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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1931
Page
2
Dillon Country club ladies join Anaconda club hosts for a tournament tomorrow at 10 AM due to heat. Deer Lodge women also participate. Handicaps and pairings set by Anaconda women’s committee led by Miss Marie Conley. Several Dillon ladies plan to attend.
Miss Fannie Sperry of Dillon wed James Mosley Jr of Polson in a Gate of the Mountains ceremony officiated by Rev. Aubuchon. Also, Alice Angove of Butte wed Walter Kyle at Judge Opp’s home with Earl Opp attending. couple to reside in Butte.
The bridal party chartered a boat at 4 PM and anchored opposite the Brides and Groom formation for a river ceremony. Attendants were Mise Helene Clark and Frank Sperry. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Sperry, taught in Prickly Pear valley and studied at the local Normal. Groom is from Polson. they will reside in Metaline, Washington.
Miss Hollie Staudaher visiting from Butte inspired a pleasant evening hosted by Mrs Frances Tonney and Mrs Anson Baxter. Three tables of auction bridge were played with the affair ending in refreshments served.
Mrs H L Rodman and daughter came from Monida for shopping. Mr and Mrs Harry G Davis and children drove from Jackson Monday. Warren Shaw attended to business from the Big Hole basin. Mr and Mrs Henry Thompson visited Dillon from Kidd ranch last Saturday. Chas Quist former Big Hole druggist now with a wholesale firm visited Dillon customers. Mr and Mrs J E Monroe spent Monday in Centennial valley. John Reiber came from Reichle last Saturday. M S Vance visited from Lima last Saturday.
Town residents reported visits from relatives and friends including C Ford from last Monday and Mrs Lucy Walker, Carl Becker from Bannack, Mr and Mrs W S Selner and child to Butte and Spokane, Dolores Parkinson from Dubois, Miss Mamie Marzetta from Great Falls, and many attending the funeral of Mrs James Dodd in Dillon with relatives from Helena Sheridan Pleasant Valley Divide and Reichle among others.
Monday Mr and Mrs Sam Kuba are spending a few days in Dillon this week from their home in Dakota Falls.
Dillon Night at the Highland Kennel Club in Butte features the 1931 debut of Portneuf owned by Monty Melton of Dillon. Portneuf, praised by Georges Melton, impressed with a strong training year and quick pace, boasting speed over rival dogs in Beaverhead County.
Legals notice budgets for the 1931 school year adopted by Beaverhead County districts are on file for inspection. The Board of School Budget Supervisors will meet in Dillon at 10 a.m. July 27 1931 to examine and adopt the budgets. Hearings may adjourn daily but not later than August 1931. Taxpayers may attend. Dated July 13 1931. GLADYS GARR County Superintendent and Clerk.
Sealed bids for Federal Aid Project No 255 C Unit 4 will be received in Helena by the State Highway Commission until 9 30 A M July 22 1931. The project calls for a concrete and steel bridge 159 42 feet long over the Oregon Short Line Railroad in Dillion Idaho line road in Beaverhead County. Bids must be accompanied by a 5 percent certified check or a corporate surety bond and all plans specifications and forms are available for review.
The State Highway Commission invites bids filed with the Bureau of Roads at Missoula Montana. Bids must show experience and financial stability. Proposals may be rejected for poor past work or unfinished contracts that threaten timely completion. O. S. Warden, chairman. R. D. Rader, state highway official.
The undersigned will apply on August 1, 1931 to Beaverhead County treasurer for a tax deed to West Half of Southwest Quarter Northeast Quarter of Southwest Quarter and Northwest Quarter of Section 15 Township 14 South Range 1 East Montana Principal Meridian. Amount due 232.70. Date June 27, 1931. Dixip Ripley, Applicant.
U S Land Office Great Falls Montana May 22 1931 William H Billings by T B Gilbert his attorney filed for patent on Gamma Lode Mining Claim Sur No 10659 in section 22 T 128 R 11 W Muddy Creek District Beaverhead County Montana The original location recorded in Book 86 Lode Locations page 300 The claim covers 20.481 acres with 4.669 acres in conflict leaving a net 16.812 acres Adjoining claims are Sur No 10626A Black Boy and Big Boy Lodes First publication May 27 1931 last publication July 29 1981
William H. Billings as attorney in fact T B Gil bert of Dillon Montana files for a patent on the Kates Lode Mining Claim Sur. No. 10658 in sections 21 22 27 and 28 T 128 R 11 W Muddy Creek Unorganized Mining District Beaverhead County Montana. notice posted May 9 1931. location recorded in Book 86 of Lode Locations page 301. adjoining claim Sur. No. 10626A Alabama. First published May 27 1931 last published July 29 1931.
Notice that William H. Siliers through attorney T B Gilbert seeks a patent for the Alpha, Beta and Delta Lode Mining Claims in Beaverhead County Montana. Location certificates recorded in Book 86 of Lode Locations pages 297 293 and 299 reference sections 22 and 27 township 12 south range 11 west Muddy Creek Unorganized Mining District.
The text details the Beta and Delta Lodes survey calls outlining artery bounds, bearings, and distances. It lists coordinates from sections 22 27 and townships R 11 W and R 42 W, with areas 20 083 and 20 492 acres and total survey area 60 806 acres. It notes lodes named Buffalo Black Boy and Big Boy and gives last publication date July 29 1938.
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