Week End Camping Party in the Sweetwater Canyons
Social notices recount a week end camping party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brearley in upper Sweetwater canyons. Attendees include Andy Williams Virginia City Bennet, Duff and Smith households, Gilbert families, Drake, White sisters from Chicago and Santa Ana, and many other local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Brearley
Sweetwater
Andy
Williams
Alder
Lyman. Bennet
Virginia City
Duff
Dillon
Blanche Potter
Chicago
H. D- White
Santa Ana
Cal
Grace Smith in Toledo family reports aid and hope
Mrs Reed Featherly receives news from her parents Mr and Mrs George Gray that Grace Smith has regained consciousness. They explain the Studebaker crash near a railroad crossing that killed Dr Smith and fatally injured Miss Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Featherly
George Gray
Toledo
Ohio
Grace Smith
Farmers to Store Flood Waters for Irrigation
Helena July 18 farmers near Wisdom plan to store flood waters in Mussigbrod lake for irrigation and have filed articles of incorporation for the Reliance Water company with a capital of 12800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Wisdom
Mussigbrod Lake
Reliance Water Company
Montana Governor Calls Special Session on Drought Relief
Governor S. V. Stewart issues proclamation summoning the Sixteenth legislative assembly to a special session in Helena on July 29 1919. It aims to address road and highway funding and improvements, drought relief for farmers, and ratification of the constitutional amendment extending women's suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Drouth
Montana
State Highway Commission
Boards of County Commissioners
Legislative Assembly
Congress of the United States
S. V. Stewart
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly
Helena
Dreath
V. Stewart
Farmer Draws Elkhorn Road Contract Bid Winner
W F Farmer, a well known local contractor, has been awarded the Elkhorn road contract with work to start after bond approval. The lone competitor was George Roberts of Jackson. The two mile road from Farley ranch to Hot Springs will be granite surfaced under government plans, replacing the difficult mountain route and providing easy grades to access Elkhorn Springs and the county’s mineral region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhorn Road
George Roberts
Jackson
Farley Ranch
Hot Springs
Returns With War Bride From Overseas Duty
George Clayton, first Beaverhead county man to return from overseas with a war bride, married to a French woman after nearly eighteen months in France. He enlisted in the 20th engineers at the war’s start and now wears three gold stripes. Clayton and his bride arrived in New York City a day before President Wilson. He is a young ranchman who took a Sweetwater homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Clayton
Beaverhead County
Clayton
20Th Engineers
France
New York City
Wilson
Sweetwater
Chautauqua Week Promises Stars From Ida Tarbell to Mary Adel Hays
The August 13 to 19 program highlights major speakers led by Ida M. Tar Bell and Edward F. Trefz, with Private Peat as a top war storyteller. Bohemian music by Jaroslav Cimera and Helen Cafarelli, soprano Mary Adel Hays, and the Lewis Military quartet anchor a diverse bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida M. Tarbell
America
Edward F. Trefz
American Food Mission
Europe
Herbert Hoover
Food Administration
Miss Tarbell
United States
Paris
National Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Chambers of Commerce and
National Trade Association
Private Peat
Canada
Jaroslav Cimera
Bohemia
Helen Cafarelli
Chicago Opera
Mary Adel Hays
New York
Lewis
Camp Lewis
Fillon
Ferdinand Fillion
Fern Gourd
Chicago Grand Opera Association
McDonough- Eagleston Company
Reginers
Apollo Concert Company
Apollophone
Edwin M. Whitney
Boston
Elsica Mae Gordon
Uncle Sam
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Pwo
John B.cluley
William C. Jennings
Bert Orr
South Idaho Street
Effie Cochran
South Rife Street
Hubert McNinch
Hazel Mummey
Mummey
Dell
J. D. Brandenberg
Cochran
J.C. Smith
Smith
South Pacific
E. D. White
Opal Scott
Montana Murray
Scott
Shoshone
Idaho
Lilian Ewer
A. L. Anderson
Butte
Twin Bridges
John Collins
Mary Judge
Pocatello
Caroline Barbour
Lorenzo Cushing
Baker City
Oregon
Miss Barbour
Grace Johnson
Anaconda
California
Forsyth
Will Angel
John Wolfe
Lima
Ora Caldwell
JL. A. Gregory
Gregory
Idaho Street
Caldwell
Gooding
Lyceum
Mrs. Grace Smith
Badger Pass
B. A. Risley
Mont
Wisdom, Mont
Sheridan
Powell Feedebarn
Stocker
Grant
George Osterman
Dillon, Mont
North Pacific
Wedum
C. T. Magnus
W. A. Lovell
Main Street Garage
Beaver- Head
Railroad
Dillion
Melrose
L. B. Sulgrove
Pheenix
Andrus Hotel
Sweetwater Basin
C. L. Sarraae
Ken
Tucky Avenue
W. B
James” Kirkpatrick
Buick
Montana Auto Supply CO
Cadillac
Dillon, Montana
SHE Universal
Ford
Beaverhead Motors Co
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