Beavers Win First Home Battle At Dillon High
Beavers and Beavette counterparts split opening pair as Dillon teams beat Sheridan 80 14 in boys game with Brundage starring at center and Sapp leading Madison county scoring. Beavers top Lima 39 18 at home as Kerr and Brundage again shine. Cattle market summary notes mixed beef prices with profitable returns for many stockmen despite last year's high averages and potential for better prices in early 1930.
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Beavers
Sheridan
Brundage
Dillon Quint
Sapp
Madison County
Speedy Lima
Kerr
Dillon
First of four Dil lon fire department dances held at city hall
A large crowd attended the first of four holiday dances sponsored by the Dil lon volunteer fire department in conjunction with Beaverhead post of the American Legion. The Baxter Tonney orchestra provided the music as the firemen will also run the New Year's Eve event. The Legion will oversee dances tonight and on New Year’s Night at the city hall auditorium.
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Dillon Volunteer Fire Department
Beaverhead
American Legion
The
Legion
City Hall
Baxter- Tonney
City Schools Close for Christmas Vacation
Montana State Normal college Beaverhead county high school and the training school closed last Friday for Christmas vacation lasting until January 6. Most college students left for homes in other parts of the state and many high school students will be absent during the two week break. The winter quarter begins January 6 at the Normal college as most fall quarter students return for the winter term.
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Montana State Normal College
Beaverhead County High School
Training School
The
Normal College
Lima Man Sherman Vance Weds Idaho Falls Bride Anna Jordan
Sherman W. Vance a Lima meat market operator married Thursday afternoon in the district court office to Mrs. Anna Jordan of Idaho Falls. Justice of the Peace George Opp officiated and Vance is well known in the southern part of the county.
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Sherman W. Vance
Lima
Anna Jordan
Idaho Falls
Fred Rife
Former Principal A. T. Peterson Visits Dillon Friends
Former Beaverhead county high school principal A. T. Peterson now Billings school superintendent and his wife spent the first of the week with Dillon friends, according to local reports.
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A. T. Peterson
Beaverhead County
Billings
The Christmas Tree Promotes a Home Town Newspaper
A festive message declares the newspaper as a sturdy evergreen landmark and its gifts to the community. It promises news for all, ideals, faith, courage, and progress, offered to schools churches public institutions homes and individuals throughout the year.
Beaverhead Fair Dates Set for September
Beaverhead county will hold its annual fair on September 3 4 and 6 if not clashing with Idaho expositions. Secretary George W Dart announced the dates after a Rocky Mountain Fair association meeting in Missoula last week. The schedule aligns to Wednesday Thursday and Friday with Saturday as a possible postponement day. Two fair board terms expire this year and appointments will wait until the next county commissioners meeting.
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Beaverhead County
Idaho
George W. Dart
Beaverhead Fair Association
Dart
George Baker
Rocky Mountain Fair Association
Missoula
Fair Board
Beaver star Frank Little back home for holidays
Frank Little, former Beaver head county high school athletic star, visits his parents Mr and Mrs Dan Little in Corvallis Oregon. He attends Oregon State College and played as a regular on the Oregon State freshman eleven this fall.
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Frank, Little
Beaverhead County
Dan Little
Corvallis
Ore
Oregon State College
Oregon State
Local livestock man Burden departs for Boston in style
Charles A. Burden, a leading local livestock commission man, left Saturday for Boston for a several week visit. Friends gave him a royal send off with an antique derby hat a sporty cane and white carnations.
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Charles A. Burden
Livestock Commission
Boston
Auto license fees rise by weight under new law
Montana's 1929 law changes auto license payments to scale by car weight starting January 1. Minimum fee rises to 10 dollars. under 2,750 pounds pay 10. 2,750 to 4,500 pay 15. over 4,500 pay 25. Weighing guidance lists brands by weight class and notes origin with Senator F. T. McCormack and Secretary A. J. Breitenstein.
