Mrs S E Davis Remembered After Sudden Death
Mrs Sheldon Emmon Davis wife of Montana State Normal College president died after months of illness Sunday July 18. Funeral held at St James Episcopal church with college faculty pallbearers and Mountain View cemetery burial. Mary Coleman Davis born 1886 in Jefferson City Missouri, educated at Warrensburg Chicago Michigan Colorado Knox College, taught English, married 1911, two children Ethel Jean and Harlan Cole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon &. Davis
Davis
Montana State Normal College
Dillon
Davla
Marysville
Missouri
C. W. Aydelotte
Kansas City
Normal College
St. James Episcopal Church
Thomas W. Bennett
B. R. Mosher
Robert Clark
Lee R. Light
F. H. Garver
J. B. Cluley
C. G. Manning
J. M. Hamilton
Montana Late College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
University of Montana
Mountain View Cemetery
Mary Coleman Davis
Jefferson City
Warrensburg
Warrensburg State Normal School
Chicago
Michigan
Colorado
Knox College of Music
Galesburg
Illinois
Sheldon Emmon Davis
Ethel Jean
Harlan Coleman
Lucey the Smilosopher Headlines Normal College July Show
Thos Elmore Lucey known as the Smilosopher will perform at the Normal College Friday evening July 30. A versatile entertainer and poet actor songster and humorist he gained wartime fame entertaining at army camps and remains popular with the American Legion nationwide.
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Thos. Elmore Lucey
Normal College
Recent Filings in Beaverhead County Primaries
List of filings for Beaverhead County offices includes 0. C Gosman for county commissioner Republican Wm A Bucher for clerk of the court Republican Cecil M Featherly Republican J & David Democrat for assessor An son Baxter Democrat for clerk of the court and W E Chapman Democrat for county surveyor in the coming primaries.
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C Gosman
Wm. A. Bucher
Cecil M. Featherly
J. &. David
Anson Baxter
W. E. Chapman
Bryan Addresses Large Dillon Park Audience
W J Bryan spoke at Dillmont park in Dillon on Tuesday evening before the largest audience in southern Montana. He urged vigilance and citizenship duties, discussed education religion and government, and critiqued parties over the eighteenth amendment. A Chautauqua benefit dance followed. Bryan stayed with A L Stone and spoke at the Andr us dining room during a banquet.
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W. J. Bryan
Dillmont Park
Montana
Bryan
Christ
America
Mr. Bryan
Dillon
A. L. Stone
Andrus
Dr. Clark
Montaniang
Dillon Dominates Butte All-Stars In 20-3 Win
Dillon routed Butte with a 20 to 3 victory as Dillon pitchers Fuller and Gosman shut down the visitors. The highlight was a one handed catch by Bradley of Dillon on a line drive. Dillon exploded for five runs in the first inning and controlled the game from the start.
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Butte
Dillon
Bradley
Fuller
Gosman
O'Neill
Keefe
Heavy
Beaverhead Oil Announces Contract To Drill Near City
Beaverhead Alberta Oil company of this city has completed a contract with Midnorthern a Midwest subsidiary to drill on holdings near here. Work will start once crews and equipment are secured. Many Dillon and Butte residents show interest in the Beaverhead company.
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Beaverhead Oil
Beaverhead Alberta Oil Company
Midnorthern
Midwest
Dillon
Butte
Beaverhead Company
Delphian Society Formed by Dillon Women
Dillon women organized a local chapter of the National Delphian society with Miss Mabel Ames of Wisconsin and Miss Blanche Faulhaber of St. Louis assisting. The group plans meetings at the training school auditorium on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 3 pm starting September 14, elects officers, and pursues courses in progress, art, music, drama, travel and literature as a university extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Ames
Wisconsin
Blanche Faulhaber
St. Louis
Dillon
National Delphian Society
J. &. Morse
E. L. Poindexter
Hugh MacMillan
J. H. Gilbert
C. W. Woodburn
F. D. Willis
J. B. Morse
T. 8. Gilbert
Thomas
Roy Forrester
Fern Andrus
Sophie Banks
FE. O. Selway
Gimbel
F. H. Bimrose
J. T. Orr
Carolyn White
F. Waldorf
G. T. Paul
C. W. Hudson
H. A. MacMillan
Wilbur
Charles Phillips
H. H. Andrus
Chloe Thomas
Lucille Paul
Nash
Dillon trapshooters win medals at Montana state shoot
Dillon shooters returned from Kalispell with two top medals. Nick Birrer won the Butte Rod and Gun club medal and Birrer with Roy Forrester won the Manhattan team cup, tying with rivals. Dillon earned next year’s state shoot, to be held in July 1921, bringing about 150 shooters to town for four days.
