Rose Lapham Elected District Oracle at Dillon Meet
Royal Neighbors of America held its Dillon convention naming Jackson as site for the 1986 session and choosing Rose Lapham Dillon as district oracle. New officers include Clara Oldhouse Butte vice oracle Marion DeLadd Dillon recorder Minnie Gill Butte chancellor and Alice Lane Twin Bridges receiver. Attendance reached 118 lodges represented across the district.
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Royal Neighbors of America
Dillon
Jackson
Rose Lapham
Bhe
Mary Molleur
Clara Oldhouse
Butte
Oracle
Marion DeLadd
Minnie Gill
Alice Lane
Twin Bridges
Anaconda
Deputies Named for Summer in Big Hole Basin
Sheriff James A McCollum named James Scofield and Lee Tower as deputy sheriffs for the Big Hole basin haying season. Scofield, a basin resident and former mail stage driver, will be stationed at Wisdom. Tower, a Dillon figure, will be based at Jackson and has prior deputy experience. Hundreds of transients work in the basin during haying.
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Big Hole Basin
James Scofield
Lee Tower
Sheriff McCollum
James A. McCollum
Big Hole
Scofield
McCollum
Wisdom
Tower
Dillon
Jackson
Colorado Farmers Union Head Speaker At Picnic
Thomas Howard president of the Colorado Farmers Union spoke at a Beaverhead Farmers Union picnic at Dillmont Park. He had recently returned from Washington DC where he met leaders on relief for farmers and laborers and shared nationwide insights. The program also featured a ball game and other sports drawing a large crowd of farmers families and Dillon residents.
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Colorado Farmers Union
Washington, D. C
Washington
Dillon
Lakeview hosts new Beaverhead County Country Club
Fifty Montana State Normal College students toured Virginia City under Dr. Albright and Prof. Jordan then visited Twin Bridges. Beaverhead County forms a country club at Lakeview with Forsyth as secretary treasurer. The club aims to offer fishing and golf with plans to build a course near Lakeview.
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Robert E. Albright
Montana
Rush Jordan
Old
Lakeview
Centennial Valley
Beaverhead County
Dillon
B. L. Forsyth
Centennial
Ike ‘Walton
Club
Forsyth
Dillon Paving Underway With Rapid Progress
Work on Dillon's paving project advances quickly as concrete is laid this week. A large local crew handles the job, following last week's street level lowering. Atlantic Street from the oil highway near the Normal College to Glendale Street, Glendale from Atlantic to Idaho, and a short North Montana stretch will be paved, creating a numbered route for Highway 91 through the city while traffic remains detoured. The mixer uses 2,000 to 2,600 sacks of cement daily.
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Dillon
Focal
Atlantic Street
Normal College
Glensdale
Glendale
Atlantic
Idaho
Montana
City
Former Dillon Matron Dies In Seattle
Mrs. C. W. Plested, longtime Dillon resident, died at her Tacoma home after living in Seattle then Tacoma. She leaves her husband six married daughters, a 16 year old stepson, and three sisters including Mrs. W. F. Cashmore. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Seattle.
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W. F. Cashmore
C. W. Plested
Tacoma
A. Peterson
Seattle
Grace Ann Andrews
Evergreen Cemetery
Red Cross appoints Beaverhead chapter leaders
Thomas E. Luebben was reelected chairman of the Beaverhead chapter of the American Red Cross at a Friday meeting in the city hall. J. C. Fuller was elected vice chairman and will again chair the annual Red Cross roll call next November. Norah Con
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Tom Luebben
RED Cross
Thomas E. Luebben
Beaverhead
The
American Red Cross
J. C. Fuller
Norah Con
Printers' Code Rigidly Enforced Says Henry Weare
Helena Montana Henry Weare regional administration manager of the graphic arts industry code of Montana says the new price determination schedule bars undercutting by printers nationwide. He notes out of town orders incur postage and urges reporting violations of hours and price cutting to prevent sweat shop labor and assure fair wages.
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Henry Weare
Chester
Graphic Arts Industry Code of
Montana
Graphic Arts
United States
Mr. Weare
Beaverhead Legion Sponsors Park Program On Fourth
Beaverhead Post of the American Legion plans a free Fourth of July program at Dillmont park Dillon with baseball, watermelon contests, rolling pin hurling and a jitney dance. Coffee is free at 8 pm and a vaudeville act by Claudia Faust School of Dancing leads to dancing until 1 am. Edward H. Harvey Wise River merchant dies after short illness. He was born July 19 1865 in Indianapolis and lived in Montana since 1886.
