Government Wool Schedule for 1918 Distribution Rules
Government wool regulations issued by the Wool Division of the War Industries Board outline 1918 fleece and territory wool classifications, distribution centers, and dealer qualifications. Territory wool rules aim to concentrate near consumption centers, with priority to government needs and civilian allocation under WIB direction.
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Lewis Penwell
Montana
War Industries Board
Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi River
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Kansas
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Territory
Will Tash Buys Out Partner to Run DL Ranch
W S Tash becomes sole owner of the DL livestock firm on Grasshopper with 4000 acres deeded and 2000 acres leased plus 10 cattle and horses. Holdings include a lower Big Hole ranch valued at 150000. Lenkersdorfer to rest. Tash to continue managing the place. Also notes rural school tour by Elizabeth Sutherland and Adelaide Ayer and Jackson resident Clarence Verfoot registering at the Metlen.
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Tash
Grasshopper
Polaris
DL Ranch
John Lenkersdcth
Big Hole
Lenkersdorfer
Elizabeth Sutherland
Adelaide Ayer
Big Hole Basin
New O L Train Schedule Changes on Short Line
A new Short Line train schedule took effect last Sunday. North bound No. 29 arrives at 2 15 a m, reduced from 3 35. South bound No. 30 arrives at 9 45 a m, up from 9 40. North bound No. 31 at 2 37 p m, up from 1 58. South bound No. 32 at 6 20 p m, up from 7 45.
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Tamaaneielsagles
Fred Woodside Visits Butte for Day
Fred Woodside spends a day in Butte engaging with local residents and touring city landmarks as part of a brief visit. He meets community members and observes ongoing events before returning.
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Fred Woodside
Butte
Navy expands Beaverhead county enlistments for 118 men
Jay Baker, clerk of the local board, received orders from Adjutant General Greenan to prepare 118 more Beaverhead county men for Camp Lewis. They must be ready to depart Dillon after June 24, from Class 1, possibly as a single large contingent. Enlistments for two grammar school educated youths with mechanical aptitude to train at Montana State College Bozeman will be accepted June 7 and 8.
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Jay Baker
Greenan
Beaverhead County
Camp Lewis
Dillon
Baker
State Agricultural College
Bozeman
Red Cross Drive Completes Strong Beaverhead County Drive
Beaverhead county completes a major Red Cross fund drive with contributions totaling just over 14000 dollars, nearly double the county quota. The drive began last Wednesday afternoon with an allotment of 7500 dollars raised in the initial hours as farmers offered one acre yields and stockmen pledged two cents per sheep and six cents per cattle head.
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Beaverhead County
Great National Fund
Decoration Day Observed At Mountain View And Poindexter Cemeteries
Decoration Day was observed as a legal holiday last Thursday. Hundreds visited Mountain View and Poindexter cemeteries to decorate graves with spring blossoms.
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Mountain View
Poindexter
Rider suffers broken arm in ranch mishap
J. W. Lee an employee at the Cook Sheep Company's ranch broke his left arm Monday when the horse he was riding fell with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Lee
Cook Sheep Company
Dillon Matron Minnie Knotts Dies After Illness
Mrs. Minnie Knotts wife of Frank D Knotts a Dillon business man died last Monday afternoon after a lingering illness She was born in Ohio married there and had two daughters Ruth and Stella Now a Dillon resident for 17 years she was active in church and club work The funeral was held yesterday from St James Episcopal Church and she was buried at Mountain View Cemetery A long procession followed the church to the cemetery.
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Minnie Knotts
Frank D. Knotts
Knotts
Ohio
Mr. Knotts
Ruth
Stella
Dillon
Beaverhead Man Clarence Ditty Wounded on Western Front
George Ditty received a cablegram announcing that his brother Clarence Ditty was wounded while serving with American troops on the western front. Officials say the injuries are not serious. Clarence is noted as Beaverhead county’s first wounded in actual combat.
