Chili King Featured In Dillon Local Ads And Visits
Local notes show visits by J R Scott and F A Risser in Butte and Helena, Dillon readers urged to visit the Chili King, and ads for coal transfer services and Buff Orpington eggs. Several townspeople, including Miss Schrader and Mrs Issac Rife, are listed as visiting Dillon or from nearby areas. A note mentions March 15 cattle shipments from Ogden with registered bulls. A church group and social events are also described along with a march through Badger Pass.
Eastern Editor Boosts Montana Opportunities in New Book
A Chicago Inter Ocean editorial promotes a Montana volume showing vast land, forest and grazing areas totaling about 80 million acres each, irrigation potential, high mineral and agricultural value, and a sparse population. The piece argues Montana’s real opportunities are underexplored compared with states like Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Montana
Department of Publicity
Dallas
Yellowstone
Glacier National Parks
Montana Aga
Wild West
Union
New York
New England
United States
Alaska
Illinois
Enjoyable Masquerade Ball in Dart’s Hall
A large crowd attended Herbert Wheat’s masquerade ball in Dart’s Hall last Saturday night. Miss Margaret Maxwell won ladies first prize in Chinese costume for a manicure set, Mrs Thomas Weassella took second prize in eighteenth century dress for a card tray, Leonard Adams won first prize for a gentleman impersonator, and a misjudged second prize went to Mrs Eph Stoller for her female impersonation with a gold tie clasp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Wheat
Dart’s Hall
Margaret Maxwell
Thomas” Weassella
Leonard Adams
William Scully
Jake Mittlemeier
Irving Adams
Fair Sex
Eph Stoller
Scrooge at Pastime theater features Dickens tale
The Pastime theater showcases a three reel dramatization of Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol this week. The program focuses on the famed English tale as the main feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
Dickens Scrooge Play Promises Fun and Pathos
Seymour Hicks stars in a Scrooge presentation praised for its pathos and humor drawing large attendance from children and adults. Special prices are listed, with additional films shown, and Saturday Educational reels featured including Making Out Glass and Buddhist Temples. Forsgren-Thomas offers a child free ticket with grocery purchases, while Kathryn Williams features continue. A separate meeting discusses resolving disputes over the Creamery site deeds between the Reynolds estate and the city of Dillon with no action taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Hicks
Scrooge
India
Forsgren-Thomas Company
Kathryn Williams
Dillon
Reynolds
Harlan J. Thompson
Billings
City Council Approves Revised City Hall Plans
A special meeting of the city council, held at the city attorney’s office, saw all members present except Mayor Selway. The building committee reported favorably on Fred Willson & Company’s revised city hall plans and the council unanimously adopted them. Work is to begin when weather permits excavations, though some members objected to the cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlow Pease
Selway
Eliel
J. H. Gilbert
Hugh McCaleb
Leonard Eliel
Fred Willson & Company
Bozeman
Chinese Girl Fined for Opium Sale in Restricted District
Lily Lock a Chinese girl was arrested Sunday by Sheriff Erwin and arraigned Tuesday before Justice Kenison. She pled guilty after counsel withdrew, and was fined $25 with warning to not sell opium again. A hop outfit seized at arrest will be destroyed.
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Lily Lock
Erwin
Lily
Justice Court
Kenig
Jim Jee
Charlie Chang
Kenison
Charles Chang
Geelum
Tenth Annual Winter Picnic of Cross Country Club
The Cross Country club held its tenth winter picnic last week in the hills west of town. Members spent a pleasant afternoon around a camp fire and enjoyed a supper later. The club has held monthly picnics for four years, proving Beaverhead Valley’s climate to be unparalleled.
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Cross Country Club
Beaverhead Valley
Graeter Grocery Co. Price Totals Displayed
A fragment shows Graeter Grocery Co. with multiple price points listed as 10c 10c¢ 25c 25c¢ 1.00 125, indicating product pricing or sale tags.
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Pride of Dillon
J. R. Scott
Butte
F. A. Risser
Gladys Bingham
Mrs. Issac Rife
John Barrett
Horse Prairie
Sam Hall
Virginia City
Frank Schwartz
O. M. Best
Bell
Dr. Walker
Metlen Block
Albert Anderson
W. D. Olive
Ed. Roe
Bedrock
F. H. Bimrose
James Dodd
Alder
A. Beardsley
Lima
Carl Bondaddy
Frank Rife
Medicine Lodge
Karl Beehrer
Reichle
Buff Orpington
George
Fair Grounds
Clifford Ewing
Sheridan
G. D. Selway
Twin Bridges
Metlen
Terry Browning
Edgar Meyers
Raymond Myers
G. T. Paul
Centennial Valley
Roy Murray
Montana Auto Supply Company
J. F. McCormick
Helena
St. James Guild
Melville T. Lougheed
Morse
Idaho Street
Francis Towery
Gilmore
Idaho
Gilmore Miner's Union
G. W. Patrick
Ogden
Utah
Durhams
James Brown
C. W. Robison
A. C. Gruwell
Murray Hospital
Louise Hollister
Zeta McGovern
Beatrice Collins
Messers
James Julius Brown
Joseph Alva Murray
Joseph Charles Wedum
Madison County
Baptist Aid Society
Quitman Owen
Evergreen Farm
Baptist
Earl Smith
Smith
Badger Pass
Roy Spencer
Ewing
Spencer
Grasshopper
Will Tash
Robert Rhune
Polaris
Hansen's
Kennedy
Norway
Georgas
Co. Eecesseecsecaene
Franco Barton
Kirk & Co
Sunkist
Montana Mercantile
Pillsbury’s
Barrington Hall Coffee
Barrington Hall
Graeter Grocery Company
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