Municipal League Formed in Dillon For Civic Reform
Dillon forms the Municipal League with 38 charter members at a city hall meeting led by Fidel Huber. Officers include J E Morse president and R R Rathbone secretary. A caucus will nominate three aldermen, and a platform calls for strict enforcement of liquor and gambling laws, saloon restrictions, and a new city hall with a fire department.
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Dillon
Montana
Municipal League of
Fidel Huber
Huber
R. R. Rathbone
J. E. Morse
Thomas Taylor
C. W. Robison
County Court House
Huber Bros
Bannack Street
League
Death of Charles H. Albee A Beaverhead County Engineer
Charles H. Albee, a 30 year old civil engineer and former Beaverhead County surveyor, died of a brain tumor in Missouri while seeking treatment. He resided in Deer Lodge with his family, worked with his uncle H B Davis, and had mapped government surveys including work on the Flathead reservation. He leaves parents Mr and Mrs F H Albee and siblings in Deer Lodge and numerous friends in the Big Hole basin. Will Albee, his brother, traveled with the body from Arkansas Hot Springs and will return for the funeral in Deer Lodge next week.
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F. A. Hazelbaker
Deer Lodge
Ead
Charles Albee
Albee
Big Hole Basin
Sa Standard
Arkansas Hot Springs
Charlea H. Albee
East
Kirkaville
St. Louis
Will Albee
Charles H. Albee
H. B. Davis
Beaverhead County
Flathead Reservation
Legion
F. H. Albee
School caucus set for Saturday at courthouse
A joint caucus will be held at 8 o clock Saturday evening at the courthouse to nominate two sets of trustees for the public school and the free county high school boards. Three trustees are to be elected to each board this spring. retiring members are listed for both boards.
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Court House
Free County High School
T. M. Selway
T. W. Poindexter, Jr
W. G. Clark
George T. Featherly
George B. Conway
J. W.scott
Redrock
Dr. Tilden Resumes Sermon Series at Baptist Church
The tenth sermon in the series Christianity Reasonable by Rev. H. W. Tilden at the Baptist church will be preached next Sunday evening. The subject is The Divine Life and How We Receive it. Morning service at regular hour with Sabbath school at 12 10 led by Prof. L. R. Foote. Bible study Wednesday evening. Public invited.
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H. W. Tilden
The
Baptist Church
Ray Palmer
L. R. Foote
Beaverhead Pioneer Hungate Dies After Long Illness
George Hungate a longtime Beaverhead county resident died at his home near Dell after a year of heart trouble. Born 1853 in Illinois, he lived in Iowa and Kansas before moving to Montana in 1882. Survived by three children Pearl Flynn Bart Hungate and Madge Hungate, funeral held in Lima with Odd Fellows involvement.
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Beaverhead County
George Hungate
Dell
Hungate
Iowa
Nancy Bryant
Montana
Glendale
Genta
Twin Bridges Valley
Lima
Mr. Hungate
Pearl Flynn
Bart Hungate
Mias Madge Hungate
Kershaw
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Polaris Smelter Project Hints Fast Return of Operations
Harry H. Armatead of Silver Fiasure mining arrives from New York and heads to Bedrock to push Polaris development. Construction crews will resume work on road and the 100 ton smelter with ore from Bedrock and Denver, aiming to have the plant blown in within three months amid regional mining optimism.
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Harry H. Armatead
Fiasure
Polaris
New York
Bedrock
Armatead
Polaria
Denver
Armstead
Elkhorn
Ekhorn
Professor Potter Resigns From Beaverhead High School
At last Saturday’s board meeting Beaverhead county high school accepted the resignation of Prof H E Potter who will leave Dillon around April 1 to enter Rush Medical College in Chicago He intends to complete a two year course there and will depart with the county and school friends regretful of his departure Grant Lampart of Glendive Stock Buyer visited from eastern Montana.
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Beaverhead County High School
H. E. Potter
Dillon
Potter
Rush College
Lodging House Mystery Ends in Suspected Suicide
William Liston, a stranger in Dillon, was found dead in a lodging house room on Bannock Street. An empty laudanum bottle and a torn letter found later suggest he killed himself, though no definite motive or identity was confirmed at the coroner’s inquest. The body was buried at Mountain View cemetery.
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William Liston
Dillon
Kunazman
Bannock Street
Brundage Undertaking
Jos. W. Huntley
Ligton
Bridger
Mont
Butte
Liston
Mr. Kunzman
Frank Barbour
Ike Morehouse
Ike
Sheriff Gist
Ira Warner
A. A. Elliott
M. A. Walker
Brandage
Huntley
Wisdom
Mountain View Cemetery
Looks Good for Bedrock Reservoir Project
Outlook for the Bedrock reservoir plan grows rosier as the state land board pledges aid and a Dixon land bill appears likely to pass. A local committee reports strong fundraising, Dillon merchants contribute $1000, and former Governor FR White of Dillon plans to press the measure before the House public lands committee.
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State Land Board
Washington
Dixon
Dillon
Richards
Land Office
FR. F. White
Horse Public Lands Committee
Sheep in Upper Sheep Creek Basin Rumor Unconfirmed
Report says bands of sheep trapped by heavy snows in the upper Sheep Creek basin last week may cause heavy losses for flock masters. No confirmation yet and officials hope the rumor is unfounded.
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Sheep Creek
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Municipal League
Dermen
DR. Tilden
Grant Lampart
Glendive
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