Beaverhead County Board Sets Roads and Aid Plans
Regular session of the Beaverhead County Commissioners in Dillon October 4 5 1926. The board authorized district inspections road and building oversight and approved September work. A Parent Teachers committee discussed aid for needy children with no mandatory funding. A private landowner sought road repairs and a county molasses disposition was considered. The session also approved policy renewals filing equipment purchase and a new road petition seeking a Dillon by pass around the town with tentative landowner consent.
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Beaverhead
Anderson
Gogman
Red Rock
Shaw
Big Hole
Carl Hanson
A. F. Waldorf
John Collins
Parent Teachers Association
M. Robbins
Board of County Commissioners
O. M. Best
Board of County Commission
Pearl I. Smith
Fred Rife
Freeholders
Beaverhead District
Beaverhead County
State of Montana
Dillon- Jackson Road
Beaverhead Canal
Beaverhead Meat Company
Butte-Dillon
Dillon
William Herman
Dillon-Butte
Union Pacific
Towit
Sam Raymond
Mike Swetich
Frank B. Willams
Charles Wells
Open Season on Big Game Opens Next Friday
Dillon sportsmen plan hunting expeditions into Beaverhead county and nearby areas as the big game season opens Friday morning Oct. 15 and runs through Nov. 15. Each hunter may take one male deer with horns over four inches, elk are not open as the area is a preserve.
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Dillon
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
Beaverheed County
Republicans Open Headquarters Here in Dillon
The county republican central committee opened their headquarters in the Yearfan building at Center and North Idaho streets, formerly the Thomas book store. James McKay, a longtime party member, is in charge with daily and evening hours. W. D. Ross serves as secretary and Fred Waldorf as chairman. visitors are welcome.
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The
County Republican Central Committee
Dillon
Yearfan
Center and
North Idaho Streets
Thomas Book Store
James McKay
Republican Party
W. D. Ross
Fred Waldorf
Beaverhead County Nears Benefit From Proposed Gasoline Tax
Beaverhead County would be among the first to gain from Initiative Measure No. 31 if approved in November. The state highway commission plans to start with the largest projects, with Beaverhead’s Browne’s to Monida route slated as the third major project. If passed, work could begin early next fall funded by state tax money matched with federal aid to build arterial highways.
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State Highway Commission
Browne’s
Monida
Beaverhead County
Otto C. Gosman
Highway Commission
Browne's
Beaverhead Junior Fair Exhibits Highlight Local Agriculture
Beaverhead county high school hosted the junior fair on Friday as hundreds toured home project displays under D P Thurber. Prizes were awarded for livestock poultry eggs swine ducks rabbits calves and crops reflecting the Smith Hughes program and Dillon community day origins.
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Beaverhead County
Agricultural Department
Smith-Hughes
Beaverhead
Dillon
D. P. Thurber
Morrison
Spencer, Whitworth
Peterson
Hansen
Anderson
F. Crouse
Selway
Crouse
Davis
Carlson
Pilgrim
Holden
Howell
E. Peterson
Earl English
Raymond Bray
Dairy and Poultry Men
Dillon and Vicinity
Child Dies in Butte Buried in Lima
The youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Burke died in Butte last Thursday evening after treatment. Funeral services were held in Lima led by Rev. Father Clifford, with interment in Lima Cemetery. The child is survived by its parents and six brothers and sisters.
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Dave Burke
Butte
Lima
Clifford
Teachers to Be Guests of Rotary Club
Dillon Rotary hosts Montana State Normal college faculty, high school, and training school guests with a special program. C. E. Blinn chairs the meeting and Rev. Charles F. Chapman of Butte is the principal speaker on Friendship. A mock court heard F. X. Leschner case with clemency granted. Coach B. J. Gunderson and Capt. Jack Yale spoke as guests.
