Big Horse Sale Promises Largest Dillon Auction Ever
A Dillon Montana advertisement hails a big sale on Tuesday March 24 with extensive horse stock from breeders and dealers. Auctioneer Holland will oversee a prompt start with strict handling, inviting owners to bring in horses for sale as listings from C A Smith Poindexter Orr Anderson Brooks Erwin Sutherland and many others appear with hundreds of draft and riding horses including mares foals and draft teams from North Dakota and nearby areas.
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Dillon
Montana
Smith
Holland
Iowa
Mr. Smith
Poindexter & Orr Livestock Company
Anderson
Harry Rash
Steve Davis
J. D. Pike
J. W. Morton
al Hatton
E. W. Slack
Geore Baker
Martin Sorenson
J. E. Morse
Dell Institute March 30 School program agenda
The Dell Institute hosts a March 30 program at School House starting 1:30 p.m. with opening remarks by H. C. Patterson of Dell. Lectures cover book farming, dairy profits, dry land farming, sugar beet culture, waste products and preservation, cow for the dairy, vegetable prep, and dry land management led by Bozeman speakers and associated professors and Miss Lucile Brewer in the later sessions. Evening talks begin at 8:00 p.m.
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H. C. Paterson
Dell
Moon Farming
F. S. Cody
Bozeman
W. J. Elliot
Fred Whiteside
Kalasipel
United States
Lucile Brewer
Atkinson
Whiteside
W. J. Elliott
Miss Stewer
A. Atkinson
Burden and Leach Lease Dillon Steam Laundry
Charles Burden and Otto Leach have leased the Dillon Steam Laundry from Joseph Wikidal for a term of years and will take possession next month. Burden formerly ran the carpet department at KHe Bros and Leach has long led steam laundry work in several cities, with Wikidal yet to decide on his plans.
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JF. Wiksdal
Dillon
Charles Burden
Otto Leach
Joseph Wiksdal
Burden
Khe Bros
Leach
Wickidal
Wikidal
An Idaho Man's Advice on Beet Sugar Industry
John W. Miller of St. Anthony Idaho discusses the beet sugar industry in the region. He notes high potential profits, growing experience from Early years, and warns against overextending acreage while praising Japanese laborers for efficient big scale gardening and the value of pulp as livestock feed.
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John W. Miller
St. Anthony
Idaho
Jill
Fire narrowly averted at Bannack Street saloon
A late night blaze was stopped when Charles Perry spotted smoke in the Dart Hardware area reflection in a bar mirror. Firefighters and bystanders extinguished flames from boxes and trash behind the store. The fire, likely started by a discarded cigarette stump, caused no damage. The alley was cleaned and waste cleared to prevent recurrence.
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Charles Perry
Bannack Street
Dart Hardware Company
Women’s Institute Planned by WCTU in Dillon
The W C T U will hold a two day institute in Dillon on Saturday and Sunday March 28 29. Mrs Alice Barnes Hoag of Orr and Mrs T N Smith of Helena will lead the sessions.
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Dillon
Alice Barnes-Hoag
Orr
T. N. Smith
Helena
Emery Pulver Shot Wound Recovery Reported
Emery Pulver the Dillon young man shot and taken to Butte is recovering and progressing as well as could be expected.
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Emery Pulver
Dillon
Butte
Sugar Beet Meeting Set for Beaverhead Valley
A mass meeting will be held Saturday March 21 at 2 30 PM in the Dillon court house to discuss sugar beet raising and a sugar factory for Dillon. Speakers include Governor Norris Hon T J Walsh Lewia Penwell Prof Linfield J B O Donnell and George Austin with committee members Theodore Nelson B F White and A L Stone urging farmers and businessmen to attend and boost the project.
