Swat the Fly Watchward Promotes Sanitation Campaign
James H. Wallis, State Sanitary Inspector, leads a sanitation drive titled Swat the Fly aimed at the public and schoolchildren. A booklet features a vivid fly image and a Q and A fly catechism warning of typhoid fever, tuberculosis, and other dangers, urging residents to kill flies before they breed and to report nuisances to the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Wallis
Salmon City Recorder
Tyhphof'rey
Early Days in the Big Hole Valley and Stock Growth
The piece recalls early Big Hole Basin stock drives from 1876 and 1877 to Green River and Salt Lake, with brisk cattle roundups, rough riders, and the shift from summer pasture to settled ranches. It notes the rise of Herefords and other breeds, fenced ranches, vast hay yields, gas lighting, telephones, stations, and extensive stock facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Big Hole
Mr. Staley
Salt Lake
Green River
Wyoming
Chicago
Maria
Breezes notes from Butte and Basin community
Emil Zorn visited Butte to buy an automobile for livery work while Tom Bales met Basin friends during the week. Charley Francis bought 300 cattle from George Stewart, led by a red Durham bull. Missy Gwendoline Rees was hired to supervise Wisdom eighth grade exams. Gus Swanson brought a fine mahogany bay Belgian horse from Silver Bow. Beef trading remained light. Frasier of Frye Co. and FE N Jones made multiple purchases. School board reemployed Prof. Dean and Mrs. Flaherty and Stevenson. J A La Marche resigns as Battle Ground forester, to Glacier Park. Arthur Kees to succeed with Lester A. Barry as assistant. Co H Strowbridge delivered 2800 high grade ewes, lambing in heavy snow with losses, while Wisdom youngsters helped care for newborn lambs. The summer weather has kept the flock in prime condition despite losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. la Marche
Battle Ground
Glacier Park
Jim
Sam
Arthur Kees
Mr. Kees
Lester A. Barry
Co. H
Real Estate Transfers in Dillon Week Ending May 12
Transfers show deeds from Willis to Quackenbush 2 lots in P O addition for 500 dollars and Boone to Hansen 2 lots in Mauldin addition for 32 dollars. Also Rife to Holtz 2 lots in Rife second addition for 10 dollars and patents granted to Fenner 813.39 acres on Upper Blacktail Cochranes 160 acres in Grasshopper valley and Nora Smith 120 acres on Dixon bench. Mining patent to Cochran Oro Grand Lode Elkhorn district. quit claim by heirs of Henneberry to Michael Henneberry 40 acres Grayling Beaverhead river. Lease agreement Neelan to Neyhart roadway north of Dillon for 99 years for 1 dollar. Dillon merchants advertise The Laurent in Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank D. Willis
Robert S. Quackenbush
Dillon
R. W. Boone
Rasmus Hansen
Mauldin
Abram
Jay B. Holtz
Rife
Chas. J. Fenner
Upper
Blacktail
James L. Cochrane
Grasshopper Valley
Nora Smith
Dixon Bench
Oro Grand Lode
Elkhorn
Margaret B. Henneberry
Michael B. Henneberry
Grayling
Beaverhead River
David A. Neelan
John A. Neyhart
Special Meeting of Stockholders Dillon Implement Co
Notice is given that a meeting of the stockholders of Dillon Implement Company Montana will be held at the company office Dillon Beaverhead on Monday June 24 1912 at 10 oclock a m. The purpose is to consider extending the business to include Plumbing and Heating and to transact other proper business. Directors Char H Phillips Sam C Arnolds Edward S Duff dated May 8 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Implement Company
Montana
Dillon
Beaverhead
State of Montana
Chas. H. Phillips
Sam C. Arnolds
Edward S. Duff
Sleeping car blankets replaced by white counterpanes on Southwest Limited
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway introduces white counterpanes on its Southwest Limited trains between Chicago and Kansas City replacing the usual heavy woolen blankets. Blankets remain available for cooler nights, aiming to improve comfort for sleeping car passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway Company
Southwest Limited
Chicago
Kansas City
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Big Hole Valley
Emil Zorn
Butte
Tom Bales
Mr. Williams
Will Armitage
Sunny Slope
Charley Francis
George Stewart
Missy Gwendoline Rees
Gus Swanson
E. N. Jones
Washington
Gus
Silver Bow
Frank Frazier
Frye & Co
Seattle
McCaffery
Lawrence
Shaw
H. M. Schneider
Stanton
Spokane
Dean
Mesdames Flaherty
Stevenson
Wisdom
W.j.forster
Idaho
Pearl I. Smith
Laurent
West Broadway
Public Library
The
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Eliel Brothers
Opi
H. Black
Wookex Gannenta
Jack Rabbit
India
Elmer Apperson
Edgar Apperson
Times-Herald
Long Island
Apperson Bros
the Apperson
Altadena-Pasadena
United States
Apperson Brothers Auto Company
John T. Orr Auto Co
Dillon, Montana
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