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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1923
Page
1
Cashmore starred as Anaconda High crushed Dillon 48 to 0 at Beaverhead Field Saturday. The Anaconda machine showed improvement with few rough spots while Dillon faced a tough, one sided defeat. Continued on page four.
Carpenters are installing a new storefront at the Albert Stamm block building. The front mirrors the Potts drug store design and is expected to enhance the entire block once completed.
LeRoy W. Beam letters to The Examiner of Dillon Montana correct a misquoted statement about Beaverhead County school taxes. He cites records showing 1922 per capita school tax at 13 dollars and total per student funding from all sources at 127 dollars, arguing the claimed 142 dollars per capita was erroneous.
Bud Gault of Beaverhead Motors has granted the American Legion permission to use the new Sebree and Montana corner building for a big business exposition. Merchants will display and sell in their own spaces, with a market week aimed at drawing outsiders and Christmas shoppers. The Legion will also stage a winter carnival as the entertainment highlight.
Three men jailed in a Kansas City case are held by the sheriff. Sam Langford claims in a letter confession to killing a man in 1918 Armistice night at Kansas City and to burglary of a lumber company office later, with an accounting machine valued at 125 dollars.
Lima officer arrested Dick Nimaco an Italian section hand at Lima after a county investigation found a crude counterfeiting outfit and several coins in his cabin. He claimed the coins were for jewelry and watch fobs. He will be turned over to federal authorities. a handmade dirk was found on him.
Eleven of sixteen men gathered at the Andrus hotel to form a committee on better road building in Beaverhead county. The group debated a road bond issue with some opposition while officials warned of conflicting data.
Mrs. Mary Stevens Gray born in Idaho sixty one years ago came to Bannack as a young girl and married George F. Gray there. She died suddenly at the Gray roadhouse in Millpoint during the night after waking peacefully at six this morning. The community is shocked by the death of Mrs. Gray who had long resided in Bannack and the Grasshopper region with brief years in Dillonsides.
Finley Cunnard, 78, longtime Dillon resident, died while walking Thursday morning. Born in Birmingham Iowa, he learned shoemaking and carpentry, married Jane Thompson, lived in Dillon forty years, moved to California after his wife’s death, then returned. He engaged in harness, carpentry, farming, and other work. Funeral held Saturday. interment in Dillon.
The district court regular jury term will convene Monday morning with a short calendar. The docket includes two criminal cases: State of Montana v. Pete Peterson for unlawful sale of liquor and State of Montana v. Nick Dale for unlawful sale of liquor, both set for November 6, plus civil matters such as South Side State Bank v. John J. Jackson and Mrs. M. D. Jardine debt actions.
Charles Ford aged about 65 died last Sunday evening in his room at the Metlen hotel where he had been employed as a dishwasher. He had been in Butte several days, reportedly drinking heavily, and upon returning to Dillon he fell ill. A sister and other relatives in Maryland are being sought.
The Fire Department Band performed at City Hall last Monday with vocal numbers by David Hier and Mary Gist and dances by Georgia Metlen. A good sum was raised to cover the band's expenses and more entertainment is hoped for this winter.
Clover and Nelson host a public sale six miles north of town featuring horses and cattle, chickens, farm machinery, equipment, and household goods. A noon lunch is provided. C. A. Smith acts as auctioneer with Bert Williams as clerk.
W A Lovell returned from southern California where he delivered cattle and visited former Dillon residents now prospering there. He met Dan Sullivan in San Bernardino running a livery and feed business, Paul Stahl and Ernest Bell driving taxis in Long Beach, Mrs Bell and Mrs Grant thriving in Los Angeles, and others in professional roles.
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