Beaverhead Wool Sale Opens Montana Season With Low Price
Beaverhead County hosts the first Montana wool sale of the year with 5500 fleeces sold at 33 cents. The event, held Saturday, lacks disclosed sellers or buyers, and signals a softer 1929 clip than last year’s 88 cents to 42 1 2 cents range. Cattle trading also warms, with prices averaging 11 1 2 cents and George Clemon of Jackson fetching 12 cents per steer.
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Eaverhead County
Montana
Beaverhead
George Clemon
Jackson
Breeden to Coach Beaverhead High Athletic Teams
John W. Brick Breeden, famed Montana State Bobcats guard and all western basketball star, will coach Beaverhead County High School athletic squads next year. He replaces resigning coach B J Gunderson as announced by Principal A T Peterson. Breeden is a four letter man at Montana State in basketball and football and three time Rocky Mountain conference title winner famed for his guard play. Continued on page 4.
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OHN
Brick” Breeden
Montana State
Beaverhead County
A. T. Peterson
B. J. Gunderson
Gunderson
Dillon
Montana
Bobcat
Well Known Pioneer Thomas Toomey Dies in Dillon
Well known Dillon resident Thomas Toomey died at his home on North Washington street last Tuesday after a week of pneumonia illness. Born in Tipperary Ireland fifty three years ago he came to America as an infant with his parents. His father worked as a railroad contractor and helped the Utah and Northern reach Montana in 1880.
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Mthomas Toomey
Dillon
North
Washington Street
Mr. Toomey
Tipperary
Ireland
America
Utah & Northern
Montana
Beaverhead High Glee Club Stages Tulip Time Operetta
The Beaverhead County High School Girls Glee Club presents Tulip Time an operetta by G Morgan and F Johnson at the high school auditorium Friday night. Fifty five students perform under Miss Lenore Thompson with music by an orchestra directed by L A Gregory.
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Beaverhead County High School
G. Morgan
F. Johnson
Lenore ‘Thompson
L.A. Gregory
Beaverhead Federation Meets Prominent Local Leaders
John C. Ryan and Mrs. Charles Lindsay, both girl scout leaders, are among the figures slated to attend the Beaverhead Federation meeting as part of the event coverage.
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John C. Ryan
Charles Lindsay
Beaverhead County Leads in Wild Hay and Spelling Contest
Beaverhead county tops Montana in wild hay production with 126 500 tons in 1928 from 148 800 acres. The Pearl I Smith spelling contest awards $10 to Rock school for first place and Polaris takes $5. A July celebration fundraiser in Dillon aims to raise about $83 000 for a free public event with a parade fireworks and a dance.
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Rea . Rock School
Polaris
Grant
Beaverhead
Montana
State Department of Agriculture
Teton
Dillon
Globe
Beavers Claim Third in Mining District Track Meet
Ron Rene High finished third in the inaugural Mining district track tournament at Butte last Saturday. Butte won with 52 47 points, Butte Central second with 36, Beaver third with 18 4-7. Beavers won poles vault discus and broad jump, while Frank Little set to break the state discus record with 121 feet 644 inches. Henry Hignight vaulted 11 feet, Major Dansie won the broad jump and placed second in the 120 yard high hurdles.
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Butte
Butte High
Butte Central
Beaver
Three Forks
Whitehall
Deer Lodge
Azfaconda
Dillon
Beavers
Frank Little
Montana
Missoula
Henry Hignight
Dansie
Gayeski
Dillmont Park to Open With Grand Opening Ball
Dillmont Park on the outskirts of the city will open for the summer season next Saturday night with a grand opening ball. Manager James Jackson reports improvements including wiring for electric lights, a renovated big building, and a polished dance floor. Baxter-Tonney orchestra to perform. dime dances featured. Two major events planned this month: the alumni dance on May 17 and the Elks charter celebration on May 18.
