Montan a State Band to Join St George Picnic in Dillon
Butte and Anaconda lodge members travel by two special trains to Dillon for the third annual St George picnic. The Montana State band will play as Dillon merchants host a full day program with races prizes and contests for all ages.
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Butte
Dillon
United Lodges of the Sons of St. George
Anaconda
Montana
St. George
J. H. Gilbert
F. A. Hazelbaker
T. J. Murray
F. C. McFadden
J. C. Smith
A. Stamm
Frank Eliel
Chas, Sassman
David Robb
S. S. Patterson
C. W. Scott
W. T. George
Terry Browning
W. Bell
Gimble
G. T. Paul
L. S. Pearn
R. W. Boone
Dan Grant
B. N. Stevenson
Chas, Niblack
F. C. Swartz
Jack Barrett
C. K. Wyman
Ladies Auxiliary Committee For
Clara Adams
F. E. Foote
Humphrey
William E. Treloar
Sons of St. George
Hennessy Company
Symons Company
Rocker
Brownfield-Canty Company
Lutey’s
Dillon Boys
Hoskins Drag Company
Towle- Winterhalter-Hannifin Company
Colbert Drug Company
Mose Linz
Palace Clothing Company
Hub Clothing Company
Centerville Drug Company
Barker Paint Company
B. Kopard Company
Youlden Grocery
Truscott Grocery
Seigel Clothing Company
Calkins
Red Boot Company
Big Timber Tailoring Company
Grand Preeldeath
Centerville
Dee Butchering Company
Chautauqua Boosters List Next Year's City Backers
A long roster names the guarantors for the Chautauqua event next year. The list includes bankers, hardware dealers, real estate agents, a jeweler, lawyers, doctors, milliners, automo bile dealers, and others such as grocers, furn iture firms, livery services, and manufacturers.
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Chautauqua
A. L. Stone
Chas. H. Phillips
C. P. Thomas
Richardson & Ettinger
G. T. Paul
O.M. Best
Col. Alf. Decker
Richard R. Price
Fred McClure
Fidel Huber
Pearl I. Smith
T. J. Murray
Dillon Dry Goods Co
R. F. Tattersall
B. N. Stevenson
Thos
B. Luebben
A. F. Waldorf
J. Forsgren
A. L. Badcon
Chas. R. Blake
Sugar Bowl
Henry G. Rodgers
B. G. Iliff
H. F. Best
R. W. Boone
H. H. Soper
F. C. McFadden
F. K. Foote
EH. H Brundage
Anna Hart
Jack Noonan
F. H. Bimrose
H. D. Weenink
W. T. George
George B. Weber
Rev. H. G. Humphrey
Roy E. Murray
Montana Auto Co
Beaverhead Alberta Oil Well Shows Oil Indications
Strong indications of oil were found in the Beaverhead Alberta Oil and Gas well at the mouth of Smallhorn canyon nine miles from Dillon. The drill is 100 feet down and an oil bearing sand and a thin oil sheen on the water have been observed. Promoters expect oil in large quantities at about 500 feet as drilling continues.
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Beaverhead-Alberta Oil & Gas Company
Smallhorn Canyon
Dillon
Dillonites
Hazelbaker Hears Desert Land Contest At County Court
Yesterday at the county courthouse United States Land Commissioner Frank M Hazelbaker presided over a land contest between Andre Shutey and Mike Rebich over a desert land entry under the relief desert land act.
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County Court House
Frank M Hazelbaker
United States Land Commissioner
Andre Shutey
Mike Rebich
Tragic Drowning of Dorothy Dunn at Grasshopper Creek
Dorothy Dunn a sixteen year old girl drowned at Grasshopper Creek near Bannack while two companions Ruth Warnick and Fern Dunn survived after Smith Paddock a twelve year old boy rescued them. The funeral was held in Bannack with interment at the old capital burying ground.
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Dorothy Dunn
Smith Paddock
Ruth Warnick
Fern Dunn
Grasshopper Creek
Bannack
Dorothy
Young Paddock
Miss Dunn
Edward Dunn
Spokane Party Tours Yellowstone Park in Chummy Roadster
A Spokane party led by Mr and Mrs W J H Shields and J M Shields with M B Rucker of Seattle traveled through Dillon en route from western and northern Montana and Glacier National Park to Yellowstone via Yellowstone. Advertising the Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York the roadster was designed for the trip by J M Shields and drew attention in Dillon. The party camps along the way and will return to Spokane after touring the eastern part of the state. Mr W H Shields met with E T Magnus the local Mutual Life agent.
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W. J H. Shields
J. M. Shields
Spokane
Wash
M. B. Rucker
Seattle
Dillon
Montana
Glacier National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone
Winton
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Gardiner
W.h-Shields
E. T. Magnus
Hay Diggers Sentenced to Thirty Days in Jail
Justice Fred Nelson of Wisdom sentenced Pat Kelley Jim McDonald and Dan Fenan to thirty days in county jail for obtaining money under false pretenses. The men had been paid transport to Wisdom from Butte to work in hayfields and then refused to report to work.
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Fred Nelson
Murray Family News Arrives in Dillon for Summer Stay
Mr and Mrs Ernest Murray and their young son with Mrs Murray mother of Mr Murray arrived in Dillon from Louisville Kentucky. They will spend the summer in Dillon visiting Roy and Joe Murray and have rented the Albert Stamm house for two months.
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Dillon
Ernest Murray
Chautauqua a Great Success in Dillon Weekly Series
Dillon’s second annual Chautauqua drew large crowds each session and has been guaranteed for next year. The program featured Comus players, Junior Chautauqua, lectures by Wanamaker and Briggs, operatic and musical acts, and popular soloists. A canvassing committee secured fifty supporters to ensure continued hosting next summer.
