Disastrous Dillon Fire Destroys Lusher Store Block
A basement blaze at the John W. Lusher store in Dillon caused near total ruin of the building and stock, with damages around 50000 dollars. Firefighters led by Eph Stoller contained the flames by dawn, aided by a grateful town and insurance covering much of the losses.
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Dunton
John W. Lusher
Montana
Bannack
Idaho
Centre Streets
Fred Oliver
Lusher
Etta. Thompson
Hughes & McCaleb
Dillon
Riley
Sjnadies
Dental
R. BR. Rathbone
Dr. Rathbone
Frank Birrer
Eph Stoller
Hurd and Norris Form New Law Firm
Governor Edwin J. Norris will practice law in partnership with Geo. E. Hurd of Great Falls after leaving office. The firm will run three offices in Great Falls Dillon and Glasgow with Norris noted as a leading northern Montana criminal lawyer.
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Great Falls
Edwin J. Norris
Geo. E. Hurd
Norris
Hurd
Dillon
Glascow
Montana
State Board of Stock Commissioners
Great Fualla
Helena
Christmas Poem and County Bond Notice Mixed Text
A fragment blends Eugene Field verse about Christmas with regulatory text on Beaverhead county Montana bond issuance for a county high school. It notes bond sale details, dates, denominations, interest, publication, and bid procedures alongside a boy’s Christmas reminiscence.
The Four Footed Hero at Grand Theatre Saturday
Manager Wheat presents The Four Footed Hero a two reel Bison film starring Happy the intelligent horse. The attracti on features frontier stunts rodeo riding broncho busting and a horse hero saving the wounded man by bringing water and seeking help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheat
Grand Theatre
Happy
Pedro
Beaverhead County to Issue 30000 Bond for High School
Beaverhead County Montana officials consider a resolution to issue thirty thousand dollars in bonds for a new high school building. The plan includes construction, heating plant, equipment, and site acquisition, to run twenty years at five percent interest. The measure will be presented to voters after hearings on a saloon license dispute involving Bucy Bros of Lakeview.
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Beaverhead
Montana
Dillon
New York
O. K
Bucy Bros
Lakeview
County Free High School
Suspect Identified in Highway Robbery Try Shootout
J B Harris held on highway robbery charges identified by Sheriff Gosman of Dillon as the man who tried to shoot him during a street hold up. The night of Oct 24 a special officer Chas Martin was shot, later hospitalized in critical condition at Butte, as Jack Wilson, serving 80 years, helped fire.
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J. B. Harris
Gosman
Dillon
Chas. Martin
Butte
Harris
Martin
Jack Wilson
Movement to create a single University of Montana
Helena December 23. Lieut. Gov. Allen heads a new association to consolidate Montana higher education into one University of Montana located near a suitably situated city. About 80 to 140 residents organized, then presented the plan to the state board of education, arguing consolidation would curb waste and raise learning standards.
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Helena
Montana
University of Montana
State Board of Education
Allen
Senate
Capitol
Plante
Gov. Allen
C. F. Mortis
Havre
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Bozeman
School of Mines
Butte
Normal College
Dillon
University At
Missoula
University of
Minnesota
California
Ilineis
Wisconsin
Harvard
Columbia
Virginia
Kansas
Iowa
Great Falls
Billings
Masquerade New Year’s Eve at Dart Hall
Romance fills the Dart hall as the Mellveen Brothers host a masquerade ball to bid farewell to the old year and welcome 1918. A moonlight waltz leads a crowd through a popular tune with prizes at Stamm’s jewelry store crowned for best costumes.
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Dart
Jiall
Mellveen Brothers
Stamm
Dart Hall
John H. McIntosh Sees Auto Boom After Detroit Convention
John H. McIntosh, former journalist and athletic director now selling Cadillacs, and Roy Murray stopped in the city en route to the Madison valley. He reports from a Detroit auto dealers convention that every factory is at full capacity, signaling prosperous times for at least a year.
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John H. McIntosh
Cadillac
Roy Murray
Madison Valley
Handsome Tribute to President Monroe by Normal College
State Normal College students presented Pres. J. E. Monroe with a fine leather case and inscribed tribute on Friday December 20 as the college closed for holiday recess. Miss Mary Burke spoke for the Senior class praising his sympathetic, prudent and progressive leadership.
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State Normal College
J. E. Monroe
Mary Burke
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J. W. Lusher
Hurd & Norris
Eugene Field
William
Will
Willie
Bill
Fauntleroy
Sport
Granmar
Dan
Ceylon
Daniel Boone
Buffle Bill
Eugene FI
Hero
Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead County
H C. Patterson
Charles W. Francis
William C. Orr
Jac
Baker
Lacklen
Methodist Church
General Fund
Institute
Board of Health
Holdup
Aado
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