Federation to Meet May 19 in Dillon
Correspondence from librarians praises the county circulating library plan and urges support. The County Federation of Women's Clubs will meet in Dillon on May 19 to discuss the library proposal and other club matters at the Normal College luncheon hosted by the Shakespeare club. Letters from Missoula and other counties describe beneficial rural library programs and express gratitude for library services.
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County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Dillon
Shakespeare Club
Normal College
Beaverhead County
J. EH. Shaw
County Federation
Missoula County
Carlton
Ufe
Eloise R. Durnford
Maurice Windus
Charlo
Montana
Normal College Hosts May Festival and Queen Coronation
The annual spring festival by the department of physical education at Normal College and Normal Training School will be held on Thursday May 31 with Miss Adelaide Miller directing both schools. The highlight is the coronation of the Queen of May. On May 1 Genevieve Ward was elected May Queen by the student body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal College
Department of Physical Education
Normal College and Normal Training School
Adelaide Miller
Genevieve Ward
Queen, Co. * & Co
District Court session opens with guilty pleas and trials
The district court convened with Judge J C Smith presiding. George Gable found guilty of robbery in Lima and faces four years in prison. Chas Seybold pled guilty to liquor violations, fined 300 dollars and sentenced to six months to a year, then paroled. Civil cases to follow this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Smith
State of
Montana
George Gable
Lima
Chas. Seybold
Seybold
Boys' Werk Closes With Big Picnic at Dillmont Park
The annual Boys' Werk week ended with a large picnic at Dillmont park. Dozens of youths enjoyed races, jumps, pole vaulting and field events. The Boy Scout baseball team beat the training school 8 to 7, winning ten dollars. Ted Soper won $2 in a blueberry pie contest. A get-together followed at the training school auditorium with music by the Gregory Orchestra and talks by local figures. The Rotary club organized the week’s international program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillmont Park
Ted Soper
Training ‘School
Gregory Orchestra
Poindexter
Stephan
Monroe
Frank Eliel
Rotary Club
County Commissioners Meet for Regular Monthly Session
The board of county commissioners convened in regular monthly session Monday morning. Road matters and routine business were addressed and transacted. The board will adjourn today and out of town members depart for home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Wool Buyers Hold Off in Beaverhead County for Lower Prices
Beaverhead county sheepmen resist contracts as buyers expect price drops after shearing. Frank Sullivan of National Wool Warehouse notes demand and world shortage, with some Wyoming growers contracting at 43 to 45 cents and Rawlins area sellers seeking 60 cents or more. Boston buyers recently purchased Texas wool at 55 cents.
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Beaverhead County
Frank Sullivan
Boston
National Wool Warehouse and Storage Company
Wyoming
Rawlins
Union Pacific
Texas
Montana
Myra Koontz Leads in Dillon Event
Myra Koontz takes the lead with Mazie Davis second and others close behind in Dillon. Robbins Koontz, Dill on, Mazie Bourquin Davis, Dillon, Dixie Ripley, Dillon, Ambrose Henneberry, Dillon, Frankie Andrus Corrin, Dillon, Julia Kramer Wisdom and Jackson, Maureen Desmond Bedrock, Kate Jones Dillon, Adda Ford Richardson Lima, Dorothy Hirschman Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra Robbins Koontz
Mike
Dillon
Mazie Bourquin Davis
Dixie Ripley
Dillon Ambrose Henneberry
Frankie Andrus Corrin
Julia Kramer
Wisdom and
Jackson
Maureen Desmond
Bedrock
Kate Jones
Adda Ford Richardson
Lima
Dorothy Hirschman
Big Buick prize race nears close of first voting period
May 12 marks the end of the first voting period in the Examiner automobile prize contest. With a $1082 prize, leaders Myra Robbins Koontz Mazie Bourquin Davis and Dixie Ripley vie as Am brose Henneberry rises from the bottom to challenge. Votes drop in the second period and the final week cuts votes nearly in thirds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Examiner
Myra Robbins Koontz
Mike
Mazie Bourquin Davis
Dixie Ripley
Ambrose Henneberry
Ambrose
Annual meeting of the Presbytery held here
The twelfth annual meeting of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society of the Presbytery of Butte was held here last week. Out of town visitors included Rev and Mrs Knotter and family and several Anaconda and Missoula ladies. Officers elected for the coming year: president Mrs John Zurfluh Butte first vice president Mrs W H Trippet Anaconda second vice president Mrs J H Russell Butte secretary Mrs M E Morse Anaconda treasurer Mrs C H Putney Missoula Young People's secretary Mrs C E Crabb Deer Lodge literature and education Mrs S A Worcester Butte stewardship Mrs May Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbytery of
Butte
Pratt van
Etton and
Worcester
Crabb
Deer Lodge
John Zurfluh
W. H. Trippet
Anaconda
J. HR. Russell
M. E. Morse
C. H
Billiard Tournament Underway At Gleed's Hall
Hi Brundage and Joe Jensen open the handicap billiard tournament with a first round set tonight. Early scores show accurate handicapping with players such as C Murphy 70 and A A Gibson 180 among the first ten games readout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi Brundage
Joe Jensen
C. Murphy
Will Ross
Bert Barr
Geo. Lovell
J. Bennett
C. Corrin
Dr. Lee
W. Paddock
F. Poole
H. Snow
J. Deputy
A. A. Gibson
H. Poole
H. Graves
W. Stahl
F. O'Keefe
H. Harrison
Geo. Gosman
Dr. Walker
Dr. Curry
Infant dies in Salmon City identity of Brundage family
Word came Monday afternoon of the death of Mary Brundage infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmore Brundage at Salmon City Idaho. The baby was one of twins born in Salmon City last spring and survives by parents and several brothers and sisters.
