Whoop er Up Pow Wow Opens With Parades and Dancing
Beaverhead Post of the American Legion stages the Whoop er Up Pow Wow with Scott's Greater Shows at the fairgrounds. daily parades led by the Legion band, three nights of dancing at Dillmont Park and city hall, prize money, and a Ford coupe drawing. cattle and horses gathered for the livestock show, with many rodeo pros among entries. live entertainment runs Friday to Sunday with cash prizes totaling three thousand dollars.
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Scott's
Dillmont Park
American Legion
Big Parade
Beaverhead
Legion
Scott
Beaverhead Post
Dillmont’ Park
Park
Baxter Tonney
Dillmont
Tessier’s
W. D. Ross
Chester Casey Breaks Out of City Jail
Chester Casey escaped from Dillon city jail late Saturday night or Sunday morning after friends smuggled in hacksaws. He squeezed through a small window and dropped to the alley below, aided by tearing the iron screen sheeting. Casey, linked to a $500 cash and $150 bond burglary in Dillon, was last seen with longtime ties to Dillon and Butte.
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Chester Casey
Butte
Casey
Nelson
Otto Schulz
Schulz
South Pacific Street
Roy Watson
Berkshire Apartments
Bond Grocery Company
Dillon
Dillon Adopts 17 Mill City Tax Levy for 1920
Dillon approves a 17 mill city tax levy for the year, 1 mill less than 1920. Ten mills go to general municipal needs, 4 to streets, 1 to library, 2 to debt service. Baker publishes per thousand assessment figures for city and surrounding areas.
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Dillon
Board of County Commissioners
State Board of Equalization
John
Baker
Lima
Motion picture show to entertain Pow Wow crowds in Dillon
A daily free film program at Beaverhead Motors in Dillon during the Pow Wow will feature reels on tire and automotive topics. D. W. Galt books a Goodyear expert to present how tires are made and other factory processes. A traveling distance prize offers five dollars in trade.
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Dillon
Beaverhead Motors Company
Idaho Street
D. W. Galt
Goodyear Tire
Tiberty
Inspector Ballard Visits Dillon About Car Licenses
W I Ballard an inspector from the secretary of state office in charge of automobile licenses visited Dillon last Saturday. He found many cars without a license and others with a single plate on multiple vehicles. He warns that both plates must appear on every car and violators will be arrested and prosecuted. Some have secured one license for several cars and attached one plate to each vehicle.
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Casey
Chester Casey
Dillon
George Tash
Deer Lodge
W. I. Ballard
Secretary of State
Ballard
Legion to Dispose of a New Ford Coupe
Beaverhead Post of the American Legion will sell a Ford coupe at Dillmont Park Sunday night around nine. One dollar buys a chance. the holder of the lucky number wins the car, with Alex Tait in charge of the drawing. The car was furnished by Beaverhead Motors at cost, and previous misstatement about requiring present attendance is corrected.
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Dillmont Park
Beaverhead Post
American Legion
Alex Tait
Beaverhead Motors Company
Camp Fire Girls Return Home After Elk Horn Springs Vacation
The Camp Fire Girls returned to their city home Sunday evening after a week at Elk Horn Springs. Chaperones Mrs. T. E. Gilbert and Miss Cora Taylor supervised the group, who stayed comfortably in the Kenison bungalow. All report a wonderful vacation.
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Elkhorn Springs
Kenison
T. E. Gilbert
Cora Taylor
Another Grocery Store To Be Started In Dillon
Dillon will gain a seventh grocery store when Jasper Nelson, former manager of the Gracter Grocery Co, opens a new shop Saturday at the North Montana street building next to the First National Bank. Fixtures are new and a general merchandise line will be offered.
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Dillon
Jasper Nelson
Gracter Grocery Company
Montana Street
First National Bank
Fire department ride sparks town gossip in Dillon
Last night members of the Dillon fire department including Harvey Sorenson and Raymond Schwartz took two recent benedicts for a ride on the fire truck. They staged an old fashioned charivari through town. Bob Quackenbush allegedly organized the display and the young men vow retaliation as the next target is hinted to be Quackenbush.
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Fire Department
Harvey Sorenson
Raymond Schwartz
Dillon
Scouts Head to Elkhorn Springs for Weeklong Outing
Ten boy scouts began a week of camping at Elkhorn Springs on Sunday morning. Mayor Roscoe Cornell supplied the truck for transport and E. K. Frye joined the group on their annual outing.
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Elkhorn Springs
Roscoe Cornell
E. K. Frye
Francis Tonrey Hero Saves Girl at Elkhorn Springs
Francis Tonrey a store clerk aged 18 rushed into the deep water to save Mary Gelhaus twelve from drowning after the girl misjudged a plunge at Elkhorn Springs. He donned heavy riding clothes yet managed to bring her to safety proving himself an amateur swimmer with a brave act. Mr and Mrs Lee Hoerning visit Dillon relatives after returning from Yellowstone and plan to continue their vacation to Butte.
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Francis Tonrey
Eliel Brothers
Mary Gelhaus
Elkhorn Springs
Tomey
Tonrey
Lee Hoerning
Dillon
Yellowstone
Butte
City of Dillon Prepares for September School Openings
All schools in Dillon resume in September with the high school starting September 6, the training school September 12, and the Normal college September 26. Principal LeRoy Beam reports preparations for a likely record attendance, including a large freshman class and potential use of the gymnasium as extra classrooms.
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City of
Dillon
Normal College
LeRoy Beam
Beaverhead County
Doctor Bond Undergoes Operation at Murray Hospital
Dr H A Bond underwent an operation last Saturday at Murray hospital. The procedure was performed by Dra Witherspoon and Kissler, and the patient is reported to be getting along as well as could be expected. He was accompanied to Butte by Mrs Bond and Mr and Mrs H L McCaleb. Mrs Mamie Hoffman returned yesterday afternoon from Dell where she had been visiting relatives.
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Butte
Mamie Hoffman
Dell
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Beaverhead Motors
Automobile Licese
FORD
Boy Scouts
Albert Yeik
Dixon
Albert Eik
C. K. Wyman
Yelk
Father Foley
William Yerk
Albert Yerk
Lamberton
Minn
Helena
F. D. Willis
Jessie Connell
Christine Barcus
Mabel Miles
Helen Davis
Josephine Numbers
Robert Thurmas
John Quimby
Albert Knutson
Maude HE. Williams
Nell Burton
Mabel Knutson
Williams
Minnesota University
Miss Blurton
Kansas University
Lawrence
Misa Knutson
State University
Missoula
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