Oratory Contest Friday Night at Normal College
The State Oratorical Contest will be held Friday at the Normal College auditorium with Maurice Mosher and Miss Mary Burke representing the college after winning the local contest. Other contestants will come from Montana College, Montana Wesleyan, State Agricultural College, and the State University. A 25 cent admission is charged to cover costs. attendance and support from readers is urged to boost the Orange and Black. Mrs Louise Coulson of Dillon presents new poetry collection at local visit.
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Normal College
Maurice Mosher
Mary Burke
Montana College
Montana Wesleyan
State Agricultural College
State University
Dillon
Pastime Theatre Week Features Vaudeville and Notre Dame
This week at Pastime Theatre presents two top vaudeville acts and Notre Dame de Paris in three color reels. Murphy’s trained animals and Florence Raymond ventriloquism headline, with a ten cent matinee Saturday at 3:30 p.m. The week also includes Lubin feature films and a melodrama about Walter Clark and Beatrice Irvin.
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Victor Hugo
Murphy
Florence Raymond
Notre Dame de Paris
Pathe
Paris
Esmerelda
Frollo
Quasimodo
Tamandra
Walter Clark
Beatrice Irvin
Walter
Beatrice
Tama Aifitra
Beatrice’ Keeles
Sebree Drives Cadillac in San Francisco Los Angeles Race
In the Los Angeles Express issue of April 16 a large photo fronts the page featuring former Dillon man Ralph V. Sebree at the wheel of a racing Cadillac roadster. The same car will be used in the San Francisco Los Angeles race, and Sebree’s familiar jovial smile drew cheers from Dillon friends.
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Los Angeles Express
Ralph V. Sebree
Dillon
Mr. Sebree
Los Angeles
Sebree
Ross Identified as Highwayman by Multiple Witnesses
Last Saturday on a Mt train near Monida witnesses Spencer a news agent and Hand a Bedrock pump man identified Bill Ross as the larger of two highwaymen linked to Hugh Whitney the Cokeville outlaw. Deputy Melton and others corroborate. Ross pled not guilty. trial set May 29.
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I. Spencer
Lee Hand
Bedrock
Bill Ross
Hugh Whitney
Cokeville
Wyo
Spencer
Kidd
Ross
Summit
Monida
Melton
Idaho
Whitney
R. Burnett
George Gutches
Justice Court
Formal opening of F C McFadden's Saturday afternoon
The town welcomes the remodeled F C McFaddens confectionery and ice cream parlor with a grand opening Saturday afternoon. The new interior features oak fixtures, plate glass show cases, a Breen marble fountain, and a large wall mirror illuminated by electric lights. Everyone in town is invited to attend and inspect the resort.
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F. C. McFadden’s
Cordally
Satuday
Congressmen Evans and Stout Press Wool Tariff Favor
Congressmen Evans and Stout attend the Democratic caucus to press for a small duty on wool and to back tariff protections for sugar. Evans supports the bill as written on sugar while both seek to retain some wool duty, and they pursue broader Indian and land policy aid for Montana. The article notes stalled appointments in Washington and hopes for higher reclamation funding for the Flathead, with market quotes for cattle, hogs, and sheep under the Burke Commission Co.
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Evans
Stout
Montana
Underwood
House
Committee On Indian Affairs
Flathead
Myers
Walsh
Senate
General Land Office
Indian Affairs
West
Northwest
Have Confidence in What You Undertake
A call to workers to secure and turn in subscriptions and persist with confidence. It cites a story of a petition signer show of assurance and notes candidates standings with numerous names and votes listed from Ethel McLaughlin to Angela Durack.
North Portland Stock Market report April 25 1913
North Portland cattle receipts since last note have been uneven with demand for choice stock strong. Top cattle hit 8.20 with many sales around 7.40 to 7.73. Cows peaked at 7.15 per carload. Beg department shows a weaker tone from the prior week.
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Burke Commmission Co
North Portland
Ralph Bingham to Perform at College Auditorium Saturday
The 1912-13 college entertainment season closes with Ralph Bingham appearing at the college auditorium Saturday at 9 p.m. He is a monotone impersonator humorist violinist and vocalist, praised by United States Senator Vardiman of Mississippi and former Governor Bob Taylor of Tennessee as a premier entertainer.
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Ralph Bingham
College Auditorum
Bingham
United States
Vardiman
Mississipni
Bob ‘Taylor
Tennessee
Polaris Mine Venture Fails to Deliver Fortunes
In Beaverhead county Montana the Polaris silver bearing mine, operated by Silver Fissure Mining Company, drew eastern capitalists in the early 1900s. Engineer Harry Armstead led efforts to revive it, but after heavy spending the venture did not pay investors, with total outlays reportedly between $250,000 and a large sum unlisted.
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Wil Chapman
Montana
Beaverhead County
Polaris
Silver Fissure Mining Company
New York
Harry Armstead
Idaho authorities track white slave case to Boise
United States Marshal Theodore Rinda moved through Helena to detain R A White Al Godfrey and Rene Webb after a Boise kidnapping case. White faced a white slave charge with bonds set at 2500 while Godfrey and the woman received 1000 bonds each. The trio fled Pocatello to reclaim a child in Reno and later disappeared with the boy from Ogden. Authorities traced them to Beaverhead county ranches and Kentucky avenue before Sheriff Irwin and County Attorney Stephensoni helped Idaho officials recover the child and bring White to trial.
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United States
Theodore Rinda
Helena
R. A. White
al Godfrey
Rene Webb
White
Federal Court
Hazelbaker
Godfrey
John Snook
Boise
Idaho
Pocatello
Reno
Nevada
Mia
Ogden
Bolee
Erwin
Dilton
Beaverhead County
Kentucky Avenue
Irwin
Stephensoni
Ill fated Ore Venture Built Road System and Empty Smelter
The venture spent hundreds of thousands on a $360000 project to build a 383 mile haul road from Armstead to Polaria, with a smelter able to treat 100 tons daily. The smelter operated for 10 days then shut down, never producing profits for investors. funds were diverted to luxuries and payrolls, leaving no real money secured. The scheme is described as mining Aegerdemain with disappearing dividends.
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Polaria
Armstead
Oregon
Bea verhead County High School Alumni Plan Next Month Reunion
The Bea verhead County High School alumni association met Monday at Miss Sadie Graeter’s home to arrange the annual reunion to be held next month. An entertainment is planned in Gold Hall followed by a banquet at the Mellen Hotel.
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Beaverhead County
Sadie Graeter
Rot Mies Meng
Gold Hall
Tianauet
Mellen Hotel
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Butte
Pastime
Quilty
Flathead Reservation
Ethel McLaughlin
Hazel Brown
Alice Mast
Cs Ceee Ee Eee
Lovera LaCroix
Mildred Elliott
Evelyn Lloyd
Bannack
Melrose
Cecil McCoy
Rose Dowling
Dell
Ethel Craver
Bred Staudacer
Spot Gibson
Leah O’brien
Nellie McKay
Veronica Hartwig
Willia
Margaret Eldridge
Cosie Williamb
Mae Marchesseau
Jay Tallant
Hazel Stratton
Edith Kellum
Lima
Fern Andrus
Heb Biendt
Annie Stocker
Grant
Mary Ewing
Seeuees
Lizzie Harrison
Josephine Tessier
Grace Phillips
Winoniired Fuqua
Hiram Brundage
Glenna Younce
Alma Weat
Katie Fitzharris
Maude Joy
Willis
Mabel Phillips
Frankie Lewis
Esther Mailey
Blaine
Angela Durack
Wai el Ewe
Normal Auditorium
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