Dillon Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Travel
A lengthy Dillon column lists residents and visitors from surrounding towns and states, including Mr. and Mrs. Sewell, Peter Peterson and family, Earl Peterson injured at Lady Hot Springs rodeo, several travelers from Sheep Creek basin, Dubois, Wisdom, Jackson, Alamosa and Medicine Lodge. It notes a motor trip to Cheyenne and ends with an Insurance ad for Heak Be elbaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Hot Springs
John Poole
Dubois
George Whitworth
Dillon
Sheep Creek
A. E. Scott
Dell
Frank Pendleton
Wisdom
Jesse Finsley
Jackson
Sam Peterson
Los Angeles
Mildred
Harry Turner
Butte
Union Electric Company
Tom Cole
Anaconda
Elmo Wynn
J. D. Smith
Earl Rogers
W. M. Sweeney
Sheep Greek Basin
Tom Call
Ennis
W.B. Greed
Lima
Martin Jackson
Board of
Coun
W. E. Brink
Robert Woody
Harry Andrus
Wilma Colfer
Harry Colfer
Lava Hot Springs
Lloyd Flaherty
Don Randolph
Las Vegas
Nev
Helen Randolph
Cora Holland
Cheyenne
Wyo
Merrill Mortuaries Barred From Idaho
The Idaho Department of Finance refuses Merrill Mortuaries Incorporated of Salt Lake City a permit to sell certificates for burial services in Idaho. Commissioner E. W. Porter cites risk of investor loss, lack of guaranteed performance, and potential fraud, deeming the plan unsound and inequitable. The Burley Herald reports the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Mortuaries
Salt Lake City
Idaho
Department of Finance
Utah
Middleton
Merrill Mortuaries, Inc
E. W. Porter
The
Burley (Idaho
Electrifying Farmers Across Montana Lead Nation in Power Use
Public Service Commission records show Montana farms vast gains in electricity use from 1928 to 1929 with a 107.2 percent rise from 890 farms to 1,844. The report cites rural electrification as affordable and beneficial, urging interest groups to request detailed information from Helena. The piece also notes broader transport and weather-related topics from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontana
Lee Dennis
Public Service Commission
Union
Montana
Arizona
New Hampshire
North Alota
the Public Service Commission
Helena
Dillon celebrates Fourth with big turn out and baseball win
Dillon held a large Fourth of July celebration highlighted by a 9 to 3 Dillon victory over Lima in a featured baseball game. The issue notes a comment on ice scarcity in Montana and reports strong activity in the Dillon wool market with prices around 19 to 20 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Kansas City
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Dillon
Lima
Montana
T. J. Walsh
Lewis Penwell
Helena
Amner Clamations and Poles in January 1864
A compact column notes humorous quips and local lore from Virginia City. Jokes about rain, politics, a Scotchman with teeth, and the Meagher county mispronunciation mix with playful asides from January 16 1864 and early Vigilante chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia City
Club Foot George
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hetter
Saterfield
Chesterfield
Uiggett & Myers Tobacco CO
Licerrr & Myers Topacco Co
G. L. Sewell
Clyde Sewell
Whitehall
Peter Peterson
Sheep Creek Basin
Earl
Dick McNinch
Earl Peterson
Ty Commissioners
Otto Gosman
Mr. Gosman
Board of County Commissioners
J. E. Shaw
BE. W. Hildreth
Medicine Lodge
Ike Rife
Jack Clifford
Crow Agency
Dorothy Gelhaus
Alamosa
Mrs
E. B. Bowman
al Groshean
E. B. Emerick
Heaak Beelbaker
Albert Anderson
Billings
Montanais
New York
Philadel
Centennial Valley
Butte Bulletin
Beaverhead County
Edward Crocker
Ponca City
Okla
Myrtle Hatfield
Meagher
Muir
Hamilton
Republican
Frank Jone
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