King Chinook Jubilee Opens Astoria Salmon Season
More than a thousand fishing boats joined a colorful waterfront Jubilee in Astoria Oregon to celebrate 73 years of commercial fishing on the Columbia River. A parade and fleet race led to a noon gillnetting ceremony as boats fished through day and night. Bernice Warila was named Queen of the Jubilee. A record catch of King Chinook greeted the opening day.
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Astoria
Oregon
Columbia River
Bernice Warila
Dillon Baseball Nine Edges Opponent For First Win In Ten Starts
Dillon gains its first victory in ten starts by a 3 to 2 score. Phelan and Spear each swiped bases as Batten drives in a fifth inning run. Roesti bats in the fifth for Dillon.
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Roesti
Batte Oes
Dion Wee Eee
Phelan
Spear
Dillon Beats East Helena Preview With Strong Pitching
In a baseball recap, McGonigle Roesti and Hignite contributed two base hits while Spear drove in four runs and Vandegrift added two. O Leary allowed three hits in six innings and Vandegrift nine in seven. Umpires were Ross and Lanner, with Ivey as scorer. next game at East Helena Sunday, manager Vandegrift said.
Does cow testing pay in butterfat output rise
J O Tretsven, extension dairy specialist, notes butterfat per cow in testing associations rose from 215 pounds in 1906 to 322 pounds in 1934, a gain of over 100 pounds. For 1932 33 Montana associations averaged 332 pounds.
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J. O. Tretsven
United States
Montana
Tretsven
Dillon Boy Recalls Sea Rescue of Lifeboats
A Dillon boy recounts the dramatic rescue of crew and passengers from the burning Sandgate and the two lifeboats adrift in heavy seas. The President Pierce crew battled flames, smoke, and a dangerous sea to haul survivors aboard amid cheers and later praise from Walter Winchell.
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President Pierce
Old Devil Sea
Sandgate
Davey Jones
Jersey City
Fox Movietone
Walter Winchell
Tourist Travel in Montana Rises 12 Percent
Montana highway records show a 12 percent rise in tourist travel in the last week versus 1936 as eastern motorists begin to arrive. About 7,500 out of state cars were counted at nine entry stations with western traffic already strong since June 15.
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Montana
R. H. Fletcher
Highway Department
United States
Mr. Fletcher
Canada
Culbertson
Miles City
Wyola
Rockvale
Gardiner
West Yellowstone
Monida
Missoula
Columbia Falls
Card of Thanks for Sam Caldwell Rites
Marie Wolfe thanks friends for kindness shown during the last rites for Sam Caldwell. She also thanks the minister for comforting words the pallbearers and for the floral offerings. Your kindness will not be forgotten.
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Sam Caldwell
Marie Wolfe
Purtha Family Visits from Los Angeles
Mr and Mrs Joe Purtha and two children from Los Angeles spent ten days with Mrs Purthas sister Mrs Ambrose Brown. Mrs Irene Palmer and her daughter also of Los Angeles joined them. They departed for home yesterday.
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Joe Purtha
Los Angeles
Ha waii social guest visits Dillon resident
Mrs Edward Himrod of Hawaii formerly Miss Pluma Tattersall of Dillon is a guest at the home of Miss Jean Bishop.
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Edward Himrod
Hawaii
Pluma Tattersall
Dillon
Jean Bishop
City Chamber of Commerce Planned for Dillon
The Dillon Rotary club has shouldered many chamber duties for years but cannot cover all. Organizers hope every business and professional firm in the city will join at Friday night’s meeting to form a full chamber.
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Dillon Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Cashmore Family Welcomes Helena Girl Child
A daughter was born on July 3 to Dr. and Mrs. Frances Cashmore of Helena. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Cashmore spent Monday in Helena visiting their first grandchild.
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Frances Cashmore
Helena
W. F. Cashmore
Cup Challenger En deavour Jr Trials Near Newport
Wealthy Briton T. O. M. Sopwith and wife sail the En deavour Jr in a trial run off Newport as they contest the America's Cup.
Fairbanks Rotary Dinner and Upcoming Events
Joe Wedum announced the next Rotary meeting will be at the CCC camp in Birch Creek Monday evening with invites for Rotary Anne's and Rotarians. Sam Wilkinson relayed Wisdom's Old Timers Picnic invitation for next Sunday drawing a large delegation. W W McWherton and two Indian braves from the Battle of the Big Hole will visit Wisdom to mark battlefield sites. Dr. Robert E. Albright chaired last night’s meeting.
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Joe Wedum
Rotary
CCC
Birch Creek
Rotary Anne’s
Sam Wilkinson
Wisdom
W.w.mcwherton
Battle of the Big Hole
Robert E. Albright
Dillon Man To Preside State Meet In Dillon
A Dillon man will preside at the two day state meet with reports on last year's association activities and plans for the coming year. E W Bond is state treasurer and will present a report. Gov Roy Ayers and university and School of Mines leaders will speak. The second day focuses on the fair trade act with merchants and Montana Pharmaceutical association meetings. A number of Dillon merchants plan to attend.
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E. W. Bond
Bond
Dillon
Roy Ayers
George Finley Simmons
The
State University
Francis Thompson
School of Mines
Montana Pharmaceutical Association
Collins Named Head Miner at Grove Meeting
Montana State Mining association set to hold its 1938 gathering in Dillon with plans to bring members and friends to Virginia City for the August 7 session. Beaverhead Mining Association considers a combined picnic with Lemhi Mining and Beaverhead DAR to inaugurate Sacajawea park near Armstead. completion date pending.
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Montana State Mining Association
Dillon
Virginia City
Beaverhead Mining Association
Lemhi Mining Association
Beaverhead
Daughters of the American Revolution
Sacajawea Park
Armstead
Funds for upkeep of monument authorized
The program to maintain the monument grounds will start after interior department appropriation bills pass the Senate and a custodian is appointed. The House already approved the bill. O Connell urged rapid action noting visitors come from across the country and the current grounds are disgraceful.
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Interior Department
Senate
House
Secretary of the Interior
O’connel
Local Youth Fatally Hurt In Bus Accident
A Dillon youth died after a bus carrying two sailors overturned in Brundage chapel area. Funeral services led by Rev. H J Schmidt were held at Mountain View cemetery with Bea verhead post of the American Legion in charge. Survived by father four sisters Lulu Belle of Butte Eva Mary Martha of Dillon and uncle Dale A Palin of Chicago. Mother died last November.
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Brundage Chapel
H. J. Schmidt
Presbyterian Church
Beaverhead
American Legion
Mountain View Cemetery
Lulu Belle
Butte
Eva
Mary
Martha
Dillon
Dale A. Palin
Chicago
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Piers
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