Sheriff Brings Suspect From Pocatello After Dillon Shooting
Sheriff Dan Mooney returned Hollie James Dewitt, the suspect in a Dillon shooting, from Pocatello after six bullets missed a Mexican victim, Santos Jacalas, who was treated at Barrett hospital. Dewitt claims self defense after an early Sunday quarrel led Jacalas to open fire. four shots allegedly preceded Dewitt firing his revolver.
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Santos Jacalas
Lima
Dillon
Hollie James Dewit
Barrett Hospital
Pocatello
Sheriff's
Dan Mooney
Dewitt
Yellowine
Jocalas
Steve Lasich Passes Away at Beaverhead Ranch Home
Steve Lasich longtime Beaverhead valley resident native of Austria born April 30 1856 died at his ranch home north of Dillon last Thursday. Funeral held at St Rose Church with Father Lesehner officiating and burial in Mountain View cemetery. Survived by three sons Steve Jr Mike and John all of Dillon and three daughters Kathryn of Dillon Mary Dooding of Tacoma and Agnes Grenier of Seattle. Wise River notes record oats barley and wheat yields from Big Hole basin farms with 50 acres yielding 2000 bushels total.
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Steve Lasich
Beaverhead Valley
Dillon
Austria
Vienna
Montana
Beaverhead County
St. Rose Catholic
Father Lesehner
Mountain View Cemetery
All Wits
Steve Jr
Mike
John
Kathryn
Mary Dooding
Tacoma
Agnes Grenier
Seattle
Big Hole Basin Rancher Kicked by Horse Saturday
John Carrall of Big Hole Basin ranch was kicked in the face by a horse last Saturday evening, fracturing the upper jaw and knocking out several teeth. He was driven part way to Dillon by an employee, then by Undersheriff Frank Kellum, and on Sunday morning admitted to a Butte hospital for treatment.
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John Carrall
Big Hole Basin
Dillon
Frank Kellum
Butte
Groundhog Sees Shadow and Retires to Burrow
The groundhog ventured out yesterday morning for its first sight of open spaces since 1926 but promptly returned to its underground home. Despite a cloudy day, a shadow might have appeared, signaling six more weeks of winter if the old fable holds true.
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Groundhog
Lasich Ranch Sold to Skander Brothers of Butte
The Lasich Ranch nine miles north of Dillon on the Twin Bridges road was sold to Skander Brothers of Butte. The deal includes all equipment and livestock. price not disclosed. Mrs Lasich plans to move with her daughter Miss Mary to Tacoma for their future home.
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Stephen, Lasich
Skander Brothers
Butte
Dillon
Twin Bridges
Excursion to California Slated for Feb 6 from Butte
The Oregon Short Line announces a special mid winter excursion to Southern California on Saturday Feb 6. A Pullman train will depart Butte with intermediate stops and return by April 15. Dillon residents show keen interest in the rates.
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Oregon Short Line
California
Butte
Boy Taken to Asylum After Burglary Charge
Earlie Smith a 17 year old offender picked up by officers last week on a burglary charge was later found to have escaped from Warm Springs state asylum. He was captured and returned to the asylum by an attendant last Thursday. He reportedly broke into several Dillon residences and grabbed small sums of money. Miss Mable Wagner returned from Butte where she had been a patient at Murray hospital.
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Earlie Smith
Warm Springs
Dillon
Auction Sale of Horses Planned in Dillon This Month
Dr. W. C. Orr announces a Dillon horse auction this month with at least 200 head expected. Arrangements with Poindexter & Orr indicate spring farm and ranch buyers will attend as prices rise and demand for work animals grows after months without a sale.
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Dillon
W. C. Orr
Mr. Orr
Poindexter & Orr Eee
Orr
Government life insurance available for ex service men
The Veterans Bureau urges ex service men to act before July 2 1926 to secure government life insurance. A $10000 policy with government costs is highlighted amid 546000 active policies totaling 2 865 028 729. Forms include ordinary life twenty thirty year endowments and endowment at 62. Helena regional office manager urges prompt inquiry for a special information service.
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United States ‘Veterans’ Bureau
Helena
United ‘States Veteran's Bureau
T. Busha Jr
Beaverhead youths attend Bozeman vocational congress
Sixteen Beaverhead county high school seniors and juniors join a Dillon delegation at the Boys Vocation Congress in Bozeman along with the Beaver basketball team in a festival program. Nearly 1200 boys from Montana and nearby states are present for stock judging contests and speeches by national figures. The Dillon group lists William Orr Albert Hansen Wallace Forsgren Otto Gassman Henry Rodgers Clyde Rush Leonard Innes Joseph Cullen Dick Cosgrove Berlin Gordon Marvin Birstrup David Williams Ralph Smith and George Judge with the Beaver team. The conference runs through tomorrow night.
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Beaver
Montana
Dillon
Boys’ Vocational Congress
Bozeman
Beaverhead
Lee Martinell
Raymond , Johnson
George Judge
Beaverhead County Adopts New Five Cent Tax Schedules
Beaverhead county assessors concluded in Helena with revisions to live stock schedules and a new auto schedule. Sheep valuation rises 24 to 11 vote, cattle similar, horses slightly lower. Range bucks 12 dollars, pure bred 18, yearlings 10, 2 to 4 year olds 12. Cattle yearlings 15, 2-year-olds 20, 3-year-olds 36, stock cows 25, dairy cows 50. Work horses 30, bees 10 a stand. Auto valuations use factory price with 10 percent deduction first year.
