Dillon Boys Enjoy Record Week Of Outdoor Fun
The city celebrates the largest Boys Week with Outdoor day at Cornell grove where under 12s compete in sports supervised by Scout master R A Reesor. Industrial day drew nearly two hundred to see local industries with guided tours of Beaverhead Milling Montana Auto Supply Dillon Examiner City Bakery and more.
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Dillon
Cornell Grove
R. A. Reesor
Beaverhead Milling Company
Montana Auto Supply Company
Dillon Examiner
Huber
Eliel Brothers
Western Wholesale
First National Bank
Boy Scout Troop
Rotarians
Fire Department
Normal College to Form Track Team for State Meet
Montana State Normal College prepares its first track and field team in years for state intercollegiate contests. Coach Fairbanks leads a strong training squad as the team eyes a triangular meet in Bozeman later this month with State College and Intermountain Union at Helena. Likely players include James Lennon Palmer Scott William McMasters William Brownfield Faerson Richardson Marion Davis Paul Jensen and Harold McHose, several of whom also played basketball last season.
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Normal College
Montana State Normal College
Fairbanks
Bozeman
State College
Intermountain Union
Helena
James Lennon
Palmer Scott
William McMasters
William Brownfield
Faerson Richardson
Marion Davis
Paul Jensen
Harold McHose
Man Swears Out Complaint Against Himself in Illicit Liquor Case
W B Falkener, sane and fully aware, walked into the sheriff office and filed a complaint against himself for unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor. He pleaded guilty in justice court before Judge Phillips and was bound over to district court for sentence under a $500 bond in a case arising from last Saturday's incident.
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Sheriff’s Force
W. B. Falkener
Sheriff’s Office
Phillips
Twin Bridges Man Dies in Dillon
Leslie Thompson prominent Twin Bridges businessman died at Barrett hospital after two weeks illness from infected arm blood poisoning. The funeral will be held Monday at 3 p.m. from John F. Bishop home with interment in Mountain View cemetery. Reverend P J May and Reverend Kerutt will conduct services. pallbearers include local and nearby residents. Thompson, born January 27 1871 in New Castle Wisconsin, moved to Dillon then Twin Bridges where he organized the Twin Bridges Lumber Co in 1898. He married Millie Bishop in 1899 and leaves wife, two children Lenore and Reynolds, plus brothers Harley and Merrill and sisters Mrs H D Weenink, Mrs Ellen Knapp, and Mrs Lillie Nuss.
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Leslie Thompson
Twin Bridges
Barrett Hospital
Thompson
John F. Bishop
Mountain View
P. J. May
Presbyterian Church
Kerunt
Bert Page
Frank Phall
Mr. Albertson
George French
Argenta
George Baker
A. L. Anderson
Dillon
Leslie Allen Thompson
New Castle
Wis
Reynolds & Thompson Lumber Company
Twin Bridges Lumber Company
Millie Bishop
Lenore
Reynolds
Montana University At
Missoula
Besdes
Harley
Billings
Merrill
Worland
Wyo
H. D. Weenink
Ellen Knapp
Dawson, N. Dak
Lillie Nuss
DePere
Praise pours in after Dillon stockweek convention
Members and guests across the country send compliments on the Dillon Montana stockgrowers meeting held late April. Letters from John T. Caine III L B Jones J P Bowles B H Heide W M Merriman Abe Wertheimer John Bryan Peter Behn Dr W J Butler G Hurlbaert William Smith A J Davis and others praise hospitality entertainment and the overall success of the event and Dillon’s reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Stockgrowers
John T. Caine III
College of Utah
Fumigation Plant At Lima To Protect Stock Industry
A Lima fumigation station disinfects all vehicles and passengers crossing the line from California to prevent hoof and mouth disease. Cars and wagons, plus travelers shoes and clothing, undergo formaldehyde soaking and 30 minute fumigation. Last weekend two men from California brought a dog and were required to crate and ship it after disinfection.
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Lima
California
Structural Iron
Dillon
Baker First Man to File Two for Sheriff
John S. Baker becomes the first in the county to file for public office by declaring his intention to seek the Republican nomination for county clerk and recorder. On the same day Sheriff Moon ey and Sam Ditty filed for the Republican sheriff nomination. Judge Lyman Bennett and H. G. Rodgers also filed for the Fifth Judicial District judgeships with the secretary of state. Filing requires no petition signatures this year, just a county clerk filing and a one percent fee to the county treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Baker
Mooney
Sam Ditty
Lyman Bennett
H. G. Rodgers
Fifth Judicial District
Secretary of State
Lambing Season Opens Strong Across County
County farms report full scale lambing under ideal weather. Several hundred lambs expected this season as ranchers recruit skilled workers, offering 75 dollars for labor and board.
Baby Boy Born at Barrett Hospital to Mr and Mrs Orr
A baby boy named Matthew Joseph Orr was born this morning at Barrett Hospital to Mr and Mrs John T Orr. The newborn is healthy and a celebration is planned by the family.
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the Barrett Hospital
John T. Orr
Matthew Joseph
Tourists Move Through County En Route Northward
Over the past two weeks many tourists, mainly from California, travel north through the county. They are returning to various parts of the state after spending winter there. On Monday nineteen motor cars passed Dillon heading toward Butte.
