Deadline to join dam water users set for Thursday
Beaverhead Water Development Association reports 123 of 140 potential members have signed up representing 91 percent of land value and 86 percent of eligible water users across Armstead to Twin Bridges. A new deadline of Thursday July 19 was set, with further steps toward Bureau of Reclamation project approval and incorporation.
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Clark Canyon
Beaverhead Water Development Association
Armstead
Twin Bridges
First National Bank
DeMar Taylor
Herb Wheat
Dillon
Harold Aldrich
Mike Drazich
Great Falls
Bureau of Reclamation
Aldrich
Montana Prepares for National Civil Defense Alert
Dillon's role involves aiding evacuees as the National Civil Defense Alert 1956 activates next Friday July 20. The nation will implement attack procedures with Washington DC evacuations and a Conelrad air time cut. Local officers met at city hall with O A Bergeson outlining alert purpose and Montana targets. A Civil Defense meeting is scheduled for Thursday night at 7 30.
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Dillon
Washington
D. C
Montana
Conelrad
Council Chamber
City Hall
O. A. Bergeson
City County Civil Defense Group
Ford Knight Named Supervisor at Savannah River Plant
Ford Knight son of Mr and Mrs Jack Knight of Dillon is promoted to supervisor of a unit at the Savannah River atomic plant near Augusta Georgia His master of engineering degree from Montana School of Mines was earned in 1955 and he is pursuing a doctorate at a Mauss branch of Georgia The unit he oversees includes two assistants and a 24 member technical staff His mother and younger sister Geraldine visited him at Augusta several months ago
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Ford Knight
Jack Knight
Dillon
Savannah River Atomic Plant
Augusta
Geraldine
Chain of Connected Events Noted In Train Wreck Attempt
A complex sequence from Divide to Butte led to the arrest of Lee Levi Gamron on a federal charge of attempting to derail a Union Pacific train. Bond set at $5,000 after Gamron appeared before U.S. Commissioner David L. Holland. officials say a crude derail device was placed on a curve. The incident drew in numerous agencies and workers, with preliminary reports noting two transients were ejected at Divide and a section crew's patrol helped uncover the effort. No injuries reported.
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Divide
Butte
Lee Levi Gamron
U. S
David L. Holland
Bond
Gamron
Union Pacific
Dillon
Montana-Idaho
FBI
Silver Bow County
Union Pacific Railroad
Dillon Police and Sheriff's Office
U. S. Marshal’s Office
U.S
Congress Passes Tungsten Bill Authorizing Purchases
A telegram from U S Senators Murray and Mansfield and Representative Metcalf reports the House passage of the Montana tungsten bill S 4039 authorizing continued government tungsten purchases. If Eisenhower signs, Montana groups plan to secure funds this year to sustain Minerals Engineering Company's Browns Lake mine and Glen mill operations. The Dillon Examiner notes the Senate already advanced the Murray Mansfield measure.
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U. S
James E. Murray
Mike Mansfield
Lee Metcalf
House of the Montana
Eisenhower
Montana
Minerals Engineering Company
Browns Lake
Glen Mill
Dillion Examiner
Dillon, Mont
Senate
Lewis and Clark Return Caravan Arrives in Dillon
Mrs Alfreda Woodside and Mr and Mrs Evans Innes travel to Lolo to join the Lewis and Clark Expedition caravan for the Dillon visit. A Wednesday evening barbecue and program at the city park will host the group, with local D A R Soroptimists and service clubs as sponsors. Mayor Lovell will join at Salmon Idaho for the final leg into Dillon.
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Alfreda Woodside
Entry List for Fair Rodeo Parade Grows
Labor Day parade adds many sponsors and entries. Bruce Watters reports twelve sponsors of youth floats and several organization entries received. Notable out of town signups include a color guard from Navy Army Air Force and Marine Corps recruiting stations at Butte. Last year over 500 participants joined a parade exceeding a mile in length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Watters
Navy
Army
Force
Marine Corps
Butte
Vigilante Electric
Dillon Boy Chosen Outstanding Scout By Montana Legion
C Gosta Miller Jr 15 son of Mr and Mrs C Gosta Miller of Grandview Heights Dillon and Lloyd Dionne of Malta named Montana’s outstanding Boy Scouts by the State Department of the American Legion in a convention in Butte last Saturday Miller earned the open division award while Dionne received the Legion sponsored trophy.
