Mammoth hay crop praised by Big Hole feeders
John Helming, a Fox district pioneer, reports a bumper wild hay harvest in the Big Hole basin. He says 1916 yielded one quarter to one third more hay than ever before, with top quality and favorable weather despite a late start and past hardships.
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John Helming
Fox District
Big Hole Basin
Helming
Big Hole
Oth
Anheuser-Busch
Saazer
ST. Louis
U.S.A
Lima Criminals Taken Into Custody by Officers
Undersheriff Ycully and Sheriff Adair arrived from Lima with T. J. Burke and J. B. Lincoln to face district court on criminal charges. Burke allegedly stole $40 from Sherman Vance Lima’s butcher shop. Sinclair is charged with beating and robbing a man named Bird at stockyards after luring him to view horses.
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Ycully
Apc
Adair
Lima
T. J. Burke
J.B. Lincla
Burke
Sherman Vance Lima
Sinclair
Bird
DILLON BOY TOMMY SAPP DIES SUDDENLY AT AGE TEN
Tommy Sapp eleven years old on September 3 dies suddenly from an acute appendicitis attack at his Dillon home. The boy, brave and bright, grew up on the Sapp ranch at Point of Rocks. Funeral held at M E Elliott home with Rev. Humphrey officiating and interment in Mountain View cemetery. The community mourns with Sherman and Mrs Sapp and the siblings.
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Tommy Sapp
Sherman Sapp
Walker
Sapp Ranch
Dillon
Point of Rocks
Tommy
Dilon
Anderker Brundage
M. E
Murderer Captured With Aid of Bloodhounds
Stonewall Bellangee accused of killing Vivian Hovey 21 near Bellangee ranch is captured two hours after arriving from Dillon with a Montana penitentiary officer and four bloodhounds. The shooting occurred Tuesday morning as Vivian and Cecil Hovey attempted to pass a gate. Lemhi county had offered 500 reward.
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Salmon City
Ida
Stonewall Bellangee
Vivian Hovey
C. B. Hovey
Montana State Penitentiary
Dillon
Sage Creek
Salon River
Bellangee Ranch
Cecil
Stonewall Bellanee
Bellangee
Lemhi
Stonewall Ellangee
Troud
Deer Lodge
Beaverhead Enjoys Biggest Wool Year in History
Beaverhead County sheepmen report the 1916 wool clip at 3,627,735 pounds with a value around 1,050,000 dollars. Frank Landon, a Dillon district wool grower, notes a over a million pounds above the prior record and an average price near 30 cents per pound. He visited Helena to finalize a contract with the state representative of the run and sold the last clip at 4 cents to Hallowell Jones and Donald of Boston.
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Beaverhead County
Frank Landof
Dillon
Landon
Absentee Ballots Used by Bea verhead County Voters
In yesterday’s primary election all twenty three voters in Bea verhead County used absentee ballots. Ballots were cast from Dillon North Dillon South Dillon South Central Dillon West and Grant precincts.
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Beaverhead County
Dillon North
Dillon South
Dillon South Central
Dillon West
Grant
Weekend Excursion Tickets Ad Offered by O S L Agents
Attractive rates for excursion tickets valid Saturday to Monday or Sunday only. Tickets available each week with better rates for Sunday only travel. Inquiries directed to O S L agents for details.
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Maxwell
United States
Ieee Ape
T. K. Julson
Dillon, Montana
DNC Banc
Winchester and
Remington Repeating
Remington Automatic Shotguns
Peters
Bughes & McCaleb
Se Se Sa SD
M. E. Elliott
Beaverhead
the Examiner
Topfort
S. S. Patterson
Dillon, Mont
Sebree Street
George Mast
Sullivan Brothers
D._A. SULLIVAN
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