Mrs A Taylor Dies After Operation in Butte
Mrs. Albert Taylor longtime Dillon resident dies in Butte following an operation. She was born in Oregon and aged about 25. Funeral held at Ruby with many Dillon attendees. Survived by husband, a four year old daughter, mother Effie Coon, two sisters and three brothers. Grandmother Gma Tritt resident of Dillon recently staged here.
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Albert Taylor
Dillon
Butte
Ruby
Taylor
Effie Coon
John Bechtold
Clifford Stark
Clarence
U. S. Navy
Chester
Emmett Coon
Grandma Tritt
City
Cattle Buyers Gather Up Splendid Herds In Salmon
Cattle buyers in Salmon from the Big Hole basin and beyond seek feeders and stockers. The Shoup estate sold 360 yearling and 2-year steers to Sam Peterson at an average $51, with two deals near $30,000. Willey Bros. took 60 to 80 head of feeders from local ranches via Gibbonsville. Walter Fox bought the Shoup estate lamb crop at 8 cents a pound.
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Shoup
Sam Peterson
Big Hole
Agency Creek
Midway
Bloody Dick
South Fork
Willey Bros
Gibbonsville
David Edson
Jerry Doody
Guy Edwards
Walter Fox
Edward, Jr
Thos. Kane
Salmon City
Head of Music Department at Normal Wins Success
Dillon notes Miss Hatch as the third woman to enter the Schmidt Music Publishing series and the first from this college to publish in that program. Since 1916 she has had 13 compositions accepted and published and issued a new book Essential Rudiments gaining east coast educators’ approval.
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Dillon
Schmidt Music Publishing Company
Boston
Mass
Leipzig
Germany
Miss Hatch
The
Normal College
Another Play May Be Staged in Dillon
Beaverhead club plans another performance similar to A Night in a Cabaret to be staged in Dillon under club auspices.
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T. E. Gilbert
Beaverhead Club
Dillon
Former Dillon Woman Dies in Anaconda
Mrs Samantha Keppler died in Anaconda last Friday after months of illness. Born in New Brunswick 62 years ago, she moved to Montana in 1882 and lived in Dillon for years with her husband in business before relocating to Anaconda. Funeral held Monday. survivors include husband sister nephews in Anaconda and siblings in Canada plus stepson Eugene R Keppler.
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Samantha Keppler
Anaconda
John Sutherland
Canada
W. H. Judd
N. D. Smith
Fraser L. Smith
Joseph K. Smith
Henry Morgan
James Chartis
Frederickton
Robert McMann
Halifax
James Smith
St. John, N. B
Alfred, Meyer
Israel
George Smith
Eugene R. Keppler
Gasoline Fire Kills Mrs. Stanchfield at Wisdom Ranch
Mrs. W. R. Stanchfield died from burns after a gasoline fire at her ranch near Wisdom. The 75 year old pioneer resident burned when a gasoline receptacle overturned while she was cleaning a garment. The blaze destroyed the Stanchfield home and she died the next day. She leaves three daughters and a sister. Funeral in Wisdom and burial in Mount Moriah, Butte.
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W. R. Stanchfield
Wisdom
Big Hole Basin
C. H. Strowbridge
May Hoadley
Butte
Charles Borwin
West Mansfield
Ohio
Charles Warren
County Poor Farm Inmate Dies After Paralysis Stroke
Amos Wilkinson, 63, inmate at the county poor farm, died last Sunday evening after a stroke of paralysis. He was in good health that morning, ate Sunday dinner, and shortly afterward collapsed. He had lived at the farm for a year and left a sister in Twin Bridges and several other sisters. The funeral was held Monday afternoon with burial in Mountain View cemetery.
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Amos Wilkinson
Twin Bridges
Mountain View
Chas Martin Wins Turkey In Examiner Puzzle Week
The Examiner runs another Home Industry campaign with two turkeys and a duck as prizes. One large turkey for first, small turkey for second, and a duck for third. Mail in by noon Saturday. if multiple correct answers exist a lottery will decide.
