Wool Prices Rise in Beaverhead for Large County Clip
Beaverhead county sheepmen report strong wool prices this season with 27 to 32 cents paid by eastern and local buyers. Nearly a million pounds have been sold or contracted, with daily receipts of 160 000 to 200 000 pounds at the First National warehouse. Most sales go to eastern markets, plus a Utah buyer for a few clips.
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Beaverhead County
Cook Sheep Company
Selway Sheep Company
Oscar Gravely
Wiiliam Stewart
Cantrell and Hynderson
Berg Christensen
Peter H. Peterson
A. 8
Scott
Woody Brothers
First National
W. W. Hawking
Utah
Frank Eliel, Dillon pioneer, dies after long illness
Frank Eliel prominent Dillon business man died at his home on South Washington street after months of illness. He helped found the community store 66 years ago and held public offices including state representative for Beaverhead county five terms and later seats on the state trade commission and board of education. Funeral at 2:30 pm at the Masonic hall with interment in Mountain View cemetery, city businesses to close for the hour.
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Frank Eliel
Dillon
South Washington Street
Beaverhead County
Eiel
LaPorte
Ind
Hiles Brothers
State Trade Commission
Joseph M. Dixon
State Board of Education
Montana State Normal College
Dillon Rotary Club
Dillon Lodge
Leon Elfel
Milton Davidson
Pasadena
Paul Eliel
Berkeley
Lambert Eliel
Eliels
Associated Merchants of Montana
Masonic Hall
H. N. Tragitt
St. James Episcopal Church
Mountain View Cemetery
Iity
Dillon Nine Triumphs Over Butte Highlanders In Sunday Victory
Dillon's baseball team defeated the Butte Highlanders 12 to 3 at the fairgrounds. Pitcher Vandegrift limited hits to six and fanned 18 as Dillon totaled 11 hits. Six runs in the sixth inning broke the game open. Melrose looms Sunday, with More games ahead including a possible Northwest Tournament entry in Deer Lodge in July. A benefit dance at Dillmont Park Saturday funds the trip. The club organized at a recent meeting with Floyd Davis manager and Johnny Johnston secretary. The squad includes Vandegrift Schoonover Callahan Hignight Osborn Johnston B Davis Ryder F Davis Schroer R Davis Lee Roland Brundage.
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Dillon
Butte Highlanders
Fairgrounds
Andegrift
Dillon Stars
Melrose
Butte Colored Giants
Dillon Club
Deer Lodge
Dillmont Park
Floyd Davis
Johnny Johnston
Vandegrift
Schoonover
Callahan
Hignight
Osborn
Johnston
B. Davis
Ryder
Davis
Schroer
R. Davis
Lee
Roland
Brundage
Dillon Man Named Head State Merchants Group
Dillon resident Lambert Eliel was elected president of the Associated Merchants of Montana at the state convention in Billings. Eugene W. Bond, also from Dillon, became treasurer as officers and directors from several towns were named to lead the organization.
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Lambert Eliel
Associated Merchants of Montana
Dillon
Billings
Eugene W. Bond
Walter McLeod
Psoula
W. Ace Ulmer
Miles City
C. G. Thex
Ashland
Carl Hummer
Kalispell
8. G. Hammond
E. H
Federal Trade Commission
Beaverhead Ranchers Begin Haying Season Across County
Beaverhead county ranchers start haying with mowers at work in the valley. Additional operations will move to higher areas and Big Hole basin in early July as heavy yields expected from ample spring moisture. Alfalfa tonnage projected to be the busiest in years and wool shipments continue to arrive at the First National warehouse.
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Beaverhead County
Beaverhead Valley
Big Hole Basin
First National
Noted Musician Speaker Today At Normal Assembly
Dr Sigmund Spaeth renowned musician and author will speak at the normal assembly this Wednesday at 9 00 am the event is open to townspeople with 40 cent admission for the public Students admitted with activity tickets. Next week Dr Henry Neumann of New York City will speak and review Santayana The Last Puritan Monday morning.
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Sigmund Spaeth
Spaeth
Henry Neumann
New York City
Neumann
Ethical Culture Society of
Brooklyn
Santayana
Power rates reduced in Dillon after hearing at court house
A local hearing at the courthouse led to material reductions in power and light rates for Dillon. Effective with the July statements, Montana Power Company rates charged in Butte will be used as the basis for local Dillon rates for 90 days.
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Butte
Conny
Power and Light
Dillon
Montana Power Company
Monida Child Killed in Car Accident
Dorothy Nye three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs James Nye of Monida was killed Saturday morning when a car driven by her mother plunged over an embankment on Horse Prairie. The child was believed thrown against the windshield. skull fractured. The mother and two boys were uninjured. Funeral Monday at Brundage chapel with Reverend Schmidt officiating. Interment Mountain View cemetery. She is survived by her parents grandparents and siblings.
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Dorothy Nye
James Nye
Monida
Pat Desmond
Horse Prairie
M' J
J. M. Nye
England Focused Rotary Talk by Twin Bridges Official
George H. Davey, superintendent of the state orphans home at Twin Bridges, spoke at the Dillon Rotary Club on a trip to England. He described English youth staying in England, tensions with France, jealousy toward Italy amid the Ethiopian war, and a perceived recovery with new houses and less drunkenness. He noted Rotary visits in Plymouth, Hereford, London, Tottenham, Westham, and Shoreditch. Dr Henry Newman of New York City to speak next.
