Chautauqua Plan Advances in Dillon with Tent on South Atlantic
The Ellison-White Chautauqua advances in Dillon as a new advisory board forms and committees organize. A tent will be erected on South Atlantic street behind the court house for the August 5 start, with tickets selling locally and a strong patriotic program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
South Atlantic Street
Huber
Beaverhead Club
FP. H. Garver
Pearl I. Smith
Leo R. Light
C. W. Hudegan
Garver
Ino. L. MacFadden
R. R. Price
J. EB. Morse
F. H. Bimrose
H. G. Rod
Dillon
Montana Reports 85,000 Men Supplied to Army
Adjutant General Phil C. Greenan states Montana has supplied 35,000 men to the service with 4,500 more expected in the next month. He notes Montana ranks among the top states by population forits wartime contributions and claims most enlistments have been voluntary with few slackers, praising the state's war record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Adjt
Phil C. Greenan
Butte Post
France
Italy
Atlantic
England
America
Europe
Germany
Food Administration
Ladies Rally for Red Cross War Work in Dillon
Women and girls are urged to join the Red Cross in Dillon to sew refugee garments for France and Belgium. The Red Cross rooms will be open Thursday and Friday nights and every afternoon. 81 workers, including 18 men, attended last Thursday to aid the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Red Cross
France
Belgium
Red Cross Rooms
Big Hole wool clip nets $65 000 in Boston sale
A. E. Foster of Union Wool company Boston traveled to Divide to receive Big Hole basin wool for grading and shipment. He contracted the season’s clip totaling a little over 100000 pounds and predicted a 65 cent a pound appraisal, about $65000, with top quality due to six months feeding on wild hay and clean wool from snowy winters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Wool Company of
Boston
Big Hole Basin
Big Hole
Big Hole Valley
Montana
Funeral of Judge Everton J. Conger
The remains of Judge Everton J. Conger arrived in San Diego and will be shipped to Dillon for burial Friday at St James Episcopal Church. Judge J B Poindexter and his daughter Helen accompany the casket. Conger died in Honolulu July 12 and will be interred in Mountain View cemetery beside his late wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. L. Poindexter
J. B. Poindexter
Honolulu
Everton J. Conger
San Diego
Cal
Dillon
St. James Episcopal Church
R. J. Jenson
Montana Auto Supply War Policy Update
The Montana Auto Supply company announces that after August 15 it will perform no repair work except on cars it handles, with trucks and delivery vehicles needed for business and war effort exempt. The move follows an appeal by auto dealers to conserve manpower and materials for war work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Auto Supply Company
Contingents Ready for Beaverhead County Training Camps
Nineteen men selected from Beaverhead county prepare for three training contingents. The first group of five leaves Saturday for Camp Lewis, led by Leon Boesa and others. A second group of eight heads to Camp Fremont on August 9, followed by a final group of five to Missoula on August 15.
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Beaverhead County
Camp Lewis
Leon Boesa
Frank McLean
Terrance Lynn Corrin
Benjamin Franklin Swartz
Fred Dale Mullen
Camp Fremont
Cal
Elza Patrick
Albert Lohr
James Larson
J. Lee Woodside
Lee Watkins
Alva Edison Orr
Andrew Lester Thomas
Reymond Swartz
Missoula
Cecil Featherly
Frederick Hartwig
Albert Mengel
Clifford Owen
Clarence Wangertin
F. C. Fiser Arrested for Hangs Bad Paper in Dillon
Fiser or Fowler was captured near Dillon after hanging several counterfeit papers and forging a Dillon firm name. Two Rexburg youths Gordon Browning and George Hill allegedly bought two suitcases with a bogus check at Dillon Dry Goods and were jailed after sheriff apprehension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Fiser
F. C. Fowler
Dillon
Salmon City
Ilaha
Frasier
Fiser
Dillon and Armatead
Gordon Browning
George Hill
Rexburg
Idaho
Dillon Dry Goods Company
Wyman
Sanity hearing continued for Sam Carey Wilson
Sam Carey Wilson was examined by a three doctor commission and the hearing was adjourned until his brother could return him to Virginia. He is well dressed and educated with a bank account, sometimes rational, but often fears someone intends to harm him. doctors hope proper treatment will restore his mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Carey Wilson
Virginia
Wilson
Sheepman Injured in Horse Accident at Sheep Creek
Earl Rogers, a noted sheepman from Sheep Creek basin, was badly injured Monday when the horse he rode fell, striking his head. He was unconscious but improving by today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Rogers
Sheep Creek Basin
Rogers
Selway Sheep opens new bunkhouse with public dance
The Selway Sheep company completed a modern bunkhouse at their upper Blacktail ranch costing several thousand dollars. John Kent built it, it has nineteen rooms and full facilities. A big public dance will open the bunkhouse next Saturday evening with continuous open house and repast through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selway Sheep Company
Blacktail Ranch
John Kent
Security National Bank of Lima Aims to Open in City
Lima will host a new Security National Bank as the charter was received last week. C C Thornton leads the launch as president with Frank Merrill as vice president. a board includes C C Thornton Frank Merrill J Keller C S Truax and Nels Nelson. Numerous stockholders listed include Smith McKnight Joseph Williams John West and others. location is being sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Security National Bank of Lima
C. C. Thornton
Frank Merrill
J. ©. Keller
C. S. Truax
Nels Nelson
Smith McKnight
Joseph Williams
John West
Maggie Halliday
L. C. Ford
Adda Richardson
FE. Q. Brainard
L. HB. Brainard
Ed Kentson
Ed _ Gleed
Marshall Field
A. F. Waldorf
Brandenburg & van Housen
W. Vance
John Peterson
J. Thiel
WL. H. Truax
Ed N. Evans
N. P. Christensen
George Duck
Ernest Geary
James McKnight
Hartwigs Return From Yellowstone Park Tour
Mr and Mrs W B Hartwig and children came home last week from a Yellowstone Park tour in company with W J Hartwig and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Hartwig
Yellowstone Park
W. J., Hartwig
Flag Pole for Court House to Be Erected
An iron flag pole received last week by the county commissioners will be erected in the court house yard or in front of the building shortly.
