Civil cases dispose in district court action
Several civil cases were decided or continued in the district court. Ben Laraga and J W Lee were linked to forgery with Laraga receiving 1 1 2 to 3 years. Morris and Poindexter faced bonds after pleading not guilty in a beef slaughter case. other rulings included debts paid, quiet title dismissal, and verdicts awarding 327 dollars to Berg Christensen and Matt Anderson versus John and Peter Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Laraga
J. W. Lee
Mooney
Frank Morris
T. Poindexter
Butte
Fred Gillam
Miller Development Company
Wise River
M. P. Orr
Martin Sorenson
Montana Auto Supply Company
Edgar Ferris
A. R. Jacobs and Nay Brothers
Ames Cattle Company
Hans Anderson
John Anderson
Little John Anderson
Berg Christensen
Matt Anderson
John
Peter Anderson
New Packing Rules In Effect At Express Office
The express office announces new packing rules effective today. Shifts require shipments over 25 pounds to be placed in wooden containers or cartons with the box-maker's certificate confirming strength and size per company standards.
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E. E. Baron
Man Taken to Pen as Mexican Lucky Amid War Fears
A Mexican man was taken to the state prison after a Monday morning departure from Wy man with Ben Laguro to begin a sentence ranging from 114 to 3 years. He expressed joy at the prospect of spending 50 months as a prisoner under Warden Conley, saying imprisonment would spare him possible war involvement with Mexico.
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Wyman
Deer Lodge
Ben Laguro
Conley
Mexico
Coldest December in Dillon in twenty years
Dillon residents shiver through record cold as Mayor J E Monroe notes 27 below zero in the city and 33 below elsewhere on Monday with 31 below Tuesday. Weather observer says December in Dillon has only one colder day in twenty years as a warming trend arrives and the Weather Bureau predicts more storms around December 17.
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Dillon
J. E. Monroe
Monroe
Weather Bureau
Local social and event notices from Dillon
Mrs Harlow Pease hosts week of evening card parties at her South Pacific street home. The carnival and minstrel show planned for the high school gym was postponed due to coal shortages. Announcement of the marriage of Miss Pauline Giudici and Mr J Swanson reached Dillon last week. they wed recently in Tacoma. Wetmore from Lakeview and McMenomey from Armstead were in Dillon yesterday. Mr and Mrs H T Martin visiting Dillon from Centennial valley this week.
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Harlow Pease
South Pacific Street
Pauline Giudici
J. Swanson
Dillon
Tacoma
Ecll Wetmore
Lakeview
B. J. McMenomey
Armstead
Murray Saves Self With Improvised Auto Tractor Sled
In February snowdrifts blocked Roy Murray of the Butte Buick company in the Big Hole basin. Facing 15 degrees below zero, a blizzard and six foot drift, he attached light runners to the front wheels and bound the rear with gunny sacks to gain traction, creating a combination auto tractor and sled that moved him into Butte at about 25 miles an hour.
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Butte
Necessity
Roy Murray
Butte Buick Company
Murray
Big Hole Valley
Big Hole Basin
Sleighs Return to Dillon Streets Amid Winter Warmth
After many years sleighs and sleighbells reappear in Dillon as bright cutters are seen again on the streets. The revival follows a string of milder winters that pushed traditional winter conveyances out of fashion in favor of automobiles.
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Dillon
Visitors from Anaconda and Dell Stop by Dillon
John W. James of Anaconda visited Dillon yesterday. D S. Cook of Dell was a county seat visitor yesterday afternoon.
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John W. James
Anaconda
Dillon
D. S. Cook of
Dell
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House of Quality
District Court
Peter
Mrs.h. T. Martin
Centennial Valley
Anna Hart
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