Erickson Wins In Democratic Senate Fight In Montana
With 851 of 1156 precincts reporting Erickson led Wheeler 43 638 to 38 391 in the Democratic race for U S senator Wheeler conceded defeat. In the Republican senate race Etton had 13 148 to 6 978 for Skeen in 573 precincts Rankin won the Republican nomination for congress and Davis was chosen for railroad commissioner Mansfield was renominated for congress on the Democratic ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Erickson
Wheeler
U. S
Ecton
Skeen
Rankin
Congress
Davis
Mansfield
Increased Duty for County Agricultural Conservation Committees
Beaverhead county and other counties will gain new authority under the 1947 conservation program. Local committees may authorize a sound water or soil practice not in the national outline, using up to ten percent of county funds with state PMA approval. A technical panel from several agencies assists the state PMA committee to tailor the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
PMA
Soil Conservation Service
Extension Service Forest Service
Experiment Station, Vocational Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
Faculty Recital Tonight at Montana State Normal College
Montana State Normal college presents a faculty recital in the college auditorium tonight featuring Vernon H. Taylor violin Ralph McFadden piano and Ruth V. Taylor accompaniment. Admission is free and the program includes works by Bach Beethoven Chopin Wagner Wagner Brassin Mozart Freidberg Wieniawski and Taylor with Mrs. Taylor at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Normal College
College Auditorium
Vernon H. Taylor
Ralph McFadden
Ruth V. Taylor
Bach
Taylor
McFadden
Beethoven
Chopin
Wagner- Brassin
Wagner- Spicker
Mr. McFadden
Mozart-Freidberg
Wieniawski
Flicker
Sacajawea
Vernon Taylor
Normal College
Ruth Taylor
College
Earl Allen
Tschaikowsky
Dillon Guests Visit Sacramento Couple
Mr and Mrs W R Brown of Sacramento California host O Nelson and other Dillon friends during a visit to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. W. R. Brown
Sacramento, Calif
Nelson
Dillon
Daylight robbery at Wisdom market nets $175
Sheriff Lay reports limited clues in Friday noon theft at Roy's Market Wisdom. Dell Lloyd locked in a meat refrigerator for about 15 minutes before 11 year old John Huntley freed him. Robber opened three drawers before taking $175 in cash and silver. It was Wisdom's second theft since July.
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Claude Lay
Roy’s
Wisdom
Dell Lloyd
Roy Oliver
Lloyd
M. G. Ramsey
John Huntley
Fetty
Patience Urged On Equipment for Phone Subscribers
Mountain States telephone exchange manager Dee A Patton urged patience as new phones and equipment remain scarce despite rising availability since wartime years. In Dillon and nearby areas subscribers have waited without complaints while protests arise elsewhere. The exchange staff will continue to offer the best service possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgr
Dee A. Patton
Mountain States Telephone Exchange
Dillon and Vicinity
Patton
Visitors hosted by the Bakers include Cosgrove Melton family
During the past week at the home of Mr and Mrs George R Baker visitors included Dr and Mrs Clair Cosgrove and family from Los Angeles Mr and Mrs Chester Melton of Harrisburg Arkansas and J O Melton of Riverside California Cosgrove and the Meltons formerly lived in Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Baker
Clair Cosgrove
Los Angeles
Chester Melton
Harrisburg
Arkansas
J. O. Melton
Riverside
Calif
Cosgrove
the Meltons
Dillon
Beaverhead primary turnout up despite few contests
Beaverhead voters posted a near sixty percent turnout in yesterday’s primary, a heavy showing given only three county races. The election bureau, run by Dillon papers and volunteers, completed returns early except for two outlying precincts as observers watched results emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Army Movie Shown at Dillon Rotary Club Meeting
An army training film shown at the Dillon Rotary Club meeting highlighted military service as a life career. Presented by Sets Masters and Flatter from the Butte recruiting office, the film emphasized advantages of joining. Ralph Stowell chaired the event with guests including Henry C Carpenter and Gerhard Luebben among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Rotary Club
Butte
Ralph Stowell
Henry C. Carpenter
St. Louis
Gerhard Luebben
Mesa
Ariz
Ernest C.luebben
William Bridenstine
Dillon
Fourteen Names Approved For Graduation At MS North Carolina
