Harvest Fete Promises Huge Western Celebration
Harvest day festivities will unfold in Wisdom and the Big Hole battlefield September 5 6 7 featuring a large outdoor barbecue at the battlefield and a full slate of rodeo events including bucking contests bareback riding and wild steer riding. A featured horse race for a $1000 purse between Earl Ryan and George Roberts of Jackson heightens the lineup.
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Wisdom
Montana
Big Hole
Big Hole Basin
Earl Ryan
George Roberts
Jackson
Dillon to Form Gun Club and Possible Country Club
A gun club is being organized in Dillon with over sixty signers seeking a shooting range and trap facilities. If successful, organizers plan a country club with stock shares, club house, plunge, dance hall, golf links, tennis courts, and athletic grounds near Dillon for summer and winter recreation.
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Dillon
Montana
Local man 18 fined $25 for illicit beef sale
Tony Kralyjac, a member of the Austrian colony, was arrested by stock inspector W. A. Lovell last Thursday on a charge of selling beef without exhibiting the hide. He was found guilty in justice court and paid a $25 fine.
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W. A. Lovell
Tony Kralyjac
Kralyjac
Visit Dillon in Interest of Local Oil Property
8 M Reynolds a Chicago capitalist Charles Robnett and Mrs Anna Perrault of Anaconda were in Dillon Monday attending to matters of business in connection with the National Oil company Reynolds represents Chicago capital which will be used in the development of the properties of the local oil venture.
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M. Reynolds
Chicago
Charles Robnett
Anna Perrault
Anaconda
Dillon
National Oil Company
Reynolds
Jail Delivery Foiled As Prison Breaks Sought With Saw Smuggling
Undersheriff Gosman uncovered seven hack saws smuggled into the jail by Will Teshian and jailed inmates. Teshian confessed to supplying three saws to prisoners while two were hidden in a broom. Four saws were recovered. three remain missing as officers act on the case.
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Gosman
Wil Teshian
Teshian
Nelson
Oregon
Dillon Matron Dies Sunday
Mrs Alle Stark died in Dillon Sunday afternoon after a monthlong illness from erysipelas. Funeral held Monday afternoon at the Baptist church with Rev Corll officiating. She was 38, born in Alabama, lived in Idaho and Montana before settling in Dillon four years ago. she worked at Acacia cleaning establishment. Survived by four children Walter Minnie Mattie Lizzie, all of Dillon.
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Alle Stark
Baptist Church
Rev
Corll
Alabama
Idaho
Montana
Dillon
Acacia Cleaning Establishment
Walter
Minnie
Mattie
Lizzie
A Health to the Fighting Man Poem by Nesbit
A wartime poem praising the fighting man. It honors the soldier’s courage and loyalty to Uncle Sam, wishing him strength and divine luck. The piece closes with hopeful prayers for safety and a joyous reunion in a peaceful nation.
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U. S
Sham
Uncle Sam
Dillon Women Form Affiliate With French Wounded Fund
A Dillon Woman's Patriotic Club business session at city hall voted to affiliate with the American fund for the French wounded and send articles made by Dillon women to France. Meetings are Tuesdays and Fridays with two ladies in charge. all local women and girls are urged to attend and aid in supplying hospital equipment.
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Woman's Patriotic Club of
Dillon
City Hall
American Fund
France
Montana
Beaverhead County Drafted Army Nears Completion
Residents of Beaverhead County and Dillon urged to hold a patriotic demonstration for draftees. Plans should be made soon to give the home boys a rousing send off and to show citizens appreciation.
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Beaverhead County
Dillon
Roy Murray Climbs Steep Test Hill for Buick
The 1918 Buick six driven by Roy Murray climbed the Wisdom test hill at 25 miles an hour, surpassing earlier feats by Dodge and Studebaker six. The hill near Wisdom is used by car salesmen to demonstrate power. Other items note local draft exemptions, the Open Normal College schedule, and a deputy sheriff’s wedding in Dillon.
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Roy Murray
George Stewart
Wisdom
Salmon River
Murray
Dodge
Studebaker
Stork Brings Baby Boy to Melton Family
A baby boy weighing eight pounds arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs George Melton last Monday morning bringing joy to their family.
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George Melton
Young Junior
Saya
More Dillon Youths Enlist in War Effort
Beaverhead County youths answer the call to arms with about 100 men serving in army and navy branches. Sanfor H. Seigrist secured six enlistments from Missoula. Joe Murray and Wm Crompton joined aviation. Walter Ettinger to medical. William Slaughter to field artillery. William Thackery and John Somers joined the 10th engineers. Thirty six in forestry battalion engineers, most from Dillon.
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Sanford H. Seigrist
Missoula
Joe Murray
Wm. B. Crompton
Montana Auto Supply Company
Aviation Corps
Dr. Luther
F. H. Best
Walter Ettinger
Metlen
Wm. J. Slaughter
Field Artillery
William Thackery
10Th Engineers
John Somers
Beaverhead National Forest
Beaverhead County
Army
Navy
Germany
Infantry
Engineer's Corps
Forestry Battallion
Dr Poindexter predicts war to last years longer
Dr Poindexter, fresh from London, says allies hold western front advantages with superior British guns, ammunition, morale, air power, and trench strategy. He notes German defenses like the Hindenburg line and predicts continued German pressure but eventual Allied relief as France resists fierce assaults.
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F. M. Poindexter
London
England
Mr. Poindexter
Examiner
Belgium
France
Bieta
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Battlefield
Will Teshian
W. D.nesbit
Patriotic Club
American Relief Society For
Normal College
Test Hill
Albert Harris
Roberts
Lawrence William Gray
Lima
George Standen
Shepherd
Charles Taylor
Elza Franks
Clayton T. Kennedy
Monida
John Truman
Wise River
Melville Lougheed
Taylor Bradley
Roy Klein
Montana J. Kent
Arthur Sabin
Ben Schultz
Darby
Geo. Francis
Stewart Faye Erwin
James Turner
Bedrock
District Court
United States
Willard Foster
Prescott Melvin Buck
William John Pickett
Grant
Chester C. Robison
Carlyle L. Pelot
Stew Otto
Carlson
Dewey
Ben Williams
Kidd
Junsuke Takaya
Thomas Johnson
Kaguo Ochiat
William Walters
Apex
Ernest J. Dubie
Warren Merrill Stone
Martin Fitch
Earl Kessinger Mummey
Warren Churchill
John Dragomir
William D. Pringle
Bannack
Walter Grimes
Roy E. Mengel
Edward Miller
Roy Busenbark
Dresden Shields Wisdom
Walter Stewart
Guy Franklin Shaw
W. G. Gilbert
District Board
Dan Mooney
Benedict
Butte
Lucy Morris
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Huddloff
Bessie Morris
Robert Lutey
Fish Creek
Sugar Bowl
Ed. Mooney
Miss Elizabeth Morrie
DR. Poindexter
Europe
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