Beaverhead County Approves Road Bids and Delinquent Tax Action
Beaverhead County Montana district board met March 6 1917 and resumed Tuesday sessions. They heard W T Dodgson et al road petition settled groundwise if possible and cancelled uncollectable delinquent taxes. Bridge bids Wisdom and Van Camp opened with multiple firms. H W Perham and Clifton Applegate Toole bids accepted. contracts to be drawn and bonds approved. Commissioner Shaw tasked with fence enforcement as noted.
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Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead County
Montana
Theodor Nelson
D. D. McKnight
J. E. Shaw
Jay
Baker
W. T. Dodgson
Wisdom
van Camp
O. W. Peppard
Wisdom Bridge
van Camp Bridge
Dave Graham
J. H. Forbes
The
Midland Bridge Co
H. W. Perham
Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co
U. S. Bridge Co
Clifton, Applegate & Toole
Shaw
Buyers Here for Horse Sale at Dillon Stockyards
The March sale of horses and mules starts March 23 at Dillon stockyards and runs through Saturday with private negotiations possible for days. At least 1000 head will be available, mostly heavy farm work horses. A highlight is 400 park horses formerly used by Yellowstone Park transportation companies, praised as top-class western stock.
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Dillon
Montana
Idaho
Mr. Ditty
Park
Yellowstone Park
West
Beaverhead cattlemen report mild winter and strong herds
Winter in Beaverhead county was not severe and hay supplies held up. Ranchers note cattle and sheep in unusually good condition with no losses due to weather or feed shortages. Some herds were moved to the Big Hole or Grasshopper areas to graze later. May 1 grazing ready with ample hay.
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Beaverhead
Montana
Old Beaverhead
Hee
Beaverhead County
Big Hole
Twin Beds to Play at Hartwig on March 21
New York audiences will witness the comedy Twin Beds at the Hartwig theater next Wednesday March 21. The play, a favorite of critics and crowds, is described as hilarious rollicking and eyelonic with claims of world wide demand and future productions in Paris Petrograd Berlin Rome Madrid Tokyo and beyond. A S Stern Company directs the tour.
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Salisbury Field
Margaret Mayo
Hartwig
Paris
Petrograd
Berlin
Rome
Madrid
Tokio
South America
South Africa
A. S. Stern & Company
Baby dies of week old Miller infant in Dillon hotel
The week old son of Attorney and Mrs. H. W. Miller died last Monday at the Dillon hotel. The baby was born March 5.
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H. W. Miller
City to Open Bids for Street Roller and Gear
A special city council meeting in Dillon will open bids tonight for a ten ton steam or gas roller with standard grader and scarifier, plus a 700 gallon steel sprinkler. The city reserves the right to reject all bids and an automobile ordinance may also be considered.
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Dillon
M. A. Walker
Beaverhead Automobile Club
Episcopal Guild Hall
John Shively
Findley Cunnard
Julia Reddington
Frank Caldwell
Frank Knotts
City Hall
F. P. Harrison
J. G. Erwin
R. K R. Price
Roy
Sebree and
Idaho Streets
Katherine Moore to Salt Lake City trip from county jail
Katherine Moore, held in the county jail for 35 days, will depart tonight for Salt Lake City funded by philanthropists. She had previously faced murder charges in Bannack, was acquitted, examined for sanity, and later placed under her brother's custody before being held again following Wisdom residents' complaint.
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Katherine Moore
Salt Lake City
Wisdom
Beaverhead Sheepmen Attend Forestry Meeting
A group of Beaverhead county sheepmen traveled to Sheridan on Saturday to attend a meeting of sheepmen who graze stock in the Madison National Forest Reserve. Participants included Hurley Leach Roscoe Cornell W T George R B H Foster Frank Landon J B Morse Tom Du Bois and John Summers.