Fourteen names were approved for graduation at a Mississippi North Carolina faculty meeting signaling completion of summer school on August 9. Six will receive degrees and eight diplomas, raising total graduates for the year to 25, up from 20 the previous year. The State Board of Education granted Vernon Taylor a one year leave of absence to begin September 1, 1946, to pursue graduate work at a major university. Mary Condon of the American Junior Red Cross visited the college with conferences and exhibits of Junior Red Cross work yesterday and today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.C
Havre
State Board of Education
Vernon Taylor
Taylor
Mary Condon
American Junior Red Cross
Red Cross
Eliels Visit San Francisco Family Hosts Guests
Mr and Mrs Paul Eliel and children Jean and Eleanor of San Francisco are guests at the patio of Mr and Mrs Lambert liel in a social visit noted by local society pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Eliel
Jean and
Eleanor
San Francisco
Lambert Liel
Pioneer of Beaverhead Is Summoned Saturday
Wages in Beaverhead county for 1945 show wholesale and retail trade leading the economy with 326 workers in the top industry. County totals reach 551 workers across 114 businesses, while Montana statewide wages rise to about 137.5 million across 8 000 firms and 75 000 workers. Mrs Montana Elizabeth Mathews, 80, pione er and Bannack native, dies in Dillon after long illness. funeral held at St James Episcopal Church with interment at Mountain View.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Barclay Craighead
Unemployment Compensation Commission of
Montana
Craighead
Montana Elizabeth Mathews
Bannack
Barrett Hospital
Rafe Mathews
Grasshopper Valley
Old Meade
Mathews
Dillon
Society of Montana Pioneers
Mizpah Chapter Order of Eastern Star
St. James
Ted Jacobs
Forest Road Construction Proposed in Beaverhead National Forest
Beaverhead National Forest will spend 32000 dollars to build about 25 miles of new forest roads this coming year. The 7000000 board feet of timber aims to ease housing shortages by opening timber plots in Big Hole Wise River and Madison areas. Projects include Willow Creek George Creek Willow Creek four miles Harriet Low Doolittle Bear Creek Ruby Creek Horse Prairie Mussigbrod all under five thousand dollars each with completion expected before winter.
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Beaverhead National Forest
W. W Wetzel
Big Hole
Wise River
Madison
Beaverhead
Willow Creek
George Creek
Harriet Low
Doolittle Creek
Bear Creek
Ruby Creek
Horse Prairie
Mussigbrod
Sportsmen's Club at Monida to Open Saturday
Beaverhead county gets a new business, the Sportsmen's Club at Monida, with a grand opening Saturday night announced by Ted Miller owner of the tavern. The peeled log building boasts a bright finish drawing tourists on Highway 91. A free dance will inaugurate the venue with Jimmy Fay’s Orchestra providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Sportsmen’s Club
Monida
Ted Miller
Highway 91
Jimmy Fay
Dillon
Tonreys Take California Trip To Visit Kin
Mr and Mrs Francis Tonrey returned Friday from a motor trip to Livermore California where they visited their son Francis and his wife and to San Francisco where they were guests of Mrs Tonreys brother Paul Henneberry and family Mrs M A Henneberry who accompanied them will remain there a while
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Francis Tonrey
Livermore
Calif
Francis
San Francisco
Temple Is Victor by Four Votes Unofficial
An unofficial count shows Temple winning by four votes in the July 16 primary. The campaign featured two rival interpretations of election law, clarified by Atty. Gen. Bottomly who noted an amended provision extending acceptances to Aug. 10 for electors absent due to military service.
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Temple
Montana
Ranch hand Alfred Mathes found dead near Wise River
Alfred Mathes 76 was found in a field at the Frank Husted ranch near Wise River after failing to report for noon meals. Coroner says death natural. funeral held at Fred Gill hall Wise River with Rev. W H Bessire presiding. He had lived in Beaverhead County 20 years and previously worked at a dairy and Ed Roe ranch. Interment in Dewey cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Mathes
Frank Husted
Wise River
Raymond Schwartz
Mathes
Switzerland
Beaverhead
Dillon
Ed Roe
Husted
Fred Gill
W.H. Bessire
Missoula
Dewey Cemetery
Veterans of Foreign Wars Organizes Jackson Post
Steps toward forming the new Jackson post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars were taken at a well attended meeting in the Jackson Odd Fellows hall. Lloyd Whipple post members from Dillon attended, with many Big Hole basin veterans signing up for charter. Temporary officers were named, and the post will be instituted once charter approval is granted.
