Butte Wins Round Robin Debate Tourney
Butte high captured the round-robin debate tournament of the western half of the southern district held last Friday and Saturday, defeating Dillon, Bozeman and Billings. Dillon placed second, Bozeman third, and Billings last after three straight defeats. In opening debates all decided by unanimous judges, Bozeman defeated Billings, Dillon defeated Butte, and Butte defeated Dillon. Saturday afternoon Butte beat Bozeman, and Dillon beat Billings two to one.
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Butte High
Dillon
Bozeman
Billings
Butte
Citizens Party Wins Dillon City Election Hails Unopposed Ticket
D A Bud Galt was re elected mayor with 227 votes as the Citizens party swept Dillon’s municipal race. George Opp also earned 227 for police magistrate while F C McFadden took 233 for re election as treasurer. Aldermen elected include Gosman Brundage Tyre Winn Gilbert Cashmore Waldorf Orr. Ward results show broad support for the unopposed slate.
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D. A
Bud) Galt
Dillon
Citizens’ Party
Galt
George Opp
F. C. McFadden
George M. Gosman
H. M. Brundage
Frank Tyre
George Gosman
Lee R. Light
W. F. Shaffner
Frank Tyro
Elmo Winn
W. G. Gilbert
A. I. Cashmore
O. T. Vandegrift
John T. Orr
Wool men of Beaverhead county hold annual convention
Beaverhead county woolgrowers gathered in Dillon for their annual county convention. About 50 ranchers and sheep interests attended in the courthouse, with discussions covering local wool issues and future plans.
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Beaverhead County
Dillon
Court House
Girl Scout Leadership Course Offered at Normal College
A leadership training course for Girl Scouts will be held at Normal College from April 12 to 15 led by Mrs. Corinna Fechter of the National Organization. The program is open to women students at no charge for locals, while others pay one dollar. Registration is encouraged this week in the business and registrar’s offices.
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Normal College
Corinna Fechter
National
Girl Scouts Organization
Robert E. Albright
Jessie L. Duboe
Earl L. Fairbanks
Charles Henry
J. Ford McBain
Robert Clark
Inland Empire Teachers Meeting
Spokane
A. B. Welles
F. A. Owen
Welles
Thirty-Nine Beaverhead Students Earn Third Quarter Honor
Beaverhead county high school announces thirty-nine students on the third quarter honor roll. Lead list includes Patricia Gilbert and Edith Nurmi with post graduate students among the top ranks. Others span numerous names including Jo Ann Fuller Floyd Pahlinish Lida Schaffner and Helen Randolph in approximate order.
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Beaverhead County High School
Patricia Gilbert
Edith Nurmi
Jo Ann Fuller
Floyd Pahnish
Lida Schaffner
Helen Randolph
Paul Simons
Ruby Brown
Ralph Light
Evelyn McMannis
Elizabeth Wilkinson
Betty Jo Jeppson
Frances Pickolick
Florence McBain
Eleanore Thompson
Josephine Verbance
John Wedum
Howard Morse
Ruth Helen Albright
Ruth Jackson
Jane Stallings
Joe Taylor
Cora Baggarley
Robert Harrison
Jo Ann Deputy
Joe Brown
Arthur Christensen
Billy George
Barbara Holloran
Doris McAdam
Desmond Barrett
Lillian Berry
Emma Casper
Helen Foster
Eleanore Oja
William Tower
Sue Tragitt
Mary Dawn Warner
Don Wheat
Junior Legion to Sponsor Dillon Baseball Teams
Beaverhead post of the American Legion announces plans for a four-team junior league in Dillon. The group aims to form teams from each ward, organize a city squad for interdistrict play, and may establish baseball diamonds with ward coaches.
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American Leigon
Brundage of Lakeview Visits City
J D Brundage of Lakeview was a visitor in the city on Thursday.
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Jj. D. Brundage of
Lakeview
City
Seniors Present Say It With Flowers Play Monday
Beaverhead County High School seniors prepare a rollicking comedy Say It With Flowers by Glen Hughes. Cast includes Blake Bean Isabel Watson Ruth Albright Billie Rife Betty Jeppson Paul Decker Pete Best Pete Sweeney Valera Fairbanks Desmond Barrett Patricia Gilbert with production support from Marjorie Wetmore Delores Arrigoni Montana Ferguson and others. The event begins Monday night at the Training School Auditorium as the first commencement activity. junior prom follows on Saturday April 17.