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George H. Davey
State Orphans
Twin Bridges
Dillon Rotary Club
Andrus Hotel
England
America
Davey
Italy
Plymouth
Hereford
London
Tottenham
Westham
Shoredied
Robert E. Albright
Henry Newman
New York City
BE. G. Free
Pilon Pair Welcomes Daughter at Home of Mrs Oliver
Mr and Mrs Elmer Pilon are the proud parents of a daughter born Thursday evening at the home of Mrs Fred Oliver. The family resides in the local area and this adds a new member to their household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Pilon
Fred Oliver
State entomology board protests child labor in rodent work
At a Helena meeting the state board of entomology led by Dr. W. F. Cogswell Dr. J. W. Butler and A. L. Strain passed a resolution condemning the use of children in rodent eradication campaigns. They cited bubonic plague in humans and sylvatic plague in Beaverhead and Madison counties and warned handling dead rodents risks flea transmission to people.
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Helena
State Board of Entomology
W. F. Cogswell
J. W. Butler
A. L. Strain
Bozeman
Beaverhead
Madison
Beaverhead County Primary Sees Thirty Candidates Race
Beaverhead County voters face a shortened primary with 30 candidates, down from 44 in 1942. The last filings closed with Frank C McFadden seeking Republican public administrator, while the ticket lists multiple Republicans and Democrats for posts from senator to justice of the peace in Dillon area.
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Beaverhead
Umit
Albert 8
Leo Truax
George Montgomery
Joe Mellen
W. B. Hartwig
Clyde Edwards
Leslie Staudamayer
Fred Rife
James A. McCollum
Lee Tower
Bertie Mathews
Nose
Nell Doyle
James Fitzsimmons
George Metlen
Dillon Township
Vacation notes from Salt Lake City and Dillon Iron
Miss Mary Dawn Warner returned last week from a vacation spent in Salt Lake City. W. B. Tash spent the first of the week in Dillon Iron at his Grasshopper Valley ranch.
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Mary Dawn Warner
Salt Lake City
Tash
Dillon Iron
Grasshopper Valley Ranch
Ranchers to Attend Meet at Billings
Members of the Sheaverhead county Agricultural Conservation committee will attend a meeting in Billings next Monday where George Farrell western director of the Agricultural Adjustment association will speak. County Agent Bernard Williams and Jack Keenan lead the delegation. work sheets must be turned in by Tuesday June 30. Beaverhead ranchers will motor to Waterloo tomorrow for inspection of the new astragalus rubyi forage plant and its test plots.
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Sheaverhead County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Billings
George Farrell
The
Agricultural Adjustment Association
Jack Keenan
Bernard Williams
Beaverhead County
Waterloo
Beaverhead
Melton Attends Young Democrats Banquet in Butte
Senator George M. Melton, a Democratic congressional candidate, attended the Young Democrats banquet in Butte on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Melton
Young Democrats
Butte
Mrs Morse guest at Gilbert home after California trip
Mrs J E Morse has returned from California and is visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs T E Gilbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Morse
California
Mrs
T. E. Gilbert
Vern Kerr Treated After Barbed Wire Laceration
Vern Kerr was brought to hospital in Dillion Monday from the Anderson ranch to receive treatment for a lacerated throat caused by contact with barbed wire during work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Kerr
Dillon Monday
Anderson Ranch
Local ladies visit Jardine Rife home
Miss Anna Von Tobel of Havre and the Misses Mary Catherine and Anna Cornelia Salyards of Lewistown were guests last week at the Jardine Rife home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna von Tobel
Havre
Mary Catherine
Anna Cornelia Salyards
Lewistown
Jardine Rife
Building Accepted by Government in Dillon Post Office
Dillon's new federal building has been accepted by the government after a final inspection by Pop Grove of Washington Co C Norman Coler and F C Culberteen of the Kansas City district. Inspectors praised brick work and bond, and noted the project is perfect in detail from base to top. Clement J Gerber, supervising engineer, was highly commended for oversight since construction began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponceon
Clement J. Gerber
Dillon
Big Hole Rodeo Promises Slick Tricks This Weekend
Beaverhead county hosts its first rodeo of the season Sunday in Jackson under Bob Rooker, famed trick roper. The program features professional bronc riding, steer roping, calf roping, steer dogging, and other Wild West events with riders from Montana and Idaho. The event includes dances in Wisdom and Jackson, and anglers anticipate a long weekend as low river water boosts fishing in the Big Hole basin.
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Beaverhead County
Jackson
Bob Rooker
Montana
Idaho
Wisdom
Big Hole
Wisdom Women's Club Dedicates Debt-Free Club House
The Wisdom Women's club held its twenty third annual luncheon on Saturday June 20 to dedicate the new club house and library free of debt. Mrs Warren Hughes read poems Country Road and Moonlight and a comic sketch while Mrs C W Francis led the dedication. Mrs George Cottrell presented The Sage of the Club House and Mrs Jennie Stevenson spoke for the Pioneer Club Women.
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Wisdom
Wisdom Women’s Club
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Warren Hughes
C. W. Francis
George Cottrell
Jennie Stevenson
Poneer Club
33 Autocides in State During the First 5 Months
The state reports 33 highway deaths in the first five months, up from 31 a year earlier. Deputy Registrar L. L. Benepe notes five autocides occurred last month in Great Falls Chouteau Missoula Yellowstone and Toole counties. March saw ten deaths, while April had four.
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L. L. Benepe
State Board of Health
Benepe
Great Falls
Chouteau
Missoula
Yellowstone
Toole
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