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Chas. Martin
Examiner
Many Attend Missoula Meet Alumni Reunion Feature
Dillon educators travel to Missoula for the annual state teachers meeting. Leaders include J. Monroe and Dr. Grant E. Finch of the Normal college along with Miss Miller Miss Kelly Principal Toan Miss Woods and Miss Mayme French. Alumni reunion at the Normal college is highlighted as many graduates teach in Montana.
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Dillon
Missoula
J. &. Monroe
The
Normal College
Grant E. Finch
Montana
Lincoln Highway Marker Crew Completes Repainting Mission
A four man crew in two Overland model 75B cars finished marking and standardizing Lincoln highway signs from Weehawken New Jersey to North Platte Nebraska. About 8 000 markers were placed across seven states with 373 in New Jersey and up to 1 990 in Iowa, ensuring clear routes and reducing traveler inquiries.
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Lincoln Highway
America
Weehawken Ferry
Jersey City
North Platte
Neb
New Jersey
Pennsyyvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Men Plead Not Guilty to Sheep Theft at Stockyards
J Findley Frank Curtis and Geo Kelley were arrested last week by the sheriff on charges of stealing sheep from local stockyards. The sheep reportedly belonged to R Foster and George Melton of the Montana Livestock Commission who were preparing to ship them. The defendants plead not guilty.
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J. Findley
Frank Curtis
Geo. Kelley
Sheriff's Office
R Foster
George Melton
Montana Livestock Commission Company
Roy Jaggers Dies Sudden From Pneumonia At 29
Roy Jaggers died yesterday afternoon at his South Atlantic street home from an acute pneumonia attack after three days of illness. Born in Bannack, 29, he moved to Dillon six years ago and married Hazel Matthews on May 27, 1907. They had two children, Jefferson, 6, and Hope, 3. Survived by wife, children, his mother and father, and sisters Mrs Meryl Enderly and Mrs Edith Reid. Funeral services will be in Dillon.
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Roy Jaggers
Mr. Jaggers
South Atlantic Street
Bannack
James Jaggers
Montana Auto Posts Another Big Week of Sales
The Montana Auto Supply company reports a large weekly sales list including Thos. Little of Twin Bridges with a Buick Four, P. A. Dansie of Dillon with a Buick Six, Albert Anderson of Dillon with a Dodge touring car, R. T. Boatman of Monida with a Dodge roadster, Brearley Williams of Alder with a Dodge touring car, Bert Basden of Alder with a Ford roadster, and E. L. Frost of Dillon with a Ford touring car.
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Montana Auto Supply Company
Thos. Little
Twin Bridges
Buick
P. A. Dansie
Dillon
Albert Anderson
R. T. Boatman
Monida
Brearley & Williams
Alder
Bert Basden
Frost
Twins Born At Ranch Home In South Town
John Layden, 18, is the father of twins born last Saturday at the Layden ranch. A girl and a boy weigh a total of 15 pounds. Nurse Desmond says mother and babies are doing nicely and the father is as well.
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John Layden
Desmond
Twin Falls Lawyer Buys Interest in Selway Sheep
L DeLong of Twin Falls Idaho, a noted sheepman and lawyer, has closed a deal to acquire an interest in the Selway Sheep Company. He will manage the business and relocate his family to the Selway ranch on the Blacktail. The Selway outfit ranks among Beavorhead County Montana’s largest sheep concerns with the Blacktail ranch and extensive holdings.
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Co. L. DeLong
Twin Falls
Idaho
E. O. Selway
Selway Sheep Company
Beaverhead County
Montana
Big Blacktail Ranch
Esveral
DeLong Leads Montana Sheep Company and Selways Plan Coast Trip
The report highlights a Montana sheep company with thousands of acres of grazing land and large sheep bands, led by the energetic Mr. DeLong. It notes the Selways, Senator and Mrs Selway, preparing to depart for the Pacific coast and southern California for a vacation and wintering abroad.
