Annual Flower Show Exhibits Fine Displays Here
South Side wins first on best arranged table and collects the most points for individual exhibits. North secures second place with strong showing across displays and arrangements.
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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1929
Page
1
Governor Hazelbaker Acts as Montana Governor in Erickson Absence
Lieutenant Governor Frank A. Hazelbaker left for Helena to serve as Acting Governor during Governor Erickson's absence at a Salt Lake City conference. He attended the welcome address at the National Convention of Public Service Commissioners in Glacier National Park with about 300 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Hazelbaker
Helena
Montana
J. HB. Erickdson
Salt Lake City
Hazelbaker
Glazier National Park
National Convention of Publi Service Commissioners
Two Young Men Injured In Buick Crash
Sovereign and Dan Henneberry two well known city youths were injured last Sunday evening when a Buick they rode in failed to make a turn at Helena and Atlantic, struck a tree, veered into a foot bridge and shallow ditch, and hit a guy wire near electric light poles. Henneberry drove the car and was taking Henderson home on Thompson Avenue. Both escaped death by a miraculous margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sovereign
Dan Henneberry
Helena
Atlantic
Henneberry
Henderson
Thompsonvenue
District awards at Dillon flower show honor local districts
The third annual flower show at the high school gymnasium last Friday and Saturday awarded prizes to districts and organizations. First South Side. Second North Side. Third Dillon P.3, A. Fourth Nelson P, T. A. Fifth West Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
South Side
North Side
Nelson
West Side
Children Awarded Prizes in Flower Show Parade
Friday afternoon Dillon P T A hosted a juvenile parade with numerous prizes. Winners include ponies Fern Stahl Robert Melton Ruth Kelley Jeanne Covall bikes Jean Gilbert Howard Morse tricycles Shirley Ann Kinch Robert Quackenbush baby buggies Suzanne Wolfe Melva Kinch kiddie bars Florence Casterline wagons James Joe Strub Cantrell Brothers Jay Casterline automobiles Bruce Jeppson bathing beauties Myla Tovey Marian Williams Betty Brown Elizabeth Saunders Thornton Brown comedians Robert Watson August Ray Wolfe James Kelley clowns Robert Harrison Bertha May Julien movie stars Our Gang Isabel Watson Lucille Kelley Lois Gilbert Judith Chapman Ralph Light Franklyn Bayerd Mary Quite Contrary Mary Quackenbush flower girl Betty Harrison Geisha Eloise Olmsted Billie Baxter Ruby Stevens Vera May Porter Grace Cardinelli Fred Chapman Frank Kurtz Blofson boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardenelli
Suzanne Wolfe
Melva Kinch
Florence Casterline
James
Joe Strub
Cantrell Brothers
Jay Casterline
Bruce Jeppson
Myla Tovey
Marian Williams
Betty Brown
Elizabeth Saunders
Thornton Brown
Robert Watson
August Ray Wolfe
James Kelley
Robert Harrison
Bertha May Julien
Our Gang
Isabel Watson
Lucille Kelley
Lois Gilbert
Judith Chapman
Ralph Light
Franklyn Bayerd
Lou Brundage
Betty Joe Jeppson
Mary
Margaret Quackenbush
Betty Harrison
Eloise Olmsted
Billie Baxter
Ruby Stevens
Vera May Porter
Grace Cardinelli
Fred Chapman
Frank Kurtz
Blofson Boys
Fishermen haul rainbow trout at Hidden Lake
At Hidden Lake, W. D. Ross, Frances Tenney, Walter Schmittroth and Vincent Schmittroth brought in more than 160 pounds of rainbow trout. The 16 fish weighed six to eight pounds each, with Tenney landing the longest at 27 3-4 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hidden Lake
W. D. Ross
Frances Tenney
Walter
Vincent Schmittroth
Tonney
Madison County Tax Levy Increases Next Year
The Madison County budget approved by the county commissioners raises overall levies by about five mills. Two mills fund the high school levy rising from five to seven mills. The county poor levy climbs from two to three and a half mills, and roughly one and a half mills are added to the general fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison County
The
Forum
Madison County Forum
Annual Labor Day Tournament at the Dillon Country Club
Dillon Country club will hold its annual Labor Day Tournament next Monday. Men golfers must submit their qualifying scores by tomorrow evening or receive the same score as in the recent tombstone tournament. The course greens are in good condition after clearing spear grass and weeds, and the event is expected to draw a large field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Country Club
Ind St
Aged Man Dies at County Farm in Dillon Area
Edward Dwinell died last Thursday at the county poor farm and was interred at Mountain View cemetery. He had lived in and around Dillon for years as a farm laborer and had been a county farm inmate in recent months. Over 80, death due to general debility. No relatives found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Dwinell
Mountain View Cemetery
Dillon
County Commissioners Postpone Meeting to September 9
Due to Labor Day the board will not meet in regular session until Monday September 9. Clerk John O Baker requests all claims against the county be filed in his office as soon as possible and no later than the evening before the board convenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
John
Baker
CLEMOW AND SELWAY AT TEND EQUALIZATION MEET
