Normal College to Raise 550 000 for New Buildings
Montana bonds totaling 550000 were sold to Montana Trust and Savings Bank in Helena. Of this, 260000 funds new structures at the State Normal College in Dillon, with 125000 for a library, 85000 for a gymnasium, and 50000 for a heating plant. Architects McIvor and Cohagen and Willgon are supervising. work expected to start after frost.
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Helena
Montana Trust & Savings Bank
Dillon
State Normal College
Normal College
McIvor & Cohagen
Great Falls
Fred Willgon
Bozeman
R. C. Hugenin
Craven
School of Mines
Dillon to Entertain Prominent Stockmen at Livestock Show
Dillon hosts prominent stockmen as Dillon prepares for a great livestock show with Secretary Wallace attending. Frank Hatfield of Dillon, Montana State College, is elected 1924 Bobcat football captain and leads in basketball, noted as a student leader and top athlete. Finance committee makes preliminary arrangements for Friday night as Dillon anticipates an important convention. International and national speakers will attend, bringing benefits to Dillon and Beaverhead County.
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Frank Hatfield
Bobcats
Dillon
Montana State College
Bozeman
Bobcat
Frank
Montana
Teachers' College of Colorado
University of New Mexico
State College
Beaverhead County
Local quintets to clash as Beaverhead hosts Butte Central
Beaverhead high school returns to the floor against Butte Central next Friday at the high school gym after adding last year's veterans Ted Oliver Howard Holmes and Emerson Hughes who became eligible again. A Demolay versus Columbians showcase is planned for Saturday with Beaverhead's Demolay five touted for speed and sharp passing led by Warren Murray Dell Lloyd Rodney Foster Fred Dullenty Ernest Nelson William Nelson Hugh Scully and Gordon Berry.
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Beaverhead
Butte Central
Butte
Ronan
Anaconda
Dillon
Ted Oliver
Howard Holmes
Emerson Hughes
Quint
Demolay
Columbians of
Warren Murray
Dell Lloyd
Rodney Foster
Fred Dullenty
Ernest Nelson
William Nelson
Hugh Scully
Gordon Berry
Annual Legion Minstrel and Vaudeville Show Planned
At a recent American Legion meeting the group scheduled the fourth annual minstrel and vaudeville show. Frank Ashworth will serve as general manager with plans in early stages. The Hartwig theatre is the venue and the event is expected to be a major knockout like prior shows.
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American Legion
Frank Ashworth
Hartwig Theatre
Graeter Funeral Held in Dillon for A F Graeter
The funeral of A F Graeter, Montana pioneer and member of all Masonic bodies, was held Thursday at the Masonic Temple in Dillon. Knights Templar St Elmo Commandery conducted services with pallbearers including Senator Frank Hazelbaker. interment followed in Mountain View Cemetery.
They’re Off for Special Session in Helena
Senator Frank Hazelbaker and H. G. Rodgers from this county travel to Helena to take part in a special legislative session. They will stay in the capital city until the session ends. Mrs. Hazelbaker accompanied the senator to her home city and will visit friends during the session.
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Frank Hazelbaker
H. G. Rodgers
Helena
China, Dr Canwright to Speak at Methodist Church
Dr Canwright, a long time medical practitioner in China, will headline the Methodist Church Sunday night January 27. He will speak at 3 30 in the Epworth League before a 7 30 pulpit address. Sunday services follow the usual schedule with Sunday school at 10 am and public service at 11 am.
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China
Canwright
Methodist Church
Dillon
Epworth League
Governor Dixon Issues Requisition Papers for Binney
Governor Joseph M. Dixon of California has issued requisition papers to secure the return of Harold J. Binney. Binney, held at Santa Rosa, is charged in Silver Bow county with obtaining $450 from J. J. Johnson by misrepresentation in connection with the sale of stock in the Vigilante Motion Picture Company.
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Helena
California
Harold J. Binney
Joseph M. Dixon
Binney
Santa Rosa
Cal
Silver Bow County
J. J. Johnson
Vigilante “Motion Picture Company
Sheriff Arrives to Discuss Binney Extradition in Butte Case
Santa Rosa California January 21 Sheriff Dayton Robinson of Silver Bow county arrives after conferring with Attorney General A S Webb in Sacramento on Binney extradition. Binney, his attorney says, will fight extradition which is to be presented before Governor Richardson in Sacramento on Wednesday.
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Dayton Robinson
Silver Bow County
A. 8. Webb
Sacramento
H. J. Binney
Butte
Binney
F. W. Richardson
Infant Dies in Kerosene Lamp Accident
Beulah Marie Howell, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley C. Howell, suffocated after kerosene spilled from a lamp toppled by the child. The accident occurred Sunday evening in the kitchen. a doctor could not save her. Survived by parents, a brother Claude, a sister Lavon, and six-year-old twin siblings. Funeral held in the city with burial at Mountain View cemetery. The family had lived in the county about ten years and on a nearby ranch recently.