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Glen Hughes
Blake Bean
Isabel Watson
Ruth Helen Albright
Billie Ann Rife
Betty Jo Jeppson
Paul Decker
Pete Best
Pete Sweeney
Valera Fairbanks
Desmond Barrett
Patricia Gilbert
Marjorie Wetmore
Delores Arrigoni
Montana Ferguson
Betty Jean Hull
Lucile Kelly
Lois Gilbert
Helen G. Anderson
Mary Dawn Warner
John Schuler
Fred Moore
Warren Stone
Rotary Club to Sponsor Cub Scouts in Dillon
The Dillon Rotary club considered sponsoring a new Cub Scout pack led by Rev. Willis J. Loar and discussed seeking sponsors for additional troops as Troop 14 grows. New members Eddie Papetti T W Sargent and Albert Erickson joined, and a committee was formed to support the Normal college athletic program facing funding cuts.
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Dillon
Dillon Rotary Club
Board of Directors
Willis J. Loar
Thomas E. Luebben
Boy Scout Council
Rotarians
American Legion
W. H. Stephan
Women’s Field Army
Gosman
Eddie Papetti
Montana Auto Supply Company
T. W. Sargent
Safeway
Albert Erickson
Dillon Tribune
Rush Jordan
George M. Gosman
Dillon Student Takes Part in Practice Court
Dillon senior in the law school participated in the spring practice court session at STATE UNIVERSITY in Missoula. He acted for the defense in a $30,000 damages suit arising from a railroad train and automobile collision. Robert Nelson of Great Falls represented the plaintiff. a faculty judge presided and ruled for the plaintiff.
Beaverhead Man Oscar Forman Dies at 72
Oscar Forman, a famed Big Hole basin ranch foreman and longtime Beaverhead resident, died yesterday morning at Barrett hospital after a brief illness at age 72. Born January 8, 1865 in Sweden, he emigrated to Chicago before settling in Beaverhead in 1901. He worked as a ranch foreman and owned a Jackson area ranch for a time. Funeral plans await word from nephew John Tollston of Chicago and other relatives.
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Oscar Forman
Big Hole Basin
Barrett Hospital
Sweden
America
Chicago
Beaverhead County
Jackson
John Tollston
East
Rummage Sale Planned by American Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion auxiliary schedules a rummage sale at the city hall police station on April 17. The event is run by two committees the Americanization group led by Luella Stickney and the membership group chaired by W F Cashmore with several members assisting.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Luella Stickney
Marion DeLadd
Luther Smith
H. McMannis
W. F. Cashmore
George M. Gosman
Earl Fairbanks
Joe Fuller
John Lanner
Guy D. Combes
Civil Jury Term Opens Under Judge Rodgers Next Week
The spring civil jury term of district court begins Monday morning with Judge Henry G. Rodgers presiding. Civil cases on the April calendar include George B. Conway and Darby Mining Co. versus Joseph M. Fabian and others, set for trial April 12 at 10:00 a.m. Ida Powell by guardian versus Phillip B. Cottom also on the docket.
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District Court
Henry G. Rodgers
George B. Conway and Darby Mining Co
John Collins
Joseph M. Fabian
John Grosso
Steve Grosso
M.j.laughran
J. E. Healy
Ida Powell
W. H. Powell
Leonard Schulz
Phillip B. Cottom
J. E. Kelly
Howard A. Johnson
Students of Normal Vote on Proposal
Officers of the student organizations and classes met Monday evening March 29 to discuss establishing a student body government at the Normal College. Leland Schoonover chaired the meeting. Milo Long described the School of Mines student organization at Butte. Genevieve Albertson, faculty representative, supported the idea if continued.
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Normal College
Leland Schoonover
Milo Long
School of Mines
Butte
Genevieve Albertson
Dillon Liquor Licenses Sought By Local Parlors
A large number of Dillon establishments have applied for retail liquor licenses and county residents are expected to purchase their first legal drinks in 19 years by week’s end. Nearly all local beer parlors have filed requests.
