Beartooth Primitive Area Approved in Montana
Secretary Hyde approves setting aside 230000 acres of Custer national forest as Beartooth primitive area in Montana. The mountainous region includes Granite Peak and Beartooth plateau with multiple headwaters and Grasshopper glacier. No timber cutting, limited grazing, and no private structures. emergency airplane landings allowed. Similar areas exist in Flathead and Blackfeet forests.
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W. J. Derrick
Custer National Forest
Amateur Prospectors in Colorado Do Well
A Denver tale follows Thomas A. Weaver guiding a chorus of eager young prospectors. After months in the wilds they return with stories and optimism, as the veteran prospector recounts decades of hearing the same refrain That's gold in them that kills.
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Colorado
Denver
Thomas A. Weaver
Wilds
Miner turned teacher teaches prospecting in Colorado
Governor William H. Adams backed by the State Bureau of Metal Mines, Weaver left mining to become a school teacher. He used the state senate chamber as his classroom guiding hundreds of listeners including 35 women who believed wealth comes from the soil.
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William H. Adams
State Bureau of Metal Mines
Weaver
Denver
State Senate
Irrigation Plan to Be Perfected
The Helena meeting will finalize a definite irrigation program with goals for near term results. The Montana irrigation committee aims to educate the public on water resources and the economic losses from not using them, especially in livestock feed shortages. It notes legal and technical hurdles and has enlisted attorneys and technicians to help resolve them.
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Helena
Irrigation Committee
Montana
Legion Head Speaks at Meeting on Peace and Defense
Commander Fairbanks of the American Legion, among about a million members, urged world peace while stressing the need for adequate national defense. He highlighted care for disabled veterans and orphans as Legion priorities and noted bonus demands while warning against undermining aid to the disabled.
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American Legion
Legion
Fairbanks
Normal Bulldogs Brace For Billings Poly Clash
The Normal Bulldogs upset the experts by limiting Ricks to a 19-0 win as McCoy and Luke scored touch downs in the first quarter. Orlobb returned a blocked punt for a TD as the team showed revived form ahead of Friday’s anticipated showdown with Billings Poly at the fair grounds. Beaverhead County high school fell 25-0 to Three Forks on Saturday, not scoring all game.
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Bulldogs
Ricks
School of Mines
McCoy
Luke
Orlobb
Billings Poly
Crusaders
Fair Grounds
Beaverhead County
Three Forks
Beavers
Deer Lodge Delivers Best Showing Yet In Unofficial Election
Deer Lodge ten days ago posted its best showing to date in an unofficial ballot. The tally slowed against rivals Butte Central Anaconda and Bozeman with unexpectedly low scores for those teams.
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Deer Lodge
Butte Central
Anaconda
Bozeman
Mrs French Passes Away At Her Dillon Home
Obituary notes Mrs. Charles G. French, longtime Dillon resident born in St. Louis New Brunswick Kansas on February 4 1854. She moved to Taunton Massachusetts as a child and later to Dillon with her daughters after her husband’s death. Services held at St Rose’s Church. Interment Mountain View Cemetery.
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St. Louis
New Brunswick
Kansas
Taunton
Mass
Charles G. French
Forsyth
Mont
Matthew J. Allen
Gertrude French
Dillon
Frank T. Sullivan
St. Paul
Annabel Lynch
Brockton
St. Rose’s Catholic Church
F. X. Lechner
Mountain View Cemetery
Dillon Elks Plan Charity Ball For Fall Season
Dillon Elks announce a charity ball with no admission fee but each attendee must donate at least 26 cents in foodstuffs for the Dillon Associated Charities to aid local needy families. The hall is donated by Mayor H L McCaleb and the city board of aldermen. Music will be provided.
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Dillon Associated Charities
H. L. McCaleb
Board of Aldermen
Armistice Day Activities Highlight Beav erhead Event
A noon Armistice Day program includes a minute of silence for World War I dead and air bomb sounds. Montana Normal versus Billings Poly clash at the fair grounds tops the afternoon, with a large crowd anticipated. Ex servicemen host a Friday banquet, Legion auxiliary dinner, and a concluding Armistice dance at the city hall auditorium.
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Montana Normal
Billings Poly
Fair Grounds
Beaverhead County
Legion Auxiliary
Snowmobile Eases Mail Haul Over Badger Pass
Stage line secures snowmobile to speed mail and freight transfer for Mr. Hansen at Badger Pass. He previously ferried loads by mule and wagon over the snow, a lengthy trek. The new machine promises near equal speed to prior mule routes despite the rugged mountain conditions.
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Hansen
Badger Pass
Mountain
Fitzgarrald and Davis Speak at County Rally
Republicans from every section of the county attended the meeting. Repairs on the theatre damaged by a Sunday night incident last week were finished shortly before doors opened for the rally.
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Dillon
Baxter- Tonney
Orange Crush
Smithys
The
Elks
Robbery Loot Recovered Hidden Under Brick
A note found on the Barrett home porch directed Mrs. Barrett to the dog house under the brick where the stolen jewels were returned. The items were deposited there Sunday night after the robbery. Mary Butila, a maid, discovered the note.
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Mary Butala
Barrett
D A R Officers Visit Dillon Chapter Guests
Mrs Passmore and Mrs Kissler accompanied to Dillon by Mrs C H Little regent of Silverbow chapter Butte Mrs C A Blackburn Mrs E J Strassberge Mrs B S Plummer and Mrs C I Steele The visitors attended a luncheon at Mrs Fred Woodside home former state treasurer of the D A R After the business session a scrap book party was held with members displaying pictures and clippings of interest to the chapter.
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M. A. Tachirgi
Guy C. Derry
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Otto Simonson
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Ralph J. Anderson
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Sareeeres
Sam W. Mitchell
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Elizabeth Ireland
William R. Wyatt
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Dist
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Pearl I. Smith
George M. Melton
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Joe Metlen
Otto C. Gosman
Edgar B. Rife
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B. W. Emerick
Someoneaan
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Thomas BE. Gilbert
James E. Kelly
Gladys Garr
Nell Doyle
George R. Metlen
James EB. Phillips
George T. Banks
Rebecca Connelley
Dillon Elks
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