Mrs F C McFadden Succeeds Mrs Shaw as President
The county Federation of Women's Clubs held its fourth semi annual meeting in the primary school kindergarten room with delegates from Wisdom Woman's Club Jackson Ladies Aid Wise River Woman's Club Northside Country Club Theta Shakespeare Delphian Good Government Club and M B H Ladies Aid of Dillon. The program included songs an invocation welcome address president's address and a luncheon at Andrus Grill with sixty ladies at decorated tables. The afternoon program continued with a long address by Miss Connie and noted the nurse work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Federation of Women's Clubs
Wisdom Woman's Club
Jackson Ladies’ Aid
Wise River Woman's Club
Northside Country Club
Theta, Shakespeare, Delphian
Good Government Club
M. ‘Hb. Ladies’ Aid of
Dillon
America
The
Beautiful
Edward Smith
A. O. Vachon
W. T. Ferguson
J. H. Shaw
Anget Lian
Beaverhead Flocks Yield Big Lamb Crop
Beaverhead county reports an unprecedented lamb crop as favorable weather boosted yield. Farmers expect profits exceeding a million dollars with lambing finished and shearers arriving from California for next month’s shearing season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Rich silver copper ore vein found in Hecla district
Ted Williams reports Tony Valentine, a leaser in the Atalantus mine, discovered a rich vein in the Hecla district. The high grade ore is five and a half feet wide and three and a half feet high, yielding about 150 ounces of silver with 35 percent copper and 9 percent lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Williams
Hecla
Tony Valentine
Atalantus
New Instructors Announced for Normal College Summer Session
The summer session opens June 16 with registration June 14. The slate adds several new instructors including Genevieve Albertson Roy M Austin Miner a Bennett Blanch F Bowdle Lucy Carson Robert Clark John Cluley Sigrid Englund Earl L Fairbanks Mrs Ella Free E O Gullidge Margaret Huntington Emily Kramer and Lee R continuing on page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal College
Genevieve Albertson
Roy M. Austin
Twin Bridges
Minerva Bennett
Butte
Helena
Blanch
Ella Free
E. O. Gullidge
Baker
Margaret Huntington
University of Illinois
Emily Kramer
Lee R
Dillon public schools annual track and field results
Ted Soper won the meet with 22 points and L Wemple had 18 points. May Tallent led the girls with 18 points. Wemple won the high jump and Soper the broad jump. records were 4 ft 8 in and 15 ft 3 in. Numerous dash and field events list winners and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Soper
Dillon Public Schools
L. Wemple
May Tallent
Wemple
Soper
Wool Growers Warn of Foot and Mouth risk in Montana
Secretary H H Pigott urged Montana wool growers to guard against foot and mouth disease spreading from California via shearers. The adjourned Montana Wool Growers Association meeting in Helena on June 5 aims to elect a new board and expand the association's scope, with laborers from California needing affidavits or disinfection before entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Pigott
Montana
California
Pigott
Hectic Dillon Primary Votes Spark County Debate
In Beavery head county Dillon reports 114 votes cast citywide with about 200 more expected countywide from 2952 registered voters. Five Dillon precincts tally 75 for Coolidge. LaFollette, Dixon, Lowden, Capper, Hughes each have one VP vote. McAdoo 83. other VP picks include Al Smith Wheeler Walsh Bryan Copeland. No farm labor or socialist votes found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beavery Head
Dillon
Coolidge
LaFollette
Dixon
Lowden
Capper
Has
Memorial Day Parade Observed in Dillon By Legion Post
Memorial Day will be observed in Dillon next Friday as a legal holiday with a parade led by the Dillon band. Veterans, Boy Scouts, and school children will march from the training school at ten, then gather on the depot lawn or City Hall auditorium for exercises led by Linden McCullough. Afterward veterans visit Mountain View cemetery to lay flowers and hear taps. The Dillon press is urged to convey a call for reverent observance nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Beaverhead
American Legion
Boy Scouts
Depot Lawn
City Hall
Linden McCullough
Mountain View Cemetery
Legion
Dillon Press
Dillon Golf Club to be organized at public meeting
