Summer School at the Montana State Normal College
Dr. H. H. Swain announces a six week summer term starting June 19 1911 at Dillon Montana. The program emphasizes instruction by regular faculty with postgraduate teachers, extensive library and laboratory resources, lectures by educational leaders, and a five dollar tuition with five dollar weekly board lodging. Four target groups are outlined including experienced teachers, aspiring young educators, interrupted students, and out of state teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Swain
Montana State Normal College
Montana
Dillon
Beaverhead
Lewis and Clark
Oregon Short Line
School Law of
Othmon
State Normal College
Normal College
Beaverhead High School Basketball at Opera House
Beaverhead high school basketball teams meets Butte high school Saturday night at the Opera House in Dillon. Beaverhead pursues another win after an undefeated season while Butte arrives with several victories and strong competition. The clash is billed as a thrilling, must see game for local fans.
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Beaverhead County
Opera House
Butte High School
Beaverhead Bunch
Butte Bunch
Dillon
Carpenters Return After Weeks Finishing Idaho Residence
The force of carpenters including Jay Holtz Tom Scott Turner Wemple and Melton returned this morning from Hayden Idaho where they have been for the past several weeks finishing up the work on the Thomas Yearian residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Holtz
Tom Scott
Turner, Wemple and
Melton
Hayden
Idaho
Thomas Yearian
Holden Defends Law and Calls for Full Property Valuation
Norman Holden, elected assessor, urged strict compliance with state law at Helena meeting. He attacked current assessments as too low and proposed uniform rules, detailing minimum values for livestock, timber, lumber, coal, and other property, with discretion for some categories retained by assessors.
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Norman Holden
Helena
Holden
Thes
Harwood
Gallatin County
Plan to reallocate state senate by population in Montana
Rep Dobell of Silver Bow introduces a constitutional amendment for reapportioning the state senate with one senator per 10 000 residents. The proposal expands the upper house to 37, allows redistricting after every census, and lists 24 districts with varied senator counts including six for Silver Bow and two for Yellowstone.
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Dobell
Silver Bow County
Senate
Beaverhead
Madison
Broadwater
Jefferson
Carbon
Cascade
Chouteau
Custer
Dawson
Deer Lodge
Fergus
Flathead
Gallatin
Meagher
Granite and
Powell
Lewis and Clark
Lincoln and Sanders
Missoula
Park
Ravalli
Rosebud
Silver Bow
Sweet Grass and Carbon
Teton
Yellowstone
Death of Mrs Jane Bryant Pioneer Resident of Melrose
Mrs Jane Bryant aged 73 died in Melrose Sunday evening from pneumonia. The funeral was held in Dewey today with interment there. She was sister to George Howard a well known city resident living on South Railroad avenue.
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Jane Bryant
Melrose
Dewey
Dillon Prepares for Biggest Western Montana Horse Sale
A Dillon sale will run February 20 to 22 with opening on February 26 at 11 am. C. X. Larabie of Portland brings Brooknook standard bred horses, the Boston and Montana band headlines the parade, and 25 head of standard bred geldings will be sold. Event aims to attract many buyers and boost local wealth.
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Dillon
Montana
Smith
Boston
Butte
United States
C. X. Larabie
Portland
Oregon
Brooknook Farm
Ruby Valley
Annual School Art Exhibition Showcases 200 Carbon Masterpieces
During February 7 to 11 the public school hosts an art exhibition of over 200 large carbon photographs from ancient and modern masters. The works are attractively mounted and hung in the school building with nightly entertainment programs. An admission fee funds framed pictures for classrooms, and the Elson pictures from Boston are loaned free of charge.
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A. W. Elson & Company
Boston
United States
Elson
Beaverhead County High School Board Re-elects Foote
The Beaverhead County High School board met Saturday January 21 and re elected Prof L R Foote for 1911 12. They discussed two key issues including establishing a dormitory to house students from across the county and improving student welfare.
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Foote
Margaret Ross
Thos. Olmsted
Messrs. White, Featherly and Scott
Beaverhead County
L. R. Foote
Dillon
Beaverhead County High School
Bagdad Shriners Organized in Butte Delegation
The Shriners of Western Montana organized the Bagdad temple in Butte led by Deputy Imperial Potentate Schramm of Salt Lake. A. R. Currie is potentate. temple membership stands at 300. Dillon sent a large delegation including George Dart and F. E. Dodds among others with reps from Bedrock Lima and Dell.
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Shriners
Montana
Butte
Bagdad Temple
Imperial
Schramm
Salt Lake
A. R. Currie
Algeria
Helena
Dillon
George Dart
F. E. Dodds
Ralph Rathbone
J. E. Monroe
E. L. Poindexter
John Orr
Bert Orr
Ernest Orr
Robert McDowell
Anthony French
Edmund Callaway
Frank Hazelbaker
A. F. Graeter
John Ewing
L. K. Adams
Julius Rounds
Ed Roe
Bedrock
Elmer Martinell
Dell
Henry Fitter
Lima
Elks Charity Ball Draws Large Crown in Festive Glow
The Elks Charity Ball dazzled Monday night with ornate holly and smilax decor and fir tree stage displays. Over seven hundred attendees joined in the grand march led by Governor and Mrs Norris, with Mrs Norris wearing a white gown and a violet bouquet.
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the Elks
Madame Ericke
New Teacher Miss Retta Rust Joins Gallipolis Public Schools
Miss Retta Rust of Gallipolis Ohio is elected to fill the second grade vacancy caused by Miss Wells resignation. She graduates this week from Teachers College Columbia University in New York City and arrives to teach after a interim period where Alice Conway Hortense Paul and primary supervisor Miss Bettes guided the class.
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Retta Rust
Gallipolis
Ohio
Miss Wells
Miss Rust
Teacher’s College
Columbia University
New York City
Alice Conway
Hortense Paul
Normal College
Bettes
Proclamation Quarantines Northwest Dogs Amid Rabies Warnings
Governor Norris issues a quarantine targeting dogs from Oregon and several Washington counties as well as Idaho counties Nez Perce Washington Idaho Canyon Owyhee and Latah. State veterinarian warns rabies is present in those regions and all transportation firms are barred from bringing such dogs into the state.
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Govenor Norris
Oregon
Latin
Garfield
Columbia
Benton
Walla Walla
Washington
Idaho
Nez Perce
Canyon
Owyhee
Latah
Northwest
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