Chautauqua Series to Open in Dillon Next Month
Dillon prepares for the fourth annual Chautauqua from the 5th to the 11th featuring the Old Soldier Fiddlers under Col. John A. Pattee, Fenwick Newell's tenor, one act plays by top dramatists, the Zedeler Symphonic Quintet with an organ, Thavin's Exposition Band with two concerts, and a Mother Goose festival with Royal Hawaiian Quintet. Lecturers include Charles Crawford Gorst, Judge Roland W. Baggott, Dr. D. F. Fox, Mauda Ballington Booth, C. J. Bushnell, Dr. Lincoln L Wirt, and others with war topics and Hawaiian Island lectures.
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Dillon
Ellison-White Company
Old Soldier Fiddlers
John A. Pattee
Fenwick Newell
Newell
Zedeler
United States
Thavin
San Francisco Exposition
Columbia Phonograph Co
Kiddies
Royal Hawaiian Quintet
Mildred Leo Clemens
Mark Twain
Hawaiian Islands
Kileau
Charles Crawford Gorst
Roland W. Baggott
Dayton
Ohio
D. F. Fox
Pasadena
Mauda Ballington Booth
C. J. Bushnell
United States Publicity Bureau
Lincoln L Wirt
Europe
Doctor Poindexter Receives Army Medical Commission
Dr F M Poindexter recently commissioned as captain in the U S Army Medical Corps was ordered to report to Camp Grant Rockford Illinois by the fifteenth of the month. He will depart for the camp later this week to assume his duties.
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F. M. Poindexter
Medical Corps
United States Army
Camp Grant
Rockford
Ill
Fourth at Dilemont Park Dillon Fourth of July celebration
Dillon deserted town left for picnics and mountaintop outings on Independence Day. Gregory's boy band played in the afternoon and park dancing continued into the night. Armstead held a flag raising and Lima hosted a Red Cross dance. No arrests or fights were reported in Beaverhead County, a record Fourth.
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Dillon
Dillmont Park
Gregory’s
Park Pavilion
Armstead
Lima
Beaverhead
Granddaughter of Noted Judge Conger in Sheridan
Mr and Mrs Harris Opp of Dillon and Mrs Harvey Marsh hosted over weekend. Opp is granddaughter of Judge J E Conger a Madison county pioneer who helped capture Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. Conger moved to Dillon about 30 years ago and now resides in Hawaii with Judge Poindexter and his children.
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Harris Opp
Dillon
Harvey Marsh
Opp
John Wilkes Booth
President Lincoln
Conger
Judge Poindexter
Honolulu
Hawaii Islands
Daisy Conger Poindexter
Madison Monitor
Bull rakes and stackers boost Dillon hay harvest
In Dillon the surge of bull rake and stacker sales signals a bumper county hay crop. The machines cut manual labor by conveying hay to stackers, forming large mounds. On Saturday the Dillon Implement Company moved 150 bull rakes and 50 stackers.
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Dillon
Dillon Implement Company
Ditlon Boys Celebrate Passing Physical at Camp Lewis
Frank Gosman from Los Angeles earned his father’s praise after passing the Camp Lewis physical. Billy Bucher, a 103 pound aspirant from the city, fought to enlist and was kept awaiting weight gain before draft approval.
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Ditlon
Frank Gosman
Camp Lewis
Gos- Man
Los Angeles
Butte
Frank
Billy Bucher
Bucher
Redrock Reservoir Sold to Bedrock Water Users Association
Beaverhead County farmers along the Bedrock and Beaverhead rivers formed the Water Users Association and bought Redrock Reservoir from Redrock Reservoir and Irrigation Co. Frank Hazelbaker led the deal. At noon 20 000 cubic inches of water was released to replenish crops, securing irrigation for years and protecting stockholders against drought.
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Bedrock Reservoir Company
Beaverhead County
Bedrock
Beaverhead
Water Users’ Association
Big Redrock
Redrock Reservoir and Irrigation Company
Frank Hazelbaker
Dillon
Chicago
Newell C. Knight
Wos
George R. Metlen
Beaverhead River
Hazelbaker
Roscoe Cornell
George Rebich
Theodore Nelson
Clark Anderson
J. H. Gilbert
Dillion
Smith McKnight
Dell
Henry Thompson
Kidd
J. E. Keller
Lima
United States
Midsummer Horse Auction Set For Next Tuesday and Wednesday
The Dillon Horse Sales company prepares for a big midsummer sale at its new yards in Dillon. Manager George Ditty has secured a large line of horses, with hundreds expected to be offered, aiming for the best summer sale yet. Strong demand from harvest and haying season should push prices as buyers look to improve fattened stock missing at the June sale.