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Dillon
Mary
Elmore Brundage
Salmon City
Idaho
Magpie Egg Fund Exhausted By Beaverhead Anglers
The Beaverhead Anglers' Club reports its magpie egg fund is exhausted and cannot pay for magpie eggs brought in by boys until replenished. So far 3600 eggs have been collected and paid at thirty cents a dozen, part of action against predators to eradicate them.
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Beaverhead
Angiers’ Club
Anglers’ Club
Big Ranch Deal Consolmated Saturday
The Gleed Brothers of Lima bought the Gallagher property in the county South end. The sale includes two ranches totaling 2 440 acres at Dell and Snowline with all equipment improvements and livestock. Senator Frank A Hazelbaker negotiated the purchase for about 70000 dollars.
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Gleed Brothers
Lima
Gallagher
Dell
Snowline
Frank A. Hazelbaker
City League Plans Opening Doubleheader May 20
Dillon prepares for the city baseball season with a new commission C D McKown H B Gimble and W H Stephenson elected. The league faces about a $20 deficit and will run three teams with last year’s captains in charge until new captains are elected. Opening day features a big Sunday double header May 20 with twilight games starting late May and one more Sunday game the following week. A meeting with players captains and the commission is set for Friday at 8 at the sheriff’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
C. D. McKown
Gimble
W. H. Stephenson
Wm. Ross
Eight Hay Stacks Burned on Gallagher Ranch
Last Saturday morning eight large hay stacks burned at the Gallagher ranch near Snow Line along with a large pasture area. A discarded cigarette butt started the blaze which spread through 800 acres, causing an estimated 3000 in damage.
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Gallagher Ranch
Snow Line
Forty three to graduate on May eighteenth Beaverhead class
A class of forty three will graduate from Beaverhead County High School on May eighteenth marking the largest class in the school’s history. Names include Ebba Anderson Albert Baker Ruth Benedick Gordon Berry and many others. Commencement festivities began with the Junior Prom noted as the year’s grand social event.
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Beaverhead County
Ebba Anderson
Albert Baker
Ruth Benedick
Gordon Berry
June Blair
Harold Blinn
Anastacia Boger
Mildred Bourquin
Zelma Carruthers
Fred Carr
Allen Dansie
Clarence Decker
Fred Dullenty
Mary Heavey
Bernice Hirschman
Flora Holden
Essie Hungate
Theo Ingram
Jack Leimert
William Lloyd
Elinor Maynard
Anna Miller
Daisy Moran
Warren Murray
Jake Neidt
William Nelson
Ernest Nelson
Tom Olmsted
Eleanora Olsen
Phillip Orr
Muriel Paddock
Fred Patterson
John Reece
Elmer Selway
Emerson Slack
Rachel Smith
Edna Stewart
Frank Sweeney
Morse Waldorf
Clyde Webster
Edwin Whitworth
Muriel Roe
Frances Dunn
Helen Finch
Frances Cashmore
Nell Blair
Cattle Move Rapidly from Beaverhead to Eastern Markets
In the past week thousands of beef cattle were loaded along the Short Line for shipment east and to the coast. About twenty thousand head were fattened in Beaverhead county this year, with most now on the road to markets. Prices averaged seven cents a pound on home ranch weights, roughly $84 per 1200 pound animal.
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Beaverhead
Big Hole
Jack Barrett
Kansas City
George Clemon
Clemon Ranch
George Melton
Henry Trowbridge
Cole & Dodds
Portland
C .P. Thompson
Carsten
Tacoma
John Burke
Portland Feeder Company
Matt Severe
Severe & Weaves
Stallings In Bannack For Predatory Bird Drive
C. W. Stallings was in town Sunday from Bannack to participate in a predatory bird drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Stallings
Bannack
Also Mentioned on This Page
Federation
CLU
County Circulating Library
Women’s.club
M. Branford
Ronan, Montana
District Court
Geo. Sable
Chas, Seybold
Quilty
Dillmont
Sullivan
Myra Koontz
Mazie Davis
Gleed
Salmon
Gled Brothers
Hazelbaker
R. Gallagher Property
City League
Promarillian
T. W. Bennett
St. James Episcopal Church
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