Beaverhead County Tax Roll Shows Growth Despite Reductions
Beaverhead County 1904 assessments compiled by County Assessor Beardsley show total property value only slightly under last year and $94,000 above post equalization totals. Livestock valuations fall from 1908 levels though overall taxable property increases, with over 52,000 acres of government land now taxed for the first time.
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Beaverhead County
Beardsley
County Board of Equalization
County Assessors' Association
Horace Hand
State Board of Equalization
Big Robbery Foiled After Telephoned Tip
Lucille Dunsmore alerted police by phone about a plotted bank break in at First National Bank. Investigators scouted a reported plan with four men but found no evidence or suspects. Locals debate the tip’s credibility while no further arrests followed.
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Lucille Dunsmore
Red Light District
First National Bank
Montana Street
Dillon
Huboa
Dillon Boy League Defeats Local Imposters in Exhibition
A local crowd watched the Wool House Nine mock baseball against Dillon Whats, 25 to 30 year olds failing to play. The 12 and 13 year olds won 22 to 13, claiming a $10 wager while the older players appeared clueless, leaving fans disappointed in the display.
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Dillon
Wool House
Fellowa
Eye Decoration Incident Lands Three Teens in Court
Three youths faced Judge Vermillion after decorating a Chinaman’s eye with black and blue paint for amusement. The victim’s appearance suggested a harsh beating. One boy pleaded guilty and paid a $5 fine. the other two were dismissed.
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Vermillion
Brertha Freeman Attends Deer Lodge Academy This Year
Bertha Freeman, long a pupil at Deer Lodge Sisters Academy, has returned home with her sister Mrs. W S Barbour after a year of perfect attendance with no day missed or recitation missed.
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Mies Bertha Freeman
Siater’s Academy
Deer Lodge
W. S. Barbour
Bertha
Wool market ends season with higher earnings per pound
Wool shipments wrap up the season noting fewer pounds sold than last year but higher total revenue. Buyers contracted heavily in prior years, with Jeremiah Williams & Co. securing about 15 million pounds. Dillon shipped 57 cars in 1904, and county clips totaled 1,460,203 pounds. Revenue reached 216,069.67 dollars, up 12,967.10 from 1903.
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Great Falls
A.C. Logan
Billings
Jeremiah Williams & Co
Boston
Dillon
Woo! Aales
Death of Miss Winifred Coleman at Miles City
Honora Winifred Coleman twenty one year old eldest daughter of James and Margaret Coleman died at Brainerd hospital after tumor operation. She attended Dillon State Normal and Saint Peters and taught school at Stacey. A popular Catholic church choir member and former junior class student, her death marks a family of ten children.
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Miles City
Winifred Coleman
Normal College
Thia
Dillon
Tuia Morning
Miner
Honora Winifred Coleman
James
Margaret Coleman
Brainerd
Misa Coleman
Saint Peter's
Stacey
Dillon State Normal
Harvest Days Here in Beaverhead County Haying Big
Haying begins in the Big Hole Basin with an army of workers as ranchers rush to gather a prolific hay crop. Beaverhead County leads Montana in hay harvested with stacks reaching 50 to 200 tons each and cattle fed through winter in preparation for markets in Butte and Anaconda.
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Beaverhead
Butte
Anaconda
Big Hole
Bedrock
Mrs Bears Returns From Philippine Trip With Husband
Mrs. Robert Bears daughter of R. P. Willard has come home from a five month stay in the Philippine Islands with her husband. She reports a pleasant trip and Mr. Bears plans to return to Dalton later this fall.
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Robert Bears
R. P. Willard
Philippine Islands
Special school tax levies listed by county districts
The deadline for filing special school tax levy applications passed. County Clerk Baker received bids from the Free County High School and sixteen districts. Levy requests range from 0.4 to 5 mills, with the Free County High School seeking 11,500 dollars and two mills for the general fund and four mills for interest. Several districts require minimal taxes or none, including Bannack with a surplus and Bedrock and Horse Prairie at a half mill. The Dillon district asks for two mills, and a general county fund levy of two mills exists alongside state distributions from the school income fund from public lands. Districts and amounts are listed: Free Co High 0.214, District No.4 Argenta 0.85, No.8 Glendale 0.5, No.6 Deweys 0.3, No.7 Horse Prairie 0.425, No.10 Dillon 0.2, No.12 Lama 0.8, No.13 Bristow 0.5, No.14 Bedrock 0.25, No.16 Wisdom 0.3, No.17 Bowen 0.3, No.19 Greyling 0.4, No.22 Dell 0.1, No.24 Jackson 0.5, No.26 Willig 0.2, No.27 Blacktail 0.125, No.28 Fox 0.5.
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Baker
Free County High School Board
Fromeixteen
Dell
Bannack
Horse Prairie
Dillon
Atnte Landa
Free Co. High School
Argenta
Glendale
Deweys
Herge Prairie
Lama
Bristow
Bedrock
Wisdom
Anilla
Bowen
Greyling
Amille
Jackson
Willig
Blacktail
Pox
Imine
Beaverhead County High Hears Levy and Boiler Plan
Beaverhead county high school board met Saturday evening with Featherly White Conway and Secretary Miss Rich present. They revived a tax levy of 234 mills to cover general and sinking fund obligations and approved a new boiler plus fire hose and rack at about 100 dollars. The fall term begins September 12, three teachers from last year were reelected with Koontz as principal Hawley in latin and history, Losie in commercial, and two new Illinois teachers Pot ter and Edith Hays will lead science and English at 100 dollars per month.
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Beaverhead County High School
Featherly
White
Conway
Miss Rich
Koontz
Elizabeth Hawley
KE. J. Losie
Ilinois
H. EB. Potter
Chicago, Il
Edith Hays
Farmer City
Landers Family Visit With Mr J Parents
T B Landers and his wife with their child are visiting for several days with Mr J and his parents, as reported in local social notes.
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T. B. Landers
Miegoula
Mr. J
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