Wisdom Firm Wins Recognition in the Motor World
A snowmobile built by the Helming brothers of Wisdom and used on the Wisdom to Divide mail route is highlighted in Bus Transportation. Modifications include a Buick chassis with a White four speed gearset, rear traction belts, and detachable runners. It hauled 700 pounds of mail, eight passengers, and 3,500 pounds of freight, replacing 28 horses and four men. The piece notes the Helming brothers as prominent local citizens. Read the Dillon Examiner.
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Snow Flyer ‘Corporation
New Holstein
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Films Spotlight Jail Life And Stage Stars
A look at prison themed cinema with Up the River and Numbered Men, plus Janet Gaynor in The Man Who Came Back. Walter Lively, aka The Virginia Judge, appears as writer and actor. Madonna of Sleeping Cars and Sweethearts and Wives are among titles teased.
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Fox
Janet Gaynor
Walter C. Welly
Vatdeville
Virginia
Movie
Presidential Preview Screens Fox Film at White House
The Big Trail was shown in President Hoover's private theater at the White House to an official audience selected by the President as part of a presidential preview.
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White House
Hoover
Fox
Beaverhead Legislators Set to Open State Session
Beaverhead’s state representatives Senator Pearl I Smith and Representative Joe Metlen prepare for the Montana legislature in Helena. Lt Governor Frank A Hazelbaker and family depart with Beaverhead’s lone state official presiding over the Senate. County officers begin new terms with three newcomers Hartwig Mathews and Rebecca Connelley taking office.
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Beaverhead
Helena
Pearl I. Smith
Joe Metlen
Frank A. Hazelbaker
Beaverhead County
W. B. Hartwig
Bertie Mathews
Rebecca Connelley
Local clubs upgrade HQ and theater plans in Dillon
In December 1900 the Jefferson club reopens its headquarters with carpeted rooms a billiard table and card tables. The Salvation Army held a Christmas tree at its city headquarters and the first season basketball opener saw Dillon defeat Deer Lodge 63 to 8. A vaudeville and picture show venue is planned for Scenic theatre. Deputy sheriffs Gruwell and Erwin visited Butte.
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Katie Emmett
Dillon Theatre
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New York
J. C. Smith
Edwin Norris
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Dillon
Deer Lodge
Wilcomb
Gosman
Stewart
Willey
Watson
Montana Street
al Gruwell
Doc Erwin
Butte
Terry Browning
Ogden
Election Controversy Over Beaverhead Sheriff Seat 57 Years Ago
Con Bray was declared elected sheriff of Beaverhead county by one vote but Joe Metlen remains in office claiming illegal voting. Both filed bonds and tactics stir regret while Bannack night-herd revels, as reported in the Madisonian from 57 years past.
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Con Bray
Beaverhead County
Joe Metlen
Bannack
Madisonian
Deer Lodge Poultry Show Awards Highlight Mr Hansen
C M Hansen of Dillon, a noted poultry enthusiast, took four premiums at the Deer Lodge show. He won first for Regal Dorcas White Wyandotte cock, second for a strong Rhode Island Reds pen, and fourth for both Regal Dorcas White Wyandotte cockerel and Rhode Island Red cockerel. Hundreds of birds entered, with exhibitors from across the state. Hansen praised the event as the best he had attended for entries and quality.
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Beaverhead’s Ten Biggest News Events Of Year
A row of notable events in Dillon and the surrounding area includes the lighting system between the business district and Normal College, the Chicago hay show wins by Big Hole basin, the Dillon to Bannack power line completion, the murder of Chief George Tendey at Lima, and the Sacajawea park picnic. The list notes a Democratic landslide, the Montana Episcopal Diocesan convention, and remarks that other events occurred, inviting readers to choose their own top stories.
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Dillon
Big Hole Basin
Chicago
Bannack
George Tendey
Fort Hall Indian Reservation
Lima
Montana-Idaho
Sacajawea Park
Montana
American Legion
Bill Bates
Dan Pendergast
Montana supplement written by Dillon professor
Professor J. F. McBain of the State Normal School at Dillon will write the Montana supplement for the new geography books approved by the state textbook commission. Elizabeth Ireland, state superintendent, announced the supplement should be ready in two months for approval. It will be a separate publication this year and will be used after western states.
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J. F. McBain
J. Ford McBain
State Normal School
Dillon
State Textbook Commission
Elizabeth Ireland
Miss Ireland
Peppy Farce Opens at the Hartwig Theatre
The Paris set farce Those Three French Girls opens Tuesday at the Hartwig Theatre for three days under MGM. Dale Van Every and Arthur Freed adapt a plot with Reginald Denny Fifi Dorsay and Yola d Avr il among a six cast in a cosmopolitan comedy of romantic escapades ending in a modern wedding.
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Metro-Goldyn-Mayer
Paris
Dale van Every
Arthur Freed
P. G. Wodehouse
Earl
Reginald Denny
Tongh
Fifi Dorsay
Cliff Edwards
Edward Brophy
Yola d’Avril
Sandra Ravel
George ‘Grossmith
Go to Church Sunday at Presbyterian Church
The pastor invites members to attend next Sunday services marking the first Sunday of the new year. The sermon will be Why Go to Church with related music. The church school meets at 10 a m to encourage church attendance.
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T. J. Simons
Beavers Open Schedule in Busy Whitehall Week
Beavers face a tough start with two ragged early games and a jammed slate ahead. Coach Brick Breeden plans a two to three week build up as Whitehall, always a southern district contender, visits Butte Central on Friday January 9 and Anaconda on Saturday January 10, then a string of matchups through February including district tournament.
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Whitehall
Butte Central
Anaconda
Breeden
Twin Bridges
Lima
Sheridan
Butte High
Butte
Educators Convene Annual Session at Normal College
Educators hold a weeklong meeting at the Normal college with attendees from the annual session. They discuss many important educational questions and share insights on current methods and policies.
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Beaverhead Celebrates Happy Day
Out of town visitors join Dillon residents in spending a festive day with friends and relatives while many locals tour to nearby points for leisure.
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