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Dillon
Sheppard
Dillon Chautauqua
Comus
R.M. Wanamaker
International Operatic Company
Martha
Skibinsky-Welch Company
Charles Zueblin
Lou Beauchamp
Chautauqua
New York Marine Band
Donald Bouchier
Robert Parker Miles
Kaffir Boy Choir
Short Line Officials Visit Dillon Friday
A delegation from the Oregon Short Line Railroad spent Friday in Dillon meeting local business leaders. The group traveled from Butte on a special train and spent two hours fishing at the dam hosted by S. S. Carruthers. Participants included H. V. Platt and W. A. Whitney along with other senior officers.
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Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Dillon
Butte
S. S. Carruthers
Theight Dam
H. V. Platt
W. A. Whitney
Carl Stradley
W. A. Pierce
Utah-Montana
George A. Smith
H. J. Harris
R. A.hutchinson
Dr. Pinkerton
Montana Auto Supply Expands Largest Southern Montana Garage
The Montana Auto Supply company completes a new addition totaling 15 620 square feet, making it the largest garage in the state with the biggest payroll in southern Montana. Seventeen workers now serve the expanded shop as the firm projects further equipment growth. During the season the company sold 250 new cars and 12 used cars to buyers including Fords Rife Sheep company Armstead John Anderson Dillon Mike Lauterbach Dillon O H Ruffner Wisdom Dr Thorkelson Dillon Frank Fish Dillon O H Williams Dillon H D Hildreth Armstead Lewis Dudley Virginia City and a Cadillac Hight to Dr R R Rathbone.
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Montana Auto Supply Company
Montana Auto
Montana
Fords—Rife Sheep Company of
Armstead
John Anderson
Dillon
Mike Lauterbach
O. H. Ruffner
Wisdom
Thorkelson
Frank Fish
O. H. Williams
H. D. Hildreth
Lewis Dudley
Virginia City
R. R. Rathbone
National Oil Company to Resume Drilling Operations
James Mackay, in town from Sheep Creek basin, heads National Oil Company drilling ops. He says new parts arrive this week and operations will restart at once, aiming to continue drilling until the extreme cold ends. Drill currently down about 400 feet.
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James Mackay
Sheep Creek Basin
National Oil Company
Rankin to address women at Dillon meeting
Miss Jeanette Rankin of Missoula will speak to the Good Government club and other interested women at 8 p m Thursday at the home of Miss Jean Bishop 413 Idaho street Rankin is a Republican candidate for Congress nomination.
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Jeanette Rankin
Missoula
Dillon
The
Good Government Club
Jean Bishop
Idaho Street
Miss Rankin
Congress
Williams Sentenced for Manslaughter in Deer Lodge Case
Judge Jos. C. Smith presided as George Whitey Williams was sentenced to three to five years in the state prison for manslaughter. He will be sent to Deer Lodge this week. Katherine Moore was found not insane after psychiatric evaluation and released, though future actions will be watched. she had been acquitted of murder earlier.
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Jos. C. Smith
George
Whitey
Katherine Moore
Aged Armstead Rancher Dies of Injuries
Volney B. Briggs aged 67 died at Curtis hospital from internal injuries after a fall from a hag etack at his Armstead ranch. He was brought to Dillon for treatment Tuesday. Funeral at the Methodist church Sunday with Rev. Humphrey officiating. Burial in Mountain View cemetery. He had lived in Beaverhead County many years and followed ranching near Armstead. Try an Examiner Want Ad.
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Volney B. Briggs
Curtis Hospital
Armstead
Dillon
Methodist Church
Humphrey
Mountain View
Beaverhead County
Primary filings close as Montana voters set August deadlines
Forty six candidates filed for the upcoming primary on the 29th with Montana law setting August 14 as the final filing date. Many counties push petitions by August 12, listing candidates for state senate district Five judicial and county offices across parties including Democrats and Republicans. Names include Risley Hiiel Robison Featherly Clark Smith Stephen son Barrett Haines Wyman Shaw Conger Rife Gilbert Wolfe French Gray Bulger Mittlemier Baker Boone Coppin Williams Best Thomas Emerick Nyhart Ewing Mayme French Sutherland Evans Bell Ford Owen Chapman Ruffner Adams Tower Phillips Kenison Nelson Stevenson Kirkpatrick Pomeroy.
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Montana
F. P. Bulger
Carl Mittlemier
Jay Baker
R. W. Boone
John Coppin
A. G. Williams
J. P. Best
C. P. Thomas
R. W. Emerick
John Nyhart
John Ewing
Mayme French
Elizabeth Sutherland
Elizabeth Jane Evans
Homesteaders Entitled to Leave of Absence
An act approved July 3 1916 grants homesteaders who settle and improve unsurveyed public lands a leave of absence for up to five months per year in total. They must mark land boundaries and file notices in the local land office and upon return, file notice of termination.
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Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
United States
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Umbrella
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Berry Spoon
Montana Hardware Company
Pallas Candy Company
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Alberta Oil & Gas Company
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the Examiner
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Short Line
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Legislature
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Frank Hiiel
C. A. Robison
Geo. R. Featherly
Fifth Judicial District
W. A. Clark
R. 8. Stephenson
Grant Haines
J. E. Shaw
C. W. Conger
Fred Rife
Wilbur G. Gilbert
George P. Wolfe
Anthony H. French
Guy Gray
Dillon Township
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A. A. Kenison
Wisdom Township
B. R. Stevenson
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Chas. Martin
Garfield Pomeroy
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