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Beaverhead Post
American Legion
Dillmont Park
Edward H. Harvey
Wise River
Indianapolis
Montana
Hecla
Hecla Mining Company
Glendale
Melrose
Park Pavilion
Claudia Faust
Pioneer of County Dies Here Sunday
Charles Nillson native of Sweden born August 1 1856 died Sunday morning at Barrett hospital after a lingering illness. He came to Dillon with the railroad over fifty years ago and was a cook on Beaverhead county ranches and in Dillon cafes. Funeral held yesterday at Brundage with Rev J A Meeke officiating. Interment in Mountain View cemetery. The Examiner and Tribune prepare to receive returns July 17 for Beaverhead county primary elections with court room space at the courthouse and a shared reporting staff and volunteer corps.
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Charles Nillson
Dillon
Barrett Hospital
Sweden
America
Utah
Nillson
Beaverhead County
Brundage Funeral Home
J. A. Meeke
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Mountain View Cemetery
The
Examiner and Tribune
Board of Commissioners
Legalized Beer Traffic Boosts Montana Revenue
A report by John Jacob Jewell shows Montana tax income rose with the beer levy. Revenue jumped from 45 000 to 80 000 dollars in six months after the rate doubled from 50 cents to 1 per barrel.
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Helpna
Montana
John Jacob Jewell
Beer Board
Initial Wool Sale of Year Is Reported
Beaverhead county reports its first outright wool sale of the season with Walter Foster and O T Evans of Silberman and B Song of Chicago paying 28 cents for the Peyre Brothers clip from Dell. Foster represents the Chicago firm. About three fourths of wool at the First National warehouse has been ordered out, all on consignment except the Peyre clip. Free wools are being consigned at an advance of 16 cents. The wool market has been quiet.
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Beaverhead County
Walter Foster
O. T. Evans
Silberman and Bsong
Chicago
Peyre Brothers
Dell
Foster
First National
Food preservation meetings set for Monday schedule
Miss Lillian Stone of the Montana extension service will start a series on preserving produce this week with a first meeting at Jackson on Friday. The tour covers Wisdom July 7 Dillon July 9 Armstead July 10 Lima July 11 Melrose July 12 Divide July 18 Wise River July 14, following a briefing with Miss Blanchelee and county women at the high school.
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Lillian Stone
Montana Extension Service
Jackson
Wisdom
Dillon
Armstead
Lima
Melrose
Divide
Wise River
Miss Stone
Miss Blanchelee
State Home
Beaverhead County
Little Symphony to Present Concert Under the Stars
The Little Symphony of Montana State Normal College will present a program titled Under the Stars this month conducted by Frances Robinson. Summer session personnel include first violins Donnie Rovere Leone Cashmore Delle May Ozborne Ralph Smith Vera Schulz Grace Frost Wilda Plymale and others across second violins violas cello and bass sections.
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Under
Little Symphony Orchestra
Montana State Normal College
Frances Robinson
Donnie Rovere
Leone Cashmore
Delle-May Ozborne
Ralph Smith
Vera Schulz
Grace Frost
Wilda Plymale
Jean Gilbert
Adeh Milne
Charles Ridgeway
Melvin Mast
Edith Orr
Irving Andreasen
Jean MacGregor
Miss A. Smith
Ann Doyle
Eunice Panchot
Leon Anderson
Elizabeth Shot
Explosives Topic Of Talk At Dillon Rotary Dinner
Prof J Ford McBain of the Normal college faculty spoke on explosives at the Dillon Rotary Club dinner at the Metlen hotel. He noted gunpowder's use as early as 1273 and traced American gunpowder history from colonial times.
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Rotary
J. Ford McBain
Normal College
Dillon Rotary Club
Metlen Hotel
DuPont Works
United States
America
McBain
Gui
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Howard
Beaverhead Farm
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Riverside
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Howard
Colorado
Virginia City
State Orphans’ Home
Elkhorn
Hot Springs
Helena
ED Harvey
American
Legion
Paul Henneberry
Canyon Resort
I A Dillon
Mr. Nillson
Little Symphony
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