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New
Jackson Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
U. S
Jackson
Joe Carroll
R P. Jackson
Art Miles
Keith Boetticher
John Cheek
Lloyd Whipple
Don Campbell
John Wenger
A. E. Rhodes
Dan Henneberry
Doyle Gordon
Leonard Schulz
Kirk Fox
Swen Johnson
Temple Edges Lay in Beaverhead Sheriff Nomination Fight
Paul H. Temple former Beaverhead county sheriff beat incumbent Claude Lay by four votes in a close Republican sheriff nomination race. Final unofficial Beaverhead County tally Temple 790 Lay 786 with one precinct still to canvass Lakeview. Other county results favored Martin C. Jackson and W. G. Gilbert Jr. for board and commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul H. Temple
Beaverhead County
Claude Lay
Lakeview
Lay
UNIS
Temple
Beaverhead
Martin C. Jackson
D. J. Stephens
Wisdom
W. G. Gilbert, Jr
Lew D. Brundage
Leonard Schulz
Brundage
Gilbert
Schulz
Dillon
Alice Hansen Orr
Christine Opp
S. P. Meade
C. W. Buckingham
Ecton
Rankin
Congress
Davis
Erickson
Mansfield
Veterans of Foreign Wars to hear reports on Jackson post
Commander Jack Selway outlines progress in forming the Jackson post. Lloyd W. Whipple post meeting to review regular meeting procedures and expected attendance from Big Hole basin veterans. Other important business will be discussed at tonight’s session.
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New Jackson Post
Lloyd Whipple Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
U. S
Jack Selway
Big Hole Basin
California Couple Guests of Local Residents
Mr and Mrs Paul Burke of California were recent house guests of Mr and Mrs Jack Skavdahl here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Burke
California
Jack Skavdahl
Prominent Educator Dr William C Bagley Dies at 1 July
Dr William Chandler Bagley nationally known educator and writer and editor of School and Society died July 1. He taught at Montana State Normal College 1902 to 1906 as director of training and vice president. He authored more than 30 books including Educative Process. His work stressed essentials over form.
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William Chandler Bagley
Bagley
Dillon
School and Society
Educational Weekly
Montana State Normal College
Aged Beaverhead Herder Dies After Illness
Hector A. MacDonald 86 a longtime Beaverhead County resident died Monday at Barrett hospital where he was the first patient after its reopening. Born in Roanoke Virginia he served in the British Army during the Boer War and later in the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. He worked as a herder on local ranches and joined a karakul sheep enterprise before residing in Dillon. Funeral services were at Brundage with the Beaverhead American Legion post in charge and burial in Mountain View cemetery.
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Hector A. MacDonald
Beaverhead County
Barrett Hospital
Roanoke
French Foreign Legion
North Africa
Dillon
Brundage Funeral Home
Beaverhead Post
American Legion
Mountain View Cemetery
Stacks and Valleys See Rapid Haying Growth in Beaverhead County
Beaverhead county haying shifts into full swing as springlike weather returns. Conditions have improved after early rains, allowing crews several productive days. In Beaverhead valley yields run slightly below average but total stock numbers remain normal. labor is ample. Big Hole basin haying will start late month into August with expected normal yields.
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Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
Big Hole
Wedding Permits Issued by Clerk This Week
The clerk of the court Norman Giles issued marriage licenses this past week. Entries list couples from Idaho Falls Odessa Kilgore Whitefish Blackfoot Mobridge Kingston and Montello with ages ranging from 18 to 50 for weddings from Thursday July 11 to Sunday July 14.
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Norman Giles
William L. Sobieski
Muriel S. Campbell
Idaho Falls
Arthur Hjort
Millie J. Warren
Richard Max Cowan
Eva Lee Olson
Brigham City
Utah
J. George Hamburg
Odessa
Wash
Thora Swanstrum
Kilgore
Idaho
William Seduten
Kingston
S. D
Helen Dane
Mobridge
J. G. Clark
Margaret Malanchik
Whitefish
Howard
Eugene Wilkins
Donna Harmon
Blackfoot
Kenne Es Andrus
Montello
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Army Movie Shown Club
Dillon Rotarians
Pioneer of
Elizabeth Mathews Passes
Sportsmen’s Club At
WISE
V.ew. Post
Big Hole Basin Veterans
Bagley School
Barrett Hospial
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