Banquet highlights Lions Club activities in Jackson Wisdom area
The Lions Club banquet at the Community Building drew seventy three attendees from Jackson and Wisdom with talks on deaf ethics and fish culture. Hosts Mrs Florence Grose and guests from Beaverhead county attended as social and civic notes colored a busy week in the basin with visits, birthdays, school news, and local travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Hole Basin
Florence Grose
Jackson
Wisdom
Harold Capeart
Marshall Ramsey
Eddie Gross
Freddie Arbour
Wilma Jones
Butte
Norman Vaughan
Lenore Jones
Roy Ford
Johnson
Quigley
Percy Storey
Fishtrap
Anaconda
Ed Storey
Dave Hirschey
Ae Ladies Aid
Thursa Bay
Willey
Percy Willey
Dillon
E. N. Jones
Savannah
Missouri
John Troupe
Harold Capehart
Clarence Helming
Harry Helming
Roy Oliver
Walter Stewart
Walter Clapp
Florence Reed
Jack Anderson
Bill Jenkins
J.goldberg
Wisdom Divide
Water‘cross Springs
Edith Miller
Wise River
Jennie Lawrence
Final Census Reports for State Shown
The Population bulletin from the U S census bureau shows Montana’s population from 1870 to 1930 rising from 20 695 to 587 606 over 60 years. Decade gains peaked in 1920 with 172 886 more than the prior decade. six cities exceed 10 000 residents.
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Montana
United States Census Bureau
Montana City Populations and County Changes in 1930 Census
The 1930 census reports Butte as Montana’s largest city with 3 582 residents, down 5 percent from 1920. Great Falls rises to 28 822, up 19 ½ percent. Billings Missoula Anaconda Helena follow in population. County counts show 15 increases and 30 decreases among unchanged counties. five new counties formed from eight others. Silver Bow County totals 56 969 in 1930, a slight rise from 1910 but a decrease from 1920.
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Butte
Great Falls
Billings
Missoula
Anaconda
Helena
Daniels
Golden Valley
Judith Basin, Lake and Petroleum
Silver Bow County
Sheriff Summers Shot in Morgan Gulch Turmoil in Dillon
A Friday shooting in Morgan Gulch left James Summers, sheriff of Madison County, dead by John Wolff who had a search warrant for his cabin. Wolff, 18, was captured next morning by Tom Whitney after alleged sheep camp robbery accusations by J H Johnson. The Dillon Ministers Association protests card playing and dancing. Graduates at State Normal with editor J H Durston delivering the address. three women graduate. Nickel in the slot ban closes machines at 5 pm. Norman Holden returns from state assessors meeting in Helena. Stockmen prep for Dillon horse sale next month. Kalamazoo Aeroplane Co wins contract to build two passenger planes for Michigan Montana Land and Orchard Co linking Missoula to Hamilton. Beaverhead High beats Anaconda 210-? in basketball. Andy Smith stars. Nominal training school class of 31 to finish this week. Buick touring car of W Hartwig stolen then found four miles south of Dillon.
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Frank Bacon
Ted Woodward
Dave Hirschey
Helen Hirschey
Mr. Woodward
Max Lewis
Fishtrap
Butte
Fred Hirschey
Doughneony Francia
Ralston
John Troupe
Marshall Ramsey
Harry ‘Helming
Harold Capehart
Roy Oliver
Idella ‘Husted
Jackson
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Arthur Reece
Russell Anderson
Anaconda
Norman Vaughan
Jim Scofield
Little Sons of Wisdom
John Hutchins
Cloyd Wampler
Jackson Woman’s Club
Jake Neidt
Will Knudsen
Central Motor Company
Fox District
William Henry
Snohomish
Washington
Jack Miller
Whoopee Club
Wisdom
Hans Jorgenson
Ralph Huntley
Bob Elwood
Grov
James Summers
Madgen County
Morgan Gulch
John Wollff
Wolff
J. H. Johnson
Tom Whitney
The
Ministers Association of
State Normal
J. H. Durston
Anseconda Standard
Tive O
Norman Holden
Helena
Kalamazoo Aeroplane Company
Michigan-Montana Land and Orchard Company
Aeror
Missoula
Lake Como
Hamilton
W. Hartwig
Stairway Case Appeals Over Lane Between Groshean and Dillmont
The district court ruled four times for A. C. and Florence Groshean on a dispute over a stairway between their buildings and the Dillmont Realty company. The Dillmont firm refused access to the stairway and has filed notice of appeal.
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Berd
Livingston
A. C. Groshean Amé
Florence Groshean
Grosheans
Dillmont Realty Company
Commissioners Close Meeting in Missoula on Tax and Fees
Missoula January 22 officials from State Associations of County Commissioners and Clerks closed sessions endorsing proposed county treasurer vehicle license fees and supporting the state income tax bill. They urged restrictions on narrow tires, state burial aid for veterans with no means, and opposed compulsory old age pensions. J B Convery presided. E J Byrne was secretary. Bert Maynard and H G Pickett named vice presidents. J G Brown of Helena remains as counsel. Montana Farm Bureau secretary Frank Jeffers discussed the income tax measure needing constitutional amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
J. B. Convery
Carbon
E. J. Byrne
Teste County
Commissioners’ Associations
Bert Maynard
Madison County
H. G. Pickett
Lewis and Cleats County
Helena
Tained Ag
Frank Jeffers
Montana Farm Bureau
Thm
Bureau
Also Mentioned on This Page
Er’ Helming
Will Daw
Phil’ Murdy
Bob
B. R. Stevenson
Henry Hendricks
Matt Christiansen
Ole Christiansen
Francis Ralston
Bert Christiansen
Jens Christiansen
Warren Shaw
Tation ‘Company
Herb
Armitage
J. A. Millecam
Rita Millecam
Frank Pendleton
Hansen Packing Company
Bill Ferguson
NID
Avannah
Naval Stores
Hutchinson Island Hegel
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Doris Curry
Rory Cole
3.C. Penney Company
O Pictorial Review
State Normal College
Ansconda High
Andy Smith
Sioners
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