Local Dillon News Sparks Ranchers and Trades
A parade of visitors to Dillon includes Jack Porter from Bedrock and J N Smith from Butte. Auctions draw buyers from Armstead Dell and Dillon as residents attend cattle sales and mining matters.
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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1918
Page
6
A parade of visitors to Dillon includes Jack Porter from Bedrock and J N Smith from Butte. Auctions draw buyers from Armstead Dell and Dillon as residents attend cattle sales and mining matters.
Vera Tash visited with friends at Normal Hall Friday evening. Ruby Wyatt was Ruth Carmichael's guest at dinner Sunday. Rose Smith traveled to Deer Lodge to visit her mother Friday. Gendase McGonigle returned from Butte Thursday. Mr. Clay Patterson visited with cousin Mabel Hungate Monday. Miss Taylor was a Wednesday dinner guest at the dormitory. Mabel Hungate went home in Dell Thursday and returned Sunday. Miss Parr left for Spokane April 2 for a short visit returning April 6. Loretta McCarthy at home in Anaconda is seriously ill with pneumonia. Ellen Carregan Vera Tash and Lucy Seidensticked visited Bond Saturday. Convocation speakers Mr Mosher on Commencement and Miss Covington on The May Festival.
Before buying that automobile consult Dillon Carriage Works. We have bargains in second hand cars. We buy and repair old cars and handle second hand Fords especially. We maintain a first class mechanic for quick auto repair.
Junior class raises about 43 dollars at a spring fund raising sale for the Junior Prom. Glee clubs rehearse operetta A Nautical Knot to be staged April 18 at Kurtwig theatre. Seniors study for final exams while students assist Red Cross layettes and service flag stars. Beaverhead county high school earns Red Cross school auxiliary certificate.
In Dillon local notes, the Acoma Hotel advertises as a modern headquarter with rooms from one dollar. The City Shoe Store promotes custom boots and on the spot repairs. Notable arrivals include ranchers George Clemon from the Big Hole Basin and Wm Sweeney from Sheep Creek basin, with Mrs K B Ripley and families traveling between Bozeman and Dillon.
George Wolfe and C. L. Worth purchased the new Andrus hotel barber shop last Friday. The three chair establishment is one of the state’s best equipped with modern amenities. Both buyers are longtime barbers known in Dillon and plan to run the shop in a high class manner.
The Dillon cattle sale Monday concluded with every animal sold at solid prices. Cows brought 65 to 75 dollars per head, two-year-old heifers up to 56 dollars, short yearlings 40 dollars, and coming two-year-old steers 65 dollars. No further auctions of horses or cattle until next June for the big summer sale.
Mr and Mrs R E Foster depart last Sunday evening for Chicago to visit for some time. They will also visit in Michigan and other eastern states while away.
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