Normal College Graduation Exercises Mark Summer School Close
The Normal College holds commencement at 8 30 P M in the auditorium with sixteen candidates for diplomas. W K Dwyer official speaker. Rev Father Foley gives invocation. Miss Helen Finch plays Bach. diplomas conferred by Frank Ellel. Dr Davis presents candidates. benediction by Rev T Bennett. Senior Sunday precedes graduation with Junior class serving dinner.
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Normal College
Father Foley
St. Rose Catholic Church
P. DeFaye
W. K. Dwyer
Public Schools
Anaconda
Irene Seidenick
Florence Eyre Sorenson
Ivan Gene Stratton
Azita Stears
Nella Achsa Welch
H H. Palmer
Frank Ellel
State Board of Education
Mary Gist
Durand
MacDougal Launches Second Gate of the Mountains Cruise
Rev George MacDougal begins a second Missouri River voyage to the Gate of the Mountains in a red canoe named Rob Roy. Miss Margaret MacDougal and Miss Mollin Sparrow accompany him as they camp en route and travel to Cascade, returning by train and shipping the canoe back to Dillon.
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George MacDougal
Dillon
Gate of the Mountains
Rob Roy
Margaret MacDougal
Mollin Sparrow
Missouri
Cascade
Point of Rocks
MacDougal
R. R. Rathbone
Clergy Leaders Set for Annual Miles City Conference
Rev. Edward Smith will depart Dillon Monday morning to attend the church conference annual session in Miles City. Superintendent C. L. Bovard visited Dillon this week to conduct a business meeting with the local church. The meeting closed the church year and reports from various departments showed encouraging progress.
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Edward Smith
Dillon
Miles City
C. L. Bovard
Oil Driller Injured In Deplorable Accident Near Beaverhead
John Taylor, driller at the Beaverhead Alberta Oil and Gas well ten miles south of town, was struck by a fly wheel last Thursday afternoon. Both bones were shattered and he was hospitalized at Curtis hospital in Dillon, where reports say he is improving.
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John Taylor
Beaverhead-Alberta
Sheriff Beal Identifies Suspect in Saddle Theft
Anaconda Aug 13 Albert Yiek, once linked to the slaying of Sheriff Wyman, is now charged with stealing a saddle from Sheriff Beal years ago. Beal had recovered a saddle horse named Vick, but not the saddle. Yiek faces execution two weeks from today after a prior robbery sentence.
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Anaconda
Albert Yink
Wyman
Dillon
Beal
Yiek
Hvery
Vick
New War Risk Bureau plan seeks full service for ex service members
The bureau of war risk insurance outlines a comprehensive cleanup campaign to ensure every former service member receives due benefits. The plan includes immediate medical examinations and prompt hospital care where needed, with district based outreach to locate ex service personnel and assist with government claims. Beaverhead county centers on Butte as the Montana exam site with a team from the medical field, claims examiners, district office, the American Legion, and the American Red Cross.
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Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Montana
American Legion
American Red Cross
Butte
Beaverhead County
Butte Wedding Quietly Joins Hazel Brown and Andrew Sorenson
Miss Hazel Brown and Mr. Andrew Sorenson, well known in Butte and Dillon, were married in Butte last Monday in a quiet ceremony. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Brown, has worked as a saleslady at Dillon Dry Goods. The groom, native of Dillon and a U S war veteran, served in France and now works as a clerk at Graeter Grocery. The couple will reside in Dillon.
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Butte
Hazel Brown
Andrew Sorenson
Dillon
Harry Brown
Dillon Dry Goods Company
Martin Sorenson
France
Graeter Grocery Company
Featherlys Move to Millpoint Home. Taylor Family to Inherit
Mr and Mrs Reed Featherly moved last Saturday to Millpoint to establish their new home. Carl Taylor and family will occupy the residence left by the Featherlys.
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Millpoint
Reed Featherly
Carl Taylor
Young Man Dies in Hayfield Accident at Harkness Ranch
Patrick O Harz, about thirty, was killed last Friday at the Ned Harkness ranch in Sheep Creek basin Beaverhead county when a derrick toppled at the stack. His body was taken to Dillon for burial and a funeral held at Brundage parlors with interment in Mountain View cemetery. Little is known of his relatives. he was a Pennsylvania native with both parents deceased.
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Beaverhead County
Patrick Grant
O’ Harz
Ned Harkness
Sheep Creek Basin
O'Hara
Dillon
Brundage Undertaking
Mountain View
Pennsylvania
W. E. Chapman
Chester Gilbert
A. Wedum Company
Beaverhead Lumber Company
Standard Lumber and Coal Company
Frank K. Knotts
Th. Board . To. Paint
E. P. ‘Marchesseau
Whoop ER Up Roundup Promises Western Show and Cash Prizes
Beaverhead post of the American Legion prepares a three day Whoop er Up roundup with a wild west show, a buffalo wire fence around the fairgrounds, and cash prizes totaling 3000 dollars. Fifty participants have arrived in Dillon with many more expected as cowboys and cowgirls enter bucking horses and bulls for events including relay and roping.
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American Legion
Montana
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Wooerpentae
Oregon
Reward Offered for Man Who Hangs Bad Paper
The sheriff’s office offers 50 dollars for the capture of James Taylor, about 50, on forgery charges. He allegedly wrote two bad checks for seventy and fifty dollars under the name J Reneau, a rancher from the Big Hole basin. He has a single partially closed eyelid.