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Montana
DeLong
EB. O. Selway
Pacific Coast
California
Mr. Selway
Juniors Win Interclass High School Basketball Championship
The interclass tournament concluded with the Juniors defeating the Sophomores 22 to 9 in the championship game. Earlier results saw the Freshmen beaten by the Sophomores 42 to 6 and the Seniors eliminated by the Juniors 26 to 18. The Juniors claimed the championship cup donated by Albert Stamm.
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Albert Stamm
Six Women Graduate From Normal College
Six young women completed courses of study at the Normal College last week marking the close of the first quarter. Carr ie Rasmussen Sarah Lynch Lucy Thompson Anna Jackson Angeline Marias and Gertrude McCarthy will receive diplomas in the spring. They attended a dinner in their honor at the dormitory with Prof. Walter Scott in attendance.
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Normal College
Carrie Rasmussen
Sarah Lynch
Lucy Thompson
Anna Jackson
Angeline Marias
Gertrude McCarthy
Walter Scott
Beaverhead Club Elects Officers
The Beaverhead club held its annual meeting for officer elections last Wednesday evening. Max Lauterbach becomes president replacing C A Smith, Fred Rife becomes vice president, T E Gilbert is re elected secretary and treasurer. The new board includes W B Hartwig Frank Lovell and Harry S Gimble, replacing the old board Tom Luebben Ben Stevenson and Louis Stahl.
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Beaverhead Club
Max Lauterbach
C. A. Smith
Fred Rife
T. E. Gilbert
W. B. Hartwig
Frank Lovell
Harry S. Gimble
Tom Luebben
Ben Stevenson
Louis Stahl
Bannack mining firms plan early ore shipments to Salt Lake
Binnard, from Bannack, reports the Bannack Gold Mining Company and the original Bannack group are advancing nine patented claims on the Excelsior Washington and Pioneer, with three shafts. An 800 foot ore block runs 60 feet wide at 3 to 6 percent copper and 2 to 12 dollars per ton in gold, employing 50 men. They will ship in ten to fifteen days once a spur to Grant is finished. The rival Bannack group has developed over 200000 tons of ore averaging 11 dollars per ton and built a 200 ton cyanide plant, awaiting power-plant equipment.
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B. Binnard
Bannack
Bannack Gold Mining Company
John F. Cowan
Excelsior
Washington
Pioneer
Salt Lake
Gilmore
Rich copper ore found at Jackrabbit mine Argenta
Last Saturday miner B C Crowley reported a vein of almost pure copper ore uncovered at the Jackrabbit mine in Argenta Beaverhead county. The fourteen inch vein, part of a lead carrying 15 percent copper with 20 to 380 ounces of silver and gold values, is described as the biggest strike in the area. Ore will be shipped directly to the concentrator from the mine.
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B. C. Crowley
Argenta
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Butte Mining
Jack Conda
Will Attend Thanksgiving Dance in Sheridan
Henry Wyatt Wesley Brigham Alvin Walter Jones and George Baker left this afternoon for Sheridan to attend the Thanksgiving dance tonight.
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Sheridan
Henry Wyatt
Wesley Brigham
Alvin
Walter Jones
George Baker
Municipal Christmas celebration planned in Dillon
A large municipal Christmas event is being organized for Christmas night in Dillon. Churches schools and local clubs will join to create one citywide celebration at a public venue, with a huge evergreen tree imported from the coast and a 200-voice choir planned. Gift distribution for charity will also be featured.
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Dillon
Beaverhead Club
Beaverhead Commercial Club
Good Government Club
Gimble
Beaverhead Lumber Company
Dillon Military Band Presents First Free Indoor Concert
A splendid musical entertainment was presented last Thursday evening at the Normal training school by the Dillon Military band in the first free indoor concert of the evening. Six selections by the band were complemented by the saxophone octette and the newly organized six piece orchestra under L A Gregory.
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Dillon Military Band
L. A. Gregory
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A. Taylor
Stanchfield Ranch
Mount Moriah
Strichen
Chas
Martin
Turkey
Missoula Meet
State Teachers’ Meeting
Montana Auto
Big Outfit
S. Gym
Jackrabbit
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