Sheriffs Mooney and Metzel Nab Modern Still on Carter Creek
Beaverhead Sheriff Dan Mooney and Madison Sheriff Frank Metzel united to locate a modern still at the head of Carter Creek last Thursday. John McGrath was arrested the next day on charges of owning the plant. The 7 gallon still sat on a reinforced concrete base with a 125 foot flume from the creek to the still and another pipe returning product to the stream.
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Dan Mooney
Beaverhead County
Frank Metzel
Madison County
Carter Creek
John McGrath
Memorial exercises in Helena for Judge Brantley tablet
Senator and Mrs Frank Hazlebaker travel to Helena for memorial exercises in the state supreme court chambers. A bronze tablet will be dedicated by the Montana State Bar to Judge Theodore Brantley, pioneer chief justice who served 22 years. Virginia McGuire of Anaconda will unveil the tablet.
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Frank Hazelbaker
Helena
Hazelbaker
State Supreme Court
Theodore Brantley
Brantley
Montana
Montana State Bar Association
Iss Virginia McGuire
Ana‘conda
Funeral Services for Mrs Louisa Shaeffer at Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mrs Louisa Shaeffer a beloved Dillon matron who died in Great Falls Tuesday were held Friday afternoon at the Methodist Episcopal church Rev Carl Knudson officiated and interment was made in Mountain View cemetery Pall Bearers were W T Scully J W Forsgren George Hammond George Romain Charles Vaughn and Charles Nelson
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Louisa Shaeffer
Dillon
Great Falls
Methodist Episcopal Church
Carl ‘Knudson
Mountain View Cemetery
W. T. Scully
J. W. Forsgren
George Hammond
George Romain
Charles Vaughn
Charles Nelson
Salvation Army Discontinues Local Post As Officers Leave
Lieutenant Nadeau and Lieutenant Mull, who led the local Salvation Army post, left last week for Havre after transfers by state headquarters. The state army announces the discontinuance of the local headquarters based on the local advisory committee's advice, citing rising debt. The departing officers thanked the Dillon community for its generous treatment.
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Nadeau
Mull
Salvation Army
Havre
State Department of the Army
Dillon
Jones School Near Monida Destroyed by Fire
Miss Alice Roe reports that the Jones school in district No 37 was destroyed by a Sunday fire of unknown origin. The log building and all its equipment were lost, leaving the district with a hard blow as it had just resumed a nine month session. Teacher Miss Margaret Haggerty continues a 15 pupil class at a ranch house and an appeal for books and supplies has been sent to other districts and individuals.
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Alice Roe
Jones
Margaret Haggerty
City Election Registration Opens for Feb Deadline
Registration books for the city election are open at the clerk and recorder's office. Voters must ensure their names are entered by 5 PM on Feb 19. Election day is April 5 with one alderman elected from each of four wards. Beaverhead chapter DeMolay meets Deer Lodge DeMolays who won 21-14 in a recent gym game.
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John 8. Baker
Beaverhead
DeMolay
Deer Lodge
DeMolays
Montana's wool and grass praised by national leader
Frank J. Hagenbarth, longtime president of the National Wool Growers association, in Butte last week urged flockmasters and cattlemen to better use Montana resources. He heads the Wood Livestock Company, a major wool producer with 6,000 acres locally and thousands of sheep.
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Montana
Frank J. Hagenbarth
National “Wool Growers’ Association
Butte
Hagenbarth
Wood Livestock Company
Idaho
Mrs Linson Dies After Long Illness in Dillon
Mrs Nancy Elizabeth Linson a Dillon matron died early Sunday after a long illness She was born March 10 1853 in Peoria Illinois and married George C Linson in 1869 The body was shipped to Atlanta Missouri for interment at Mount Tabor Cemetery Survivors include her husband three daughters five sons three brothers and several grandchildren
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Nancy Elizabeth Linson
Dillon
Peoria
George C. Linson
Missouri
The
Christian Church
Atlanta
Mount Tabor
Arthur Brown
Hal West
L. W. Cottrell
Bozeman
Lonnie
George T
Des Moines
Iowa
C. C
Anable
H. G
Clarence, Mo
W. J
Leonard
H. J. Atterbury
North Platte
Nebr
Will Atterbury
Fulton, Mo
Tom Atterbury
Newkirk
Beaverhead Post of Legion Plans Year of Active Work
Beaverhead Post of the American Legion held a meeting in the Legion rooms last Thursday to set a bold program for a year of active service and social activities. Commander James Setptram outlined new plans aimed at welfare of the post and Dillon veterans, with committees to organize a full calendar of entertainments for each regular meeting.
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Beaverhead
Legion
Dillon Legionnaires
James McCallum
American Legion
Legion Rooms
James
Ptram
Dillon
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Sheriff Mooney
Hollie James Dewitt
Wise River
W. C. Jones
Joe Potts
Big Hole
Lasich Ranch
Government Life
Beaverheads
Emerick
Beavers
Beaverhead County High School
Boys’ Vocation Congress
Cording
B. W. Emerick
Mooney
Metzel
Methodist Church
Monida
National Wool Growers’ Ass’n
Mrs. Linson
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