Dillon's baseball season opens after city holiday
A general holiday will suspend business from 1 p.m. to after the games as Dillon launches its baseball season tomorrow. A parade led by the American Legion Band will form at city hall at 1 15 and players will march to the grounds with Mayor Cornell pitching the first ball. The article lists expected batting orders and substitutes for two teams, including Holmes, Galt, Duncan, Gosman, Leningsen, McCracken, Jones, Gimble, Young, and many others with numerous substitutes named.
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Dillon
American Legion
Cornell
Youngken invents detour for protection of fish
J H Youngken traveled through Dillon on his way home to Lima after unveiling his fish protection detour. The device uses sound waves in water to keep fish from irrigation ditches and was tested at the Anaconda hatchery where engineers approved it. A patent is being applied for with plans for large scale use following expected approval. Also a baby boy was born January 19 in Los Angeles to Mr and Mrs Howard Morse.
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J. H. Youngken
Dillon
Butte
Lima
Mr. Youngken
Chamber of Commerce
Anaconda
W. B. Gorham
Youngken
Los Angeles
Cal
Howard Morse
Morse
California
Dillon men attend hearing in Butte last week
H. B. Gimble manager of Beaverhead Lumber and C K K Blinn manager of Standard Lumber and Coal, both coal dealers, attended an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Butte on coal rates led by examiner M A Patterson. Testimony came from Montana Coal and Iron, Montana Power, and railroad officials of several lines. The examiner and rail representatives then traveled to Seattle for further hearings.
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H. 8. Gimble
Beaverhead Lumber Company
C. K K. Blinn
Standard Lumber & Coal Company
Butte
M. ‘A ‘Patterson
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. M. Freeman
C. W. Tong
Montana Coal and Iron Company
H. H. Cochrane
Montana Power Company
A. G. Smart
Alliance Division
J. E. Craver
H. A. Capron
Northern Pacific
W. H. Bunny
Montana, Wyoming and Southern
P. B. Beldleman
Great Northern
Seattle
P Caldwell Dead Funeral Held In Butte
The death of F. P. Caldwell was reported from Butte with his funeral held there last Monday afternoon. Born about 70 years ago in Missouri, he lived in Dillon most of his life and is survived by his wife and three daughters Mabel Huyck Margaret Caldwell and Frances Caldwell.
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F. P. Caldwell
Dillon
Butte
Missouri
Franklin Pierce Caldwell
Mabel Huyck
Margaret Caldwell
Frances Caldwell
Dillon Men Compete in Butte Registered Shoot
A group of Dillon men traveled to Butte for the first registered shoot of the year by the Butte Rod and Gun club. Otto Schulz placed second and C. T. Magnus’s son Thornton tied for fourth. Participants included Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schulz, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Magnus, C. C. Thornton, Fred Dart, Roy Forrester, and George Woodworth who arrived from Southern California to visit Senator Frank Hazel baker.
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Dillon
Butte
Butte Rod & Gun Club
Otto Schulz
Thornton
C. T. Magnus
Fred Dart
Roy Forrester
George Woodworth
California
Frank Hazelbaker
Beaverhead wool prices hold at forty cents as buyers probe higher
Roscoe Cornell contracted his wool with American Woolen Mills for forty cents through Boston representative Alex Livingston and local agent R. E. Foster. Local growers report similar rates, with chatter of prices rising beyond forty cents as some outfits refused up to 42 cents. Lamb prices linger at ten cents while a smaller lamb crop is anticipated this season.
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Roscoe Cornell
American Woolen Mills
American Woolen
Alex Livingston
Boston
Cornell
Beaverhead County
Kearns
Dewey-Gould
Frank Mason
Halewell, Jones & Donwid Company
Je E. Hample
Jere
Miah Williams
Montana
Pauley & Williams Company
Deer Lodge
Henry Thompson
Beaverhead
Death of Robert Selway Will Honor Des Moines Funeral
Senator HE O Selway reported the death of his brother Robert Selway in Des Moines Iowa at age 59. Born in Eau Claire Wisconsin the deceased lived in Montana and Wyoming becoming a leading sheep rancher with a fortune once near a million. He survived by his wife and several children and four brothers Charles Ernest Delos and Richard. Lloyd had died in Miles City last April.
