Farlin Social Notes Mark Yearstart With Dances and Moves
Pat Welsh resigns as foreman at the Farlin smelter to take a similar post at Heinze smelter in Butte on January 1. His family will stay. many locals joined a New Year dance at the school house. Other items note residents' travels, a school reopening February 1, repairs on the mine engine, and smelter activity returning to normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Welsh
Heinze
Butte
Welsh
Farlin
A. G. Black
R. F. Wells
Mra. G. A. Heberlein
Mra. E. Heberlein
Ellis
W. M. Co
R. J. Ball
Will Black
New Year and Christmas Dances Highlight Bannack Social Season
Bannack notes a successful New Years Eve dance at the C and M hall with supper at the Meade hotel and post midnight floor duties by the ladies. Christmas dances in the Co and M hall and a repeat performance on Christmas night bring joy, while residents share holiday visits and travel between Bannack, Dillon, Horse Prairie, and Polaris Lake as Mr. and Mrs. Engles and others stop by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. & M. Hall
Meade Hotel
Co. & M. Hall
Clayton
Louis Schuler
Emma
Mickus
Dillon
Mrs. Engles
Bannack
Horse Prairie
F. L. Graves
Town People Reported in Weekend Visits
Byron Nay was in town Saturday from Horse Prairie. Vonnie Purdam arrived from Bedrock Thursday to attend the dance. Frank Blair was in town Sunday from his home on Horse Prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Nay
Horse Prairie
Vonnie Purdam
Bedrock
Frank Blair
Polaris letter highlights festive events in Dillon area
Miss Alice Malany hosts a large gathering of children with a Christmas tree and phonograph. New Year’s Eve brings a surprise party at the Polaris mine with dancing and a late supper. Local residents, sleigh rides, dinners, and visits from relatives fill the holidays as Dillon shows promise.
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Alice Malany
Santa Claus
Mr. Ellis
Alice
Gragatopper
Polarias
Andy Pyle
Anaconda
Larimer
Miss Carroll
Brother
Big Hole
Misa Carroll
Mulany
Milton Hays
Flynn visitors tout Dillon growth and mine prospects
Dillon residents Thomas and Terrance Flynn with Patrick Flynn visit Butte and Dillon. They praise Dillon’s waterworks and new fire hydrants, predict Dillon will rival Butte as a smelting center, and note enlarged smelting capacity and Ajax ore shipping, with a possible Ajax sale to eastern buyers.
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Thomas
Terrence Flynn
Butte
Dillon
Patrick Flynn
Terrance
Spokane
Messrs
Flynn
Big Hole
Birch Creek
Ajaxia
Ajax
Inter Mountain
Pioneering Bannack Banker Introduces Dredge Boat
F L Graves of Bannack a Montana veteran and Dillon bank president ran a mercantile business and owns ground. He pioneered the dredge boat for placer mining nearly ten years after first conceiving the idea and built the first boat in 1895. The craft proved profitable on Bannack bars though nearby pits have since drained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Graves
Bannack
Montana
State National Bank
Dillon
Butte
Graves
Caution notice disclaims debts of wife
In a 1946 statement C. H. Deputy warns the public not to credit his wife and states he will not be responsible for any debt she contracts.
Robbery at Frying Pan Basin Sheep Camp
A thief looted a Frying Pan Basin Sheep company camp last week taking portable items including a 25 30 rifle. Foreman Clifford Bond interrupted the escape, the thief fled into rough ground dropping loot, the rifle later found in a cabin. No arrests reported.
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Frying Pan Basin
Clifford Bond
Bond
Joe Engle Dies Suddenly in Lodging House
Joe Engle died of pneumonia in a Carhart lodging house on Thursday night after several days at the Centennial saloon and a loss of appetite. He was transported to the lodging house with medical aid but died within minutes of arrival, with Dr Poindextv responding too late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Engle
Carhart
Bammer
Poindext
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SSP Spp
Busist
Beaverhead
Polaris
Harry and
Thomas Underwood
Henry Sifkina
Sifkins
Miss Cosgrove
Wm. Pyeatt
R. H. Ryburn
Forest Herr
Polaris Lake
Joe Nesley
Horse E Prairie
M. Dory
Ban
Blacktail
J. E. Morse
R. A. Reynolds
Idaho Street
White
Orr
Zetta Landon
Mr. Reynolds
Reynolds
Johns-Hopkins Hospital
San Francisco
Messrs. Knotts & Dunbar
C. H
State Bank of
Ees
Ceceerere Neers
Cece
State OF Montana
Ilgg County
A. L. Stone
M. Barrett
Joy Shineberger
A.R. Jacobs
Beaverhead County
Geo. R. Metlen
United States Deputy Mineral Surveyor
Garving
Ghiffoniers
Brownfield-Canty. Carpet Co
W. Park and
W. Galenz Sts
Fancy West
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