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Dillon Rotary
Montana State Normal College
Andrus
C. E. Blinn
Charles F. Chapman
Butte
F. X. Leschner
A. F. Waldorf
Bud Galt
A. T. Peterson
Mrs Roy Walker Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Roy Walker died last Sunday morning at Barratt hospital. Her remains were shipped to Roberts Idaho for funeral and interment. She had lived in Beaverhead county for about three years with her husband employed on a Craig Cornell ranch. The couple leaves two children and a grieving husband.
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Roy Walker
Barratt
Roberts
Idaho
Blaze Threatens Beaverhead Fair Grounds Sparks Believed Source
A grass fire near Beaverhead county fair grounds Sunday afternoon prompted a fire department response. Flames threatened buildings but were extinguished with no damage reported. Officials suspect sparks from the Oregon Short Line passenger train as the blaze’s source.
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Beaverhead County Fair
Cars collide on Dillon corner in minor crash
A touring car driven by Mrs Patrick Rogan and a sedan driven by Alma Trollinger collided at Bannack and Montana streets last Wednesday night. Both drivers escaped injury though the touring car lost its fender and running board while the sedan lost a front wheel.
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Patrick Rogan
Alma Trollinger
Bannack
Montana
Dillon
Florida hurricane vividly described by Dillon resident
Mrs. H. L. Clarke in Dillon received a letter from Mrs. Goodrich Fritz now in Miami recounting the Florida storm. She and family endured the eyewall winds of 125 mph, wrecked homes, chasing refuge in Ivan's concrete house, widespread ruin, and a mass evacuation as relief efforts began.
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H. L. Clarke
Goodrich Fritz
Miami
Florida
Ivan’s
Goodrich
Lois
Baby
Ivan
Caucrete
Visitors from Southern Montana and Basin Mercantile in Dillon
Messrs Harold Capehart, manager of the Southern Montana telephone company, and Don Ansen, manager of the Basin Mercantile company, were visitors in Dillon last week.
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Messrs
Harold Capehart
Southern Montana Telephone Company
Don Ansen
Basin Mercantile Company
Dillon
Montana Motor Unloads Pontiacs Carload
The Montana Motor company yesterday unloaded a carload of Pontiacs.
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Montana Motor Company
Four Party Ballots Issued For General Election
Absent voters have three weeks to vote after ballots were mailed by John S. Baker, county clerk. Four party tickets appear on this ballot Republican Democratic Farmer-Labor Socialist, though only two full tickets exist locally. Voters will also see four additional ballots for two initiative measures a referendum and a constitutional amendment.
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John S. Baker
Canada
Unusually Fine Pictures Booked At The Hartwig
Three pictures of unusual merit are booked for the Hartwig theatre next week. The Sea Wolf stars Ralph Ince Claire Adams and Mitchell Lewis. Skinner's Dress Suit with Reginald Denny and Laura LaPlante. For Heaven's Sake Harold Lloyd latest comedy watched by Dillon fans.
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Hartwig
Jack Lendon
Skinner
Harold Livya
Ralph “Ince
Claire Adams
Mitchell Lewis
Reginald Denny
Laura LaPlant
Harold Lloyd
Dillon Movie
Dillon teams plan two benefit dances this fall
The Modern Woodmen nine will hold a benefit dance at the city hall auditorium on Hallowe'en, Oct 30, with Baxter Tonney orchestra. The Dillon Independent football eleven also plans a dance on Saturday night, Oct 16, to raise funds to cover expenses from a season in which they won 12 of 14 games.
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Dillon
Woodmen
City Hall
Hallowe’en
Baxter-Tonney
Dillon Independent
Stolen car recovered near Dillon before owner awoke
A Dillon officer arrested a man after he attempted to start a car at the First National Bank. The stolen vehicle was later found abandoned 70 miles away, with the suspect placed under arrest while the owner slept. Election officials remind voters they may cast absentee ballots before leaving the county.
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Butteman
Western Union
Warren Sutherland
Walter Jones
First National Bank
Sutherland
Standard Lumber Company
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County Couny
Ers
Bony
Ort
AID Solici
Charles Meine
M. A. Walker
Barrett Hospital
Dr. Walker
Rotary Club
Fairgrounds
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