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F. T. McCormack
Musselshell County
A. J. Breitenstein
Montana Automobile Association
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Essex
Erskine
Pontiac
Ford
Roosevelt
Marquette
Oldsmobile
Nash
Chrysler
Dodge
Moon
Oakland
S A Main Summoned Saturday
Illness of only a few days claimed S A Main father of George Main Dillon hotel proprietor last Saturday morning. He had lived in Dillon four years with his son after moving from Carthage Illinois where he was born June 27 1848. The remains were shipped to Cathage for the funeral. Surviving are five sons George Archie Fater Earl and Paul and two daughters Mrs Walter Lane and Mrs J B Fleming.
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S. A. Main
George Main
Dillon
Dillion
Carthage
Cathage
George
Archie
Los Angeles
Fater
Earl
Paul
Decatur
Walter Lane
Iowa
J. B. Fleming
Dillon Residents Head to California on Coastal Route
Hurley H. Leach Chris Snyder Tom Morrow and Tom Moran led Dillon residents departing last week for California. Moran traveled via Seattle taking a boat from that city to San Francisco.
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Hurley H. Leach
Chris Snyder
Tom Morrow
Tom Moran
Dillon
California
Mr. Moran
Seattle
San Francisco
A J Faust Returns Home After Hospital Stay
A J Faust a well known Dillon rancher returned Sunday night from Butte where he had been a patient at Murray hospital since an operation performed last Tuesday. He is rapidly recovering.
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A. J. Faust
Dillon Rauchér
Butte
Murray Hospital
Dillon Christmas Program to Light Up Depot Lawn
Tonight at 7 30 Dillon residents will gather on the Oregon Short Line depot grounds for a community Christmas program. A large choir from local churches will sing carols while Santa Claus distributes small gifts to children beside a beautifully lit Christmas tree. The event follows a week of church holiday programs and active child participation in services across Dillon.
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Dillon
Oregon Short Line
Aneamannla
Vcuutus
St. Rose Church
Santa Claus
Aul Dition
Christmas Seal Sale by High School Girls
High school girls led the final push of the local Christmas seal campaign last Saturday. They staffed booths at the post office First National Bank and State Bank and Trust Co selling hundreds of the health giving stamps to shoppers under the supervision of Mrs. R. M. Barrett.
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First National Bank
State Bank & Trust Co
R. M. Barrett
Historic Names Suggested To the State Board
Librarian Hilger at the state historical library received two letters from Montana residents urging correct naming of natural features. W E B Wilson of Gilt Edge asks the Fort Maginnis site creek be named La Forge Creek instead of Fort Creek, citing old timers Skookum Joe Frank Sage and Pony Partlan. Ed Easton of Roscoe proposes West Rosebud river lake be called Burt s lake to honor pioneer Charles Burt who discovered it with Crow allies in 1888, noting Mystic lakes elsewhere and proposing Armstrong lake for Rosebud lake on East Rosebud river.
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Montana State Geographic Board
Hilger
State Historical Library
W. EB. Wilson
Edge
Skookum Joe
Frank Sage
Pony Partlan
Roscoe
Mont
Ed Easton
West Rosebud River
Burt
Easton
O. A. Anderson
Mystic Lakes
Rosebud Lake
East Rosebud
Armstrong Lake
County Roads Stay Open in Beaverhead County
Beaverhead county roads are generally in fair condition with little effect from recent snow. The Butte-Dillon highway is in excellent shape aside from icy corners while roads into the Big Hole basin remain open despite the season's second severe cold snap and below freezing temperatures in Dillon.
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Beaverhead County
Big Hole Basin
Butte-Dillon
Dillon
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Waverhead County High School
Beaverettes
Dillon High School
Sheridan Girls
Homnax
Als
Beaverhead Fair
Auburn
Graham - Paige
Chandler
Franklin
Jordan
Peerless
Willys - Knight
State Board
New
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