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Dillon
Montana
Kalispell
Nick Birrer
Butte
Roy Forrester
Renfro
O. A. Schulz
Dillon Red and Gun Club
Dillon Rod and Gun Club
C. C. Thornton
W. C. Orr
M. M. Owsley
George M. Melton
Montana State Trapshooting Association
Ralph McFadden Piano Recital at Training School Auditorium
Ralph McFadden a student of Dana's Musical Institute will give a piano recital at the training school auditorium on the evening of August 2. Eastern papers praise his ability and the program promises to please Dillon music lovers. He is presented by his former teacher L A Gregory of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph McFadden
Dana’s
Musical Institute
Training School
McFadden
Dillon
L. A. Gregory
Beaverhead County Commission Minutes Open July 12 1920
Beaverhead County commissioners hold regular session with D D McKnight chairing. Actions include road deeds for two right of ways, federal aid request for Badger Pass road, tax cancellation for Elin M Smith, and hiring a Big Hole basin nurse under Child Welfare.
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Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead County
Fuly
D. D. McKnight
O. M. Best
J. E. Shaw
George R. Baker
W. S. Tash
N. W
Sec
N.W
Grasshopper Creek
D. L. Or Tash Ranch
Badger Pass
Dillon-Jackson Post Road
Dillon
Bannack
Dillon- Jackson-Wisdom
Elin M. Smith
P. B. Newcomb
Neynwy
M. M
Warren C. Johnson
Big Hole
Jackson and
Wisdom
Selway
Roy Selway
Monida
First National Bank of
State Highway Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
Mooney’s
R. T. Wemple
Mooney Bridge
Highway Commission
O. 8 S. Lt
Federal Bureau
Bureau
Flood Washes Out Two Miles of Oregon Short Line Track Near Bond
A cloudburst near Bond washed out about two miles of Oregon Short Line track just north of Bond's station. The afternoon train was routed to Dillon, where it stayed until Monday morning while a temporary track was built. Cars were marooned, and residents fear losses to Beaverhead Ranch and local properties. Rainfall in July breaks records and raises fears of drought relief turning bumper crops.
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Oregon
Beaverhead Ranch Company
Bond
Porkers Score Gain At Close Of Week
At Union Stock Yards South St. Paul on July 19 hogs finished modestly higher after a week of declines. Top porker price reached 14.75 with totals around 40 000 receipts for cattle and hogs, while dairy cows moved to 70 100 dollars and sheep and lambs closed 60c higher with lambs 6 to 15 dollars.
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Union Stock Yards
St. Paul
Mrs Jane Woody buried in Mountain View Cemetery
Mrs Jane Eyre Woody born February 18 1854 in Grassy Creek North Carolina died July 19 1920 after a fall fractured leg. She leaves husband William Woody and six children Ida Netterfield Virginia Patrick James James B Robert Lucy Mary all of various western cities. Funeral at the Baptist church officiated by Rev T M Bennett. Burial in Mountain View Cemetery.
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Best
Engineer Chapman
Stone Creek
Messrs
Harper
Morrow and Clark
Oscar Garner
Chapman
Petty
Wellman
F. B. Connelly Co
Biilings
Lemhi County
Idaho
Idaho-Montana
Sullivan Bros
Ella Plant
Heikkle
R. Hardesty Mfg. Co
Lewis & Clark Trail
Dillon South Central
Lloyd & Blair Garage
Mia
Edwin G. Farnsworth
Owen M. Galloway
Lakeview
Lakeview School House
Townsend C. Fairbanks
Joe Buck
Clarence B. Miller
Monida
Smith's Hotel
Wm. M. Miller
Clarence Buck
John H. Brundage
Lima
Lima School House
A.S. Bearsley
Marius P. Elmose
Henry Siefken
Barratts
Ewing Bunk House
Fred E. Dingrey
Fred M. Heffner
James Walter Taylor
Bannack
Bannack Hotel
H. R. Paddock
C. W. Stallings
Fred J. Gibson
Dillion South
Methen Hotel
Wm. J. Cushing
James O. Melton
Robert C. Farmer
L. T. Taylor
George Bott
Bishop
Nelson School House
Theodor Nelson
Grant Kenison
Isaac F. Hunsaker
Argenta
Argenta School House
J.T. Ross
Arthur ¢. Pilon
Anthony H. French
Birchcreek
Apex Hall
T. H. DuBois
Henry M. Miller
Lester F. Rice
Glendale
Glendale School House
F. P. Tate
H. C. Norris
B. G. Swafford
Jane Eyre Woody
Grassy Creek
N. C
Baptist Church
Wm. Woody
Ida Netterfield
Rich Hill
Virginia
Patrick
Central Point
Oregon
Jas. B. Woody
Robert B. Woody
Lucy V. Fullerton
Mary Woody
Jackson
Montana
T. M. Bennett
Mountain View Cemetery
Family motor trip to Kansas City planned for a month
Mr and Mrs Pearl S Smith and their two children departed last week on a motor trip to Kansas City to visit relatives. They expect to stay about a month.
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Kansas City
Pearl S. Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
S. E. Davis
Thos. E. Lucey
the Normal
WJ. Bryan
Delphians
Dillon-Jackson Road
O. M. Galloway
Frank Nelson
Cloudbu
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