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Court House
County Defense Seeks Names of All Volunteers
The publicity and labor committee of the state council of defense asks the county council to gather the names of Montana volunteers and the addresses of their nearest relatives. Local boards provide selected men, but volunteers remain unlisted. Relatives should mail names and addresses to J. H. Gilbert, chairman, county council of defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Council of Defense
County Council of Defense
County Council
Council of Defense
Helena
Commercial Club
Lewis and Clark County
J. H. Gilbert
Three Men Charged With Desertion In Dillon
Forgery and desertion charges involve Get Them in Bad C. L. Fiser arrested days ago at Salmon City Idaho brought to Dillon to answer forgery. George W. Parks arrested on weapons charge held on desertion, wanted at Boise. William Hothe arrested for theft in Kidd connected to Lakeview Oregon deserter status and a prior embezzlement bond jump in Elko Nevada. All face chance to serve with the colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Fiser
Salmon City
Idaho
Dillon
Kenison
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
George W. Parks
Boise
William Hothe
Kidd
Lakeview
Oregon
Elko
Nevada
Otto Schultz to Attend Nineteenth Grand American Handicap
Otto Schultz of the Dillon Rod and Gun club heads to Chicago for the nineteenth Grand American Handicap tournament by the Interstate Trapshooting Association. He recently won the Montana handicap championship in Bozeman, with fellow state shooters Renfro of Warm Springs Gimmett of Anaconda and O'Brien of Butte also attending. Mrs Schultz will accompany him to Chicago and then visit relatives in Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Schultz
Dillon Rod and Gun Club
Chicago
Schultz
Bozeman
Renfro
Warm Springs
Gimmett
Anaconda
O’brien
Butte
Sugar ration cut to two pounds per capita monthly
Washington reports a government plan cutting the U.S. sugar allowance to two pounds per person per month beginning August 1 to meet wartime shortages. Public eating places face two pounds per 90 meals served, with voluntary household cuts to guard supplies for Belgium, the Red Cross, Y M C A, Knights of Columbus, Salvation Army and military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Food Administration
Belgium
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Salvation Army
Europe
United States
The
Louisiana
Porto Rico
Java
Many Hats in the Ring for County Nominations
Eight men seek the sheriff nomination as Aug 27 primary looms. Five Democrats and three Republicans vie for sheriff plus several seek other county offices including commissioners, auditor, county attorney, treasurer, coroner and more with incumbents and new challengers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Porter
Sheriff
J. W. Carney
L. P. Phillips
Ben Hummelt
Elmer Ripley
C. K. Wyman
George Tash
W. T. Scully
George Stimpson
A. B. Dansie
Theodor Nelson
D. L. Stephens
Har Wheat
R. W. Boone
W. F P. Cashmore
Clarence Wall
W. G. Gilbert
Elizabeth Sutherland
Bert Willams
Melville Lougheed
Henry
B. R. Stevenson
Justice of the Peace
Wiscom
Prepare to Fight Venereal Disease
State board of health adopts rules requiring doctors and druggists to report venereal disease cases to county boards. Noncompliers risk publication of their names and possible isolation until contagion ends. Syphilis, gonorrhea and chancroid deemed contagious and subject to quarantine like scarlet fever. Health officers trace sources and quarantine until noninfectious. Only licensed physicians may prescribe treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
County Boards of Health
Picnic At Glen Railroad Outing At Reichle
Lima railroad men and families enjoyed an annual outing yesterday at Reichle. Fishing dancing picnicking and a general good time were reported by those present. A special train carried the picnickers from Reichle.
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Lima
Reichle
Roman Girl at the Fountain on View Window
Mrs Cary completes tapestry painting titled The Roman Girl at the Fountain and displays it for a few days in the Thomas bookstore window. The artwork has been purchased by Mrs Ada Freeman.
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Ontana
Dillon Examiner
Judge Conger
Judge Poindexter
Miss Helen Poindexter
Salmon
Selway Ranch
Lima and
Bozema
B. L. Currier
Montana State College
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