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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1924
Page
1
The August 26 primary will feature a record ballot with nearly 180 nominations across five parties. Key races include Republican ELIEL candidate for the First District, state rail way commissioner contests, and multiple bids for lieutenant governor and U.S. senator.
A detailed listing of candidates across parties for United States Senator, Congress, Supreme Court, Governor, and state offices. Names include Thomas Walsh, Wellington Rankin, Scott Leavitt, Charles Collett, and many others across districts and roles. The partisan slate shows Republican, Democratic, and Farmer-Labor contenders with multiple regional nominations.
The annual Chautauqua will be held in Dillon from August 2 to August 9 under Edison-White auspices. Linden McCullough leads the local association with high class attractions promised for all ages. Ticket sales will be managed by Tom Olmsted Jr in the city and Carl Turner at the Normal college, with prizes for early buyers. Ralph Bingham and the Paramount Marimba band, both Victor record artists, join the lineup.
County assessor B W Emerick reports Beaverhead's 1924 total assessed valuation at 16 842 821 down from 18 358 208 a drop of 1 516 382. Land value falls from 9 283 165 to 8 199 932 while city lots drop to 2 451 84. Automobiles rise to 1 071 with value up 73 007. Cattle fall in value though headcount rises slightly. sheep increase in both headcount and value. bank stock declines sharply.
In a wild baseball tilt the Normals led 13 to 3 after six innings but the Bunnies exploded to a 20 to 13 final. The Beavers beat the Normals 7 to 2 last Wednesday, and the Bunnies meet Beavers tonight as standings show 82 wins 29 losses for the top team, 54 and 29 for the second, 29 and 54 for the third.
The board of county commissioners and the board of equalization met last Monday morning and were in session until noon. No protests were recorded against the 1924 assessment. Complaints will be accepted until August 11 before the board reconvenes to fix the year’s tax levy.
Rotary luncheon discussed crop conditions across the northwest with Ed Williams of Miles City C C Price of Billings and Senator Hazelbaker offering observations. A following picnic at Dillmont Park will replace the regular luncheon with Rotary members their wives and guests in attendance.
Fifteen girls over ten years old departed by automobile for Browne Lake where they will spend a week at Camp Fire Girls camp. Attendees from Butte Anaconda Deer Lodge and other Montana towns will participate for six weeks with guardians and medical staff on site. Dillon group showcased in blue khaki camp attire.
Ed Whitney a longtime city resident died last Friday at Barrett hospital after several weeks illness. Heart trouble caused his death. Funeral from the Catholic Church Saturday morning and burial at Mountain View cemetery. He was 63 and has relatives in Ontario Canada.
Ernest Truex in the William Fox comedy drama Six Cylinder Love at the Hartwig theater is speeding to the studio. A traffic officer stops him but Truex explains he’s late for work and even tours the studio later with the officer, impressing director Elmer Clifton and the cast.
Veteran doughboys of the 18th Infantry from Fort Schuyler assisted Sidney Olcott in filming air raid scenes for Gloria Swanson’s The Humming Bird at the Hartwig theater. The ruins of Fort Schuyler doubled for Paris St Lazare prison with World War II era bombs. Colonel George B. Pond commanded the Fort detachment with Captain J J Kelly as adjutant.
Globe reveals unusual activity at Melrose near Glendale with 16 six horse teams hauling slag from the old Hecla slag heap to Melrose for shipment to East Helena for fox use. L. D. Foreman ships about 300 tons of tailings as silver lead ore. Hecla Consolidated Mining begins a new silver lead project nearby under H. A. Stone. Glendale, once a thriving mining town, fades into a memory of its heyday.
With two days left to file for county offices in Beaverhead county the August 26 primary sees few filings. Several offices are unchallenged while contests emerge for Democratic and Republican nominations in multiple races including senator and representative, clerk of district court, sheriff, county attorney, and several county board roles.
Alfred Lunt and Mimi Palmeri star in The Ragged Edge a Distinctive Pictures release from Goldwyn. Harmon Weight directs from Forest Halsey adaptation about two runaways in Canton China and South Sea islands whose fateful meeting sparks enduring love.
The Legion carnival starts tomorrow evening at seven with a parade and music by the clown band at the training school grounds. Admission is ten cents to fund the 1925 convention in this city, featuring shows under George Melton and other Normal College staff, a hippo drome, fortune telling, street dancing, and a grand masked ball to close the event.
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