Eliel Brothers Store Celebrates Forty Ninth Anniversary
Eliel's marks its 49th anniversary this month with an affiliation plan involving Marshall Field & Company. The step allows continued independent ownership while gaining the buying power of the Field group. Frank Eliel, president, says the move keeps the store independently owned and aligned with trends in merchandising. Continued discussion on page 2.
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Eliel's
Marshall Field & Company
Frank Eliel
Eilel’s
Beause
Miel's
Frank Eiel
Frank Wiel
Dillon Public Library Receives $60 for Children’s Books
At a spring Dillon Literary Society meeting members voted to donate 60 to the Dillon Public Library for children’s books. The library board gratefully accepted, noting urgent need beyond yearly appropriation. The listed titles are Wallace With Dog and Canoe Taylor The Shady Hill Play Book Wade The Boy Who Found Out Beale The Beginnings of Chemistry Read and Lee An Engine’s Story An Airplane Ride A Story About Boats Grandfather’s Farm Colum The Boy Who Knew What the Birds Said Davis Pappina A Little Italian Girl Mackay Plays Pageants and Puppet Shows Brann Nanette of the Wooden Shoes Holling Rocky Billy Williams Ellis How You Began Now When I Was a Boy.
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Dillon Literary Society
Dillon Public Library
Beale
Read and Lee
Colum
Davis—Pappina
Mackay
Brann
Nanette
The
Wooden Shoes
Hallowe'en Dance by Dillon Firemen Planned
Dillon Volunteer fire department completes plans for a Hallowe'en dance next Thursday night in the city hall auditorium. Baxter Tonrey orchestra will provide music with free favor dances and decorations in Halloween colors.
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Hallowe’en
Dillon Volunteer Fire Department
City Hall
Baxter-Tonrey
Barber of Seville to be sung in English in Dillon
Festival Opera presents the comic opera in English on November 20 with noted stars from Chicago and the Metropolitan. Melvena Passmore, coloratura soprano from Houston, stars as Rosina and performs Voices of Spring in the lesson scene.
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Barber OF Seville
Festival Opera Company
Dillon
Ang
Chicago Grand Opera
Metropolitan
New York
Melvena Passmore
Rosina
Miss Passmore
Tohann Strauss
Houston
Montana Woolgrowers consider convention program in Helena
C N Arnett and A T Hibbard discussed the convention plan to be presented at the Montana Woolgrowers annual meeting in Helena on January 23 and 24. Secretary Murray Stebbins noted an invitation to Alex Leggat, chairman of the federal farm board, to attend if not dated.
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C. N. Arnett
Montana Woolgrowers’ Association
A. T. Hibbard
Helena
Murray Stebbins
Chicago
Alex Leggat
Federal Farm Board
Leggat
New Talkies to Open at P7216 Theatre Friday Night
Dillon readers will see the Hartwig theatre reopen Friday with a new Western Electric sound system and the all talking film Street Girl starring Betty Compson. Manager W B Hartwig plans weekly changes in program with varied nightly prices and Saturday Sunday Tuesday matinees at 3 o clock. The opening drew local interest as two major topics dominated Beaverhead county sportsmen meetings seeking to rescind an open season on pheasants and partridges while also arguing for river fishing after low water closures.
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Beaverhead
State Fish and Game Commission
Beaverhead County
Fish and Game Commission
Big Hole
Dillon
Wheatre Goers
Dillon and
Hartwig Theatre
Western Electric
G. Cline
Betty Compson
W. B. Hartwig
Talking Pictures
Articles of Interest in P T A Bulletin
The November issue of the Bulletin of the Montana Congress of Parents and Teachers was published by state headquarters and sent to educational workers statewide. Included are articles such as The Reading Problem by Mary Innes and Helping Our Children Succeed in School by Garry Cleveland Myers.
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Bulletin
The
Montana Congress of Parents and Teachers
Treasure State
Mary Innes
Normal College Training
Garry Cleveland Myers
Golf Winners Crowned at Dillon Country Club Tournaments
L K Adams and Mrs W M Stone led Dillon Country Club events Sunday earning top spots in the men’s and women’s tournaments. Mrs Stone captained the winning women’s team defeating Mrs Eugene Bond’s squad. Adams’ team won the men’s by two points. The two teams concluded the season with a dinner at the Country Inn following an afternoon of play.
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Andrus
Brundage Buys Gray's Pool Hall in Dillon
Justin D Brundage a well known Dillon man purchased the pool hall on South Montana street conducted by Ed Gray and Sons in a transaction last week. He assumed immediate possession and will operate the popular amuse ment spot with strong local patronage expected.
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Justin D. Brundage
Dillon
Montana Street
Ed Gray and Sons
Health official Cogewell visits Dillon for professional business
Dr. W. G. Cogewell secretary of the state board of health spent last Monday in Dillon attending to professional business.
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W. G.cogewell
The
State Board of Health
Dillon
Ito
Big Hole Basin Receives Blue Ribbon for Grass Display
Lt. Gov. Hazelbaker unveiled a blue ribbon awarded by Agriculture Commissioner A. H. Stafford for the Big Hole basin grass exhibit at the Montana State Fair. The display, made from local timothy and alsike, promotes the basin’s fattening hay. The Big Hole exhibit will travel to the International Grain and Hay Show in Chicago from November 30 to December 7. Beaverhead County yearly hay output and livestock marketings highlight regional prominence in 1927 and 1928.
