Dillon Bandit Identified Across Idaho Alleged Bank Robbery Suspect
The Dillon bandit linked to a State Bank hold up is positively identified by an Idaho official. Authorities report a checkered past with multiple aliases and two partners who vanished. He spent two winters near Dubois where he earned a reputation as a strong arm man and tim horn gambler. He faced $17,500 bond after attempts to reduce it failed. The county institutes unite to hear better instruction from educators and promise a more beneficial program.
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Dillon
Sheriff’s Office
Idaho
Dubois
Tyne
Frank Jones
Dr. Dodd
Ed Smith
Tim Horn
Beaverhead County High Opens With Record Enrollment
The Beaverhead County high school opened Tuesday with the largest opening day enrollment since its establishment. Total enrollment reached seventy five and is expected to grow. Ernest Gleed from Lima is the first entry from that town, and a new drawing room over the assembly hall near the domestic science rooms is nearing completion next week.
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Beaverhead County
Ernest Gleed
Lima
State board backs tax amendment for education and livestock needs
Helena Sept. 3 state officers led by Gov Norris and officials from the auditor and treasurer offices endorse the constitutional amendment on taxation. They warn current 1% mills levy cannot sustain essential services and claim adoption would provide needed funds for education, livestock boards, orphan care, prisons, and bounty claims, with estimated increases of 325000 to 340000 for 1911 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
State Board of Examiners
E. L. Norris
A. N. Yoder
A. J. Galen
R. Cunningham
E. &. Esselstyn
Democrats Hold Beaverhead County Convention in 14 Delegate Race
Beav erhead County Democrats convened to organize, elect 14 delegates and 14 alternates to the state convention in Livingston. Joseph Smith elected temporary chairman and R. W. Boone as secretary amid committee appointments and an executive session on future tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Livingston
Edwin L. Norris
Thos. Flynn
George R. Metlen
A. M. Madison
A. S. Rife
Thos
Scott E. L. Poindexter
W. C. Orr
J. C. Smith
L. K. Adams E B. Roe
O. J. Hughes
G. T. Paul Richard Gallagher
H. T. Poindexter
Albert Stamm
J. H. Alword
Theodore Nelson
John Hill
T. F. Barratt
Ed Smith
D. D. McKnight
Dr. C. J. Elmer H. L. McCaleb
Charles Hild
W. W. Chapman Smith
McKnight
A. S. Beardsley
M. J. Gist
County Central Committee
Joseph ©. Smith
Smith
Siaud
R. W. Boone
Metlen
Boone
E. B. Roe
L. K. Adams
W.c.orr
J.E. Shaw
E. L. Poindexter
J. H. Alvord
Charles Hill
Grant Haynes
Elmer W. L. Coldwell
Redrock
Ed Roe
Jack Porter
John Hill W. Taylor
F. M. Poindexter
G. R. Metlen
Teachers in Session in Butte Institute
The joint institute of teachers from Beaverhead Deer Lodge Jefferson Powell and Silver Bow counties convened in Butte with many instructors present. Miss Alice Herr will head Beaverhead's portion and left for the city Monday. Lectures by Robert Clark Lucy Hamilton Carson and other educators covered general school work with a musical program and a planned dance. A trolley tour of the city is planned Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Deer Lodge
Jefferson
Powell
Silver Bow
Butte
Alice Herr
Beaverhead County
Butte High School
Robert Clark
Lucy Hamilton Carson
State Normal College
O’shea
Sanford Bell
Gertrude S. Bell
B. M. Bowman
George Downer
W. K. Dwyer
Harmon
Women’s Club
J. O R. Wharton
Edu
Hayrack Accident Injures Local Ranch Worker
Mark Selway suffered a severe injury at his ranch when a hayrack loaded with hay spooked horses. He was dragged by the wagon, with both bones in his right leg broken above the ankle. Dr Poindexter attended and noted possible internal injuries.
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Mark Selway
Selway
Mr. Selway
Theodore Nelson Mans Makhelsen
The fragment mentions individuals Ww F Drammey Conrad Meiné and Theodore Nelson Mans Makhelsen in an unclear context. No events or organizations are identifiable to state a clear action or outcome.
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Ww. F. Drammey
Conrad Meiné ‘Theodore Nelson
Mans Makhelsen
Wits Exhibit at Dillon Fair Promises Premier Horse Display
Dillon county fair repeated a top horses exhibit last year and two years ago. This year promises to eclipse those displays with a fine local showing plus 40 head of full breed Percharen and French draft stallions from William Holland, Waterloo Iowa, manager of the Waterloo Live Stock Company.
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C. A. Smith
Iowa
Dillon’s
Wm. Holland
Waterloo
Waterloo Live Stock Company
Dillon Men Elected Directors of Reservoir Company
Governor B F White John W Ewing and George R Featherly were unanimously elected last Saturday to direct the reservoir company. The Dillon contingent will advise Chicago on actions, with each share voting and hearings for every voucher. Knight, delayed by Montana public notice law, has left for Chicago and awaits the chairman’s call to discuss price with the three commissioners after appointment.