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George Ditty
Clarence
Ditty
Beaverhead County
Mr. Ditty
Adj
McGain
Washington, D. C
Germany
Butte
France
Dillon
Missouri
George
Jesse
Sam Ditty
Kansas
Eight stockmen leave for Army veterinary duty at Camp Lee
Eight young stockmen departed last Saturday for Camp Lee Petersburg Virginia to perform veterinary work for the United States army. The group includes Ray Stanfield Robert Rash Karl Gustafason John Thompson John Erickson George Eugene Martin Clarence Bartholemew and George McBride Johnson.
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Camp Lee
Petersburg
United States Army
Ray Stanfield
Robert Rash
Karl Gustafason
John Thompson
John Erickson
George Eugene Martin
Clarence Bartholomew
George McBride Johnson
Moore automobiles arrive in city for stockholders
Albert Anderson received a carload of the new Moore automobiles last week. The cars are among the nearest to be seen in the city and many stockholders will be interested. An advertisement detailing the car’s merits appears in today’s Examiner.
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Albert Anderson
Moore
Auction Sale at Lima Sees 500 Horses Listed
A large public sale will be held in Lima on the 25th of the month as the biggest southern county sale. Five hundred head of horses are listed for sale, mostly owned by Ed McNinch and the Cook Sheep Company of Dell. Horse Smith will conduct the sale at 1 o clock at the stock yards, with a large group of cattle and some mules also offered.
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Lima
Ed McNinch
Cook Sheep Company
Dell
Horse Smith
Quartet Leaves Dillon for Camp Lewis
Four young men from Dillon depart yesterday afternoon for Camp Lewis. The group includes Joe Pasgades Arthur Rush William Williams and Hugh Arbuckle. They were transferred from other county sections.
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Dillon
Camp Lewis
Joe Pasgades
Arthur Rush
William Williams
Hugh Arbuckle
Summer School Enrollment at Normal College
Enrollment for the Montana Normal college summer session opened with a flood of teachers and students arriving from Butte Anaconda Great Falls and other towns. All dorm rooms are filled and many students lodge in private homes as the session promises attendance rivaling past years. A model training school and a kindergarten under Miss Barber will operate eight weeks with observation and teaching opportunities and state certificate examinations to follow.
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Normal College
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Montana
Jury Venire Expanded After Hung Grant Damage Suit
Jury in the Charles Grant vs Drs Thorkelson and MacMillan damage case failed to reach a verdict after deliberating from Saturday noon to Monday noon. Judge Clark dismissed the panel and a new venire was called with residents from Dillon and surrounding towns listed. Several other Montana cases and dates through June 18 were set in Dillon court.
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Dillon
Charles Grant
Drs. Thorkelson
MacMillan
Clark
John Albers
Bissef Austin
T. F. Barrett
Grant
Ralph Boone
Lima
Clarence Bucy
Monida
Benjamin Butler
Wise River
Hart Cantrell
Dell
Charles Carlson
W. C. Carr
A. C. Covey
Wisdom
Edward Cushing
A. B. Dansie
Joseph Duff
Tom Flynn
Oscar Garner
L. M. Gilman
Ay Gransbury
Reichle
Edward Haining
John Helming
Fox
Charles Henderson
Hans Mhenningsen
Archie Hovey
Clayton Howell
B. Howell
Frank Husted
A. S. Johnson
Edwin Kirk
Jackson
Charles LaCroix
James Leach
M. T. Lougheed
George Lovell
Joseph Ma
J. I. Thiel
George Webber
Chris Wilke
J. C. Williams
Anna Buyan
Agee Polish
State of Montana
Mphraim Stoller
Patrick Laden
William Logan
P. S. Esterly
Nick Featherofl
Joe Hising
Henry Smith
Oliver Week for Dillon Local Implement Dealer
W T Scully will join National Oliver Week to promote tractor farming and increased food production during June 10 to 15. The Oliver Chilled Plow Works of South Bend sponsors the campaign urging early ordering to prevent shortages and support wartime needs.
