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Show PIONEER BLAZER- OF TRAILS DIES BUTTE, Mont.. May 6. David V. Metklejohn, trail blazer of the west, one of the first residents of Butte and known In pioneer days as an Indian lighter, died today at the home of his son in Los Angeles. An-geles. He was 71 years of age and was born in Scotland. When only 1 1 years old, soon a.f ter the civil war broke out. Mr. Meiklejohn joined the army as a drum-imry drum-imry boy. crossing the plains with Conner Con-ner s command. He located some of the more important mines of the Butte district. |