Wisdom Library election names new officers
The Wisdom Library association elected officers on February 7 with Harold Capehart as president, Florence Gross as vice president, and Louis Givogre as secretary treasurer. The group, formed about twenty years ago to support community library efforts, remains active in building care though not connected to the Wisdom Women's club library begun last October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisdom
Wisdom Library Association
Harold Capehart
Florence Gross
Louis Givogre
Wisdom Woman’s Club
Jackson and Reichle News Roundup of Local Events
Jackson and Reichle report a busy period with pinochle tournaments 16 tables in Jackson. Mary MacDonald and Bill Mologue win prizes and next Saturday finishes the seventh game. Local visits include Mrs. A W Wilson in Dillon and Mrs. Sanford Shephard hosting a Jackson bridge club. In Reichle area Mrs. J Campbell visits Armstead, Kay Albano injured, George Reichle leases a ranch, and a Melrose masquerade draws many youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Jackson I. O. O. F
Mary MacDonald
Bill Mologue
Fred Nelson
H. S. Armitage
A. W. Wilson
Dillon
Len Halloran
Rolfe
John Jackson
Walter Stewart
Clarence Helming
Dan Pendergast
Frances May Helming
Wisdom
Helming
Charles Wenger
Butte
Beavers
Kenneth Davis
Everett
Wash
Merle Davis
Carl Kambich
Bernard Garrison
Washington, D. C
Melrose
Neil Cummins
Hidden Treasure
Susan Hand
Evelyn Polish
Montana
Virginia Ferguson
Roy York
Fay Gransberg
Kaspar Hauser
Reichle
Polaris notes and social events mark a mild winter
The Polaris column reports Ed Farley and son first to drive a car to the Polaris store while sleighing remains excellent up Elkhorn. Local families Anne Pyle and daughters enjoy Elkhorn plunges. birthday surprise for Mrs. Andy Hayes. visits to Dillon and Bannack noted. Rural life details mingle with weather and farm remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polaris
Ed Farley
Elkhorn
Ann Pyle
Andy Hayes
Frank Marchessau
R. Boughton
Dillon
Mary Sheppard
E. A. Marchessau
M. Boughton
A. M. Harrison
George Harrison
Ted Marchessau
R. D. Marchessau
Jack Brown
Billy Dyas
Joe Burroughs
Frank Madden
Pyle
Joe Ryburn
Wise River Social Roundup Sees Local Visits and Health News
Mrs. Wm. Dodgson fractured her arm Saturday and was treated in Butte with an X ray and return home Sunday. Numerous Wise River residents and guests visited relatives, traveled to Butte and Anaconda, and shared family gatherings through the weekend and into Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary MacDonald
Evelyn McKenzie
Fred Hirschy
Ray Bowers
Jackson
Martin Jackson
Catholic Ladies’ Guild
Helen Wenger
Butte
Miss Stickney
Ross Hill
Lena Nelson
Alfred Peterson
Dillon
Sam Peterson
Dysart Gowan
Friendship Club
Isabella Peterson
Elvin Peterson
Woody
Wise River
Wm. Dodgson
Clyde Thompson
St. James Hospital
Paul Paddock
Fishtrap
Tom Pendergast
Alice Paddock
W. T. Dodgson
Dillas
Lee Sims
Virginia Rule
June Gill
Gill
Bob Ellwood
Lois
Dorothy Hershey
Gladys Huntley
W.C. Jones Ranch
Fred Gill
Anaconda
Claude
Frank Husted
W. C. Jones
Edith Miller
Big Hole project eyed as town and smelter plan emerges
Long itemized miscellany notes the Big Hole Improvement Company incorporation as a step toward building a town on the Big Hole river with a large smelter. It also surveys wheat prices sagging to Chicago cash at 56 cents, a colorful county case in California, sleighing weather, a $5 000 judgment vs Northern Pacific being settled for 760, a Chinese New Year celebration in Dillon, and a public land condemnation suit in Beaverhead County Montana over a reservoir site impacting 108 acres in Sec 8 T148 R5 W and related lands in Sec 17 T148 R6 W, with court summons issued for April 2 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veleta Stabler
Portland
Maud Stabler
Oregon
Jack Bell
Ed Farnsworth
Butte