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B. F. White
John W. Ewing
George R. Featherly
The
Reservoir Company
Dillon
Chicago
Knight
Montana
Ed Dishno and Miss Nora Nixon Wed in Butte
Ed Dishno and Miss Nora Nixon were married September 1 at the South Methodist parsonage in Butte by Rev Walker. The couple left for a short honeymoon on the O S after the ceremony. Dishno is the son of Mr and Mrs Silas C Dishno and owns a ranch near Fox in the Big Hole basin.
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Ed Dishno
Nora Nixon
South Methodist Parsonage
Butte
Walker
Josephine Price
Cecil Nixon
O. S
Silas C. Dishno
Big Hole Basin
Fox
Coal and transfer business sold in Dillon
Last week in Dillon, E. T. Brock sold his coal and transfer business to F. E. Dodds who has resigned as pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church. Dodds plans to take ten in the near future and Brock will devote his time to ranching.
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Dillon
E. T. Brock
F. E. Dodds
Doddsg
Methodist Episcopal Church
Brock
State Normal Opens This Week With New Faculty
State Normal opened Tuesday amid a slow return by students as dormitories near completion. New staff include Miss Mina M. Nash in charge of intermediate work, Mrs. C. G. Hardesty teaching music, and Mrs. Lilian R. Free heading the library. Grace Graeter will lead piano instruction once studio is ready. Enrollment lists numerous named students from Dillon and surrounding towns.
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Buffalo
New York
Lilian R. Free
Wisconsin Free Library Commission
Grace Graeter
Cincinnati
Ohio
Conservatory
Ethel Adams
Alberta Andrus
Idanda Baker
Katherine Myers
Jessie Poindexter
Grace Jones
Pearl Ward
May Price
Edith Remsey
Locie Mauer
Burt Fowler
May Sprinkle
Elizabeth Sutherland
Hortense Paul
Alice Conway
Dillon
Bertha Card
Ottawa
Genevieve Albertson
Twin Bridges
Maud
Dorsey
Edith Nutterville
Grace Oliver
Catherine Lyden
Butte
Edith Browning
Priscilla Renwick
Miles City
Mabel Malee
Mayme Hays
Silver Bow
Dora Nart
Elsa
Katie Clark
Helen Lindler
Divide
Neta Knak May
Stevensville
Florence Olson
Columbia Falls
Orpha Oneal
Helen Pendergast
Jean Pendergast
Jackson
Constance Brackett
Edith Brackett
Miss Carter Hosts Delightful Five Hundred Party
Miss Anna Carter entertained last Saturday evening with a five hundred party at her Thompson avenue home. Invited guests included Mr and Mrs Emrys White C W Butler Jos C Smith Clark M E Barry Sadie Graeter Emma Bertha Burfiend Alma Blanche Morse Kathrine Leonard John Alvord Lyman Bennett Edward Hardeman Duff Hardy Hill Harry Martin Fred Huber and Dr Simpson.
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Anna Carter
Thompson Avenue
Emrys White
C. W. Butler
Jos. C. Smith
Clark
M. E. Barry
Sadie Graeter
Emma
Bertha Burfiend
Alma
Blanche Morse
Kathrine Leonard
John Alvord
Lyman Bennett
Edward and
Hardaman Duff
Hardy Hill
Harry
Martin
Fred Huber
Dr. Simpson
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Dillon Bandit
H. Brenner
Fred Woods
J. B, Lowman
Robert Shultz
J. G. Bedard
T. Tracy
DELL
Ss. M. McKnight
H. McKnight
Qo, G. Hughes
C. Seybold
Henry Dowling
F. Nelson
J. B. Clayton Hosre Prairie
Tom Barrett
J. E. Shaw
W. P. Jahnke
J. P. Loss
Fred Nelson
C. L. Lawrence
Dillon South
G. T. Paul
Fred Rife
M.D, Gist
L. K,adams
E. L. Poindetxer
F. P. Caldwell
Jasper Nelson
Frank Knotts
Tom Scott
John Orr
A. L. Stone
William Roe
George Wolf
Ike Edinger
Hugh McCaleb
Patterson Dillon North
Jake Mittlemeir
Harry Brown Thomas Holmes
A. A. Brown
Emmet Allison
Cliff Bond
Marvin Bennett
Homer Harrison
George Black
F. P. Harrison
Dan Mooney
John Tessier
Ed Conley
W. M. Herman
Pat Phillips
W. A. Lovell
John Banks
James P. Murray
Ira Warner
A. A. Graeter
George W. Dart
William Deputy Lima
Richard Gallagher
Henry Gleed
A. S. . W. Vance Yardsley
Joe Dowling
Harry Andrus Talta Long
John West Armstead
Wits
Dillon Fair
Benedict
State Normal
Miss Carter
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