Dillon News Briefs Reflect Local Life and History
Isabel Watson sustains a non serious accidental foot wound while gopher shooting near Dillon on a Sunday afternoon. The piece details many local visits births and encampments, notes Silver Association of Montana formation, and recounts Dillon’s mayoral caucus history from 1880s to 1930s with figures like Gov. White and Mayor Cornell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross W. Emerick
Dillon
B. F. White
Citizens’ Caucus
White
R. C. Halliday
Wilmington
Calif
Stockman
Republican Party
Montana
R. R. Rathbone
East
L. P. Phillips
William Fruin
R. W. Boone
Interstate Building & Loan Association
J. H. Gilbert
First National Bank of
Dr. Rathbone
C. P. Thomas
Gilbert
Nels Nelson
Thomas
Phillips
J. E. Monroe
State Bank & Trust Company
W. E. Stephenson
E. G. Farnsworth
Roscoe Cornell
How Much Will My Cattle Bring
A farmer learns a telephoned price from another buyer beats a low offer. The call saves a trip to town and keeps him in touch with neighbors and customers. He remains within quick reach of fire, medical, and veterinary help, with telephone service costing only a few cents. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Local Notables Host Legislator Visit and Community News
JOCALS Representative Ray Shannon of Plains, chair of the appropriation committee, attended at his sister's home and met with Representative Joe Metlen of Beaverhead. Dillon residents heard a 15 minute KGIR broadcast by pianist Tommy Newnes, pupil of Nellie Little Poole, and a KDYL program with choir member Eleanor Wheat from the Wasatch. Walter Nettle underwent a Barrett hospital operation for an infected bone in his leg. Mrs. Iola Black returned from Long Beach, recounting the earthquake night. Frank Hazelbaker Jr. returned from Missoula to spend the weekend, joined by Art Deschamps and Bill Whitehead. Other local notes include Miss Flora Holden leaving for a teaching post at Sweet Grass, Shorty Miller winning a Paddock & Tyre radio prize, and various Dillon visitors and business callers from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Frank Tate
Melrose
W. N. Bichler
Elmer Gordon
Dellar Gordon
Armstead
Ernest Davis
Wisdom
Ike Rife, Jr
City
Medicine Lodge
Edgar Williams
Twin Bridges
Bert McNinch
Dell
Dorothy Blinn
State University
C. E. Blinn
W. T. Martinell
Sheep Creek Basin
L. B. Ripley
Barrett Hospital
F. L. Woody
Lima
Oscar Johnson
Idaho Falls
Johnson
Merrill Reading
Ray Shannon
Plains
House
BE. L. Wheat
Joe Metlen
Beaverhead
Beaverhead County
Tommy Newnes
J. T. Newnes
KGIR
Butte
Nellie Little Poole
8. Mary's of
the Wasatch
Ogden College
KDYL
Eleanor Wheat
BH. L. Wheat
Iola Black
Long Beach
Calif
Frank Hazelbaker, Jr
Missoula
Art Deschamps
Bill Whitehead
Chris Peterson
Del
Shorty Miller
Paddock
James Prohosky
Grant
Flora Holden
Sweet Grass
Normal College
George Dodgson
William F. Dodgson
Dilton
Wise River
Oscar Gravely
Ed Gleed
Jules Wenger
Jackson
Also Mentioned on This Page
B. F. White Dillon
Isabel Watson
Barbara Bayerd
Forrest Bayerd
Betty Roe
Red Rock
Albert Gordon
George Knaub
Silver Association of
C. R. Brazier
Helena
T. J. Walker
J. L. Campbell
Elmer Holt
Miles City
W. R. Church
Wiosenh Metlen
Sidney M
Logan
Kalispell
E. G. Toomey
Mr. Toomey
Examiner
Halliday
A. S. Rife
Edwin Norris
Josephus Rich
Charles H. Padley
J. E. Morse
Benjamin Bond
Padley
Morse
Joseph B. Poindexter
Honolulu
Phil McGough
Lorenzo Cushing
California
Leonard Eliel
Dillon School Board
Spain
Elza Smith
Mr. Morse
Everton J. Conger
Lincoln
Conger
J. D. James
Gov. White
A. L. Johnson
L. T. Jones
A. L. Anderson
Mayor White
W. J. Cushing
John F. Bishop
Charles W. Conger
C. W. Scott
T. D. Olmsted
F.C. Mec
Inent Stockman
John B. Mayfield
Cornell
Mayfield
Judge Phillips
T. S. Luebben
Dillon Plumber
W. T. Scully
F. P. Bulger
H. L. McCaleb
McCaleb
Bulger
A. C. Gruwell
Laura T. Scott
T. F. McFadden
Fred Woodsside
Great Falls
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Scott
Woodside
Sen
B. C. Selway
Hugh L. Meccaleb
J. B. Poindexter
City of
Leonard Hliel
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
H. E Becker
Payne Ave
St. ‘Paul
Minn
Jocals
Walter Nettle
H. D. Kistler
Butter
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