Colonel Thorpe Seeks Moisture Conservation for Farms
Colonel Freeman Thorpe, a Montana portrait painter and moisture conservation advocate, plans lectures and demonstrations on contour embankment systems to reduce runoff and soil loss. He stresses dust as a fertilizer and cites potential US farm value gains of up to 10 billion dollars annually.
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Freeman Thorpe
Montana
Helena
Minnesota
Houston
Colonel Thorpe
Commercial Club
Hubert
Minn
Real estate and corporate filings in Dillon area
Patents Martin C. Jackson owns 240 acres in the Big Hole basin above Jackson. Alfred Baker 154.70 acres above Lima. John T. Neal 820 acres on the beach below Dillon. Warranty deeds list William C. Orr to Aura Orr and Matthew Orr to William C. Orr both on Washington Street, Dillon for $1 each. Bargain and sale deed Eugene Carver to Joseph Bedard for a lot in Dewey. quitclaim R W Boone to Clara E Mast for four lots in East Side Dillon for $10. Annual statements filed by Wisdom Electric, Union Electric, New Departure Mining, Maiden Creek Livestock, Phillips Livestock, Olmsted-Stevenson, John T. Orr Auto, Graeter Grocery, Dillon Greenhouse, Canfield Ranch, Dillon Implement, Big Hole Commercial, Bonniview Reservoir. Quartz and placer locations: Charles Retaljack road side lode in Blue Wing. Elkhorn placer claim by I B Hopkins et al. in Elkhorn district.
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Martin C. Jackson
Big Hole Basin
Jackson
Alfred Baker
Lima
John T. Neal
Dillon
William Cy Orr
Aura Orr
Washington Street
Matthew Orr
William C. Orr
Eugene Carver
Joseph Bedard
Dewey
Reichle News Notes Share Local Happenings
Mrs Garrison returns home from Virginia City after her brothers funeral. Mrs Adders adds a barn at their ranch. About 750 stock steers are fed at Woods Livestock ranch. Theresa Reichle visiting mother while teaching at Rochester. John Polish and father busy on Lost Creek logs for contracts. District students Kam bijh Buyan trio show good marks. Mrs A W Gillies returns to Butte with two sons. Snow storm ends dry spell. Season ticket holders get free entry. others pay half. Five girls and two men take a trip to Butte and Gregson Springs before returning home.
High School Notes Highlight Illness and Reentries
Marion Leach recovers from pneumonia and resumes arounds. Clay Patterson and Lawrence Price start this semester. Miss Johnson remains convalescent and cannot yet return to the English department. Newell Evans departs for Butte high school, leaving a gap on the gridiron and track.
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Clay Patterson
Lawrence Price
Convocation Addresses Campus as New Students Enroll
Professor Clark spoke to students and faculty at convocation. Two new enrollees were noted Miss Sutherland of Hamilton and Miss Peterson of Endora. The skating club postponed outdoor activities due to bad weather and held indoor dancing with hot tamales and coffee. A dividend entertainment is planned for the Normal auditorium on February 7 with Miss Mary Geneveive Kellett to give a dramatic recital.
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Miss Sutherland
Hamilton
Miss . Peterson
Endora
Mary Geneveive Kellett
Fire Department Banquet and Community Welfare Emphasis
The Dillon Volunteer Fire department and city officials hosted a banquet at J C O F hall with toastmaster Rev W H Watson. Mayor Selway Alderman Gilbert Chief Colling and other officials attended. The event highlighted firefighting methods and charity meals. Virginia City legal notes mention Callaway Callaway Beckett firm changes and Dillon practice continuing.
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Dillon Volunteer Fire Department
J. C. O. F. Hall
W. 8. Watson
Selway
Gilbert
Colling
Anaconda
Sassman
Oliver
Pease
Collins
James Rabolt
Notable Law Firm Formed by Callaway and Pray in Great Falls
Judge Lewis L. Callaway, a highly regarded county attorney, has joined with Montana former congressman Charles N. Pray to practice law in Great Falls. Their offices are in rooms 9 10 and 11 of the Todd building, marking a significant partnership in the state.
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Virginia City
Callaway & Beckett
Lew L. Callaway
Edmund J. Callaway
H. P. Beckett
Beckett
Sheridan
Virgina City
Dillon
Lewis L. Callaway
Charles N. Pray
Montana
Great Falls
Todd Building
Callaway
Monroe Speaks in Butte at Burns Memorial Event
President J. E. Monroe of Normal College spent the week in Butte attending Clan Wallace’s Burns memorial. He praised Burns as a writer and man, noting his sympathy for the helpless and his devotion to rural life through poems like Cotter’s Saturday Night and Winter’s Night.
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J. HE. Monroe
the Normal College
Butte
Clan Wallace
Bobbie Burns
Mr. Monroe
Wallace
Dr. Monroe
Burns
Cotter
Burns Noted Poet Champion of the Downtrodden
The passage honors Robert Burns as a poet whose work in 1775 marked his greatest period. It portrays him as champion of the weak, recalling his wit humor and sarcasm and noting his renowned poem recital by the speaker.
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Burn
Burns
Runaway Horse Lost For Two Days Near Sheridan
A Romanian sheepherder employed by John Lovell was thrown when a frightened horse bolted from a stockyard load and damaged the buggy. The missing horse, found near Sheridan in Madison county on Saturday morning, remained unharmed though the buggy was wrecked.
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John Lovell
Sheridan
Madison County
Raid on Griffith lodging house uncovers gambling paraphernalia
An anonymous call led Sheriff Erwin and Scully to room 24 at the Griffith lodging house where Bissell Austin slept in darkness. Although no game was ongoing, officers seized chips and a gambling table and, under a justice of the peace order, destroyed the outfit to enforce gambling prohibitions.
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Sheriff’s
Griffith
Erwin
Scully
Bissell Austin
Forestry Association Elects Leaders
The American Forestry Association has elected Henry 8 Diinker of Lehigh University as its president and P Ridsdale as secretary.
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American Forestry Association
Henry
Diinker
Lehigh University
Ridsdale
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Rochester
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John
Lost Creek
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Mary and
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A. W. Gillies
L. A. Foote
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Louise Hollister
Zita McGovern
Beatrice Collins
Messra. Brown
Wedum
Murray
L. C. McGovern
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Gregson Springs
Marion Leach
Newell Evans
Butte High School
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