Dillon Show Aflame With Flowers And Community Spirit
The year’s Dillon show displays flowers from nearly every resident, with five booths earning top honors. The south side won both first prize and district honors for an old fashioned garden booth, while the east, north, and Parent-Teachers booths also placed. Music and performances by local groups complemented the exhibits. Public praise focused on cooperative effort and volunteer support that sustained the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Jean Bishop
Marjorie Stephenson
J. C. Jéppson
W. G. Gilbert
W. H. Stephan
S. E. Davis
A. T. Peterson
Lawrence Price
Messrs. Stephan
Davis
Peterson
Dillon Man Marries Elizabeth R Smith in Butte
DILLON resident D W Paddock wed Elizabeth R Smith of Butte in a Monday ceremony at the Methodist Church officiated by Rev Cole. Attendants were Mrs Elfreda Smith and Frank Tyre. A wedding repast and reception followed at the bride’s South Broadway home before a motor tour to Yellowstone Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Paddock
Dillon
Butte
Elizabeth R. Smith
Cole
Methodist Church
Elfreda Smith
Frank Tyre
South Broadway
Yellowstone Park
Normal College
Dilton
Mr. Paddock
H. R. Paddock
Pioneer
Bannack
Beaverhead County
Barry & Hopkins Garage
St James Episcopal Church Services Notice
St James Episcopal Church announces services with church school at 9 45 a m and holy communion at 11 a m with rector H N Traggit Jr listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. James Episcopal Church
H. N. Traggit, Jr
Oliver and Miss Jessie Lloyd Married in Salt Lake City
D W Oliver and Miss Jessie Lloyd wed in Salt Lake City last Saturday and honeymoon in Utah and Idaho. Mrs Oliver, a Blackfoot abstract businesswoman, is active in northwest sheep circles through Denton Oliver who represents J E Morse. They will divide time between Dillon and Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton Oliver
Benedict
Dillon
D. W. Oliver
Jessie Lloyd
Salt Lake City
Northwest
Mr. Morse
Utah
Idaho
Oliver
Miss Anastacia Boger Engaged To Orrin Babb At Pinochle Party
Last Friday evening at the Country Inn Miss Anastacia Boger announced her engagement to Orrin Babb, a well known young businessman. The color scheme was pink and green with guests including Mrs E B Roe and June Roe of Red Rock and Delbert Bowman of Pocatello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anastacia Boger
Orrin “Babb
Dorothy Hirschman
Gladys Scully
Gym Blair
Gertrude Quinlan
Frances Foster
Nell Blair
Aston Lloyd
Nina Smith
Laverne Brown
Marle Boger
Mrs J E Morse Hosts Saturday Luncheon And Auction Bridge
Mrs J E Morse was the charming hostess at a luncheon last Saturday afternoon at the Morse home on South Idaho street. Lovely summer flowers decorated the spacious rooms and the afternoon closed with an enjoyable luncheon auction bridge game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Morse
Morse
South Idaho Street
Miss Mary Gist Visits Dillon Then Heads to California
Miss Mary Gist left Dillon on Monday for southern California after a month of visiting. Miss Mary Gelhaus has returned from a two month southern California visit. Bertie and Georgia Mathews visited Dillon and Butte last Saturday. Mrs J E Shaw spent the weekend in Dillon from the Big Hole basin, returning from Great Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gist
Dillon
California
Mary Gelhaus
Bertie
Georgia Mathews
Butte
J." E. Shaw
Big Hole Basin
Great Falls
Despondent herder Mondetti commits suicide by arsenic
Mondetti, a longtime herder for J. H. Morse and others, died by self inflicted poison after a prior botched attempt with lysol. A farewell note addressed to an unnamed woman mentions forgiveness and the motive tied to a prior $750 swindle by a suspected same woman. No relatives could be located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Mondetti
James E. Phillips
Mendetti
J. H. Morse
Dilton
Floral Parade Opens Annual Flower Show With Child Performers
