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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1920
Page
1
Beaverhead growers Foster and Melton dominate the local field paying ten cents a pound for home grown mutton. Average lambs weigh sixty five to seventy pounds. Total receipts reach three hundred fifteen thousand dollars as the event runs September 23 to 25 with over three thousand dollars in cash prizes.
J W Scott a Beaverhead County pioneer died in Salt Lake after intestinal trouble. Funeral held at the Dillon Methodist Church with Rev H G Humphrey. interment Mountain View. Scott long served public offices and as a high school board member. He was survived by wife Laura Tolman and four children including Mrs LaGrande Young and Park Scott.
Four young people aged 18 to 21 arrived in a Rexburg bound roadster, claimed stolen by Sheriff Munn who said one girl was married and the car belonged to him. They were brought before a justice court Tuesday, released, and returned to Rexburg.
Last week Elmer Ripley disposed of his interest in the Rex Pool hall to his partner Henry Gleed Jr. The popular resort will be conducted in the future under Mr Gleed’s personal management while Mr Ripley expects to engage in business for himself.
A survey of Paris and New York millinery, authorized by Robinson Straus Co of St Paul, declares feather hats will dominate this fall. Plumes, ostrich varieties, iridescent coque, and bright colors like mahogany geajou and empire green appear in Paris designs and broadcast to American markets.
A Dillon Examiner summary urges voters to study initiative No 19 proposing $5 million in bonds for construction and equipment at Montana state education buildings including the University of Montana Montana State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts Bozeman the Normal College Dillon and other institutions This note previews the measure and notes a forthcoming publication of arguments for and against next week
A Dillon store presents a grassy nook window scene with pine boughs and a large mounted stag. The display features hunting gear of every kind, likely to attract hundreds as the game season approaches.
A party including Mr and Mrs B N Stevenson Miss Anna Patterson Miss Marjorie Stevenson and Mrs N E Stone left Saturday by car for Salt Lake City for a stay. Miss Stevenson will stay on as a teacher at Rowland Hall Episcopalian seminary after studying in Boston and earning a degree last spring.
Early fall brings a new color blend described as self-de scriptive. The line hints at a shade named color blonde brown aimed to appeal to evolving hair trends.
The training school opens Monday September 13 after summer break. New teachers join the faculty to fill grades 1B through junior high with Myrl Hatfield noted as a pupil who died in an accident. Enrollment last year was 743 with strong growth projected toward 776.
Mrs Roy Jackson returned Saturday from Missoula where she placed Roy and Helen Jackson in school then left Tuesday to join her husband in Salmon City.
The Baxter Tonney orchestra will travel to Polaris on Friday evening to perform for a dance in the new school house at that place.
Many entertainments are being arranged for evenings with street dancing to feature the night life. Negotiations are under way to bring the Bernardi Carnival Company to Dillon for Pow Wow Week. Legion Band will provide music day and night.
The regular meeting set the city tax levy at eighteen mills five more than 1919 with ten mills for general and municipal purposes four for streets and alleys one for the library and three for bond redemption. Police reported $259 in fines and $8 from livestock placed in the pond. A cement license was granted to L P Phillips. The cemetery committee advanced fencing ditching grading and road work at Mountain View cemetery. Resolution 32 levies three fourths of a $6803.57 maintenance cost for district three lighting. The Pow Wow Roundup in Dillon promises top entertainment with many entries led by Dick Cosgrove and Bill Logan. headliners and bucking horses are secured with a $100 purse. American Legion Band will provide music and nightly street dancing plus a Bernard Carnival. The event runs September 23 to 25.
Mrs. Margaret Pierce died in Butte last Wednesday after illness and an operation. She was 19, formerly Miss Margaret Sass, daughter of Fred Sass. Funeral held in Helena after removal from Beaverhead county. Survived by husband Thomas Pierce, prominent Grant cattleman and sole heir of Mrs. A. Pierce of Horse Prairie.
A Saturday meeting in Butte with the state quarantine board alfalfa dealers and Governor Stewart discussed modifying quarantine order No 5 to allow alfalfa mill products from Idaho while protecting Montana interests. They urged continued strict enforcement and called for a bill to safeguard agriculture and horticulture in the next legislature. Estimates show 100 000 to 160 000 tons of alfalfa available near Billings.
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