Dillon's 1923 Rodeo Delivers Largest Crowd and Fast Times
A record crowd packed Dillon's rodeo last Saturday amid thrilling finishes and standout riders. Jesse Coates led top broncho work, while Otto Adams suffered a broken rib in a racehorse mishap. The second day featured sensational bareback and bucking, with Merl Hunt and Elmore Brundage delivering expert rides and the event closing as Dillon’s greatest three day show, praised for its safety and spectacle.
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Dillon
Bam Freeman
Fire Department
J. T. Neunes
A. Reeser
Bert Williams
Coates Brothers
Jesse
Jack
Bozeman
Cheyenne
Pendelton
Jease
Coates
Otto Adams
Cosgrove
Douglas Scanlon
Athgold
John Stringer
Bob Atkinson
Helen’ Paine
Norman Nelson
E. W. Smith
F. F. Kreger
Pat Flynn
Art Gauchay
Walter Sirla
Tom Cox
Ted Alcott
P. TV. Flynn
J. E. Hughes
Jack Coates
Walt Bennett
Tom McKinney
Claude Lay
Merl Hunt
Roscoe Lyons
Elmore Brundage
Howard Tegland
Bill Clark
Red Bull
Peggy Warren
Weather Bell
Edwin Martin
Merritt Maddox
Buck Allen
Jesse Coates
Miles City
Dillon Rodeo
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Billings Defeats Bennett in Return Wrestling Match
Jack Billings defeated Walt Bennett in a two falls to one result last Friday at Hartwig theater. A return bout is set for Saturday night at city hall at 8 30 with receipts from the door as stakes. Both wrestlers displayed an unusually well matched contest promising a real battle.
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Jack Billings
Hartwig Theater
Walt’ Bennett
Billings
Ben
Beaverhead County Commissioners Meet in 1928 Session
The Beaverhead County Commission organized a regular meeting on September 4 1928 with Commissioners A L Anderson and O C Iel present and J C Fal er as deputy clerk. They approved minutes reviewed road plans from Daly Spur to Mooney's Bridge and discussed repairs to Grasshopper and Big Hole roads funding via transfers.
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Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead County
Montana
A L. Anderson
Clel
J. C. Faler
Board of Eatalization
J. E. Shaw
Joseph C. Smith
Mooney’s Bridge
Daly Spur
Roscoe Cornell
C. E Blinn
O. M Best
Louis Anderson
Jack Nemeck
Bach
Big Hole
Grasshopper
Dillons
Pearl I. Smith
Smith
Angot Lian
Child Welfare Department
Willard F
Allen
State Bank of Dillon
Rvmai
Geo. W. Lovell
Secretary of High School Board
Clerk of Districts
Montana Auto Supply Co Reduces Chevrolet Prices
Montana Auto Supply Co announces a broad cut in Chevrolet prices as production expands with seven assembly plants and six body plants plus four parts plants. Dealers say they were surprised, noting Chevrolet had struggled to fill orders and the new pricing aims to lower production costs and transport expenses.
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Montana Auto Supply CO
Chevrolet
Montana Auto Supply Company
Chevolet
Chevrolet Company
Janesville
Wisconsin
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Ohio
Chevrolet Motor Company
Madison County Fair Opens at Twin Bridges September
Madison County Fair at Twin Bridges runs September 12 to 16 with daily events. Exhibits, Little World Series baseball between Beaverhead and Madison, old timers reunion, stock judging, track program, band music by the Dillon band and Towery's orchestra, speeches by Chester C. Davis and Wellington G. Rankin, horseshoe and dance nights.
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Madison County
Twin Bridges
Beaverhead
Dillon
Towery’s Orchestra of
Chester C. Davis
Wellington G. Rankin
Commissioner of Agriculture
Dillon Band
Wellington Rankin
Senator Walsh Visits Dillon in Montana Tour
Senator T. J. Walsh, Montana Democrat, visited Dillon en route to Butte from Reno, discussing silver market unsettledness and Montana prospects. He noted a proposed silver commission and a Webb-Pomerene act based silver association, plus optimistic farming and dairying growth in Montana.
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T. J. Walsh
United States Senate
Dillon
Sentor Walsh
Beaverhead County
Butte
Reno
Nevada
Silver Commission
United States
Senate
Walsh
Wes
Odie
Gooding
Idaho
Sterling
South Dakota
Montana
North America
Dillay
Yellowstone
Billings
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Dillon Moonlight Rally Tops Twin Bridges 9 to 8
Dillon won a high drama baseball game 9 to 8 against Twin Bridges. Key performances came from Bill Jennings and Frank Gosman with strong late pitching as Twin Bridges tied 8 8 in the seventh before Dillon's final run in the eighth. Large crowd attended and many Dillon fans planned travel to Madison County Fair starting today through Saturday.
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Dillon
Twin Bridges
Bill Jenning
Frank Gosman
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Bennett
Sam Freeman
General Fund
Lima Ledger
George R. Baker
Iextending Takcs Co
Edelee Csecnnsveceostencsen
Jno
Baker
Tribune Pub. Co
Imperial Carbon
W. EB. Stephenson
Derge-Howell Co
West Pub., Co
Dist Court
D. F. Mooney
Imperial Carbon Co
Geraldine Smith
Stenographer, Co
P. Thomas
Court House
T. E. Gilbert
Expense Co
Jack Marshall
Detective Service
E.d
Western Wholesale Groc Co
F. M. Poindetser
Johnrahami
Mtz
States
Tel. Tel. Co
Superior
Madison County Fair
Senator Walsh
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