Kennison Dies in Butte Hospital After Illness
W E Kennison a Beaverhead county rancher died in a Butte hospital Monday after a brief illness. He was born in Illinois in 1869 and moved to Beaverhead in 1890. Funeral services were held at the Dillon Masonic temple with Evergreen Lodge No 45 A F and A M in charge. Interment was in Mountain View cemetery. He is survived by a widow five daughters three sons a brother and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illiam Edgar Kennison
Beaverhead County
Butte
Dillon
Masonic Temple
Dillon Masonic Fraternity
Kennison
Evergreen Lodge No. 45
Lima
H. N. Tragitt, Jr
St. James Episcopal Church
Mountain View Cemetery
W. D.,ross
George Melton
Smith McKnight
C. E. Blinn
Harry Schuler
John T. Orr
Mr. Kennison
Mt. Sterling
Ill
Big Sheep Creek
Beaverhead
L. B. Kellner
W. T. Martinell
Dell
Walter H. Lyons
Merritt Barnes
Armstead
Edyth Kennison
Floyd
Rexburg
Ida
Willard
Kenneth
Ace
Mountain Home
Oklahoma
County Gets Allotment of School Fund
The state treasurer begins distributing $1 273 858 52 from the common school fund after Miss Elizabeth Ireland reports 157 747 children in the state. Warrants to county treasurers are being prepared as the fund, built from school land leases and permanent fund investments, totals about $100 000 more than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Williams
Misslizabeth Ireland
Miss Ireland
Williams
Silver Bow
Bank Alarm Rings Out In Ilon But No Burglars
Downtown residents were startled when the First Nation al bank alarm sounded near two oclock Monday. Night Officers Bourquin and Sutherland found the clamor was caused by a short circuit and could not be disconnected, its warning continuing into the early morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilon
First National Bank
Charles Bourquin
Warren Sutherland
Ranchers urged to attack gophers now
Dr Thurber head of the Smith Hughes agricultural department warns ranchers to target gophers as they emerge. He says a few kernels of grain can greatly reduce spring damage and notes the department has prepared grain at cost to be sold through the City Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurber
Smith- Hughes Agricultural Department
Montana State College
Olty Drug Store
Dentists to Attend State Convention in Butte
Drs H F Best F H Bimrose R D Curry and W J Romersan will leave tomorrow for Butte to attend the state convention of dentists. Their offices will be closed until Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H .F. Best
F. H. Bimrose
R. D. Curry
W. J. Romersan
Butte
Dentists
Dillon Competes at State Meet in Great Falls
ISS Virginia Randolph of Beaverhead County High School won the mining district oratorical contest in Butte last Friday and will represent the district at the state contest in Great Falls next month. Grant Kelleher took second place at the meet in Butte. Her oration was The Significance of the Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Kelleher
Butte
Iss Virginia Randolph
Beaverhead County
Great Falls
Dillon
Dillon Churches Plan Holy Week and Easter Services
Dillon churches prepare a sequence of Holy Week services with impressive programs. Noon hour meetings are planned at the Hart Theater as part of the Holy Week observances ahead of Easter, with several churches contributing to the remainer of Holy Week and Easter services.
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Dillon
LL Dillon
The
Hart
One Ticket in City Election Set for April 1
Only one slate appears in the city election to be held Monday April 1 with no contests. Incumbents Mayor Roscoe Cornell City Treasurer F P Bulger Police Magistrate L P Phillips and Aldermen H M Brundage Lindley Phillips Fred Woodside and A F Waldorf seek re election. Polls 8 am to 6 pm at Red Star garage St James guild hall Metlen hotel and city hall.
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Phere
Citizen’s Caucus
Roscoe Cornell
F. P. Bulger
L. P. Phillips
H. M. Brundage
Lindley Phillips
Fred Woodside
A. F. Waldorf
Red Star Garage
St. James Guild Hall
Metlen
City Hall
Lambing Under Way Countywide Ahead Of Spring
Lambing progresses on Beaverhead ranches with shed lambing now and outside lambing to begin soon. Weather has been favorable and flocks are in excellent condition despite a severe winter. Sheep men expect good percentages this season as the lamb market grows active with several sales at good prices not yet public.