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Dillon Horse Sales Company
Dillon
George Ditty
Dillon Gun Club Holds Fourth July Trap Shoot at Dillmont Park
The newly formed Dillon Gun Club staged its second trap shoot at Dillmont Park. Results show top scores in each squad with Woodworth and Schultz posting 23s and Fryberg, Jackson, Keller and Orr among high scorers. Second Sunday monthly shoots announced with new members added.
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Dillon Gun Club
Dillmont Park
W. Woodworth
Otto Schultz
Roy Forester
Bob Paysee
W. H. Keller
R. Fryberg
Roy Jackson
L. Magnus
F. Tonrey
Matt Orr
Otto Gallaway
Harry Andrus
Lester Schultz
D. L. Stephens
Bill Keller
Fryberg
Forester
Stephens
F. Schultz
Woodworth
Local Draft Classifying Busy Two Weeks At Board
The Beaverhead local draft board moves to classify registrants from June 6 1918 with 64 percent Class 1 in place no names yet added to Class 1. Married first draft men are summoned for hearings on the 16th. One hundred two men are slated to depart county in the week after July 22 and farm workers are spared for now.
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Beaverhead
Security State Bank Becomes Federal Reserve Bank
The Security State Bank of Dillon has been designated a Federal Reserve Bank, announced in today’s Examiner. Since its inception a little over a year ago it has grown rapidly, and this federal status is viewed as a major business milestone boosting county banking stability and prosperity.
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Security State Bank
Dillon
Federal Reserve Bank
Examiner
Revision of Postal Savings Deposits Raised to 2500
The limit for postal savings deposits has been increased from 1000 to 2500 dollars. Non interest bearing deposits cannot be accepted. Postmasters should notify any depositor with 1000 dollars that 2500 dollars may now be accepted. Authority comes from the Postal Service Appropriation Act for 1919 approved July 2, 1918. A. M. Dockery third assistant postmaster general.
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Hmit
Postal Service
A. M. Dockery
Equalization Board to Meet and Fix Tax Levy
The board of county commissioners will convene as an equalization board to hear taxpayer protests on next Monday and then on August 2 set the annual tax levy. L. J. Holloran, a Jackson visitor, was in Dillon yesterday afternoon.
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Board of County Commissioners
Board of Equalization
L. J. Holloran
Jackson
Dillon
Dillon Shoots Schedule Set Monthly As Butte Club Plans Visit
The second Sunday each month is fixed for Dillon shoots with next month hosting the Butte club. New members joined the club, and Otto Schultz achieved a perfect score at the Bozeman state shoot last weekend.
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Schultz
Forester
Paysee
Keller
Fryberg
Jackson
Orr
Stephens
George Dart
F. Schultz
O. Schultz
Dillon
Butte Club
Otto Schultz
Bozeman
Register If You Would Vote in Beaverhead Primary
Beaverhead county residents intending to vote in the August 27 state and county primary must register if not already. Voters moving precincts must transfer registration with the clerk and recorder. Five candidates seek county offices including one for representative one for sheriff and three for county auditor. W F Cashmore filed for county auditor nomination on the Republican ticket yesterday.
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Beaverhead
Hke
W. F. Cashmore
Furley Arrested in Livingston for Shooting Neighbor
J B Furley, once of Dillon and now a rancher near Livingston, was arrested by Sheriff Lyons and jailed in Sweetgrass county on a murder charge for shooting Henry Van Goor with a shotgun amid water rights disputes. He reportedly admitted the shooting after trouble over water on their ranches.
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J. B. Furley
Dillon
Livingston
Furley
Lyons
Sweetgrass County
Henry van Goor
Farley
van Goor
Teachers and Students Tour Virginia City Trails
A group of about thirty teachers and students from the Normal College traveled to Virginia City last Saturday A guide Dr F H Garver led the tour along the old Virginia City trail They visited historical points of interest including the dredge boats which proved fascinating and interesting
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the Normal College
Virginia City
F. H. Garver
Virginia City Trail
Pass Examinations Pupils Earn Diplomas in County
Pupils in the county passed recent eighth grade examinations and received diplomas. Ebba Anderson Fox, George Johnson Bannack, Leslie Jones Wise River, Matthew Lasich Dillon, Jacob Neidt Fox, Warren Shaw Bristow. Warren Shaw had the highest average 89.35, with George Johnson second at 88.
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Ebba Anderson
Fox
George Johnson
Bannack
Leslie Jones
Wise River
Matthew Lasich
Dillon
Jacob Neidt
Warren Shaw
Bristow
Austrian Arrested Yesterday for Sedition on Train
Jos Styler an Austrian was removed from the afternoon train and held on sedition charges. Witnesses testified he denounced the government and praised the IWWs before being restrained by fellow Servians and turned over to Sheriff Wyman for investigation.
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Jos Styler
Styler
United States
Butte
Sheriff Wyman
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Todd Photo Co
Chautauqua
DR. Poindexter
Dilemont Park
Dillon’s Only
Sheridan
Redrock
Security State Bank of
Equalization Board
J. B. Furley IN
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