All Schools to Resume Next Monday Except College
Attendance is expected to rise at both Training School and High as all schools except college plan to start next Monday. The notice emphasizes a mid fall term restart and reordered schedules.
03 Sep 1924
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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1924
Page
1
Attendance is expected to rise at both Training School and High as all schools except college plan to start next Monday. The notice emphasizes a mid fall term restart and reordered schedules.
Enrollment kicks off next Monday with Sept 8 opening for Beaverhead county high school and training school. Registrations unit the day, new instructors join both schools and attendance is expected to rise as teachers return, including Linden McCullough and A. F. Peterson.
Teachers meet on Saturday for general organization. School opens September 9 with nine o clock start. Monday September 8 students begin lessons then regular routine. Normal college operates two weeks after schools end. Notices urge reporting to classrooms and admission rules for first grade and kindergarten. Students must bring spelling and writing materials. Room listings describe available rental spaces to report to the school at 144.
Tom Windsor second trick operator for the Oregon Short Line at Monida was held up by two masked men about eleven o clock Saturday night. He did not know the safe combination and the men left without taking any valuables. The Dillon sheriff's office was notified and a search was started, but the robbers remain at large.
Mrs. Gladys Miller wife of Ed Miller of Wisdom died in Murray hospital in Butte last Thursday after illness. Remains were taken to Wisdom for interment. She was Miss Gladys Zorn native to the Big Hole basin and is survived by her husband two children a sister one half sister and two half brothers.
A Dillon group attended the Pioneer Society annual meeting in Butte last week. George French and several Monie Mathews Ellen Lovell Margaret Graeter Nellie Graeter and Lute Graeter joined the trip. Mr French was elected one of the state association’s presidents.
A self appointed committee destroyed straw hats Sunday ending straw hat season. Belongings of Terry Browning Linden McCullough H S Gimble Scotty Tait and T J Mulaney were ruined. Lester Schulz O A Schulz Son plans to ship sheep to Midland Empire Fair Billings and Helena state fair with bucks and a sale to John McCauley Terry Montana.
The Beaverhead county canvassing board counted 1612 votes with about half the registered voters. Democrats cast 334 votes with several Democrats aligning to Republican tickets, and A L Anderton edged George Tash by 17 votes for Republican commissioner.
Dillon readies its tenth pow wow roundup with a cowboy and cow girl parade. The arena gains safety upgrades and a full three days of harness and running races, Brahma steers, and top bucking horses from Montana and Idaho. A concert and dance cap the nightly festivities as local officials list participating venues and dignitaries.
Helena returns show nominees for house and senate determined in most counties with a few exceptions. Names listed by county include Beaverhead Blaine Cascade Chouteau Custer Deer Lodge Fallon Fergus Flathead Gallatin Garfield Glacier Glacier Glacier and others with varied party affiliations. Notable entries include W A Peden George J Murphy Ed Burke Ted Bergstrom and Stephan Cowley among many candidates across D and R parties.
A voter list details multiple counties including Granite, Hill, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Missoula, Park, and Roosevelt with state Senate and House candidates and party affiliations. Names include J D Kennedy, W N Trudeau, T Mapes, W S Hart, and Fred T Dell among others.
W T Thompson head of the US bureau of fisheries outlined conservation and propagation efforts in Montana at a Butte Rotary Club lunch. He described stocking streams and lakes, aiding state laws, and protecting native species like red throat trout and grayling while noting limits of fish ladders and threats from herons and pelicans.
Beaverhead county led Montana in 1923 for three major industries including wild hay, sheep, and cattle. It totaled 81,413 cattle and 156,346 sheep, far surpassing other counties, and produced 32.5 percent of state wild hay tonnage from 28.2 percent of its acreage. The county also posted the state’s highest livestock receipts in 1928 at about $3,180,000 and ranked third in combined livestock sales and crop value at $6,250,000.
Full services resume at the Methodist church on Sunday September 7 with Sunday school at 10:00 and worship at 11:00 led by the pastor under the theme He Reneweth Epworth League meets at 7:00 for plans discussion and a public service follows at 8:00 A rally of all church forces is earnestly desired and a cordial welcome is extended to the public
Dillon nimrods dust off old duck guns as opening day approaches September 16. Birds may be scarce this year but hunters will gather at ponds before sunrise. Season limits set at twenty ducks and eight geese or brant. hunting hours restricted from one hour before sunrise to sunset. season ends December 15. Grouse season runs Sept 16 to 24 with a limit of five of all grouse types.
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