Destructive Wisdom Fire Destroys Garage and Dance Hall
Early Monday a major blaze in Wisdom wiped out a large garage and dance hall owned by Sue Armitage. Seventeen cars including Overlands and Fords, plus two International and two White trucks, were destroyed. Estimated damage nears 56 000 with insurance on 5 000 car contents, while Canfield loss also included a Cleveland touring car and household goods. Fire started from a defective flue. volunteer effort failed to save the building.
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Tara
Armitage
Butte Tate
Sevean Overlands
Cleveland
Republic
Divide
O. B. Canfield
Grass Range
Tax collections fall as cuts drop revenue year over year
Washington reports Internal Revenue Bureau data for the year ending June 30 showing total internal tax receipts of 2.621 billion dollars a drop from the prior year driven by tax rate reductions. Tobacco and auto product taxes rose yet failed to offset losses from other levies with New York leading income tax payments nationwide at 456.95 million dollars and Montana reporting 2.18 million.
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Elk killing case against L W Beam dismissed
Leroy W. Beam principal of Beaverhead County High School had the charge of killing an elk in a preserve dismissed by Justice Judge L P Phillips. The hearing noted the act as a misdemeanor and ruled the charged felony invalid, with Beam stating he mistook a buck deer for his target and sought proper action after realizing the mistake.
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Leroy W. Beam
Beaverhead County
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Hig
Dillon to Host State Stock Convention This Spring
Plans for the State Stock Convention to be held in Dillon this April promise the largest livestock gathering in state history. Rotary club and State Stock Association organizers expect hundreds of visitors from Montana and across the nation with fat stock, hay, grain prizes, and a grand carload prize. An auction sale of fat cattle and purebred stock will close the event, with many top growers already reserving space.
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Montana
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Billings
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Butte
Frank Hazzelbaker
Rotary Club
State Stock Association
United States
F. A. Hazelbaker
Frank Eliel
J. H. Gilbert
State Sportsmen to Take Up Elk Sale Issue
State Sportsmen's association meets December 17 and 18 to protest the slaughter and sale of elk meat from the National Bison Reserve. Helena sportsmen cite government action removing elk from reserve with 500 elk and other wildlife on the 35 section reserve, urging elk be allowed to roam when feed is scarce and preserved for Montana.
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ELK
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Minadula
Helena
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Sanders
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Congress
Gardiner
Jackson Hole
Wyoming
Rotary Club of
Kalispell
Washington
Montana
Photoplay contrasts three beauty types in You Cant Fool Your Wife
In Georges Melford's You Cant Fool Your Wife at Hartwig Theatre next Sunday and Monday, Leatrice Joy, Nita Naldi, and Pauline Garon play Edith Mcbride a devoted wife, a siren, and a flapper respectively. Lewis Stone Paul SteWylie and John Daly Murphy portray the leads in a domestic drama.
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Paramount
Hartwig
Leatrice Joy
Nita Naldi
Pauline Garon
Miss Joy
Edith Mcbride
Miss Naldi
Miss. Garon
Isithe
Lewis Stone
Paulister
John Daly Murphy
Campaign for Harding Memorial Starts Sunday
A Harding Memorial fund drive begins Sunday December 9 with district chairmen appointed to oversee the effort in county sections. Senator Frank Hazelbaker chairs Beaverhead County, noting subscriptions will be collected through district chairmen rather than direct solicitation. Subscriptions come from supporters who contact their district chair in Dillon and surrounding areas.
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Frank Hazelbaker
Beaverhead
F.“M. Poindexter
Dillon
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Jac Gus Keon
Frank ‘Wise Hiter
C. W. Stallings
Beate Polaris
School children to take part in show at Legion event
Pupils of the Normal Training school will participate in an evening entertainment program at the Legion hall. The show will feature demonstrations in marching, music, physical education, writing and health topics. Each night the classroom work will be presented by various groups and last about fifteen minutes. A stage display of douseaué, art, gesture and a booth will also be shown.
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Ing Booth
Many Dillonites Headed to California for Winter
Dozens of Dillon residents have begun overland trips to California or plan to depart in coming days. Families and individuals, including Sigurd Augensen Bruce Christman D A Sullivan and Kate Sullivan, head to Los Angeles San Bernardino and San Diego for the winter with most intending to return to Dillon in spring.
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Long Beach
Lima
Thanksgiving Dinner Served at County Jail
Ten inmates at the county jail received a Thanksgiving feast last Thursday with Montana stuffed turkey and trimmings and smokes. Dillon observed a quiet holiday with church services and family dinners, while a fire department sponsored dance with the Baxter Tonrey orchestra drew a large crowd.
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Dillon
Fire Department
Baxter-Tonrey
Seven Poker Players Fined in County Raid
A room at a downtown rooming house was raided by local officers last Wednesday evening. Seven participants admitted guilt before Judge Smith on Friday morning and were fined $100 each and given 30 days in county jail, sentences suspended, fines paid.
Legion carnival opens at Beaverhead Motors complex tonight
The Legion carnival during Market Week starts this evening at the Beaverhead Motors garage, now turned into carnival space. Fire Department band opens each night with vaudeville and prizes of 10, 5 and 2.50 dollars drawn nightly for entrants bearing numbers. Lonnie's orchestra to play for three days.
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Dillon Masons to Observe Fortieth Year
Dillon Lodge No.16 of the Masonic order will observe its fortieth anniversary next Saturday evening with a banquet at the Masonic temple at 6 30 p m. After the banquet the past masters will exemplify the work of the third degree. The Dillon lodge began as Glendale lodge number 23 then absorbed Bannack lodge and took its number 16, one of the oldest in the region. All members and visiting Master Masons are invited.
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Masonic Temple
Dillon Lodge
Glendale
Bannack
Montana's 1922 government costs and revenue per capita
Department of Commerce reports Montana's total government cost for the year ending June 30 1922 at 8 281 224 dollars, equating to 18 99 per person, with 14 29 per capita revenue. Property taxes rise from 1914 to 1922, and licenses contribute sizable shares of revenue.
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San Francisco
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