Dillon Shops Ready for Christmas Rush in Holiday Décor
Dillon merchants prepare for a busy Christmas season with stores decorated as festive shopping centers. Hughes & McCaleb feature a Santa land and New Edison phonograph. C H Thomas offers a toyland basement and a broad gift range. Niblack showcases new articles and a Christmas tone. Eel Brothers, Dillon Dry Goods, City Drug, and Potts Drug highlight toys, gifts, and Victrola stereos, while local bakeries supply pastries and candy. Car dealers advertise Cadillacs, Buicks, Fords, and Franklin Overland models as the holiday gift season peaks.
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Dillon
Hughes & McCaleb
Edison
Pathe Phonograph
C. H. Niblack
Eel Brothers
Dillon Dry Goods Company
A. Potts
Victro
City Drug Company
City Baking Company
McFadden’s Bakery
Albert Stamm
Tere
L. T. Taylor
Andrus Hotel
Anna Hart
Montana Auto Supply Company
Beaverhead Motors Company
Deputy & Volker Company
Franklin
Bucher Named Vocational Agent for Montana
William A. Bucher was appointed as a vocation advisor by the federal board for vocational education after a Helena conference. He will cover Beaverhead County with Dillon as headquarters, as part of a nationwide plan placing district advisors to locate and contact disabled service men during December.
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William A. Bucher
Helena
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Bucher
Federal Board
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Montana
F. E. Lurton
Union Bank
East Assessor B W Emerick Reports Strikes Driving Cattle
Emerick arrived in Dillon from the east where he recently accompanied a cattle shipment. He says conditions are far harsher in the east than in Montana because of the coal strike, highlighting regional labor disruption.
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East
B. W. Emerick
Dillon
Montana
Mexicans Arrested Here for Butte Burglary Case
Deputy Mooney arrested Frank Remose and Jose Lyes in the act of peddling materials by the bolt. A county attorney complaint from Silver Bow county names Remose Lyes and John Ruiz. Ruiz was taken to the county jail in Butte. They are charged with burglarizing tailor John Law's shop at 445 East Park Street on November 15 and stealing the stock of tailoring goods.
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Joe Christ
Butte
Frank Remose
Jose Lyes
Mooney
Bolt
Silver Bow County
Remose
Lyes
John Ruiz
Ruiz
John Law
Eest Park Street
Fordson Opens County Roads for Travel
Beaverhead Motors, a leading local business, has a tractor clearing county roads of snow this week. Deep drifts that blocked travel are being thinned as the Fordson opens the way for teams and travelers in the area.
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Fordson
Beaverhead Motors Company
Frank Kingsbury to Stand Trial on Larceny Charge
Frank Kingsbury, released from county jail after ten days for bootlegging, was arraigned on a petty larceny charge for allegedly taking a pair of eyeglasses valued at 25 dollars belonging to Mrs. Sarah Williams. His trial was set for today.
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Frank Kingsbury
Sarah Williams
Coal Conservation Campaign Urges Immediate City Relief
City officials and coal interests meet as Mayor J B Monroe names Frank A Hazelbaker fuel administrator. Aimed at immediate relief, plans include wood-yard creation, outlying fuel supply, and possible citywide curbs on business hours if the strike persists.
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Frank A. Hazelbaker
J. E. Monroe
F. M. Poindexter
R. N. Cos.grove
A. F. Waldorf
Nelson
J. B. Monroe
A. Hazelbaker
Hazelbaker
R. N. Cosgrove
Charles Nelson
Coal Committee
Gregory Pupils Will Appear In Recital
Pupils of L A Gregory will appear in an orchestral concert Tuesday evening December 16 at the training school auditorium at 8:30 oclock. The program features overtures solos and selections by Grace Little Paul Judge L A Gregory and others. The public is invited with no admission charge.
