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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1925
Page
1
Institutional records reveal one murder in 1926 among eight total deaths that year in Beaverhead County. The fatalities include two by poison and two by shooting as personal crisis cases, plus three accidental deaths. Heart disease leads as the top killer for the period, with pneumonia cancer and old age also prominent.
Sheriff Dan Mooney directs Beaverhead County car owners to the new state law requiring a certificate of title for all motor vehicles after January 1 1926. The statute imposes a misdemeanor for operation without title and penalties including fines up to 1000 dollars or six months in jail. Titles are obtainable from Austin B Middleton Warden of the state prison at Deer Lodge.
Funeral services for Charles A. Smith, noted old-time Dillon horse dealer, who died in Butte on December 20, were held Saturday afternoon from the Brundage chapel. Oro y Plaza lodge of the B P O E of which he was a respected member conducted the services with Rev H L Hurley of the Baptist church officiating. Interment followed at Mountain View Cemetery.
The Montana State Normal College resumes winter quarter on January 4 for 12 weeks. Beaverhead County High School and Normal Training Schools have not finished half-year work. Pre vacation registrations were completed by several hundred students before departure for holidays.
Ellen Lovell, a Beaverhead county pioneer matron aged 85, died at her Dillon home after a several week illness. She had lived in the county for nearly 50 years with her husband, a prominent pioneer rancher, and after his death resided in Dillon for 15 years. She was an Episcopal church member.
Cupid is busy in Dillon as seventy eight couples received marriage licenses in September, many from outside the county. Clerk Fred Rite notes the harvest month draw, with March and April producing few licenses that year. the piece hints at continued coverage on Page 6.
The record recaps Beaverhead County events from January through March, naming officials, elections, and local incidents. It notes appointments like Louis Anderson as State Sportsmen's commissioner and Frank Hazelbaker as Senate president pro tem, incidents such as bootlegging arrests, school reopenings, sports results, property sales, fire threats, and civic meetings across Dillon and surrounding areas.
The Dillon Examiner earns high praise for its 60 page Christmas edition noted by Shelby Promoter and others as among the best Montana newspapers have produced. The Rotary club of Dillon is honored in a tri color illustrated edition printed on first class paper with local scenes and well edited news.
Christmas exercises in Dillon churches last Thursday evening and Christmas morning were well attended and enjoyed. Presbyterian Methodist and Baptist churches presented plays while St James Episcopal and Catholic churches held special services. Special New Year’s services were also held Sunday.
Hans Johnson, arrested during a Christmas raid at the Pheasant soft drink parlor by Sheriff Dan Mooney and Police Chief Charles Nelson, arraigned before Justice L. P. Phillips and entered a not guilty plea to sale and possession of intoxicating liquor. He posted $600 bond to be bound over to district court. Al Roloff and Jim McCracken faced vagrancy charges and were fined $25 each. James Clouse was released after paying the remaining portion of a prior liquor possession fine.
Beaverhead county high school five prepare to start the basketball season next Monday night facing the strong Sheridan squad. Sheridan recently beat Whitehall 15 14 in a hard fought game showing solid defense and timely offense. Further details continue on page five.
In 1926 Beaverhead County recorded 80 births, 48 girls and 32 boys, with April the peak month. Deaths exceeded births by 26 percent. January had 3 girls and 3 boys, February 5 girls 3 boys, March 4 girls 1 boy, April 9 girls 2 boys, June 4 of each, July 7 girls 2 boys, August 3 and 3, September 5 boys 2 girls, October 2 each, November 2 and 2, December 5 girls 1 boy. The year lists numerous birth entries with names and spouses.
The Dillon community attended Monday night exercises for the formal dedication of the Montana State Normal College library. Speakers included Hon. Frank Eliel, Dr. F. H. Garver, Pearl I. Smith, and Dr. S. E. Davis. Eliel outlined the education board’s role in the college’s growth and the library’s importance to students.
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