Legion Show Delights Dillon Audience In Annual Event
The fourth annual American Legion fan- in -spectacle vaudeville drew about fifteen hundred attendees across two Hartwig Theatre performances. Frank Ashworth and team earned praise for production and staging under Francis Tonrey, with Baxter Tonrey and Lonnie’s orchestras providing music. Casts included James Cunningham, Blair Sprinkle, L. S. Mor, Yale Waterman, Velma Judge, and Paul Judge among many. The program featured choruses, solo turns, and a college students’ stage drama In The Dark, plus the Leap Year Frolic by Connie Martin concluding with strong audience acclaim.
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American Legion
Lave Y' the
I T
Hartwig Theatre
Frank Ashworth
Fred Chapman
Henry Wyatt
Francis Tonrey
Baxter-Tonrey
Lonnie
Mae Tonrey
J. Anson Baxter
Malcolm Stone
Lonnie Linson
Douglas’ Thoman
Walter Grimes
Terry Browning
Alvin Jones
David Hier
Sylvester Hirschman
Eliel Brothers
Dillon Furniture Company
W. D. Ross
Ray Gimble
Joe Smith
Messrs
Dysart Gowan
Paul Bramsman
Alexander Tait
Walter Jones
Fred Pascoe
Alderic Tessier
Harry Andrus, Jr
Otto Galloway
Esther Reed
Dillon
Hugh Scully
Henry Huntington New York
Gladys Seally
Lizzie Kelly
the Bowery
Velma Judge
Millicent Murray
Virginia Smith
Halycon Huff
Bill Runn
Bill Duff
Judson Best
Niccoli Campani
Derritt Scott
Rossini Campani
Paul Judge
Evans Innes
Tom Harris
Connie Martin
The
Normal College
Bernice Babb
Angela McGinty
Helen Eolquist
Bertha May
Mildren Jaap
Georgina Fisher
Betty Kraber
Two Young Men Steal Car They Get Stiff Jobs
John G. Gofroth and James G. Gofroth both of Butte were sentenced last Friday to seven to ten years in state prison after pleading guilty to stealing a Buick roadster owned by J. F. Wikdal. The youths, cousins, admitted cruising Dillon before stealing the car and were nabbed as they left Twin Bridges. The car was returned undamaged. Judge Smith condemned the act and the pair faced harsh penalties for stealing property in Beaverhead County.
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John G. Gofroth
James G. Gofroth
Butte
Cousins
J. F
Dillon
Sheriff's Office
Smith
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead Leader Attends State County Commissioners Meet
A. L. Anderson chairman of the Beaverhead board of county commissioners attended the state meeting in Helena with 36 counties present. Discussions focused on taxation roads and county finances. Beaverhead and Stillwater were the only counties with funds tied to defunct banks, though Beaverhead boasted the strongest financial condition and lowest bonded indebtedness.
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A. L. Anderson
Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead
Helena
Stillwater
Shorthorn Sale Planned In Dillon For April 25 26
C A Axtell Montana representative of the Shorthorn association spent days in Dillon arranging an 8 Shorthorn Sale during the Dillon Livestock show and auction sale on April 25 and 26. His firm will bring several carloads of registered cattle and offer $175 in cash prizes for exhibitor awards. The Hereford association will also hold its sale during the show and stockgrowers' convention. Axtell praised the Dillon convention as the best in twenty years and predicted a large three day crowd. Cash prizes will also be given for crops used in fattening livestock. A committee will arrange visitor comfort and room accommodations, with George W. Dart as chair.
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C. A. Axtell
Montana
Shorthorn Association
Dillon
Salesville
Hereford Association
Axtell
Beaverhead
George W. Dart
Huyck Divorce Begun Over Custody of Two Children
Mabel C. Huyck has filed for divorce from Claude C. Huyck in Dillon citing failure to provide and requests custody of their two children. The case appears in the Butte Miner transcription of court actions from 1911.