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L. A. Gregory
Training School
Grace Little
Paul Judge
Lester Opp
Joe Sprinkle
Ralph Cushing
Fred Staudaker
Earl Wheat
Jay Cosgrove
Donald Stone
Lee Stone
Nellie Little
Cherniavsky Trio Stuns Dillon With Strong Concert
A small but appreciative audience heard the Cherniavsky Trio at the Normal Training School last Saturday. The program featured Mendelssohn’s Trio in A minor and multiple solo and arranged pieces by Leo Jan and Mischel Cherniavsky with selections by Chopin Schubert Wilhelmy and others, delivering the finest entertainment seen in Dillon.
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Cherniavsky
Dillon
Mendelssohn
Leo, Jan
Mischel Cherniavsky
Chopin B. Studio
Tiebengrueyts
Chopin Ec
Chopin Jan Cherniavsky
Schubert-Wilhelmy
Leo Cherniavsky L. J
M. Cherniavsky
Glinka
Boisdeffre
Leo, Jan and
Well Known Rancher Sued for Damages
George Mahalisch sues Patrick Layden in district court for damages alleging irrigation waters ran onto Mahalisch s potato patch and damaged his 1919 crop tubers. Judge E H Goodman presiding in Towns end district court.
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George Mahalisch
Patrick Layden
District Court
E. H. Goodman
Townsend
Dillon Loses Daily Train Service For First Time In History
Rail leaders suspend trains 30 and 31 on the Oregon Short Line as a coal saving measure. Only one daily mail can run, four mails must be processed at once, and coastal mail runs are at least twelve hours late. Passenger service drops to north or south only via limited schedules, with several branch trains reduced or discontinued.
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Dillon
Pacific Coast
East
Railroad Administration
Butte
Eastern
Shrot
Mackay
Blackfoot
Ida
Aberdeen
Pocatello
Ashton
Victor
Death of J T Murray shocks Dillon community
Former Dillon resident J T Murray dies in Shoshone Idaho pneumonia at the McCloud hotel. Remains will be brought to Dillon for burial with wife Minnie and children Maurice and Montana. funeral at St James Episcopal church after family arrival arrangements finalized. Murray long served Beaverhead County as clerk and recorder and hotelier, with ties to Wisdom and the Metlen. He leaves a sister Mrs J B Wheeler and brothers George, W H, and Martin J Murray.
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Dillon
J. T. Murray
McCloud
Shoshone
Idaho
Murray
James Thomas Murray
Troy
New York
South Shaftsbury
Ohio
Denver
Colorado
Union Pacific
Manitoba Springs
Colo
Mr. Murray
Beaverhead County
O. E. Morse
Farlin
Wisdom
Big Hole Basin
Minnie Miller
Maurice
Montana
J. B. Wheeler
Rutland
Vermont
George Murray
W. H. Murray
Bennington
Martin J. Murray
N. Y
Jim Murray
Silver Mines Boost Argenta Prospects In Beaverhead County
A Dillon led group buys seven Argenta claims and bonds fifteen more under Conda Mining Company. Jack Stewart, with forty years in mining, oversees cross cutting on multiple levels. A 300-foot vein yields 40 ounces of silver and hints at a true fissure vein. Chicago financiers back plans for a 1000-foot shaft with electric power linked to Montana Power.
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Argenta
Beaverhead County
Butte
Dr. Scott
John Conda
Dillon
Jack Rabbitt
Ferdinand
Magnola
Bond
Oppenheimer
Copper Bell
Conda Mining Company
Jack Stewart
Stewart
Chicago
Montana
Bannack
Pheasant Installs City’s First Dumb Waiter
The Pheasant restaurant installed the city’s first dumb waiter to speed service this week. R. H. Rutledge was registered at the Andrus yesterday from Missoula.
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R. H. Rutledge
The
Andrus
Missoula
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Gilmore & Pittsburg
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Cornet
Pals
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Annie Laurie” . Bennett
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Surf
Clay Smith
Topaz
Ramsdell
Watson
Pamnpare
Wee Gruenwald
Rollinson
Hewitt
Orchestra
Star Spangled Banner
Justice Court
George Barfoot
Cherniavsky Trio
J. Thos. Murray
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