Faculty Selections at State Normal College Complete
The State Normal College executive board announced faculty selections for the next year with two vacancies to be filled. New appointees include HH. HL Swain as president and social science professor and Dr. Squire as associate pedagogy professor. Additional hires and graduate assistants will join, while biology and training teacher chairs remain vacant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Normal College
HH. HL Swain
William Chandler Bagley
J. E. Monroe
B. A
Chas
J. Fenner
M. S
Misa Lucy H. Carson
A. M
Mia
Carrie R. Squire
Bertha Thormyer
Ph. M
Florence B. Mott
E. J. Pasmore
Squire
Aberdeen
S. Dal
State Normal School
Hamline University
Minn
University of Minnesota
University of Chicago
St. Paul
Cornell University
Leipzig
Wuerzburg
Germany
Alabama State Normal
The
Normal College
Atwater Concert Delights Dillon Theatre Audience
The Atwater Concert at Dillon Theatre Friday evening, presented by the Episcopal church, drew praise for Mrs. Richard Atwater. The Helena Bishop’s daughter impressed with a wide range voice trained by European masters.
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Atwater
Dillon Theatre
Episcopal Church
Richard Atwater
Bishop Brewer
Helena
Europe
Heavy Losses From Prairie Storm Hit Roads
Constable Jules Guyaz reports beds of mud make Bedrock to Ames impassable with stage routes flooded two feet. He notes 30 inches of fresh snow and warns weeks will pass before traffic and mail resume. Lamb and cattle losses cripple stockmen amid destruction.
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Jules Guyaz
Horee Prairie
Bedrock
Ames Place
Guyaz
Redrock
Salmon River
Court in session. Tripletts discharged. Aiken jailed a year
The spring term opened with Judge M H Parker. grand jurors were impaneled. George Pollack pleaded not guilty to murder at Bannack. Oscar Aiken admitted forging Pendleton’s check for 54 dollars and received one year at Deer Lodge. Shaben Ferris’ naturalization petition was granted after testimony mixing up Brazil and the United States.
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M.H. Parker
George Pollack
Oscar Aiken
Pollack
Richard Martin
Bannack
Nevada
Attorney Barbour
Barbour
Deer Lodge
I. G. Denny
Shaben Ferris
Parker
Edwin Norris
Norris
Pennsylvania
Ferris
United States of Brazil
United States of America
Court actions and jury activity in county progress
Afternoon session reviews amended complaints in Hillys case and Evans v Gleed demurrer. Several cases settled or dismissed on plaintiff motions. Jury impaneled with full attendance except one. Gerland case bond forfeited. Triplett case discharged after continuance motion. Water right and foreclosure actions proceed with delays. ongoing Moore v Leybold Canute jury not yet reached. CONTINUED ON LAST PAGE.
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Hillys. Polish & Davis
Evans
Gleed
Mow Lung Yen
Bon Accord Placers Idt
Battinger
Padley
Morton
Haines
Dillon Implement Co
Callahan
Yengpi
McKinney
Christenson
Peterson
Evans Ve. Gleed
Swan Melin
Frank H. Shaffer
Joseph Thompson
Charles H. Padley
D. B. Moore
Peter Leybold
Harry Canute
Fair Trial Bill Declared Unconstitutional by Montana Court
Montana Supreme Court voids the fair trial bill from the Eighth Legislature in an opinion by Chief Justice Holloway with Brantly and Milburn concurring. The ruling centers on original appellate and supervisory jurisdiction, finding the act to exceed constitutional authority and mandate improper judge disqualification.
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Helena
Eighth Legislative Assembly
Supreme Court of Montana
William L. Holloway
Theodore Brantly
George R. Milburn
Senate
Ed Kuney to Settle in Dillon After Big Hole Visit
Ed Kuney spent most of the past week in the Big Hole basin after locating his household goods. He will live in Dillon permanently and is preparing to welcome Mrs Kuney, expected soon to arrive in Dillon from Missoula.
