Pioneer Democrat T W Poindexter Dies After Long Leader Life
JT W Poindexter a long time Dillon resident and prominent figure in politics and industry in the West died Friday morning after years of public service. Born 1829 in Danville Virginia he lived in St Louis California and Oregon before moving to Dillon in 1881. He served as alderman mayor postmaster and state auditor with his family continuing his business Poindexter & Sons later Dillon Cash Grocery. He leaves wife and five sons and a brother Philip H Poindexter. Funeral declined at M E church with large crowd and a final burial in Poindexter cemetery.
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JT. W. Poindexter
Montana
Mr. Poindexter
Virginia
Danville
St. Louis
California
Plains
Margaret Pipkins
Panama
Oregon
Canyon City
Dillon
United States
General Mercantile Company
T. W. Poindexter & Sons
Dillon Cash Grocery Company
T. W. Poindexter, Jr
P. E. Poindexter
Poindexter
Cleveland
T. W
Phil E
Joe B
Beaverhead
E. M
Northwestern Medical College of
Chicago
St. Luke’s Hospital
Eugene
Dillon Electric and Power Company
R. P. Smith
Charles H. Padley
C. C. Cornell
William Smith
Watson M. Oliver
Henry R. Melton
William Roe
M. E. Church
Great West
The
West
Golden West
Union
City Council Special Meeting Reviews Recent Election Result
A Monday evening council session canvassed the city election vote. President Eliel presided as aldermen Best Rife Selway and Graeter attended. Mayor White arrived later. Informal talks covered water works and a proposed incandescent light at the Dart corner with no formal action taken.
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Best
Rife
Selway
Graeter
White
Dart Corner
Trustees Named In Free County High School Election
Returns received by Clerk Baker show Morse White and Featherly chosen as trustees. Hill, backed by southern county supporters, trailed in the Big Hole country where his candidacy was not anticipated.
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Free County High School
Messrs
Morse
White
Featherly
Hill
Big Hole
Early lambing and beef trade bustle in Beaverhead area
flockmasters begin lambing despite storms as a Dillon trainload of cattle is readied for shipment on the 19th. Buyers report beef cattle at $48 to $52 per head, with prices down from last year. Weather disrupts grazing but snowmelt promises spring feed and better pasture prospects.
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Beaverhead
J. M. Kennedy
Fryde-Bahn Company
Seattle
Big Hole
George J. Staudaher
Dillon
Mr. Staudaher
Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy
Staudaher
Jess
Work Begins On Dillon Pipe Line Project
Frank J. Kelsey, consulting engineer for the Dillon water works, arrived from Salt Lake City to supervise survey work and reservoir site selection near the head of the putch along the Argenta road. He hopes bids will be invited within three weeks after final plans are completed.
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Frank J. Kelsey
Dillon
Salt Lake City
Argenta
Kelsey
Nebraska
Colorado
Horses Die of Starvation in Bloody Dick Hills
A Bedt county resident reports that at least 75 horses have died from starvation in the Bloody Dick hills last week. The foundation and local authorities are being alerted to the alarm.
Missoula Land Office Upholds Shaw Contest Cancellation
The Missoula land office sustains the Ray versus Shaw contest and cancels Shaw's Bow en Beaverhead County homestead entry after Shaw failed to appear. Ray filed the contest on October 20 1901 alleging abandonment. A second contest by Henry C. Dean against Wilhelm Frederickson near Wisdom is set for May 25 with Dean having filed a desert land entry for 160 acres and B B Lawrence filing on 200 acres in Beaverhead County.
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Bert W. Shaw
Washington
Shaw
Bowen
Beaverhead County
Ray
Henry C. Dean
Wilhelm Frederickson
Wisdom
Dean
Frederickson
B. B. Lawrence
Missoulian
New Library Books Donated to Carnegie Free Public Library
A large addition to the Carnegie free public library shelves brings hundreds of new works cataloged for readers. The list includes Riis works, Darwin lives of Lincoln Adams Jefferson, Stevenson novels, Trollope, Brontes, Meccano, and science texts, donated by Dillon citizens and from Cantata proceeds.
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Riis
Virginians
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Dye
Gibbona
Sunwich Port
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van Revelen
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Torkington
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Parker
The
Simple Life
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Yellowstone
Remington
France
Mason
Darwin
Smiles
Comstock
Pickett's Gap
Green
Glengarry
Dot
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Leavenworth Case
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Freedom of the Sea
Brady
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Howells
Misa Petticoats
Tilton
Lady Parmount
Hartland
Olympian Nights
Bangs
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Dillon
Josephus
M. A. Walker
Frank Patterson
Elder Boise
G. B. Darling
Norris
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Lorenzo Cushing
Walkera
Universal Atlas
Memoria
Richard Townsend
Anderton
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Stevenson
Fleming Jenkin
St. Ives
F. A. Thomas
Geo. B. Conway
Hound of the Baskervilles
Wrecker
Macabe
Island Nights
Weir
Butte To Get Large New Smelter On Columbia Gardens Site
Butte will host a new smelter costing 2.5 million dollars to be built by a local firm near Columbia Gardens. Pittsburg and Montana Copper Co. will own the plant, one of the camp’s largest. Shackleton and Whiteway of Butte won the contract over top eastern bidders, with machinery already on site for early prep work.
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Butte
Flata
Columbia Gardens
Pittsburg & Montana Copper Company
Shackleton & Whiteway
New Butcher Business Opens On Innes Ranch
Evana Innes plans a refrigerated slaughterhouse on the Innes ranch by the Rattlesnake and will operate two wagons for country and city trade. He will take daily orders and deliver fresh wholesome meat, promising top quality products.
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Innes Ranch
Mr. Innes
Evan
Quiet Courthouse Wedding Ties Dillon Pair
James Greathouse and Miss Lottie Howard wed by Justice Vermillion in Dillon with a small gathering. The couple recently moved from Town and plan to start life together, with ages 20 and 17 respectively. bride’s mother's consent was filed at the clerk's office.
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George W. French
James Greathouse
Lottie Howard
Justice Vermillion
Dillon
Death of S S Sloss harness maker in Dillon
S S Sloss, a 65 year old former Utah resident and harness maker for Dillon Implement, died early Sunday at the Foster lodging house from kidney trouble and other causes after an illness since Christmas. He had no known relatives locally and was buried Monday at Mountain View Cemetery with funeral expenses paid by friends and former employers.
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S. S. Sloss
Dillon Implement Company
Foster Lodging House
Dillon
Utah
Mountain View
Mrs Evans Returns Home After Visit at Dormitory
Mrs. Evans daughter of Mrs. Anna Owsley returned to her Whitehall home after a week’s visit at the dormitory.
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Evans
Anna Owsley
Whitehall
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