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Dillon
Montana Legion
C. Gosta. Miller, Jr
C. Gosta Miller
Grandview Heights
Lloyd Dionne
Malta
Montana
State Department of the American Legion
Butte
Miller
Dionne
International Harvester unit visits Jackson for ranch life feature
A team from International Harvester arrived in Jackson to gather material for a story on Big Hole ranch life. Miss Mercedes Hurst and photographer George Miller will document grazing, branding, haying, and Basin Mercantile supplies for Harvester World. The Fred Hirschy ranch will anchor the piece.
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Nickel
Bruce Mullette
Butte
Mullette
Big Hole
Basin Mercantile
Basin Mercantile Co
International Harvester
Harvester World
Fred Hirschy
Jackson Garage
Rev F X Lechner to Celebrate 50th Knights of Columbus Anniversary
Rev. F. X. Lechner marks fifty years as a Knights of Columbus member with a high Mass at St. Rose Church Dillon on Sunday July 29 at 4 pm. An honor guard from Fourth Degree Knights of Butte Council 668 will attend and a dinner at Club Royal follows at 6 pm with reservations via Mrs. Harry Andrus and Paul Bramsman. Tickets cost 2.00. Lechner, born December 28 1875 in Bavaria, later studied in France and Germany before service in Cameroun, then moved to the United States for priestly formation and ordination.
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Knights’ of Columbus
F. X. Lechner
St. Rose Church
Dillon
Knights of Butte Council
The
Knights of Columbus No
Lechner
Club Royal
Harry Andrus
Paul Bramsman
Catholic
Bavaria
Pioneers Conventions Set for Bozeman in July
The Society of Montana Pioneers and the Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers hold their 1956 convention in Bozeman from July 26 to 28 with Baxter Hotel as headquarters. Registration starts 9:30 a.m. on July 26, followed by a reception that evening and the banquet Friday. A 100 mile trip to Helena Saturday includes a visit to the Pioneers Veterans Memorial Building and a stop at the State Historical Library for a program and relic display.
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Society of Montana Pioneers
the Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
Bozeman
Baxter Hotel
Helena
State Historical Library
Right or Wrong Advice Column by Danny Valentine
A breezy Danny Valentine column offers Lovelorn Advice on political and romance muddles. A reader asks about changing an 88 year old Republican husband and several young suitors. the columnist endorses sticking with the old man and jokes about handling tough problems.
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Danny Valentine
Ann Landers
Ann
Daily Mail
Prohibition Party
Old Ann
Dan
Taxable County Value Up After State Assessment
Beaverhead county faces a jump in taxable value to about 8.6 million this year, up roughly 750000 from last year, per county assessor Sylvester Meade. The gain hinges on State Board of Equalization assessments, with livestock declines offset by boosts to minerals and mine operations led by Minerals Engineering Company.
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Beaverhead
Sylvester Meade
State Board of Equalization
State Board
Minrals Engineering Company
Ies
Minerals Engineering
U. S
Victor Fall
Helena
Minerals Engineering Company
State Supreme Court
Demand for Hay Field Labor Tapers as Harvest Nears
The first alfalfa cut is progressing and wild hay work may pick up with harvest expected on ranches in the Big Hole Grasshopper Bedrock Centennial and other county valleys. Labor demand at the State Employment Service has slowed to near standstill with orders for ranch cooks irrigators and sheepherders remaining scarce while hay labor may rise.
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State Employment Service
Paul Stahl, Jr
Big Hole
Grasshopper
Bedrock
Centennial
The Week's Weather and Haying Conditions
Weather for the week has been near average with highs in the 80s and cool nights in the 40s. Haying weather has been ideal overall, though isolated thunderstorm activity briefly interrupted harvest in some areas. Efforts to obtain the official College Weather Station report were unsuccessful.
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College Weather Station
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C. Gosta Miller, Jr
Big Hole Ranch Life
Il-H Magazine
Beaverhead County
France
Longuy
Strasburg
Alsace
Cameroun
United States
Dodon
Annapolis
Catholic University
Pioneer’s Society
George M. Melton
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