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James Taylor
J. @. Reneau
Big Hole
Reneau
Taylor
Markers Arrive for Lewis and Clark Historic Sites
Daughters of the American Revolution and county officials ordered many months ago, and the markers will soon be erected to mark sites of historical interest. The first marker goes up this evening at Armstead to note Sacajawea guiding Lewis and Clarke to the Missouri headwaters. Today August 17 marks a key date in the expedition and recalls the Sacajawea monument dedication at Armstead years ago.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Tha ‘County
Armstead
Sacajawea
Lewis and Clarke
Missouri
Armatead
Beaverhead County Commissioners Appraise Fair Grounds Plan
Beaverhead County Board meets to define county fair grounds boundaries and approve Carruthers offer for building removal and fencing. They reject a $75 truck bid and approve a $480 land purchase, with conditions.
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Louis Stahl
Cattle shipments by Hansen and Carsten packing firms
The Hansen Packing company of Butte loaded two cars of beef steers and two cars of fat cows for Armstead to Lutte, bought from J. C. Brenner. On the same day Carsten Packing loaded four cars of fine beef steers for Tacoma, purchased from Peter McKinney of Salmon City Idaho.
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Hansen Packing Company
Butte
Armstead
Lutte
J. C. Brenner
Carsten Packing Company
Tacoma
Peter McKinney
Salmon City
Idaho
Mrs. Gerald Jones Visits Relatives at Wildwood Ranch
Mrs. Gerald Jones arrived yesterday from Jerome Idaho and went to the Wildwood ranch near Twin Bridges to visit relatives. She will return with her two young children who have been spending the summer with their grandparents.
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Gerald Jones
Jerome
Idaho
Wildwood Ranch
Twin Bridges
Dr Robert Clark Preaches Sunday Morning at Baptist Church
Dr. Robert Clark is scheduled to preach Sunday morning at the Baptist church. The service is highlighted as a faith observance for the local congregation.
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Robert Clark
The
Baptist Church
Hathaway Bullock Wed in Dillon Big Hole Basin Ceremony
Richard Hathaway and Elizabeth F. Bullock were quietly married by Rev. Edward Smith at the county courthouse in Dillon. Attendants included George Baker and Stella Mayfield. The couple will reside in the Big Hole basin. Hathaway is editor of the Big Hole Basin News and a prominent local businessman.
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Big Hole Basin
Dillon
Richard Hathaway
Elizabeth F. Bullock
Edward Smith
John 8. Baker
George Baker
Mix Stella Mayfield
Mansfield baby born keeps family name Joseph James
Joseph James Mansfield was born last week to rancher Joseph James Mansfield in town on Friday. The infant is named Joseph James after its father and two grandparents as family celebrates the new arrival.
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Joseph James Mansfield
Mansfield
Joseph James
Eight More Days for Albert Yeik
The condemned man Albert Yeik faces execution eight days away for the murder of Sheriff C. K. Wyman. The hanging is set for Friday August 26 at Dillon Courtyard at 4 30 am with invitations for attendees. Yeik remains calm though not sleeping deeply and receives only visits from his attorneys and Father Foley as scaffold work progresses.
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Albert Yeik
C. K. Wyman
Dillon
Yelk
Father Foley
Yerk
Ford Automobile to Be Sold for One Dollar
On Sunday evening August 23 the American Legion will sell a new Ford car for $1.00. D W Galt of Beaverhead Motors provides the vehicle at wholesale price and tickets cost $1 each. The drawing, at 9:30 PM in Dillmont Park, is overseen by Beatty Tait. the winner must be present to claim the prize.
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American Legion
D. W. Galt
Beaverhead Motors Company
Legion
Dillmont Park
Beatty Tait
Dr Roberts Resided in Dillon Before Boy's Tragic Death
Dr C R Roberts, father of a 15 year old who hanged himself in Butte last Friday, was well known in Dillon where he practiced as a chiropractor. He had previously lived in Dillon for several years, during which his children were not with him.
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C. R. Roberts
Butte
Dillon
Armstead Tops Dillon Again In Tight Oval Grounds Setback
Armstead defeated Dillon 10 to 8 in a Sunday afternoon baseball game at the oval grounds. The matchup was described as one of the best games of the lb cal diamond this year.
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Armstead
Dillon
Oval
Girl Hoboes Hit Town As Traveling Duo
Reports say several young women have been seen boarding outbound trains at Dillon, using breeches and mounting box cars with ease. The group travels in pairs or small groups, sometimes with male companions, as they seek rides away from town.
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Dillon
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Gate OF Mountains
Harkness
Beaverhead
Amer
Ican Legion
Jackson
Board of Equalization
Board of County Commissioners
J. E. Shaw
O. C. Gosman
A. L. Anderson
George R. Baker
George Lovell
Harry G. Gilbert
Carruthers
County Fair Commission
Elkhorn
J. J. Brown
Rand
Henry Tatro
Monida
S. R
Snowline
Anu
Dillon, Mont
Medicine Lodge
Editor Hathaway
Pipestone
T. F. Barrett
Nan
Constance Barrett
Helen
Virginia
Alu. Bulger
R. H. Barrett
Jack Barrett
J. W. Foregrew
Dagmar Nelson
J. W. Scott
Clyde Scott
Pipestone Springs
R. T. Wemple
FORD
Beaverhead Motors
DR. Roberts
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