Court Hears Manslaughter Case and Multiple Trials
John Walgomott faced a district court hearing on a manslaughter charge after a fatal incident with Guy Pearson. Walgomott pleaded guilty and received two years penal servitude with parole after county attorney recommendation. The week also included civil actions, disturbances, a criminal operation allegation, a sanity commitment, and a concealed weapons case in various local courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walgomott
Guy Pearson
Dell
Robison & Gilbert
Richard R. Price
Joe Betella
Poindexter
Pease & Stephenson
Tony Shaness
Phillips
Georgia Sanderson
William Wilson
Anna McBroom
Butte
Metlen
Doctor Walker
Lorin Spencer
E. J
L. L. Callaway
Duff & Duff
Sam Ravenscraft
Warm Springs
Scully
Ravensecraft
Grocery firm Forsgren Thomas incorporates in Dillon
Forsgren and Thomas file articles of incorporation forming Forsgren Thomas & Company with a $15 000 capital. J W Forsgren C A Forsgren and C P Thomas serve as directors, succeeding the Bond & Bond partnership. The new firm plans to build an addition to its building and operate on a cash basis. Sam L Clinton will run a new grocery store in the Edie building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Forsgren & Thomas
J. W. Forsgren
C. P. Thomas
Forsgren, Thomas & Company
Carl Bond
Sam L. Clinton
Whitehall
Edie
Harrison
Long Journey for Trout from Montana to Calcutta
From Bozeman Montana rainbow trout will be shipped to Calcutta India via San Francisco Hong Kong and British Steamship Company lines. W T Thompson superintendent of the government fish hatchery in Bozeman received instructions from Washington to prepare the shipment. The fish will be turned over to the British fisheries department through the British consuls. This marks the first introduction of Montana speckled trout into the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Montana
Calcutta
India
W. T. Thompson
Government
Washington, D. C
San Francisco
Hongkong
China
British Steamship Company
British Fisherises Department
Hemisphere
Orient
Dillon Visit as Stephen Kambich Serves on Jury
Carl Kambich, youngest son of Reichle resident Stephen Kambich, spends the week in Dillon with his father who is serving on a jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Kambich
Stephen Kambich
Reichle
Dillon
Johnson Fined 500 For Assault At Lima School
J M Johnson of Lima was fined 50 for assaulting FE M Evans principal of the Lima school and another 50 for upbraiding and insulting Evans. Johnson's 15 year old son Walter was given probation with possible reform school action, pending further proceedings. The case stemmed from a dispute over punishment of Walter and alleged choking reported by the son’s sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. M. Evans
Lima
J. M. Johnson
Kenison
Justice Court
Evans
Johnson
Walter
Miles City
Safe Robbed in Armstead Store
Burglars gained entry by removing front door glass at Wed um s store in Armstead and took 66.50 from the safe and cash register. The theft occurred between Monday night and Tuesday morning 12 to 8. Sheriff deputies arrested Heywood Brown and Robert Fever by five o clock yesterday, both previously jailed on a vagrancy charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wedum
Armstead
Ted Ames
H. H. Bates
Dillon
Heywood Brown
Robert Fever
Rider Injured Cutting Steers in Willis Field
Odell Green an employee of John Lenbergdorfer Willis was thrown from his horse while cutting out steers in Garrison's field and broke his right leg He was taken by passenger train to Butte and admitted to Murray hospital last week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrison
Willis
Odell Green
John Lenbergdorfer
Green
Butte
Murray’ S Hospital
Noted Violinist to Appear Here in Dillon
The Dillon concert scene awaits as Josef Konecny the Bohemian violin virtuoso will perform next Wednesday January 21 under the Normal Lyceum. He is joined by Alma Hays Reed soprano and Prudence Neff pianist with praise for their high caliber talents and the program that includes opera and lighter songs. The event is billed as a top attraction for a town of this size and urged for attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Josef Konency
Alma Hays Reed
Prudence Neff
Lyceum
Konecny
Seveik
Vienna Conservatory
Kubelik
First Presbyterian Church of
Pittsburg
Southerland
Misa Neff
Association Wants Leverett
Ed F Murphy president of the Union Association visited Dillon on his Salt Lake to Butte trip seeking a contract for 8S Leverett Dillon’s pitcher for next season. Leverett rejects vague offers, while Dillon’s prospects for a stronger team look bright and he is expected to attend the first training call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. F. Murphy
The
Union Association
Dillon
Salt Lake
Butte
W. Leverett
Beaverhead Booster Speaks on Local Land Value
A Beaverhead tax payer extols the valley’s land, claiming no Idaho land matches Beaverhead’s 160 acres. The speaker notes land at $200 per acre, with alfalfa grain and sugar beets as crops, while recalling a past encounter with a land shark in Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Shanks
Beaverhead County
Montana
Oregon
Idaho
ePhat
Beaverhead Valley
Beaverhead
Here
Metlen to Leave Dillon for Helena with Family
George R. Metlen and his wife will move to Helena around the 20th due to his duties as secretary of the highway commission. C. J. Donaldson will take over his Dillon office, and Metlen’s departure is noted with regret by many friends who wish the family prosperity in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Highway Commission
Helena
George R. Metlen
Mr. Metlen
Highway Commission
Stewart
C. J. Donaldson
Great Falls
Washington State College
Montana Power Company
Metlen
Forest Service Plans Timber Cruise in Big Hole Area
The Forest Service will survey about 100000 acres between French Gulch and Pintler Creek in the Big Hole country once spring weather allows. A 200000000 foot merchantable timber strip near Pintler Creek lies inside Bea Verhead forest boundaries. About 15 men will cruise 40 acre blocks to produce a detailed report and maps guiding future logging operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Hole
French Gulch
Pintler Creek
Forest Service
Beaverhead National Forest
Wayman
Forest Department
Italian Deported For Theft Late Last Summer
Amilo Baldessiro an Italian national ordered deported by federal authorities left New York for Italy last Saturday Baldessiro had been arrested in Dillon last summer for stealing a razor He was caught when attempting to sell the item to the person he had stolen it from.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amilo Baldessiro
New York
Italy
Baldessiro
Dillon
Prospector and Miner Win in Federal Land Ruling
A new interior department policy reverses the Yard case, allowing miners to locate claims in forests with proper regulation. Assistant Secretary Jones rejects past forest service rulings and affirms miners rights to discovery, while land offices must prove up claims or face invalidation. The Nichols and Smith placer claims in Oregon’s WPA forest mark the pivotal reversal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service
Land Department
Denver
Department of the Interior
Andries’ A. Jones
Great West
Franklin K. Lane
Lane
Jones
New Mexico
Department
Secretary of the Interior
J. P. Nichols
Cy Smith
Wallowa —National—Forest
Oregon
Forestry Service
General Land Office
Sugar Factory Closure Sets Production Records in Billings
Billings Montana January 12 The Billings sugar factory ended its nearly four month campaign last Saturday and set records. It processed about 138000 acres of sugar beets, roughly 4000 more than last year, and sliced 240000 tons earning farmers about one and a half million dollars. Final figures on output and business await compilation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Mont
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Walgomott
District Court
Arthur Smith
Great
No Where
Stahl
Smith
S. A. Robinson
Oregon Short Line
District
Olmsted-Stevenson Company
Miller
Norris, Hurd & Smith
Rodgers & Gilbert
Braiding
Lima Public Schools
Association
Leverett
George Metlen
Departement of the Interior
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