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Illmont Park
Dillon
James Jackson
County Grade School Pupils to Meet Here Friday and Saturday
J W Rees cashier of the First National Bank scored a hole in one on No 6 at the Dillon Country club to join the town’s hole in one club He beat D P Thurber high school agricultural supervisor in the match and earns eligibility for a silver loving cup offered by W B Selner a local jeweler for the first hole in one this year The feat follows an earlier hole in one by Professor Robert Clark of the Normal College on the Dillon course
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J. W. Rees
First National Bank
Dillon
D. P. Thurber
Rees
W. B. Selner
Dillon Jeweler
Robert Clark
The
Normal College
Dillon Public Schools Field Day Opens Week of Meets
Future farmers join Dillon Public Schools for the annual Field Day with preparations for visitors. Four track meets are planned this week including a Montana State College versus Southern Branch Idaho dual meet and events for Beaverhead county grade schools.
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Montana State College
University of Idaho, Southern Branch
Dillon
Dillon Public Schools
Beaverhead County
Dillon Public School
University of Idaho
Beaverhead Girls Vocational Congress Planned at High School
The annual Beaverhead county girls vocational congress will be held next Friday and Saturday at the local high school. All seventh and eighth grade girls and their mothers are urged to attend. A featured demonstration by a patrol of Butte Girl Scouts under Mrs. Scott Fries will be part of the program.
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Beaverhead County
Butte Girl Scouts
Scott Fries
Butte Lodge
Didmont Park
Two Plays Presented for Pupils at Normal College
Two plays will be presented for pupils on May 11 at the Normal College auditorium as the second performance.
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Normal College
Work State Project to Start Soon
The 13 mile highway linking Dillon to the 1927 project will begin soon. Billings contractor W D Fredericks Co will grade the route and install drainage structures after winning a bid of 36818.46 dollars. The road runs from the Virginia and Montana streets intersection to the 1927 federal project site with county federal and state funding.
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Dillon
W. D. Fredericks Company
Billings Contracting Firm
State Highway Commission
Helena
Billings
Virginia
Montana
Moroni Olsen Players Stage Barrie Comedy at College
The Moroni Olsen Company presented J. M. Barrie What Every Woman Knows at the college auditorium to a capacity audience. Janet Young as Magele Shand and Moroni Olsen as her husband delivered standout performances, with the full cast praised for flawlessness. The show marked the troupe’s final Dillon appearance for the year, with college orchestra interludes between acts conducted by Miss Vivian M. Robe.
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Dillon
Moroni Olsen
J. M. Barrie
College
Janet Young
Magele Shand
Mr. Olsen
Vivian M. Robe
May fete at college campus directed by Constance Bregan
The annual May fete will be held on the college campus Wednesday May 32 with training school pupils and college students as participants. Miss Constance Bregan directs the event, featuring a unique theme and planned scene.
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Constance Bregan
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Brick Brf
B”.Verhead
Thomas Toomey
Glee Club
Beaverhead High
Beaverhead Federation
Women’s Clubs of County
Olive Franks
Charles Seybold
Doris Stamper
Gordon Alexander
Given Price
Ruth Pyle
Elmer Hayes
Bobby Harrison
Lucille Harrison
Gertrude ‘Wombacher
Mabel Wombacher
Edith McClain
Evelyn Tash
Robert Anderson
Orrine Willey
Richard Nolan
Bernice
Renr
Joe Mansfield
Wilma Christensen Rose Wenger
Ralph McGarraugh
Helen Anderson
Mary Dawn Warner
Marie Sigvardt
A. de Ohine
Mra
Meybohm
Miller_Milling Co
T. Logan
Glen Lyons
Ron Rene High
Dillmont
the Beaverhead. ‘Board
Jack Rees
Future Farmers Participate
Dillon Elks
Nellie Little Johnston
Johnston
Shanger H. Douglas
Tilson Elks
Terry F. C. Browning
Elks
W. H. Reif
Boze
Reif
Browning
Montana Elks
Dillon Lodge
Moroni Olsen Co
Barrie
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