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Mabel C. Huyck
Claude C. Huyck
Dillon
Butte
Auction sale of horses tomorrow at Dillon Horse Sales
The annual auction sale of horses will be held in Dillon tomorrow at the yard of the Dillon Horse Sales Company. Mr Ditty notes a scarcity of good work animals at this time.
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Dillon
Dillon Horse Sales Company
Ditty
School Caucus Called for Board Trustees Nomination
A caucus at the training school auditorium will nominate two members to fill expired terms of Mrs. A. L. Anderson and Marshal Field on the school district No. 10 board. The city caucus will nominate aldermen for four wards for the April 7 city election.
Commencement Exercises at Normal College
Sixteen women will graduate from the 27th class of Normal College tomorrow afternoon in the college auditorium. The diplomas will be conferred by Hon. Frank Eliel, local member of the state board of education. The second division of the 1924 class previously received diplomas on December 19.
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Na Normal College
The
Normal College
Thelma Benson
Bessie Blair
Helen Blair
Mary Elizabeth, Curry
Ruth J. Grant
Grace ‘Hansen
Mary Elizabeth Hope
Catherine Spencer McNabb
Lillian Jeanette Mayland Marie Ada Mae Moran
Katherine C. Orr
Fredonia Marie Pruit
Julia Isabel Rafferty
Cheese Factory at Dillon Marketed Citywide
Dillon gains a home cheese factory at Clover Leaf Dairy formerly George Ditty ranch four miles south of town. The full cream brick cheese uses Beaverhead county cream and is well flavoured and properly aged drawing positive early reviews from shoppers. Propr proprietors invite visitors to the model plant and note the new venture as a local attraction.
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Dillon
Clover Leaf Dairy
George Ditty
Beaverhead County
Stephen Steps Out at Hartwig theater next Friday
Douglas Fairbank Jr presents Stephen Steps Out at Hartwig theatre. The fast moving Paramount comedy centers on Stephen Harlow Jr a high school boy who travels to Constantinople encountering revolution piracy and street fights. Theodore Roberts Nash Beery Barry Myers and Frank Currier feature in support.
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Douglas Fairbanka, Jr
Paramount
Stephen
Hartwig Theatre
Stephen Harlow, Jr
Constantinople
Theodore Roberts
Nash Beery
Barry Myers
Frank Cur
Taxes in 27 counties higher for last year
Helena, March 17. In 27 Montana counties taxpayers paid more for general, county and school purposes in 1923 than in 1922. Silver Bow led levy increases, while Yellowstone showed the largest total levy decrease, with several counties posting smaller valuations yet higher mill levies.
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Helena
Montana
State Board of Equalization
Lake County
Garfield County
State Board
Silver Bow County
Cascade
Chouteau
Beaverhead
Jefferson
Musselshell
Roosevelt
Stillwater
Broadwater
Carbon
Carter
Daniels
Deer Lodge
Glacier
Golden Valley
Hill
Judith Basin
Lewis and Clark
Liberty
Madison
Musselshell Philips
Pondera
Powell
Ravalli
Silver Bow
Stillwater Sweet Grass
Toole
Valley
Yellowstone County
Custer
Dawson
Fergus
Flathead
Gallatin
Missoula
Powder River
Teton
Park
Beaverhead Anglers Name Change to Sportsmen Association
Beaverhead Anglers vote to rename as Beaverhead Sportsmen's Association while electing L. K. Adams as president Robert Barrett as treasurer and A. Vachon as secretary. The group plans predator control campaigns against magpies crows and coyotes and urges more members to join.
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AIB
Henry Deutsch
Hiram Brundage
Roy Forrester
Dillon
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Merry Minstrel Men
Nora
Blair Sprinkle
Kentucky
Dr. L
Morand
Yale Waterman
Italy
Wimmen
Jimmy
Cunningham
Pal
Geo Georgie
Cameron
Gowan
Wikidal
Jett
Ing
Anglers
Sugar Bowl Cafe
L. K. Adams
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