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Helena
Frank A. Hazelbaker
Montana
A. H. Stafford
Big Hole Basin
Beaverhead County
Timothy and
Alsike
Big Hole
State Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Instructors To Talk At Convention
ILION educators will take active part in Montana Education Association district conventions this week in Bozeman Great Falls and Miles City Most speak or preside at Bozeman Bea verhead county teachers will attend Lee R Light acting president of the Normal presides over Bozeman sessions Charles Henry superintendent of the training school chairs the sectional meeting W W Wahl Beaverhead county high school principal leads a high school discussion Melissa Minger speaks on The Teaching of the Social Sciences Genevieve Albertson on Junior High School English Lucy H Carson on Vergil in English Literature Earl Fairbanks and Mary H Baker preside over the manual committee
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ILON
Montana Education Association
Bozeman
Great Falls
Miles City
Beaverhead County
Lee R. Light
The
Normal
Association
Charles Henry
W. W Wahl
Dillon
Melissa Minger
Genevieve Albertson
Lucy H. Carson
Vergil
Earl Fairbanks
Mary H. Baker
Rock slide blocks highway near Brown's Station
A rock and gravel slide on the state and federal highway near Brown's Station forced a detour for several hours last Monday morning. Large boulders halted traffic until Under sheriff Carl Hartwig arrived from Dillon to clear passages, with remaining debris removed later that day by a work crew.
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ARS
Brown's Station
Carl Hartwig
Dillon
Normal College Senior Class Elects Officers
The Normal College senior class elected Josephine Michel of Butte as president Almer Halverson of Three Forks as vice president Genevieve Myers of Fowler as secretary and treasurer The Chinook staff also selected Helen Berry Sweet Grass editor Arthur Desonia Daleview associate Joe Ryburn Dillon business manager Eva Metzinger Butte assistant Lit editor Beryl Grainger Miles City picture editor Julia Lowney Hamilton activities Mabel Talbott Manhattan organization Edna Taylor Belgrade Men s athletics Frank Benbrooks Lodge Grass Women s athletics Genevieve Myers calendar Mary Wemple Hamilton snaps Helen Stanton Hamilton Grace Darling Sweet Grass jokes Geraldine Tees Sweet Grass The assembly featured a musical program directed by Ralph McFadden with another program planned by Miss Booth featuring Dillon musicians.
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Nid
Josephine Michel
Butte
Almer Halverson
Three Forks
Genevieve Myers
Fowler
Chinook
Helen Berry
Sweet Grass
Arthur Desonia
Daleview
Joe Ryburn
Dillon
Eva Metzinger
Beryl Grainger
Miles City
Julia Lowney
Hamilton
Mabel Talbott
Manhattan
Edna Taylor
Belgrade
Frank Benbrooks
Lodge Grass
Mary Wemple
Helen Stanton
Grace Darling
Geraldine Tees
Alumni of Four University Units Meet in Butte
Alumni from the University of Montana system including Missoula Bozeman Butte Dillon and Billings gather in Butte for the first time to discuss interunit interests and campus ties across the state institutions.
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Butte
Greater
University of Montana
State University At
Missoula
State College
Bozeman
School of Mines
State Normal College
Dillon
Fastern
Montana Normal College
Billings
Frank Kurdecke Trial Opens for Stabbing Case
The assault case of Frank Kurdecke opened this morning with him charged by the district court for first degree assault. The jury will hear witnesses as the proceedings continue.
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Frank Kurdecke
Lester Goodwin
Ames Kelly
District Court
Kelly
Murrey
Bobkittens Fall to Bulldogs in Dillon Football Opener
Montana State Normal's Bull Dogs delivered a 13 6 victory over the Montana State College Bob Kittens to start Dillon's 1929 football season. The Kittens, undefeated, were favored but the rejuvenated Teacher squad dominated with stingy defense and persistent attack.
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Meek-Ly
Montana State Normal
Montana State College
Dillon
Kittens
Intermountain
Husky Aggie
Bull Dogs
Beaverhead High to Host Butte Central in First Home Game
Beaverhead county Beavers meet Butte Central Maroons here next Friday in the opening home game of the season. Beaverhead, smarting from a district setback to Butte High, trains hard to shore up weak spots while remaining optimistic about their remaining contests.
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Beaverhead High
Butte Central
Eaverhead County
Beavers
Butte High
Maroons
Breeden
Butte
Fght
Central
Butte High’s
The
Girls Injured In Sunday Night Car Crash
Helen Jackson daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Jackson sustained severe cuts to head and face and a broken jaw when the car she rode in crashed into a tree near the Episcopal church Sunday evening Louise Clark the driver received lesser injuries The driver said she lost control and a broken steering knuckle may have caused the crash Physicians required stitches above the Jackson girl eye and there was fear she might lose sight
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Helen Jackson
Roy Jackson
Episcopal Church
Louise Clark
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Drake
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Dog
Canoe
Taylor
Shady Hill
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Holling
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How You Be
Gan
Woolgrowers
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Beaverhead Sportsmen’s Association
W. D. Ross
Cline
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State Bulletin
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White Cafe
Dil
Jere
Justin Brundage
Gray
Brundage
Hill Side
Brown’s Station
Normal College
Ralph McFadden
Miss Booth
James Kelly
John J. Griffin
Harry Jacques
W. C. Orr
M. Saski
John Murrey
T. E. Gilbert
J. B. Kelly
John Griffin
Lima
Bobkittens
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
EB. W. Sheets
Beaverhead County High School
Olive Scholz
Alma Olsen
Hiram Brundage
Helen Hoffman
John Bourquin
Ivie Wentworth
Paul Stahl
Tim Blair
L.A. Gregory
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