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Ter
Dillon
Butte
Judge Poindexter Returns to Hawaii After Retirement
Former federal judge J P Poindexter plans a trip that starts in San Francisco and Mills College where his daughter Helen graduates. He will visit Los Angeles before returning to Honolulu to resume legal practice with large interests.
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J. P. Poindexter
Department of Hawaii
San Francisco
Mills College
Helen
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Delightful Musical at Training School Recital
A very delightful musical recital was given Monday evening at the training school by the younger pupils of L A Gregory. The feature was the numbers rendered by Gregorys juvenile orchestra of fine pieces. Eight of the orchestra members are ten years of age or younger and one is twelve.
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L. A. Gregory
Grégory
Pioneer Matron Dies At Family Home
Mrs. Isaiah Cashmore died in Dillon after a two month illness. Funeral at the Methodist church followed by interment in Mountain View cemetery. Born in Lexington Kentucky, she moved to Missouri then Montana in 1880 near Dillon where she lived 44 years. She married Isaiah Cashmore in 1888. two children died in infancy. Survived by husband three sisters four stepchildren and several nieces and nephews. Sister Miss Sarah Davis died a year ago in Missouri.
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Isaiah Cashmore
Methodist Church
Mountain View
Lexington
Missouri
Montana
Dillon
Sarah Davis
Cashmore
Recital by Lima Music Instructor May 14 at Lima Theater
Miss Nellie Little, Lima's noted young music teacher, will present her annual recital on the evening of May 14 at the Lima theater. Thirty three students perform instrumental and vocal pieces and several dancing numbers will be featured. The full program is listed on another page.
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Nellie Little
Lima
Court to Convene Here May 19
The spring term of the district court will convene here May 19 with Judge J. G. Smith presiding. Only twelve cases are set with two criminal trials to start, including State of Montana vs Oscar Garner for misdemeanor. The calendar lists foreclosures, debts, and damages across May 19 to May 28 with a lengthy jury panel named.
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District Court
J. G. Smith
State of
Montana
Oscar Garner
County Commissioners Hold Annual Session This Week
The county board adjourned after a two day meeting with routine business only. Citizens protested city dumping grounds and an attorney was ordered to raise the issue with city authorities. Dr J E B Monroe was named to the high school board, while Wakefield and Peterson became special deputies for hoof and mouth quarantine in Lima. The Red Cross promised nurse funding, and George Metlen was appointed county surveyor. Shaw gained lease authority for Big Hole irrigation land.
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Board of County Commissioners
Cr.’ E. Barnes
River Road
T. E. Gilbert
J. EB. Monroe
CG. C. Thornton
L. B. Wakefield
Albert Peter
Red Cross
George Metlen
Chester Kellogge
J. E. Shaw
Big Hole Basin
Isase
Big Hole Irrigation
Tee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ger
Leslie
L. Be, Jones
Great Falls
Mr. Hazelbaker
Eh. A. Phillips
Montana ‘Livestock Board
Senator Hazelbaker
J. P. Bowles
Bowles Commission
Senator Haxelbaker
Chicago
City
Mr. Cornell
B. H. Heide
General Manager International Livestock Exposition
Dilion
W. M. Merriman
Northern Pacific
Abe Wertheimer
Rosenann Brothers’ Commission Firm
John Bryan
Denver Commission
Peter Behn
John Clay
Battle Creek
Iowa
W. J. Butler
G. Hurlbaert
Townsend Hereford Breeder
William Smith
Great Northern
Miles City
A. J. Davis
John A.havey
Wood Brothers of
C. M. Simpson
Baker
Judge Poindexter
Hawaii
SQON
Training School
Margaret Tello
Helen C. Ballard
Jane Boone
Anthony Connoley
Farmer Smith
College Glee Club
Connie Martin
Glee Club
Mrs. I. Cashmore
Dil Don
Portland Cattle Loan Co
J. ©. Furgeson
H. D. Weening
L. F. Molleur
W. H. Stephan
David Evans
George Bighorn
T. J. Mulaney
W. M. Climer
A. m. KE
J. Lohr
N. W. Gray
A. m
Smith McKnight
Oregon Short R. R. Co
Louis W. Potter
Fred Heffner
Beaverhead Realty Co
William J. Cushing
Debt
William Logan
Beaverhead Motors Co
Anderhorn
Gack
Armitage
Herbert
Wisdom
Atkins
Bert Lima
Axe
Clarence
Bacon
Frank L
Bailey
William D
Jackson
Bassett
F. G
Best
William
Lakeview
Birrer
Henry M
Dell
Blanchard
Adelric
Bray
J. H
Brown
L. D
Armstead
Buck
Alden E
Burgen
Burrell
J. W
Christensen
Berg
Connelly
A. W
Dodgeson
William F
Wise River
Downing
Claude
Elkins
R. E
Monida
Erwin
S. F
Fagen
Robert
Fisher
George C
Fleming
James L. Dell
Forrester
Leroy W
Galloway
Otto
Given
R. R
Grant
Gordon
Elmer
Grinde
Hartwig
Edward
Moran
T. D
Thomas J
Norman
Dewitt
Parks
E. D
Pendergast
Thos
Price
W. A
Rife
Fred
Schaffner
W. F
Scott
A. E
Stamm
Albert
Stephanie
John
Joseph
Stoll
Charles F
Vail
D. S
Weeninky Melvin J
Wetmore, Cecil
Son
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