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Dillon
Opportunity Man Injured in Car Wreck at Divide
Edward Jeffrey a smelter worker from Opportunity was injured when his car left the highway two miles north of Divide and overturned around 8 this morning. He suffered a broken leg and head cuts and was taken to Barrett Hospital in Dillon by the southbound bus after the driver reported Jeffrey had passed at high speed moments earlier.
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Edward Jeffrey
Opportunity Smelter
Divide
Dillon
Barrett Hospital
Jeffrey
Frank Little to Coach at Glendive Montana School
Frank Little former Beaverhead county star has signed to coach and teach at Dawson county high school in Glendive. He previously coached at Dutton for two years delivering success with a small football squad. Little, an Oregon Agricultural College alumnus, was a 1931 all Pacific coast fullback and earned NY Sun all America honorable mention. He also holds the Montana interscholastic discus record set in 1929.
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Frank Little
Beaverhead County
Dawson County High School
Glendive
Beaver
Dutton
Little
Oregon Agricultural College
New York Sun
Montana
Dillon Gun Club Opens State Postal Shoot Next Sunday
The Dillon Gun club begins its state postal shoot campaign aiming to defend the five year title as eight other Montana clubs join the event. Scores will be wired to the Butte Montana Standard at the close of each Sunday’s shooting.
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Dillon Gun Club
Montana Standard
Butte
Payments Received On Crops in Beaverhead County
Beaverhead county ranchers received final payments for the 1936 agricultural conservation program crops phase totaling 13,443.17 dollars. County Agent Bernard Williams said 80 farmers participated, and more than double that number filed worksheets indicating intent to join the 1937 program. Stockmen plans not included in this count.
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Beaverhead Couny
Bernard Williams
Man Arrested 18 Times in Seven Years
Jack H. Huhthon, who calls Russia his fatherland, was arrested in Armstead by Sheriff Paul H. Temple on a drunk and disorderly charge. Records show 18 prior arrests since 1930 for petty offenses, with jail terms following most. He has been arrested in Washington Idaho Montana Nebraska Illinois Michigan Iowa South Dakota and Wisconsin.
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Jack H. Huhthon
Russia
Armstead
Paul H. Temple
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Huhbon
Beaverhead Post to Meet Tomorrow Night
The Legion holds its regular monthly meeting at City Hall tomorrow at 8 oclock. Delegates to the mining district convention in Anaconda last Saturday will report, with George M. Gosman and C A Bechler as delegates and T Lee McCracken and Guy D. Combes as alternates. Emil Conger will present the junior baseball league progress report and the post seeks vacant lots for four team practice diamonds. The Legion auxiliary was represented at Anaconda by Mrs. Glen Lyon and Mrs. C J Hovren.
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Beaverhead Post
American Legion
Dillon
Emil Conger
C. M. Casterline
George R. Baker
T. Lee McCracken
Beaverhead
Mining District
Anaconda
George M. Gosman
C. A. Bechler
Guy D. Combes
Junior Baseball League
The
Legion Auxiliary
Glen Lyon
C. J. Hovren
Moose Lodge Holds Memorial Service in Dillon
Dillon lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose held a public memorial service last night at the I O O F hall with a large crowd in attendance. The impressive ritual was led by Rev. J A Meeke of Grace Methodist Church who gave the memorial address. Musicians included Mrs Mary E Farrell and Mrs George C Farrell in solos, a male quintet, Herman Schwab on violin, and Dr F H Bimrose in a vocal solo.
Sheriff seizes slot machine in Lima cafe raid
While inspecting stock in Idaho with Stock Inspector D. W. Erwin, Sheriff Paul H. Temple confiscated a slot machine said to be operating in a Lima cafe.
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Lima
Idaho
D. W.erwin
Paul H. Temple
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Citizens Party
Dillon City
Beaverhead High School
Melrose
Jean Hoffman
Montana State College
Miss Hoffman
L. W. Hoffman
Robert
Lyle Taylor
Los Angeles
Melrose Presbyterian Church
Training School
Violet M. Eastman
Rotary Club
Students OF Normal
Opportunity
Dillon Club
Jack Huhthon
Moose Lodge
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