Doctor Cosgrove visits family before Navy assignment
Dr. Jay B. Cosgrove recently visited his grandparents in Pocatello and relatives after graduating from Northwestern College Chicago. He heads to Los Angeles for a general hospital internship and accepted a Navy appointment option as one of 50 chosen from 2700, then chose Los Angeles instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay B. Cosgrove
John 8
Los Angeles
F F A Sponsors Tri School Meet at County Rural Track
Beaverhead county high school chapter of the Future Farmers of America will sponsor a tri school meet with Dillon Whitehall and Deer Lodge high schools participating during the county rural schools track meet on May 3 and 4. F F A members will compete in stock judging grain judging a baseball game track events and other features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Future Farmers of America
Dillon
Whitehall
Training School Operetta Delights Large City Audience
Raining school pupils scored a distinct hit with The Stolen Flower Queen operetta produced at the school auditorium last Thursday and Friday. Over a hundred pupils took part under Miss Mira Booth with all grades represented. The story follows the weed king threatening flower rule until a fairy queen and boy scout troop aid restore the queen and capture the weed ruler. The continuous scenes featured tuneful melodies and costumes designed by pupils. The overture was played by the high school string orchestra directed by L A Gregory. The operetta was presented at the weekly assembly of the Montana State Normal College yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mira Booth
L. A. Gregory
Montana State Normal College
Revised Oregon Short Line Schedule Cuts Dillon Arrival Time
The Oregon Short Line No. 31 northbound will arrive in Dillon 10 to 16 minutes earlier after March 31 due to a revised timetable. The train will reach Butte at 4 20 P M, 25 minutes earlier, to improve connections with Great Northern No. 236 departing Butte at 4 30 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Short Line
Dillon
Butte
Great Northern
Beaverhead County commissioners schedule monthly meeting
The Beaverhead board of county commissioners will hold its regular monthly session next Monday April 1. Claims against the county must be filed with Clark and County Recorder John H Baker by the following Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Dillon School District 10 caucus at training school
A caucus will be held Saturday night at the Dillon training school junior high building to nominate a member for the School District No. 10 board of trustees. Leonard Elfel, longtime trustee and former chairman, seeks re-election as his twenty-fifth year on the board ends. The election is set for the following Saturday, April 6, at the training school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Training School
Leonard Elfel
Dillon Merchant
Back From California Mr and Mrs George W French Return
Mr and Mrs George W French have returned from southern California where they spent most of the winter. They will stay in Argenta for the spring and summer at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. French
California
Argenta
Pioneer Citizen Barney Peterson Dies at Sage Creek Ranch
YRON Barney Peterson a longtime Dillon resident of 45 years died suddenly of a heart attack at Cook Sheep company ranch on Sage Creek Monday morning. He had gone to work at the ranch a few days earlier when he collapsed before breakfast. Efforts to revive him failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yron
Barney” Peterson
Dillon
Cook Sheep Company
Sage Creek
Bids on New Road Called On April 26
After a two month lapse the Montana Highway Commission resumes road funding. Ten projects will have bids opened April 26 as revenue from the gasoline tax refunds clears and March taxes are collected. Cooperation from other sources helped restart allocations for these construction plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Highway Commission
Refrigerator revealed as chest opened in Beaverhead display
Curiosity rose as the Beaverhead Auto Sales showroom opened a treasure chest the crowd gathered to view. Inside lay a gleaming white General Electric all steel electric refrigerator, the first of its kind, drawing attention from over 65 women at a demonstration led by Iris Davis of Billings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Beaverhead Auto Sales Company
General Electric Company
General Electric
Iris Davis
Billings
New Rotary Board Elected in Dillon Club Lunch
Hugh L. McCaleb J. B. Monroe R. D. Curry J. E. Kelly and A. T. Peterson elected to the Dillon Rotary Club board of directors at today's weekly luncheon. They will next meet to choose president and secretary treasurer. Four new members admitted at today’s lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh L. McCaleb
J. B. Monroe
R. D. Curry
J. E. Kelly
A. T. Peterson
Dillon Rotary Club
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W. E. Kennison
Gophers
Virginia Randolph
Beaverhead High School
Hartwig Theater
TYRO
Montana Street
D. V. Paddock and
Frank Tyro
International-Deering-McCormick
International
Deering
McCormick
Western Wholesale
Montana Mercantile Company
Lambing
Bulletin
Bulletin of the
Montana Congress of Parents and Teachers
Garry Cleveland Myers
Western Reserve University
Robert Clark
DR. Cosgrove
Legion Meeting
T. E. GilbertoWas
Pioneer
Byron
Barney) Peterson
Prospect
Rotary Board
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