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W. T. Scully
Oliver Chilled Plow Works
South Bend
Indiana
Department of Agriculture
Oliver
Funeral Held for Pioneer Harrison B Brown
Harrison B Brown died in San Diego on May 29 at nearly 90. His funeral from St James Episcopal church was followed by interment at Mountain View cemetery, honoring a lifetime as rancher miner stage driver and freighter with tales of early Montana and Indian fighting. Old timers from Horse Prairie Bannack and other pioneer districts attended. Brown blazed great plains paths and remembered many vital pioneer facts shaping Montana history.
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Hawley J. Selway
San Diego
Cal
Harrison B. Brown
St. James Episcopal Church
Mountain View
Mr. Brown
Great Plains
West
Bannack
Virginia City
Dillon
Horse Prairie
Montana
Brown
County
Children Raise Big Money for Red Cross Quilt Sale
The children of Miss Elizabeth Jones room at Normal training school sold a self made quilt for 93 265 dollars and after expenses 91 dollars were donated to the Junior Red Cross. They sold chances at 25 cents each with Miss Louisa McCabe holding the lucky number, completing the drive last Wednesday.
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Elizabeth Jones
Normal Training
Red Cross
Louisa McCabe
Best Visits Virginia City For Sheep Business
O. M. Best paid a visit to Virginia City last week to conduct sheep business.
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O. M. Best
Virginia City
Willard Jensen Dies After Butte Injury
The Dillon community honored Willard Jensen with a Friday funeral at C. H. Wheat’s home. Jensen died in Butte from a kicked abdomen injury while working with a horse on Sage Creek ranch. He was 37, born in Hyrum Utah, and survived by his mother four sisters and six brothers. Interment followed at Mountain View cemetery with pallbearers J. S. Freman A. C. Wenneberry Daniel Mooney Patsy McManamy George Dixon and Philip Thorpe.
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Willard Jensen
Dillon
Butte
C. H. Wheat
Rev. Jensen
Mountain View
J. S. Freman
A. C. Wenneberry
Daniel Mooney
Patsy McManamy
George Dixon
Philip Thorpe
Mr. Jensen
Sage Creek
Hyrum
Utah
Beaverhead County
Anna Heraldson
George Nelson
Idaho Falls
Martha Melvyn
C. H
June Horse Sale Opens at Dillon Yards
The annual June horse sale began at Dillon with about a thousand head listed. Horses include grass fat farm work animals and war-robe types. Buyers arrived from Monday onward, led by bidders Dr H E Wilson and P W Waite, as sales are expected to continue through the week.
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Dillon
Dillon Horse Sales Company
Miss Visageth Jones Resigns From Normal Training School
Miss Visageth Jones resigns as critic teacher at the Normal training school but will remain in Julion. A renowned educator, she has devoted her life to teaching and guiding children, earning the affection of pupils in Dillon and the county. Her decision to settle in Dillon for good will be welcomed by friends and Normal supporters alike.
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Dillon
George Dixon Visits Butte Yesterday
George Dixon, a visitor, stayed in Butte yesterday, drawing attention from local residents and confirming activity in the city.
Eugene Bond Enlists After Iowa City Med Studies
Eugene Bond arrived Saturday from Iowa City where he has studied medicine at Iowa State University. He has enlisted in the medical branch of the service.
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Eugene Bond
Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa State University
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Lewis Penewell
Will Tash
Famous DL Livestock Company
Clarence Verfoot
Metlen
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NAVY
Beaverhead
National Fund
Dillion Examiner
Episcopal Church
Clarence Ditty
CAR OF Moore Automobiles
Jury Venire
W. E. Stephenson
Wisdom Lumber & Auto Co
James S. Casey
Big Hole Commercial Co
William Benning
Homer Strickland
Joe Woodworth
Pioneer Mining Co
Bannack Gold Mining Co
George Mehrlich
Stanchfield
The
Dillon Examiner
Stockman
Plegsbeth Jones
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