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Beaverhead County
Sheridan Fas
Madison National Forest Reserve
Madison National Forest
Hurley Leach
Roscoe Cornell
W. T. George
R. B H. Foster
Frank Landon
J. B. Morse
Tom Dubois
John Summers
High Wool Prices Hit Beaverhead Clip Record
E F Price of Dell shipped four thousand fleece at forty five cents a pound, one of the highest prices in northwest wool history. Speculators enter the market while some buyers pause, with only about 300000 pounds contracted of over 3000000. Beav erhead growers push for top prices amid new competition from Boston brokers.
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Northwest
E. F. Price
Dell
Clia
Douyin
C. C. Brown
Salt Lake
Crimmons & Pierce
Boston
L. M. Browne
Sixth Lyceum number to feature Fairchild Ladies quartet
The next to the last Normal Lyceum program will be Saturday evening presented by the Fairchild Ladies quartet. The four trained vocalists will perform vocal quartets duets solos pianologues readings and more. They are known for fine music and entertaining shows promising an enjoyable evening.
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Lyceum
Fairchild Ladies Quartette
Fairchilds
Montana to charge $2 for marriage licenses after April 1
The Clerk of Court Fred Rife announces a new law requires all marriage license applicants to pay a $2.00 fee after April 1. Montana had not charged a license fee since 1911 until the latest legislative action.
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Fred Rife
Montana
Mrs Hunsaker Dies in Butte Ex-Dillon Matron
Mrs Rosa B Hunsaker died in Butte after a surgical operation. Her remains will be taken to Dillon for burial tomorrow at Mountain View cemetery by her request no funeral service will be held. She was 42, born in Lancaster Missouri, moved to Montana as a girl, and later to Beaverhead and Bond ranches. Survived by husband I F Hunsaker and three children Mrs Baker Mrs Taylor Bradley and Frank. The Dillon community mourns her loss and extends sympathy to the family.
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Great Beyond
Dillon
Mountain View
Beaverhead County
Hunsaker
Beaverhead
Bond
Baker
Jay Baker
Taylor Bradley
Frank Hunsaker
Hartwig Theater Promises Week of Film and Comedy
Manager Hartwig unveils a mixed week of entertainments with travelogues and comedies paired with the regular feature. The lineup includes Anita Stewart in Sins of Mothers, Wim Desmond in Iced Bullets, Honest Thieves, Redeeming Love, The Stolen Triumph, The Americano, The Heart Strategy, The Slave Market, Visiting the Sultan of Sulu, The Mischief Maker, and Twin Beds among nightly attractions.
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Hartwig
the Hartwig
Anita Stewart
Wim. Desmond
Kathryn Williams
Ford Weekly
Douglas Fairbanks
Pauline Frederick
Sultan of Sulu
Burton Holmes
Wormer County Resident Dies in Nampa Idaho
News from Dillon reports the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Jack in Nampa Idaho, a pioneer matron of Beaverhead county who lived at Bannack and Horse Prairie. She and her husband sold their Horse Prairie ranch twelve years ago and moved to Nampa. Mr. Jack died five years ago.
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Dillon
Elizabeth Jack
Nampa
Idaho
Jack
Beaverhead County
Bannack
Horse Prairie
P. H. Connor
Henry Thayer Visits Dillon Business Office Saturday
Henry Thayer of Bearmouth paid a Dillon business visit last Saturday, meeting with local staff. He discussed service options and potential partnerships during the midday call at the downtown office.
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Henry Thayer
Bearmouth
Dillon
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Hartwig Theatre
General Fund
Beaverhead Lbr Co
Charles Sassman
Hughes & McCaleb
Merle Manning
N. R. Emmons
Dart Hdw
Union Elec
Chas. Retallack
Jas Bond Grac. Co
Wedum Lbr. Co
Ptg. Co
W. E. Chapman
George Maysich
Winter Fund
J. Bostigiel
Tribune
Sinter
Phil Anderey
Spehar
Mary L. Innes
L. R. Free
Union Elec. Co., Rghts
Mountain View Cemetery
Fox
June Caprice
Wormer County
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