Oregon Short Line Officials Visit Dillon for Tours
Eighteen Oregon Short Line officials arrived in Dillon on a special train for the fifth annual tour their first visit to Dillon. They inspected stations in Lima Armstead and Dillon, met with a reception committee, and discussed improvements for passenger and freight service. A Beaverhead club meeting followed to address mutual benefits and concerns. The visit included a tour to Butte and Melrose, with rumors of line construction and survey activity resuming near Salmon City.
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Oregon Short Line Railroad
Dillon
Lima
Armstead
Beaverhead Valley
Ix. C. Manson
J. A. Reeves
I. H. Plaisted
D.S. Spencer
Carl Stradley
A. K E.hutchinson
C. J. McNitt
A. R. McNitt
W. 8. Anderson
IF. W. Gensch
W. R. Armstrong
Montana
A. W. North
J. W. Rogers
American Express
H. 8. Twining
Pullman Company
Joel L. Priest
J. M. Post
D. R. Gray
F. D. Wilson
Beaverhead Club
G and P Railroad Plans Summer Survey Camp
Gilmore and Pittsburg Railway will resume surveys for the Salmon City to Lewiston line this summer. Engineer Roberts will set up a survey camp on the Snake River below Salmon River mouth, with supplies via the gasoline launch Flyer operated by Glover McFarland.
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G. & P. Railroad
Lewiston Tribune
Gilmore & Pittsburg Railway Company
Salmon City
Lewiston
Flyer
Glover McFarland
Asotin
Roberts
Snake River
Spokane
Salmon River
Whitebird
Engineer Roberts
Upper River
Chicago
Pata
Pardon Granted for Sibyl Wolfe and Family
In Vancouver Washington on May 19 the full pardon for Sibyl Wolfe’s parents and a conditional pardon for Governor Hay enable the young woman to return with her son Rodney Lowell Wolfe to Iowa. Rev Otis St Gray will arrange transportation.
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Vancouver
Wash
Sibyl Wolfe
Hay
Rodney Lowell Wolfe
Iowa
Otis St. Gray
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Walla Walla
Wolfe
Dillon
A Good Word for Dillon Becomes a Montana Town Portrait
A visiting observer extols Dillon Montana as one of the neatest cleanest prettiest towns in Beaverhead County noting fine schools, well kept streets, pleasant residences and strong civic pride. The writer urges a county hospital and praises steady growth and real estate confidence.
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Dillon
Montana
Beaverhead County
Ditton
Butte
United States
Big Hole
Chinook Play a Big Success at Normal College
The senior class presented Bernard Shaw's You Never Can Tell in the auditorium on Friday night to raise funds for The Chinook, the college annual. The production, directed by Miss M A Dunning, featured strong performances by Orpha Oneal, Hortense Paul, Frances Stebbins, Gertrude Reardon, and others, with Dillon Orchestra providing music and stylish sets and costumes enhancing the show. The event highlighted skilled enunciation, cultured voice, and careful stage management, and the gymnastic dancing segments and campus track events followed as part of the program.
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Bernard Shaw
Normal College
Marrie P A. Dunning
Orpha Oneal
Crampton
Ella Falligan
Bohun
William
Grace Walters
Kate Lyden
Joe
Dillon
Mamie Hayes
Helen Pendergast
Pearl Ward
Margaret Harrington
Mabel Smith
Lora Maxwell
Miss Lyden
Miss Dunning
Death of Charles W. Ehrick in Dillon region
Charles W. Ehrick aged 84 died at ranch home of G R Featherly after long illness. Born near Berlin Germany he moved to Dillon two years ago to live with his daughter Mrs George R Featherly. Remains taken to Butte for interment after a Sunday funeral.
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Charles W. Ehrick
G.R. Featherly
Ehrick
Berlin
Germany
Dillon
George R. Featherly
Butte
Field Day Exercises at M S N C Plans Set
The third Annual Field Day and Play Festival at the M. S. N. C. is scheduled for May 3 at 2 30 p m with June 5 as a backup date if the weather is unpropitious on the 31st The Training School joins the college for play and drill and the boys will close with track events Gymnasium classes contest for the silver trophy won by the Class of 1910 The three field captains for the gold medal are Miss Dunlevy Miss Tintinger and Miss Shiell all elected by their groups.
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Dunlevy
Tintinger
Shiell
Nero Brothers Present Sports of Old Rome at Scenic
The Nero Bros stage a Greco Roman wrestling and acrobatics act with lighting effects and an announcer guiding the audience. They share top billing with the Probstote team, a comedy musical dance act praised for its versatility. Three performances run Thursday to Saturday, with a late Saturday show at 9:30 p.m.
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Nero Bros
Rome
Postal Savings Bank Branch For Dillon Named
Miss Grace Lamont received notice that the Dillon office is designated as a postal savings bank under the new law. Opening date not yet set but expected soon as the department expands the system. Anaconda post office was among the first designated in the United States.
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Grace Lamont
Dillon
Miss Lamont
Anaconda
United States
Miss Shank Presents German Visit Lecture at Baptist Church
Miss Berniece Shank will deliver a second lecture at the Baptist church next Monday evening. The talk titled A Visit to Germany on a Slender Purse will cost 25 cents for adults and two children may attend for free or at a reduced rate.
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Berniece Shank
The
Baptist Church
Germany
Rich Strike Reports at Bannack Highlight Montana Mines
A Bannack mining strike on the Golden Leaf property by Dunn Development Co. is described as the richest yet, signaling revival for Bannack and spurring activity across Montana mining districts including Elkhorn. The Montana Mining Record underscores vast state mineral wealth and future investment potential across gold silver copper lead zinc coal and oil and gas. Local law actions include Pete Mahoney’s prior release later charged in a new assault case and Judge Rich bound over Win Hess for burglary at Lima.
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Bannack
Golden Leaf
Dunn Development Company
Elkhorn
Inte
Colorado Mining Record
Montana
Montana Mining Men’s Association
Union
Great Falls
Cas
Butte
Anaconda
Helena
Pete Mahoney
Lima
Rich
Win. Hess
Dr. L. C. Ford
County Jail Hobs Overrun with Petit Larceny Cases
Sheriff Gosman reports a surge of petty thefts and sneak thieves, urging a county chain gang for six months to curb depredations. Twenty one inmates are in jail with three more taken to Monida and Dell, including a rifle theft from Bert Paul. Tom Starkey and George Harrigan were arrested Monday following a tanning incident.
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Gosman
Doc Erwin
Monida
Dell
Bert Paul
Tom Starkey
George Harrigan
Good Roads Convention Heads to Missoula This June
The Montana Good Roads Convention plans its second annual meeting in Missoula on June 27 and 28. Delegates from each county will discuss highway funding, state roadway oversight, and nationwide speaker demonstrations, with auto tours of Bitter Root Valley.
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Dillon
Jed
Donlan
Montana
Billings
Missoula
Congress
Bitter Root Valley
Bitter Root Inn
A. J. Breitestein
Rancher Mose Jardine Takes Over Jackson Area Ranch
Mose Jardine, a noted Big Hole basin rancher, visited Dillon this week to join his wife after her operation in Salt Lake City. He sold his Bristow ranch and now owns the old Fournier ranch near Jackson, where he has taken possession.
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Mose Jardine
Big Hole Basin
Dillon
Salt Lake City
Mr. Jardine
Bristow
Fournier
Jackson
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R. R
Lima and Armstead
G. & P. Railroad News
Bo Kull Dawzence
Shoemakers
Postal Savings Bank For
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