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Court House
Dillon
Beaverhead Valley
Norris
T. J. Walsh
Lewia Penwell
Helena
Linfield
Agricultural College
Bozeman
Gold Bars May Drop at Bannack in Ninety Days
George B. Conway of the Butte Knickerbocker Mining Co moves to take over the Golden Leaf group at Bannack. He aims to have bullion sent to Helena within a month after the mill upgrades raise daily capacity to 300 to 350 tons. The Beaverhead Club endorses his plan as a promising mining investment.
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George B. Conway
Butte Knickerbocker Mining Company
Golden Leaf
Bannack
Conway
United States
Helena
Dillon
Bannack Group
Beaverhead
Beaverhead Club
Beaverhead County
Butte-Knoickerbocker
Butte-Knickerbocker
Walkerville
Butte Hill
Butte
Bacorn
Bradley
Walter Wellman Coming to State Normal College
The Norman Entertainment series invites Walter Wellman to speak at the State Normal College hall on Arctic exploration and airship activity. The lecture with etereopticon views will be Friday evening March 27. Seats go on sale at the post office Wednesday morning. single admission is one dollar with reserved seating.
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State Normal College
Dillon
Washington
Walter Wellman
Chicago Record-Herald
Wellman
Beaverhead County Sees Sugar Beet Prospects Growing
Beaverhead leaders including George R. Metlen in Dillon and Butte discuss expanding industry with sugar beet cultivation. A business and farming meeting is planned, noting bench lands near Dillon and the Big Hole river as ideal for irrigation and beet yields, with Beaverhead already showing strong crop potential and farm resilience.
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George R. Metlen
Beaverhead County
Butte
Dillon
Beaverhead Club
Beaverhead Bench
Big Hole River
Beaverhead
Idaho Right-of-Way Push Aims to Hasten Railroad
Idaho Recorder notes most of the right-of-way between Armatead and Gilmore secured with a few ranchers on this side Gilmore delaying signing. Officials say railroad could boost county land values tenfold versus minor land loss and urge swift settlement to start construction next season.
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The
Idaho Recorder
Armatead
Gilmore
Thia
Four Men in Cahill Hold-Up Released From Preliminary Bearing
Last Monday Judge Rich discharged four men tied to the Cahill alleged hold-up after a preliminary bearing advised by County Attorney Melton. The men named were Wu Thyberg Wm Radcliff Harry Cameron and Orson Anderson.
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Cahill
Rich
Melton
Wu, Thyberg
Wm, Radcliff
Harry Cameron
Orson Anderson
Methodist Episcopal Church Holds Third Quarterly Meeting
The church announces its third quarterly meeting on Saturday and Sunday March 21-22. The quarterly conference will be Saturday evening. Rev Mille will preach both morning and evening Sunday.
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Methodist Epiccopal Church
Mille
Mr and Mrs Ike Rife Visit Dillon From Medicine Lodge
Mr and Mrs Ike Rife and their children are visiting friends in Dillon while living at Medicine Lodge.
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Ike Rife
Dillon
Medicine Lodge
Old Timers View of Bannack Mines and Golden Leaf Group
James Kirkpatrick recounts Bannack mining history from 1860s placer days to the Dakota lode and the Gold Leaf Group. He notes early stamp mills and high costs, the shift to quartz mining, and the belief that Bannack may become a major future gold producer with advanced methods and strong management.
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Bannack
Weet Hill
Horse Prairie
George B. Conway
Butte-Knnickerbocker Company
Grasshopper Creek
Cabina
California
Colorado
Wise Onca
Bannwick
Frowning
Mesara
Allen
Arnold
Dacota Lode
Statea
General Mills
Dacota
Miesour River
Tunnela
Ghafta
Placera
Golden Leaf Group
Montana
James Kirkpatrick
Wintering in Florida Man Plans May Montana Arrival
A. D. Young writes from West Palm Beach that he is enjoying winter there and does not expect to reach Montana until mid May. He notes warm weather with the thermometer at 80 to 90 degrees in the shade.
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A. D. Young
Weat Palm
Dora
Montana
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Dell Institute
George Conway
Bannack’s
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