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Beulah Marie
Wiley C. Howell
Claude
Lavon
Mountain View
Howell
Beaverhead Tops Montana Livestock Counts
Beaverhead county remains the leading Montana county in cattle and sheep numbers. State figures show 81,413 cattle in Beaverhead this year, with statewide totals rising to 1,114,068 cattle and 1,798,827 sheep in 1923. Values shift downward while head counts rise. autos surpass horses in numbers.
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State Board of Equalization
Beaverhead County
Delinquent Tax Sale Held Monday At County Courthouse
Delinquent tax sale conducted last Monday at the county courthouse by County Treasurer Miss Batle Mathews drew little interest. About twenty four sales were bid in, with most properties taken by the county, proceeding in a routine manner.
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Batle Mathews
Well Known Resident Dies Suddenly in Dillon
F. Peterson a 12 year Dillon shoemaker died last Wednesday at the Barshaw rooms from a brain abscess after a day of illness and years of a cold. Born in Denmark on December 26 1861 he immigrated to America at 21 and worked as a boot and shoe maker in Deer Lodge Miles City Dillon and finally at the Holinger store. Surviving are his wife and four sons and two daughters. Funeral services were held Saturday at Brundage parlors with Modern Woodmen in charge and burial at Mountain View cemetery.
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F. Peterson
Dillon
Barshaw
Denmark
America
Deer Lodge
Miles City
Holinger
City
Peterson
John H. Moore
Butte
Henry Shipley
H. F
Missoula
W. W
Helena
A.T
Laurence
Brundage Undertaking
Edward Smith
Mountain View Cemetery
Schools Report Perfect Attendance and Punctuality
Miss Alice Rowe announces several schools with perfect attendance last month Elkhorn Mines Polaris and Mill Point. Upper Wisdom Doyle Gosman Grant and lower Jackson had 100 percent punctuality. Four in the county Drummey Bannack Argenta and upper Jackson grade had both attendance and punctuality records.
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Alice Rowe
Elkhorn Mines
Polaris
Mill Point
Wisdom
Doyle
Gosman
Grant
Jackson
Drummey
Montana Livestock Show to Attract Hundreds in Dillon
The Montana Stockmen's convention comes to Dillon in April with the Montana Livestock Show featuring the largest cash prizes for cattle sheep swine grain and forage. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is invited to attend and deliver an address marking the first cabinet member visit to the county. The finance committee headed by Mayor Roscoe Cornell plans a major event in the 24000 square foot First National Wool Warehouse building near stockyards.
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Montana
Montana Stockmen’s
State Stockmen’s Association
Dillon
Helena
Butte
Billings
Miles City
State Board of Equalization
Old Beaverhead
Beaverhead
Madison
Wallace
Washington
Roscoe Cornell
Bert Williams
Fred Carter
C. H. Niblack
Jack Barrett
Ross Hmerick
W. H. Keller
Ernest Orr
Charles Meine
J. F. Wiksdal
E. 0. Selway
James Dodd
John Bray
Smith McKnight
J. E. Keller
E. M. Martinell
W. S. Tash
Thomas Pierce
Carl Hansen
George Clemon
J. E B. Shaw
Jorgen Jorgenson
W. J. Tope
R. E. Foster
First National Wool Warehouse Company
Chicago
Doctor Morand Opens Dillon Osteopathy Offices
Dr Laurence Sanford Morand arrives in Dillon this week and opens offices in the Medlen block. An osteopath from Miles City, he graduated with high honors from the College of Osteopathy in Kirksville Missouri and brings strong recommendations to Dillon.
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DR. Morand
Dillon
Laurence Sanford Morand
Medlen
Miles City
The
College of Osteopathy
Kirksville
Want Game and Bird Preserve at Elkhorn
Petitions circulate to establish a game and bird preserve in the Elkhorn Springs district. Dillon Rod and Gun club Beaverhead Anglers' association and local residents sponsor the effort. Petition copies will be sent to the State Game Commission.
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Elkhorn
Elkhorn Springs
Dillon Rod and Gun Club
Beaverhead Anglers’ Association
The
State Game Commission
Beaverhead Vies With Largest Moose Herd in Montana
Missoula January 19 Montana's one buck law boosts deer numbers in District No 1 forest census showing 52 941 deer up from 9 760. Elk drop to 11 677, moose fall to 1 190, with Beaverhead County boasting nearly 360 moose in the state protected year round.
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Beaverhead
Montana
Missoula
Forest Service
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Charles
State Board OF Equalization Reports
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Dison
Meagher
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