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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1920
Page
1
Voters in Beaverhead County are urged to cast ballots after noon on April 23 for two simultaneous elections. The presidential primary to express party preference runs noon to 7 pm, and a county bond election runs 8 am to 6 pm, with separate hours but same polling places and officials. Voters may cast both votes in one trip between noon and 6 pm to save trips.
Dillon high school basketball team leaves for Bozeman to open state tournament with Lewistown as their first opponent. The Beaverhead squad includes Edinger, Smiths, Beatfield, Ryburn, Hildreth, coached by Knutson, plus Kathryn Jones who will compete in extemporaneous speaking.
A blizzard hit the locality Friday morning around ten o clock and raged all day with north winds and a thirty degree drop in 24 hours. Visibility dropped to near zero and stock suffered briefly though no losses were reported. Snow will aid dry land farming as beachlands were again covered. Ben Ryan and family visited town from the Big Hole basin and departed for Butte Saturday.
Athletic director W. D. Powell of the State college notes higher interest in the high school basketball tournament this year. Seven of eight districts have held elimination tournaments, with extemporaneous speaking and essay contests featured alongside the basketball events at the State college.
The annual horse auction drew about 300 head with about 100 sold. Star bidder Walter Anderson bought two carloads from Idaho Falls at 160 to 220 dollars per head. teams topped 400. Storms kept many buyers away, with a second auction planned for the 26th of the month.
Chancellor Elliott outlined a campaign to raise ten thousand dollars for an educational fund during a informal meeting with Beaverhead county business leaders at the State Bank. A local committee was formed with Hon. Frank Eliel as chair and Lee R. Light as secretary to lead the drive.
Old timers report heavy mountain snows mean ample irrigation water for next year. Dense drifts, solid base indicate a dry spell past. Ranchers foresee no drought repeat and expect a strong grain crop and bumper hay harvest.
Otto Schulz arrived from Los Angeles after winning the world champion tower shoot in San Francisco. He brought the trophy home, a handsome silver toilet set including combs and brushes, as a prize.
Beaverhead County Montana Board of Commissioners met March 1 1920 to designate polling places for the April 23 1920 primary nominating and bond elections. The minutes list precinct polling sites from Dillon to Wisdom and appoints five or three election judges per precinct based on registration.
Miss Vera Baker county clerk and recorder marked her busiest day since taking office registering eighty new voters last Monday. It was the largest daily total in Beaverhead county with names completed by five o clock. Cards arrive from all parts of the county as voters register in other precincts for a final big total.
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