Davennys at Chautauqua N festival quintet on stage
Davenny Festival Quintet presented to Chautauqua audiences with Davenny husband wife duo Hollis and Mrs Davenny recitals. Juis Caton praised as a top tenor in Atauqua circles. Alice Burgess Siering contralto and Marcella Geon pianist highlighted. Excerpts from The Bohemian Girl to close. Red Cross drives draw nurses, urging local women to begin nurse training at home now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
Hollis Holison Davenny
Juis Caton
Atauqua
Alice Burgess Siering
Marcella Geon
Patriotic Women Urged to Serve as Red Cross Nurses
State chairman Miss Margaret Hughes urges women statewide to volunteer as Red Cross nurses. Requirements state a nurse at the front must be a graduate from an institution or hospital with at least 60 male patients accommodated, indicating real experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Peing
Margaret Hughes
Red Cross Nursing Service
Selective Draft Preparations Underway with Local Boards
County exemption boards will be formed by sheriff, county clerk, and county physician with city boards for larger populations. Blank forms have been mailed by Adjutant General Greenan. Washington will handle the draft drawing by number, keeping identities hidden, while appeals may go to a second federal board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenan
War Department
Washington
Draft selection plan advances with local boards to September 1
The draft system will be set by comparing numbers to a printed home district list. Exemptions go before local boards. If a man is exempted, the next number replaces him and the process continues until the first 625,000 are assembled for training by September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithose
Unlawful Flooding of Public Highways Warned
Authorities warn irrigators to prevent ditch overflow flooding public highways. County attorney W G Gilbert says the law prohibits water runoff from ditches onto highways or others’ property. Penalty can reach up to one hundred dollars for violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Gilbert
Notice of Desert Land Final Proof for Eva B Howell
Department of the Interior notice states Eva B Howell of Grant Montana filed intent to make final proof on Desert Land Entry No 04758 for S4%4SE% section 4 township 108 range 14 W Montana meridian. Final proof to be before Frank A Hazel baker U S Commissioner Dillon Montana on August 15 1917 witnesses Hawley J Selway George B Ditty John L Bahks Dillon Montana and Samuel B Howell Grant Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Helena
Montana
Eva B. Howell
Grant
Range
Meridian
Frank A. Hazelbaker
United States
Dillon
Hawley J. Selway
George B. Ditty
John L. Bahks
Samuel B. Howell
John L. Ketner
Monida
Frank B. Sparrow
Lakeview
Ira C. Kennedy
Harry T. Martin
Charles F. Jones
Albert A. Jones
JOS. Oker
Register
Dr Henry Smith Williams Joins Chautauqua Lecturing Staff
Renowned author and scientist Dr Henry Smith Williams is secured for the 1917 Chautauquas lecturing staff. He is famed for popularizing science and has written many authoritative books and spoken with engaging eloquence in lectures across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Smith Williams
Williams
America
Dr. Williams
Notice for Publication No 09422 for Dillon Homestead
Paul O. Cash of Dillon Montana made a homestead entry on February 16 1914 under No 09422 for lots 1 2 and 8. The notice announces the filing and related action under the homestead program and specifies the lots involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Helena
Montana
Paul O. Cash
Dillon
Land Claim Notices Filed for Montana Holdings
Notice records two separate filings for three year proof of land claims in Montana. First by SNEY EY SE in section 1 town 7 S range 7 W with applicant names Lane Murray Sullivan and Rei all of Dillon to appear July 31 1917 before United States Commissioner Frank A Hazelbaker. Second by Gertrude Holman formerly Burson for W4 section 12 township 8 S range 8 west with witnesses Holden Smith Smith Owensby of Dillon to appear July 31 1917 before district court clerk Fred Rife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Helena
Montana
Albert Caine Morrow
Dillon
Seyney
Charles Nelson
Jos. Oker
Register
Ney
Sexney
Meridian
Frank A. Hazelbaker
United States
John M. Lane
George W. Murray
Daniel B. Sullivan
Philip L. Rei
Gertrude E. Holman
Gertrude E. Burson
Township
Ranges
Fred Rife
District Court
Clyde H. Smith
Hubert L. Smith
James Owensby
Samuel W. Trolinger
Range
William E.thomas
Fred M. Stratton
James
R. Owensby
Notice of Desert Land Entry No 07831 Guy E B Gray Bannack MT
Notice is given that Guy E B Gray of Bannack Montana filed Desert Land Entry No 07831 on February 16 1918 for lands in section 14 township 7 S range 12 to establish a claim under the act of March 4 1915. The entry was observed before Fred Rife Montana on August 1 with witnesses Carl G Knoll Napoleon G Goyer Otto BE Pahnish and George M Tash all of Bannack Montana. OKER Register 46th Jos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Helena
Montana
Guy Eb, Gray
Bannack
Township
Range
Meridian
Fred Rife
District Court
Dillon
Carl G. Knoll
Napoleon G. Goyer
Otto BE. Pahnish
George M. Tash
Jos. Oker
Register
Guy B. Gray
Otto E. Pahnish
Clarence Morrison
Apex
Carl T., Mast
Ray J. Stanfield
Harley A. Selby
Frank Mittelmeier
Notices of Publication for Homestead and Land Entry
Notices announce Guy B Gray of Bannack Montana plans to file commutation proof August 1 1917 on Homestead Entry No 012229 for lands in sections 14 and 23 township 7 12 W. Also Geo W O Neal of Harrison Arkansas applies to enter land in section 33 township 13 S range 8 W MT meridian under 2206 2207 RR U S. Adverse claims or protests must be filed by July 15 1917 with First publication June 13 1917. 44th Jos OKER Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Helena
Montana
Geo. W. O'Neal
Harrison
Boone County
Arkansas
U. 8
Range
Montana Meridian
JOS. Oker, Register
Notice Publication Entries and Divorce Suit in Montana
Multiple public notices of land entries and final proofs in Dillon Apex Monida and surrounding Montana counties. Includes Farrand and Morrison notices for three year and final proofs, Brundage desert land entry and alias summons for Kellum divorce case.
Montana Divorce Plea Seeks Custody of Two Children
Plaintiff seeks dissolution of the bonds of matrimony with the defendant and requests custody of two minors Florence seven and Lucile five born to the marriage. The filing is dated June 18 1917 with court seal and attorney W J Cushing of Dillon Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Lucile
Fredrifh
W. J. Cushing
Plaintiff
Dillon
Montana
Notice of Dissolution for Ames Sheep Company
The Ames Sheep company filed a voluntary dissolution application on June 9 1917. The court ordered the filing be published in Dillon Examiner for 30 days starting June 9 1917 with the first publication on June 13 1917. Attorneys Fred Rife Lew L. and E J. Callaway represent the petitioner in Dillon Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Judicial District
Montana
Beaverhead
Ames Sheep Company
Dillon Examiner
Een Court
Fred Rife
Court Seal
Lew L
E. J. Callaway
Petitioner
Dillon
Mont
Notice of intention to claim Homestead land in Montana
Claud L. Downing of Dell Montana filed intention to claim Homestead Entry No 09905 for lots 6 and 7 section 6 and other lands in T 13 S R 8 W and section 1 town ship 138 range 9 W Montana Meridian. Hearing before United States commissioner Frank A Hazelbaker Dillon Montana on July 10, 1917. JOS OKER Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Helena
Montana
Claud L. Downing
Dell
Township
Meridian
Frank A. Hazelbaker
United States
Dillon
John C. Patterson
Roy
McNinch
Frank Garr
Henry M. Birrer
Deil
Jos Oker
Register
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