved to Boise, Idaho, to accept the
position of superintendent of schools.
He returned to Montana in 1881. He
was appointed a deputy collector of
internal revenue for Montana, Utah
and Idaho, May 1, 1891. He is now
70 years of age. He was active in
mining for time and is we'll &C
Quafnted with the Georgetown dis.
trict. He is a member of the Mon
tana Society of Engineers.
Professor Moore was chosen to de-
liver the presentation address on be-
half of the Montana Society of Pion-
beers when the tablet in honor of Sen
Ator w. A. Clark was unveiled at
Helena last September.
~ Many Warm Friends
among the warm friends and as
nsocAtes of his Montana residence,
Professor Moore numbered such men
as Col. w. F. Sanders, the old Vigi-
lante chief and former United States
senator; Granville Stuart, who first
discovered gold in Montana; N. J.
Bielenberg, w. A. Clark and Senator
Thomas H. Carter, as we'll as numer-
GUS other prominent men.
Professor Moore has led an active
and useful life and established 70,
himself a reputation for kindliness
to those who are in distress, parti.
cularly the pioneer element of the
state.
Rode on OK Wagon
Professor Moore was born in New
Hampshire August II, 1s47. He
came across the plains in an OK wa.
gon. Coming to Montana, he walked
most of the way from Ogden, Utah
to Deer Lodge, there being at thai
time no rail connection between thu
places. In addition to founding &
college, acting as superintendent o.
public instruction and mining, h
also ran q book store in the olo post
office building in Butte.
He has the distinction Of havin,
given the town Of Anaconda its nam,
his selection being chosen in prefer
ence to the original choice. Cooper
opolis." He served as q member o
the last Montana territorial legisla
ture and ts one Of the four survivor
OF that body. In the late sos h,
went to Mexico and managed severa
silver mining properties in that coun
try for time.
Worked Way Through College
Six years ago he was selected b.
5000 Dartmouth alumni to be one o
the members of the Dartmouth coun
Gil Of the Pacific coast. Born o
poor parents. he worked his wa
through college with a bucksaw
Among the members of his elias
were former Governor S. w. Mccall
of Massachusetts,, DR.. H. G. Brainard
the nerve specialist of Los Angeles
former Congressman s. L. Power
and Frank N. Parsons, chief justic
of the supreme court of New Hamp
shire.
Professor Moore was married a
Deer Lodge in 1880, his bride bein
Miss Emma Jane Hutchins. The
have no children.
During his tenure of office in tn
internal revenue department Profes
sor Moore has collected nearly 81
100000 in taxes for the government
Speaking of his retirement. Pre-
lessor Moore said: II wish to expires
my appreciation of the newspaper
for the many kind notices they hav
given me. and to the citizens {
Butte in general. so per cent {
whom know me we'll enough to ca
me by my first name. I don't kno
what the future has in store for m,
but my remaining years will b
spent in Montana"