Conservation Drive Mobilizes Beaverhead County Thepledge
The Dillon area launches a county wide conservation drive led by Frank Hazelbaker with volunteers canvassing every household to sign pledge cards. A meatless and wheatless week aims to save resources for allies as Dr. F. H. Gardiner cites food shortages and waste. Committees and local groups organize manpower across precincts with meetings and speeches in schools and churches tomorrow.
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Dillon
Frank Hazelbaker
Hazelbaker
Sixteen Men to Leave Tuesday for Camp Lewis
Beaverhead county will send sixteen drafted men to join a larger Montana contingent traveling by special train to Camp Lewis. The group includes Stew Otto Carlson, Edgar Barrett Rife, Andrew J. Schuyler, and others. A further call for five more men due to rejections at American Lake follows, with twenty six additional men ordered to report for examination on November 7.
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United States Army
Beaverhead
Butte
Montana
Camp Lewis
Stew Otto Carlson
Edgar Barrett Rife
Andrew J. Schuyler
Eeliza C. Franks
Carl J. Hansen
Cecil Delbert Morrison
Stewart Fay Erwin
Frank Bobinac
Thomas Johnson
Frank Modlar
Emer Hansen
Joseph Earl Finsley
Hubert L. Dommnions
John P. Carroll
Claude William Dunham
Fred A. Wright
American Lake
Hst
Carl Christian Olson
Bannack
Herbert Ganahl
Lima
Chas. G. Burdick
Helena
Russell H. Churchill
Grant
John Wm. Walter
Dillon
George Wilke
Wisdom
Jacob A. H. Christensen
Armst
George Crane
Robert Rostron
Manuel Robles
Dell
Philips James Baron
Roy W. Forrester
Dillion
Joseph Murray
Elmer Allen
Bristow
Claus Magnusson
J. Wilson Watt
Harris Sidney Kelley
Gibbons
Hugh F. Hearing
Donovan Ranch
Alfred Pederson
Walter Bateman Thackrey
Louis Talia
Dewey
Wm. Frederickson
Jackson
Elva M. Saltlee
John W. Meier
Argenta
Lawrence G. Bennett
Philps
Dan Lounsberry
Beaverhead County Gains Permanent Red Cross Chapter
Beaverhead county is granted a charter to form a permanent Red Cross society affiliated with the national organization. The B C R chapter will base its headquarters in Dillon and all county Red Cross work requires sanction from the head office. A meeting on October 16 organized committees including secretary Annabel Edinger and chairman B N Stevenson to run activities and appointments across the county. Women are urged to come to city hall on Tuesday and Friday afternoons to fulfill their patriotic duty.
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Beaverhead County
Red Cross Society
Washington
Dillon
Red Cross
Beaverhead Club
Myra
Annabel Edinger
A. B. Rife
Bert Orr
Hawley Selway
W. B. Hartwig
Woman's Bureau
Grace Truax Visits Dillon From Lima
Miss Grace Truax spends the week in Dillon visiting friends from Lima.
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Grace Truax
Dillon
Lima
Sheriff Wyman Heads to Vipond District on Business
Sheriff Wyman departed yesterday for the Vipond district to handle official matters of business and perform duties in the field.
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Wyman
Vipond District
Business Men's Luncheon at Metlen Hotel in Dillon
Dillon business men plan a luncheon at Hotel Metlen on Saturday November 3 at 12 30. Speakers include Senator Benson of California and O C Colton of Butte discussing YMCA work in the army and navy. Colton oversees the Butte YMCA. Benson is noted as a strong speaker. Congressman John Evans is among prominent attendees touring the estate.
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Dillon
Metlen
Senator Benson
California
O. C. Colton
Butte
Army
Navy
Colton
Benson
John Evans
Humane Officer Gilligan Holds Session in Dillon
P J Gilligan the deputy state humane officer visited Dillon last Saturday hearing two child neglect cases Eva Haggerty thirteen was placed with her sister in Butte and Beatrice Carruthers placed with her aunt in Butte officers plan thorough review of remaining cases with local help to address delinquencies and neglect.
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P. J. Gilligan
Dillon
Eva Haggerty
Butte
Beatrice Carruthers
Humane
Pledge Card for United States Food Administration
A Home Card of Instruction is available and pledges authorize membership in the United States Food Administration. There are no fees or dues. Only signers receive Membership Window Cards, delivered after the pledge is received. The pledge asks those handling food in the home to join and follow the Administrator's directions.
