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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1926
Page
11
Bedrock is declared winner of a health poster contest conducted by county schools. The exhibit features student posters from multiple high schools displayed at the county event.
Bedrock school topped the Beaverhead county health poster contest judged yesterday under county health nurse Hazel Kingsley. Armstead placed second and Nelson school third as scores from all sections were reviewed and Bedrock received a silver cup.
On Thursday May 6 1926 at Brenner ranch Beaverhead County Montana at 1 p m an auction will sell abandoned horses to the highest bidder for cash. Fifty three animals unbranded ten shown with marks etched right shoulder blotched left shoulder blotched right thigh blotched left thigh.
Armstead won a cash award of 5 and Nelson earned honorable mention. Judges were Mrs. Willis Miss Adams and Dr. Free. In four divisions top prizes of 3 2 and 1 went to Harriet Schuler Margaret Philfner Catherine Tadovich Edward Brown Phillip Butts Roscoe Gordon Bessie Stewart June Brown Ruth Pfiffner Buster Crowley Gertrude Wambacher and others. Posters from all county schools merited judging. Local businesses donated prize money and goods including Graeter Grocery Eliel Brothers The Waldorf The Golden Rule First National Bank Dillon Dry Goods Potts Drug State Bank Hubers Niblacks City Drug Stamms C P Thomas.
Anaconda sheriff and deputy returned from Butte with Robert Allen who was arrested in Dillon on a grand larceny warrant. Allen allegedly conspired to receive a Ford plus $80 cash for a new closed model and failed to deliver a car or recover his old one. He lived in Dillon with his wife and two children and was said to have been driving a Hudson car bearing Butte plate 30251.
The annual training school track meet is being held this afternoon at the athletic field. Three groups of youthful athletes, separated by class standing, compete in events across the program. Winners will represent the training school in the triangular meet with Lima and Twin Bridges public schools next Saturday.
The article notes three individuals who filed in advance of the primary election and explains that the primary will be held on the first Tuesday in August. Beaverhead electors who did not vote in the last general election are urged to register now as books close 45 days before the primary. Dr. R D Curry has moved to new dental offices in the Telephone block rooms 3 4 and 5 with new phone number 355.
The Bristow, Jones, Dell, East Fox, West Fox, Gibbons, Jackson, Mill Point, Grant, Dillon, Melbourne, Lima, Monida, and other area schools announced top spellers. Winners include Myla Pendleton, Margaret Montgomery, Edith McClain, Gladys Carr, Charlie Husted, Ethel Holmen, Joe Ritchel, Ralph Tope, Mary Daw, Virginia Gray, Alice Peterson, Dale Walker, Margaret Bidstrup, Melbourne Jackson, Cherry Forsyth, Vivian Carroll, Muriel Edwards, Vincent Supan, Esther Long, Lloyd Jones, Elizabeth Burke, Gordon Alexander, and Charles Seybold.
The document lists teachers by grade levels: Veleria Gleed for grades, Rosalee Brown for Armstead, Rose Wen ger for Jackson lower grades, Josephine Ver bance for Reichle, and Agnes Malesich, Agnes Keenan, Rudie Malesich for Drummey.
The State Highway Commission will build a new system at an estimated cost of 3,177,000 dollars. Annual maintenance across the counties and forest reserves will total 104,250 dollars. Building the mileage will shift construction and maintenance from county roads to the state system, relieving counties permanently once completed.
The schedule lists the noon finals of the Pearl I Smith spelling contest, a Friday declamation contest with an address by Dr. E. Davis, Saturday penmanship and arithmetic at the high school, and a rural schools track meet plus a triangular track meet among Dillon, Lima and Twin Bridges.
Firefighters responded to a blaze at Gilbert Ranch house around 1 15 Saturday morning. A portion of the surrounding board fence was destroyed but overall damage was slight. Earlier, two haystacks at Beaverhead ranch eight miles northwest of Dillon burned Friday evening.
Dillon prepares for a girls vocational congress with a Thursday 5 30 dinner by home science students, an Ag club entertainment, registration Friday morning, a 2 30 session on vocations led by Mrs Woodward, and speeches by Mrs MacGregor Miss Tarrant Miss Free and others, culminating in class visits Friday morning.
A Dillon window display season highlights practical home goods. Delly promotes attractive basics for the average home while Eliel Brothers offers drapes and curtains for bedrooms. Potts Drug Store features kodaks and pictures linked to home life. Montana Mercantile showcases a Child Health station promoting family health. Waldorf presents May baskets packed with vegetables and fruits for children. Graeter Grocery highlights iron rich foods in a unique display.
Displays in a Nelson Grocery and school campaigns promote better homes and healthier living for children. Placards in First National Bank exhort better homes, better citizens. Leaders including William M. Jardine, Dr Hubert Work, Julius H. Barnes, and Mrs Edgar Stillman Kelly advocate home ownership, culture, and community pride as keys to progress.
Announcement states Atkeson Dairy will deliver fresh milk and cream twice daily. The notice provides no location or timing details.
Senator Dunlap promotes Montana strawberries at $1.50 per 100 plants with leave orders at Forsgren Grocery. Also notes Dr. R. D. Curry moving to new rooms 8B, 4 and 5 and new telephone number B55. Dr H H Scarborough will see patients at Andrus Hotel on Wednesday April 28 for eye care and headache relief.
An article notes Kemp branding paint colors and a legal dispute with Hughes McCalebs and Siete physicien surgeon now at Poindexter block over Dillon Dry Goods store frontage. Entrance on Idaho or Bannack Street. Phone 125.
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