Elena Montana Aug 26 The state board of equalization abandoned proposals to raise cattle valuations from 10 to 15 dollars and sheep valuations from two dollars after protests by 60 livestock men and sheepraisers. They argued cattlemen sheepmen and woolgrowers should not bear more tax while others are not equally taxed and cited losses from a dry hot season and unrealized sheep values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Fish Restocking Led by Forest Service in Beaverhead Area
Beaverhead National Forest distributed thousands of young fish to streams and lakes across Beaverhead County. On Monday 165 cans containing fingerlings were shipped from Bozeman to replenish water bodies along the Oregon Short Line routes to Divide Birch Creek Argenta Big Hole Blacktail and streams between Divide and Lima. The effort supports local waters and follows a picnic by the Beaverhead chapter of the D A R in Twin Bridges discussing early region history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Forest Service
Beaverhead
Twin Bridges
Lewis & Clark
Lewis and Clark
Oregon
Divide
Big Hole
Dillon
Birch Creek
Argenta
Lima
Bozeman
Department of Commerce
Beaverhead National Forest
Six Men Get Four Months Each in County Jail
Last Saturday six men were arraigned before Judge George Opp and all pled guilty to robbing the buildings at the Ermont mine near Bannack. They received four months in the county jail and began serving that afternoon after two weeks held. Names given: Slim Pickering, Ben Judd, Phillips Martin, Accé Riley, James Riley, and C. N. Larson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Opp
Ermont
Bannack
Thir Nal Ag Slim Pickering
Ben Judd
Phillips Martin
Accé Riley
James Riley
C. N. Larson
Dillon Rainbow Girls Attend State Assembly in Butte
A large delegation of Dillon Rainbow Girls attended the state assembly of the Order of the Rainbow Girls in Butte. Mrs. Nellie Lovell and Miss Georgia Metlen led Dillon's delegation, with drill team captains Crystal Wentworth and Ivy Wentworth among the members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Dillon
the Order of the Rainbow Girls
Nellie Lovell
Georgia Metlen
Mildred Schuler
Estelle Lennox
Ivy Wentworth
Charity
Crystal Wentworth
Mary Hester Decker
Ethel Jean Davis
Jane Herndon
Helen Taylor
Dorothy Walker
Cora Anderson
Ebba Anderson
Eileen Berry
Irene Bryan
Kathryn Bates
Hazel Spencer
Barbara Bayerd
Toby Nord Leads Troupe Through Dillon Week
Toby Nord and a twenty person troupe wowed hundreds in Dillon last week then head to Salmon City Idaho for a week and then to Hamilton for another engagement. This marks the third straight year Nord has performed in Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toby Nord
Dillon
Oby Nord
Salmon City
Idaho
Hamilton
Mr. Nord
Dance to Be Given Saturday Night at Elkhorn Springs
E. E. Hazel manager of the Elkhorn Springs hotel was in the city and arranging a Saturday evening dance at the hotel. Phil Thomas and his Radio band will supply the music. The floor is in good condition and supper will be served after the dance. Many from Dillon plan to attend and stay over Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhorn Springs
E. E. Hazel
City
Phil Thomas
Dillon
Third annual flower show at Dillon high school gym
Despite discouraging spring and heat harming flowers, the third annual show at the Dillon high school gym drew many blossoms. Children exhibitors will receive cash prizes from the Dillon PTA after school reconvenes. South side won first with 162 points, north second with 91, east 68 with no table, west last with 79. Armstead was noted in results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Dillon P. T. A
Armstead
Forest Fire Situation Improved in Beaverhead Forest
At the Rotary Club lunch in Dillon D A Galt chaired the meeting J C Whitham supervisor of Beaverhead National Forest reported the fire situation was greatly improved despite severe blazes near Wisdom and other Big Hole Basin areas He hoped forests would not need closure to campers and fishermen and thanked the coop eration offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club of
Dillon
D. A. Galt
J.C. Whitham
Beaverhead National Forest
Wisdom
Big Hole Basin
Whitham
Governors Conferenc e Attended by Western Leaders
Henry Jackson was sentenced to 18 months in state prison by Judge H G Rodgers for robbing a caboose on a Short Line train. Deputy Wampler took him to prison after his guilty plea. A. Bergeson of Bergeson Motor Co attended the governor's reclamation conference in Salt Lake City with his wife, invited by Governor Erickson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Jackson
H.G. Rodgers
Wampler
Joe Hall
Oregon Short Line
Also Mentioned on This Page
Glacier
Public Service Commissioners
Minneapolis
Foshay Tower
Erickson
Dillon P. T
Fern Stahl
Robert Melton
Ruth Kelley
Jeanne Covall
Jean Gilbert
Howard Morse
Shirley Ann Kinch
Robert Quackenbush
Hartwig Theatre
Western Electric
W. B. Hartwig
Hartwig
Great Falls
Western Electric Company
the Country Club
Jack Porter
Fielding Graves
New-England Courant
Boston
King of England
Benjamin Franklin
Quoin Street
Clemow
Selway
Twin. Bridges
Daughters of American Revolution
Lewis and Clark Trail
Madison Valley
Dillon Rainbow
E. B. Roe
Betty Roe
Bedrock
Salmon and
Rotary
Anager C. A. Bergeson
Bergeson Motor Company
Salt Lake
Mr. Bergeson
the State Tax Commis
Sion
J. E. Erickson
Utah
Bergeson
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