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HE. O. Selway
Robert Selway
Des Moines
Iowa
Eau Clair
Wis
John R. Selway
Jane Reynolds
Plains
Montana
Blacktail Ranch
Depesed
Oregon
Wyoming
Sheridan
Charles
California
Ernest
Dillon
Delos
Stacy
Richard
Alzada
Lloyd
Miles City
County Office Filings Expand as August Primary Near
A. 0 Gruwell seeks Republican nomination for county treasurer while AP Mooney runs again for sheriff. W E Chapman again aims for county surveyor as filings close in. Primary set for August 29. re registration required for those who did not vote in November 1920 with 22 registration sites listed by county clerk John S Baker.
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Gruwell
Andrus Hotel
Treasrers
P. AP. Mooney
Bent
Mooney
Repub
W. E. Chapman
Johns. Baker
Coutry
Dillon
J. C. Wall
Lima
L. C. Ford, Sr
H. T. Hrobel
Peter Hansen
N."pdhristensen
Monida
Frank B. Sparrow
Lakeview
J. D. Burke
Dell
Elenore G. Sweeney
Nicholia
Thomas McMullen
Armstead
G. A. Decker
Annie Stocker
Grant
F. L. Graves
Bannack
Chas. Richardson
Polaris
E. W. Pasche
New Fire Siren Installed At City Hall
A new fire siren arrived last week and was hoisted atop City Hall on Saturday on a ten foot tower. Electric wiring was completed yesterday and the six o clock test sounded. Further adjustments loom as another trial is planned today. The siren, ordered via Beaverhead Motors Co, reaches ten miles on quiet days and can rouse sleepers.
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Beaverhead Motors Co
Freight rates cut 12 percent nationwide
The Associated Press dispatch from Washington reports an international commerce commission decision reducing freight rates by about 12 percent across Mountain and Pacific territories, effective July 1. Rotary club luncheon at Andrus grill featured Uncle Sam Hampton from Montana State College, who spoke on county agents. Gingham Ball by Good Government club next Friday at city hall to raise funds for relief work.
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Butte Post
Associated Press
Washington
Mountain and
Pacific Territory
International Commerce Commission
Rotary Club
Andrus Grill
Sam Hampton
Montana State College
Good Government ‘Club
Lance
Memorial Day Plans by American Legion in City
The American Legion has completed plans for Memorial Day exercises next Tuesday. If weather permits the event will be in front of the county courthouse. otherwise it moves to the Normal training school. Dr. Davis is the speaker. Afterward, Legion members visit the cemetery to decorate war graves and the Women's Auxiliary serves hot lunch to ex servicemen.
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American Legion
Davis
Legion
Women’s Auxiliary
District Court Closes as Jury Is Dismissed
Judge Lyman Bennett presided as the Olmsted-Stevenson company won a debt verdict against Thomas Flynn. The district court session ended with the jury dismissed for the term.
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Olmsted-Stevenson Company
Thomas’ Flynn
District Court
Lyman Bennett
Thomas Flynn
Little and Taylor Voyage For Music and Optometry Meetings
Mr and Mrs Dan Little travel to Salt Lake City for a Salt Lake Musical Academy recital at the Tabernacle with Miss Grose Little performing violin pieces. Miss Little has studied in Salt Lake for two years and is noted as an accomplished violinist. Carl Taylor leaves Friday for Los Angeles to attend the Western Congress of Optometry, planning about ten days away.
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Dan Little
Sast Lake City
Salt Lake
Carl Taylor
Los Angeles
Western Congress of Optometry
Montana delegates push substitute primary measure
Dillon delegation joins Helena talks with lawmakers and residents drafting a substitute primary bill to replace the present system. The proposal creates precinct level meetings to elect delegates, allows instruction of delegates, and sets rules for county and state conventions with an emphasis on party loyalty and voter registration checks.
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Frank Ebiel
J. E. Monroe
J. C. Smith
W. G. Gilbert
Helena
Dillon
Placer Hotel
Montana
W. M. Johnson
Billings
Lester H. Loble
Frank Elis
E. B. Howell
Butte
Hartman
Bozeman
Herb Woodward
Harlowton
Beavershead Beef Steers Fetch Eight Cents A Pound
John Peterson sold nine loads of coming two year old beef steers loaded at Redrock for Spokane. I Applebaum bought them at eight cents, the highest price among Beaverhead County growers this season. Peterson's Big Hole basin ranch near Jackson fed them. price rise attracts more sales though fewer steers appeared than last year.
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Applebaum
Peterson
John Peterson
Redrock
Spokane
I. Applebaum
Mr. Peterson
Beaverhead
Beaverhead County
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