Will Knutssen
George Cottrell
Wisdom
Forest Flager
Big Hole
Missoula
CCC
Fort
Wisdom Ladies
Aid
Dan Tovey
Walter White
Hansen “Packing Company
Big Hole Improvement Company
Big Hole River
Marriage of Virginia Hewlett and Roy Jackson Jr in Butte
A wedding on February 1 in Butte united Miss Virginia Hewlett and Roy Jackson Jr with Jane Hewlett and Pete Favero as attendants. The ceremony drew town and ranch residents to the event and a lively reception followed the chativari and dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Favero
Meaderville
Joseph Barraugh
Dillon
F. C. Brewer
F. A. Hancock
Butte
Hewlett
Agnes Holter
Joseph Barrough
Richardson of
Jackson
Bannack
Walter Richardson
Chan Stallings
Virginia Hewlett
Roy Jackson Jr
Jane Hewlett
Thanks for kindness after bereavement
We express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for support during our recent bereavement. Gratitude goes to those who sent flowers including Elizabeth Marchessan, Anna Marchessau, Jack Brown, Florence Daly, Milton Boughton, Orville Field, Myron Frink, and families of Marchessau and related relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Marchessan
Anna’ Marchessau
Jack Brown
Florence ‘Daly
Milton Boughton
Orville ‘Field
Myron Frink
E. P. Marchessau
R. D. Marchessau
F. E. Marchessau
Montana Woolgrowers Hear 30 Cent Wool Purchase
Silberman & Sons of Chicago paid 30 cents per pound for about 50 000 fleeces totaling 500 000 pounds. The deal for the June clip was announced by Harry Mayer at the Mont ana Woolgrowers Association convention, with sellers unnamed. The event also notes discussion of possible 35 cent wool. A separate note mentions a four year old boy being brought to town after being kicked by a horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
8, Silberman & Sons of
Chicago
Harry Mayer
Montana Woolgrowers’ Association
Howard—Albine
Montana Investors Eye Seattle Court Action Over Reindeer Scheme
About 200 Montanans invested roughly 70000 dollars in a reindeer propagation and distribution venture. Four stock promoters were indicted and jailed in Seattle federal court. A. W. King, a local investigator, supplied postal authorities with information on the operation and its plan to move 70000 Alaskan reindeer from the Yukon to Manitoba for pasture. Dell P. T. A. dance featured Baxter Tonrey Orchestra Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Seattle
A. W. King
Yukon
Manitoba
Montana Court Condemns Land for Water Reservoir Site
In Beaverhead County District Court a water users suit seeks condemnation of lands for a reservoir to store water for irrigation and domestic use. The described lands begin at a point on the west line of Section 3 and relate to the Shambow heirs and others as defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels County
Stockton
Calif
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Beaverhead
Water Users Irrigation Company
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Mary N
Cottrell
E. N. Jones
Jake Louke
Wallace Francis
Clark Huntley
Jack Miller
Ralph Huntley
Ray Oliver
Edwin Gates
Emil Schwartz
Charley Ulman
Utah
John Troupe
Dave Hirschy
Jim Scofield
Miss Gill
Elmer Jensen
Harry Helming
C. E. Miller
Armstead
Sam Jarvis
Salmon
Idaho
Ray McFarland
Salt Lake
Roy Oliver
Horace Helming
Budge Brothers
Logan
Mary N. Cottrell
F. C
Brewer
Tacoma
Roy Jackson Sr
Arizona
Fred Swanson
WISE
WM. J. Anderson
Frank H. Cooney
Northern Pacific Company
Cooney
J. G. Brenner
Horse Prairie
Beaverhead County
District Court
Francis J. Gelhaus
Rodgers & Collins
Plaintiff
Margaret Anderson
Baxter-Tonrey
Dell
George H. Shambow
Levi Shambow
Mary Shambow
William L. Shambow
Mary Jane Helm
Mary Jane Blake
John P.shambow
Millie Shambow
Lester G. Shambow
Keturah Shambow
Milton Bean
Atria
Akron
Goodyear
Goodayear
Montana Auto Supply CO
Melba
Abby
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