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Stgar
France
Gardiner
West Indies
United States Food Administration
Ebedhsbes Serait Bien Binceita
The
Food Administration
Beaverhead County Tops Second Liberty Loan Drive
Beaverhead countyers subscribe to the Second Liberty Loan, totaling over 1600 buyers from ages 16 to 60,000 dollars, exceeding the 330,000 goal with 450,000 in bonds. The Oregon Short Line led with the largest amount as Frank Hazelbaker praised volunteers and the county’s 60 dollar per person average.
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Beaverhead County
Liberty
Hazelbaker
Old Beaverhead
Uncle Sam
Pioneer
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Frank Hazelbaker
Banner Counties
Beaverhead County Welcomes New Silver Blackfox Ranch
John Holm visiting from Sheep canyon outlines Beaverhead Silver Blackfox Ranch company with $125 000 capitalization. He explains purchase of D V Vale's rye patch ranch, plans timbering for fox proof fences, and import of 14 to 15 pairs of silver blackfoxes from Prince Albert at 4000 to 5000 dollars each.
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John Holm
Sheep Canyon
Holm
Beaverhead
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Postage Rates Take Effect After November First 1917
After November 2 1917 letters and first class mail are three cents per ounce or fraction. Drop letters from the posting office to delivery carry two cents per ounce. Postcards require two cents prepaid and two cent charged on written private cards. Postmasters urged to ensure correct postage. Chester Barrett drove to Dillon from Grant with sister Miss Barrett.
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Eleven more recruits leave Dillon for Missoula final exam
Eleven young men left Dillon for Missoula to take final examinations before joining Uncle Sam's army. Eight enlisted in the Twentieth engineers and eight in the medical department. All were Poindexter & Orr Livestock employees. total from Dillon reaches eighty in the forestry office reported by Supervisor Somers.
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Dillon
Missoula
Uncle Sam
Army
Twentieth Engineers
Medical Department
Engineers
Inguard Mathiasen
Walter E. Mayberry
Clyde Perry
Wm. H. Carver
George McMann
Frank Rann
C. Caffee
Beaverheat County
Auto 18 Struck by Short Line Engine
F A Shoemaker of Western Wholesale Grocery injured when his auto truck was struck by a Short Line engine near Bannack street. Misa Frankie Andrus and George Patrick, also of the same company, escaped with minor injuries while Patrick pulled Shoemaker clear and Andrus clung to the pilot until the engine stopped. The engine moved about five miles per hour. Robert Beattie visited Anaconda at the Metlen yesterday.
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F. A. Shoemaker
Western Wholesale Grocery Company
Misa Frankie Andrus
George Patrick
Bannack Street
Mr. Shoemaker
Patrick
Miss Andrus
Mr. Patrick
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F. H. Gardiner
Anaconda
Europe
United States
Australia
Canada
Germany
Mr. Hazelbaker
F. E. Foote
R. Hathaway
Clara Adams
E. O. Selway
Roscoe Cornell
Arthur Badcon
Alph Decker
H. G. Humphrey
W. M. Corll
R. J. Jensen
Ira Rankin
David Foley
T. Clifford
F. M. Poindexter
Barretts
J. W. Taylor
Brenner
J. C. Brenner
J. T. Ross
Glendale
Sam Barbour
Bishops
Clark Anderson
Monida
J. J. Smith
Birch Creek
T. H. DuBois
Lakeview
B.L. Forsythe
Polaris
Frank Madden
L. C. Stocker
W. C. Jones
Bedrock
Frank Havelbaker
B. N. Stevenson
R. W. Boone
Edmund J. Callaway
H.L. McCaleb
J. H. Gilbert
Pearl J. Smith
Carruthers
L. K. Adams
Alma Harwood
F. Eliel
Rife
H. J. Selway
Grant BE. Finch
O. C. Gosman
R. E. Foster
T. E B. Gilbert
Albert Stamm
Geo. W. Dart
Frank Browning
Russell Fryberg
W. E. Chapman
C. W. Robinson
A. J. Wedum
H. S. Gimble
Clara E. Adams
Agatha Lovell
Helen Duff
Woman’s Bureau
Effie Christman
J. E. Morse
C. M. Best
Mies Jean Bishop
Chester Barrett
Miss Barrett
In Medical Corps
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Robert Beattie
the Metlen
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