Hartwig Theatre Opens In Helena With 700 Seats
The $65,000 Hartwig theatre in Helena opened to crowds for the initial performance of God's Country and the Woman with Baxter Tonney orchestra. The two and a half story, reinforced concrete building seats 700, features a 26 by 45 foot stage, five dressing rooms, a lavender and white ladies room, and a fire proof operator booth. The Birth of a Nation is planned for next Friday.
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Hartwig Theatre
Moving Picture House
Pew
Baxter-Tonney
Montana
Beaverhead Becomes First Farm Loan Group In County
Fourteen Beaverhead farmers formed the Beaverhead National Loan association with capital of 42900 and ten member minimum. Members may borrow up to 1000 for ten years at low interest, repaid yearly at 135. Norman Holden chaired the meeting and the group plans to apply for 20000 and soon seek 100000 in loans.
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Beaverhead County
Farm Loan Association
Organization of Farm Loan Banks
Association of Farm Loan Banks
Beaverhead National Loan
Norman Holden
Holden
Organi
Two Sessions of District Court Reported
Two brief district court sessions last week approved bonds of all county commissioners and scheduled several matters. Cases dismissed include O C Gosman vs Wm Lowery and J P Lossl vs Ben Van Houtin as settled. Citizenship hearings set for February 24 and Patsy Odi admitted to citizenship.
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O.C. Gosman
Wm. Lowery
E. N. Davis
J. A. Darwan
Berg Christensen
Marie Klein Et al
C. W. Robison
Robison
Nellie Romain
Ed Romain
Birth of a Nation at Hartwig Theatre in two shows
D W Griffiths epic Birth of a Nation screens at Hartwig Theatre with two performances on Friday. The production fills a vast stage with 18 000 performers 3 000 horses and a 10 square mile battlefield while depicting Civil War causes battles and Lincoln era reconciliation.
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D. W. Griffith
Hartwig Theatre
New York City
Chicago
Boston
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Griffith
Lincoln
South
Local High Dominates Beaverhead Team in Exhibition Win
Dillon High defeated Blackfoot Idaho 57 to 20 in a game marked by a large crowd and strong defense. District tournament action in Helena will involve Butte Anaconda Helena and Missoula with six of seven trip players advancing to Bozeman if Dillon wins.
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Beaverhead
Beaverhead County
Idaho
Rynksel
Blackfoot
Dillon
Butte
Helena
Anaconda
Missoula
Bozeman
Justin Brundage
Tom Drummey
Jesse Gray
Bernard Williams
Howard Rosenau
Fred Bechtold
Voorheis Paddock
Nay brothers finish day in Dilion
M. V. Nay and Milton Nay spent yesterday in Dilion for unreported activities and sightseeing with no further details available.
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M. V. Nay
Milton Nay
Dilion
Child Has Hand Blown Off Playing With Giant Cap
Clyde Rash aged 10 suffered the loss of his right thumb first finger and part of the middle finger when a giant cap exploded in his hand while he pressed it against a cook stove. He was treated at Curtis hospital by Drs Thorkelson and Mac Millan and is reported to be getting along nicely.
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Clyde Rash
Harry Rash
Rash
Clyde
Curtis Hospital
Former Dillon Girl Dies in California
Miss Lucille Graeter, daughter of L. D. Graeter former Dillon residents, died in California at age 15 4 7 following jaundice after an appendectomy. Born in Salt Lake City during the Graeter family's Dillon years, she was nearly a Dillon girl. The Graeter grocery founder moved the family to Arcata in 1906 where they have since resided.
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Dillon
Lucille Graeter
L. D. Graeter
Miss Graeter
Salt Lake City
Mr. Graeter
Graeter Grocery
Big February Horse Auction Draws Buyers to Dillon
Beaverhead county hosts a statewide livestock gathering as horse buyers wool representatives and cattle dealers arrive for the February auction sale. Traders discuss lamb prices wool contracts and beef cattle offers while Madison and Beaverhead growers seek top dollar for lambs and steers with prices around 10 cents for lambs and 9 to 9.75 for beef cattle.
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City
Beaverhead
Dillon
Montana
I. M. Solomon
Hismann Brothers
Boston
Solomon
Joseph Strang
Beaverhead County
James Judge
Madison County
Wm. Rae
Billingss
Rae
Bi Ad
Joe Kramer
Jack Husted
Jess Finsley
Jackson
Jules Wenger
George Clemon
Guy Buster Faces Federal Charge Over Mailed Liquor
Guy Buster, 28, arrested in Armstead by Sheriff Wyman and jailed in Dillon for ten days before federal officer P. J. Moore took him to Butte. Charged with violating the Webb Act for mailing liquor to Salmon, he faces federal court action. His troubled past includes an Idaho murder conviction and a lynch-threat incident in Salmon.
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Guy Buster
Armstead
Wyman
Dillon
P. J. Moore
Butte
Moore
Buster
Salmon
Salmon City
Lemhi County
Idaho
Harry Brown
Superintendent to Attend National School Masters Convention
Dr. Grant E. Finch, superintendent of the Normal training school, will leave Dillon this week to attend the national convention of school superintendents in Kansas City.
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Grant E. Finch
Normal Training School
Dillon
Kansas City
Overland Cars Attract Attention In Southern Montana
Ditty & Sheppard Auto Company recently became Overland agents for southern Montana via Alb ee Brothers of Deer Lodge. Six 1917 Overland models were unloaded last Saturday for display, led by the new Country Club roadster with a dark grey body, red wire wheels, and gray upholstery. The firm invites the public to visit their garage to view the latest Overland models.
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Ditty & Sheppard Auto Company
Montana
Albee Brothers
Deer Lodge
Overland Country Club
Ditty & Sheppard Autonomany
Overland
Beaverhead Treasurer Receives State School Funds
H F Crittenden treasurer of Beaverhead county received eleven thousand six hundred ten dollars from state school funds as the county share. Each pupil will receive five dollars and fifty cents with districts to be apportioned April 30 based on October first enrollment.
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H. F. Crittenden
Beaverhead County
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New Hartwig Theatre
Local High
California
Great Northwest
Ditty & Sheppard Auto CO
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