A Friday opening feature of the annual flower show highlighted a floral parade by children with awards for best decorated dolls and bikes among participants. The event included a judging of various children's entries and prizes announced at the training school assembly. The text also contains an unrelated hazardous pest control ad unrelated to the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert
Jean Bennett
Bobby
Melton
Susanne Gilbert
Evelyn McMannis
Vera ‘Mae ‘Hopkins
Ruth Deputy
Lucille Kelly
Bertha May Julstiff
Rose
Helen Peterson
Tax collections rise in 1928 fiscal year totals decline from 1927
Internal Revenue Bureau reports total tax collections for the year ending June 30 1928 at 2 799 535 587 down from 2 866 688 129 in 1927. Income taxes reached 2 174 873 102 with tobacco taxes driving gains though cigars fell. North Carolina led cigarette taxes, California and New Jersey also high, with notable declines in automobile and motor vehicle taxes and mixed shifts in other duties.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
North Carolina
Treasury
Virginia
New York
New Jersey
California
Pennsylvania
Florida
Urett
Michigan
Montana Cattle Reach New Top Price at 14 per Hundred
The Montana Live Stock Commission reports eastern markets and commission houses pushing high prices for cattle. Two shipments, one from Buxton and Malstrom of Columbus and another from R. M. Faddis from Crow Reservation, were sold through Walters and Dunbar and Rosenbaum. Buxton and Malstrom posts 14 dollars per hundredweight for sixteen head. Faddis group averages 12.50 dollars for 44 head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Eastern ‘Commission
A. ‘Phillips
Live‘stock Commission
Chicago
Buxton
Malstrom
Columbus
M. Faddis
Trom
Crow Reservation
Walters and
Dunbar
Rosenbaum
Forest Ranger Captures State Game Law Violators
HWLENA August 28 Forest Ranger R J Bowers in Beaverhead country aided by the state fish and game department arrested John Adams of Lima for illegal hunting and two Wilts brothers for duck killing. Adams was fined 25 dollars plus costs and the Wilts brothers 26 dollars each plus 2 60 costs. Bowers also sold six ducks, totaling three dollars, to a Lima party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hwlena
R. J. Bowers
Beaverhead
State Fish and ‘Game Department
John ‘Adams
Lima
Howard
Phil’ Ellis
Ot Dell
Ducke
Adams
Wilts Brothers
Bowers
Rubber game bridge inquiry on redouble decision
The note describes a bridge rubber game where B and Z pass after A redoubles. Y must decide whether to pass the redouble or bid Hearts A. The fragmentary text hints at discards and trump play but is unclear on definitive actions. The historical landline tone suggests a strategic dilemma without a clear solution in the readable portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aly
Mp and Mra Hal warns ye re turned from Pipestone
Mp and Mrs Hal warn readers of a return from Pipestone with a note of caution. The item reads with period language and implies a local travel or message of caution about the journey or arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal
Pipestone
Grateful thanks for sympathy after father's death
The Hutchinson and Patt families express gratitude to friends and neighbors for the many hind nesses and manifestations of sympathy during the illness and death of their beloved father. Annie Humphrey joins the extended thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hutchinson
yMr
Joseph Patt
Annie Humphrey
Coal Bids Wanted by Beaverhead County School Board
The Board of Trustees of School District No. 10 Beaverhead County Montana seeks bids for about 800 tons of coal delivered in bin at district school houses. Bids due in clerk’s hands by 8:00 p.m. September 15, 1928. First publication August 1938. Clerk School District No. 40 Beaverhead County Montana.
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Board of Trustees of
Beaverhead County
Montana
Montada
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Mywen
Conger
Ad Kg
Monroe
Shackleford
Woodcraft Thimble ‘Club
Harry Williams
Mra
Carl Hartwig
Ned
Dillon Oil. Company
I Raph Harding
Sunshine
Harding
Eiri Sau
Nebraska
Wyoming
Pear
Mane
Cow
Forest
Hoyle, Jr
Hearts
A. J
Diamonds
Sete Eg Sa
Dacarda
Norte
Wynne Ferguson
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