Dillon Social Roundup of Weekend Visitors and Local News
James B Jensen came in from Armstead Saturday afternoon. Dozens of residents and visitors from Wisdom Jackson Dell Twin Bridges Horse Prairie and Lake View were noted in Dillon with travels to Innes Grant Butte and Great Falls. Lavene Williamson will work at the Dillon bakery for the summer. Joe Jones Short Line chief agent attended to business. Evalyn Gleed plans a brief Salt Lake City visit while A G Williams and Mrs Williams spent time on Horse Prairie conducting assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Jensen
Armstead
N. J. Carroll
Wisdom
City
Grover Helming
Jackson
Dillon
B. L. McNieah
Dell
David Sullivan
D. V. Erwin
Innes
Austin Linder
Twin Bridges
David Métien
Horse Prairie
W. B. Orem
Butte
L. C. Stocker
Eva
Grant
Soren P. Nelson
Will Climer
Medicine Lodge
Lavene Williamson
Dillon Bakery
Ed Dullenty
Joe Jones
Short Line
Evalyn Gleed
Salt Lake City
Frank Birrer
Ival
Arthur Graeter
Murray Hospital
Dan O’connell
Salmon City
Idaho
Beaverhead
Clay Patterson
Roy Stephenson
Philadelphia
Charles Brothers
A. H. Cunningham
W. T. Dee
H. G C. Pagenkoff
Sam Bennetts
S. A. Willets
A. F. Graeter
Gregson Springs
C. K. Lewers
Lima
Madison Country
George Dixon
Montana
J. R. Jensen
B. W. Emerick
Clara Chapman
Missoula
Marriage License Issued to Drigen Evans Couple
A marriage license was issued last Friday to Ole M. Drigen of Billings and Miss Mary Elizabeth Evans of son. Several Dillon-area residents and visitors were noted in town for business, health, and social visits, including ranchers, merchants, and shippers from Dell, Twin Bridges, Salmon City, and Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole M. Drigen
Billings
Mary Elizabeth Evans
Son
Boy buys war savings stamps while working on Idaho ranch
13 year old Master Rhet Rathbone, son of Dr Rathbone, spent lambing and shearing season at the Thomas Yeavian ranch in Lemhi Idaho. He earned $1 a day like the hired men and saved almost 100 dollars in war savings stamps. He plans to return for haying and expects to have over a hundred dollars again. No Dance at Garage for boys leaving town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhet Rathbone
R. R. Rathbone
Thomas Yeavian
Lemhi
Idaho
Young Rathbone
Yearian Ranch
Soulen Across the Pond Describes Navy Life
Harry B. Soulen, former high school instructor, writes from New York to the Examiner asking to forward the paper. He notes he is in the navy, has crossed the pond five times, and under strict censorship cannot detail exciting experiences yet expresses fondness for news of Dillon and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soulen
Harry B. Soulen
the Examiner
New York
Dillon
Navy
Departure for Rochester for Smith family medical matters
East Mr and Mrs Earl Smith prepare to leave with Ed Smith and Harry Smith. They travel from Butte to Rochester Minnesota where Mrs Smith undergoes goitre removal surgery and Ed Smith receives treatment. Harry Smith plans to enlist in the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Earl Smith
Ed Smith
Harry Smith
Butte
Rochester
Minn
Back From Washington Hazelbaker Sees Wartime Patriotism
Hazelbaker returned from Chicago and Washington to report that war dominates eastern minds yet western residents share equal patriotism and enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank Hazelbaker
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Junk-a Theta club raises funds from tires and tubes
The club collects discarded tires and inner tubes placed in junk boxes in garages and has raised 40 dollars for the Beaverhead Red Cross chapter since the boxes were installed less than a month ago. Mr and Mrs Roy Elliott and two children, visiting at the Henry Burfield home, left Saturday for their Great Falls area homestead with Frank Elliott joining them on the overland trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theta Club
Beaverhead Red Cross Chapter
Great Falls
Roy Elliott
Henry Burfield
Frank Elliott
Prisoner Transport and County Court Notes
Deputy Sheriff Dan Mooney brought M Fick from Orafino Idaho to Dillon on Monday to face grand larceny charges for stealing John Hoffman’s horse. Eugene Colwell pleaded guilty to prowling and received one to two years in state prison. Burr Erwin and Bissel Austin pleaded not guilty to gambling and posted bonds. Hugh O Hagen from Lima was jailed for sixty days for creating a disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Dan Mooney
Orafino
Idaho
M. Fick
John Hoffman
Eugene Colwell
Deer Lodge
Jack Carney
Colwell
Sam Shesser
Horse Prairie
Burr Erwin
Bissel Austin
Justice Court
Hugh O'’Hagen
Lima
Woman Given Vagrancy Charge After Friday Pickup
Eva Brown reported by Undersheriff Gosman to have been picked up last Friday night and charged with vagrancy. The brief notice notes the arrest by local law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Brown
Gosman
Eastern business man visits Beaverhead county
Henry A. Butler of Youngstown Sheet and Tube visited Dillon with Frank Felt to inspect local resources. His company, a major independent steel firm, ships shell steel and barbed wire to England and France and plans to supply daily steel products for war needs. He intends to return after the war to study mining conditions more closely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Butler
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Dillon
Frank B. Felt
Elkhorn
Mr. Butler
England
France
West
J. G. Butler, Jr
Steel and Iron
America
Pacific Coast
Butler
Idlers to be Reclassified If Found in Nonproductive Work
Wartime order directs local boards after July 1 1918 to hold hearings on I II III and IV class registrants reported as idlers or nonproductive workers. If the board finds nonproductive work or idleness, deferred classification is withdrawn and the person may be inducted. Lists common nonproductive occupations and notes legitimate excuses. citizens must report known idlers or nonproductive workers to local boards.
Registration closes for Beaverhead primary election 1918
Notice that the Beaverhead county Montana primary nominating election closes registration on July 27 1918. Electors may register at the county clerk's Dillon courthouse or before a justice of the peace or notary public. Those who didn't vote last general election must register. move-inners must transfer registration to their current precinct. If unregistered you cannot vote. Jay S Baker County Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notich
Beaverhead
Montana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kodak
G. H. Shambow
Lakeview
James McDonald
Don Pelott
Monida
A. G. Williams
Deputy County
Sebsor
Benjamin Bond
California
Seattle
Will
Wil Gileed
Albert Stamm
Dillon, Montana
Charlie
The
City Drug Co
Butte Miner
Blair-Lloyd
Roy Murray
Dillmont Park
James Blair
Ed Lloyd
Murray
Beaverhead Motors Company
Ford
Red Cross
Chas. H. Niblack
Jay S, Baker
Beaverhead County
Rocky Mountain
Hazelbaker
National War Savings
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