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Ed Kuney
Big Hole Basin
Dillon
Mrs. Kuney
Missoula
Rich Strike in Ajax Mine Signals Strong Future
Ajax mine managers J B Morse and A J Noyes report a four foot wide high grade ore body on the hanging wall while driving the upraise from tunnels No 2 to 1. The strike nearly doubles output, boosting Ajax as a coming great gold mine of the West. Plans include a 5 ton daily mill, aerial tramway 4000 ft to the mill, enhanced water power, electric plant, and power drills.
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Ajax
J. B. Morse
A. J. Noyes
W. B. Stanchfield
Sheep Sheds Destroyed by Fire in Taylor Creek Locality
Reports from Taylor creek indicate sheep sheds about 140 feet long were totally destroyed by fire on a county road above Grasshopper creek. Incendiary origin is believed with no leads. Later reports say two sheep wagons were cut to ribbons during a storm, home and wagons wrecked. owner Tommy Haw valued loss around $2,000.
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Taylor Creek
Grasshopper Creek
Bute
Tommy Haw
Lea
Company F Receives Money From Adjutant General
Co. F of Dillon, Montana National Guard, has received 210 dollars from Adjutant General Ashby of Helena as part of the local companys share of the legislature appropriation. The adjutant general also admonished.
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Dillon
National Guard of
Montana
Ashby
Helena
Adjutant General
Drill Orders Push Montana Guard for Rounds
The company officers are urged to drill hard and maximize line strength as General Corbin orders a Fort Missoula lieutenant to inspect all Montana guard companies. Pay depends on their rank and inspection results.
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Corbin
Regular Army
Fort Missoula
Montana Guard
Damaging Storm Ravages Beaverhead County Stock and Lambing
A severe storm struck Beaverhead causing heavy losses to sheep and cattle. Many lambs perished in the cold with lambing underway, while weak cattle on the range also died. Reports from Dillon show the spring’s heaviest losses in recent years, with snow depths from 10 to 18 inches across Taylor Creek hills and Horse Prairie. Local pastures require feeding as grazing prairies fail to recover.
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Beaverhead
Dillon
Big Mole
Taylor Creek
Horse Prairie
Annual Sunday School Meeting in Butte
The Montana State Sunday School Association holds its annual session Tuesday through Thursday at Kirat Presbyterian Church in Butte. Rev H F Cope will give the welcome address and speak on The New Religious Education. Leaders from across the state plan talks. a special rate aids attendees from the region via Short Line for the president's visit.
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Montana State Sunday School Association
Butte
Kirat Presbyterian Church
H. F. Cope
New Ice Cream Parlor Opens in Dillon
Conger and Bennington formally opened a new ice cream par lor bakery and confectionery store on Bannack Street in Dillon. They offer candies cigars and bakery goods and have hired a top state baker. An on site soda water fountain is planned for the near future.
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Conger & Bennington
Dillon
Bannack Street
H. O. Miller
Prisoner Oscar Aiken Sentenced to One Year
Sheriff Gist took Oscar Aiken to Deer Lodge after a one year sentence for forgery. The old offender had previously served time there. Aiken greeted a guard with hello asking if he was being pursued, a fact that might have altered his sentence if revealed at trial.
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Gist
Deer Lodge
Oscar Aiken
Aiken
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H. H. Swain
Tion
Philharmonic Society
Wieniawski
Tarragon
Grace Graeter
Rigpoletto
KE. J. Passmore
Horte Prairie
R. P. Tripletts
Louis Gerland
Kirst National
Hank Va
Emerick
Earhart Va
Earhart
State Bank of Dillon
R. F. Tattersall
Pentleman
Gerland
Nels Iversin
Old Country
Steve Cook
Matt Orr
Parker Fry
Tripletts
Robert P. Triplett
Tripletta
Ella Tripletts
John F. Peterson
Va. J. F
Co. F
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