At 7 80 P M on Wednesday May 28 the Dillon Golf Club will be organized in City Council rooms. Mayor Cornell donated land east of town for temporary use and a $5 family membership is planned to fund course improvements and basic golf facilities. Everyone is invited to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Golf Club
Cornell
Dillon Parent-Teachers Club Elects New Officers
The Dillon Parent Teachers Club elected officers for the coming year. Mrs H H Bates is president and Mrs Ji B Somers vice president with Mrs Fred Waldorf as secretary Miss C White treasurer and Mrs J Collins press reporter. The outgoing officers are praised for their work and the club traces its roots to the kindergarten Mothers Club of 1922 and the Parent Teachers Association of 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teachers’ Club
Parent-Teachers’ Association
H. H. Bates
Ji B. Somers
Fred Waldorf
C. White
J. Collins
J. H. Gilbert
Harry Williams
W. G. Gilbert
Jury Discharged as Court Adjourns After May Session
The May 19 jury term concluded with verdicts for defendants in Portland Loan Co v Featherly et al and for plaintiff in J C Ferguson v Weenink. Other cases settled or continued. several debt actions continued. one case failed to reach a verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Potter
Fred Heffner
Portland Loan Company
George R. Featherly
J. CO. Ferguson
H. D. Weenink
Dr. L. F. Mollener
W. H. Stephan
Dave ‘Mivans
Dave ‘Mivans Against ‘George Bighorn
Dr. L. F. Moleur
W. M. Climer
EB. J. Lohr
N. W. Gray
Smith McKnight
Oregon Short Line Tailroad Company
Bill Smith
A. L Stone
Beaverhead Realty Company
W. J. Cushing
William Logan
Beaverhead Motors Company
Wisdom firm granted permits to continue operations in 1924
Arnott and Sons incorporated farming firm at Wisdom may operate during 1924. Harry Hanson receiver for Yegen bank authorized to consent to sale of Wisdom property. Bank collateral involved with War Finance and National Bank of the Republic. Wisdom holdings include 5069 acres in Big Hole Basin with land valued at 76000 and personal property at 100500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hanson
Yegen Bank
Wladom
War Finance Corporation
National Bank of the Republic
Chicago
Wisdom Holdings
Joseph R. Jackson
Wisder Concern
Big Hole Basin
Wisdom
Escaped convicts Mercer and Palmer recaptured in county
C C Mercer aged 38 and George Palmer aged 32, escaped from Montana State penitentiary, were captured in the county Saturday morning by Sheriff Mooney and Undersheriff Kellum. A reward of 100 dollars was paid by Warden Potter after capture. A separate Lima call reported Wakefield, deputy sheriff, was attacked by the men, who claimed release via a typewritten letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Palmer
Montana State Penitentiary
Mooney
Frank Kellum
Dick Nelson
Deer Lodge
Warden Potter
Beaverhead County
Potter
Lima
Mercer
Palmer
L. B. Wakefield
Wakefield
Monida
Burles Team Wins Shoot Sunday For Predatory Bird Contest
The Burles team captained by E L Burles won the predatory animal and bird shoot last Sunday with 5837 points, while C T Magnus led the runners up at 4383. Henry Deutsch was top scorer with 1360 points. combined Burles and Wemple totaled 2497. Predatory bird eggs counted for points as part of totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Burles
C. T. Magnus
Sugar Bowl
Henry Deutsch
Burles
Wemple
Gleed
Hartwig
Magnus and Graeter
Fred Dart
Forsgren
Bob Barret
Roy Forrester
Jack Nemick
A. O. Vachon
Dr. Morand
Jay Holtz
George Dart
Gleed and
Man who cut first timber in Dillon visits after thirty years
B F Nisbitt and relatives spent last Saturday in Dillon Idaho, returning from Potlatch to visit his mother aged 96. He cut the first timber for the first house in the valley and worked for Green and Walker in the Axe ranch area. He witnessed railroad arrivals and Beaverhead county growth since early days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Satuday
B. F. Nisbitt
Nisbitt
Beaverhead County
Utah & Northern
Green & Walker
Axe
Corrine
Virginia City
Idaho
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. C. McFadden
J. E Shaw
Andrus Grill
Miss Connie
Page Hight
B. Robertson
M. Stark
F. Vandergrift
E. Ledebur
C. Anderson
R. French
L. Andrus
H. Brundage
M. Talent
H. Boatman
Das
F. Little
T. Soper
D. Davis
Secretary of State Association
Meeting of the
Montana Wool Grow
Ers’ Association
Williglorious
Big BE
Grand Parade
Dillon Fire
Dilimont Park
Fairgrounds
Parent-Teachers’ Club of
Salo
Arnott and Sons, Incorporated
Lima Satday
Sheriff Mooney
Kellum
Potlatch
Robert Nisbitt
Stockton, Cal
Walter Nisbitt
Sheridan
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