Dillon Will Host Giant Carnival With New Fire Truck
The Dillon Volunteer Fire Department shows a new Ford motor fire truck bought from Beaverhead Motors. Fundraising efforts include a major carnival by Greater Sheesley Shows, featuring wild animal acts, an auto drome, and historic arts performances. The carnival, with 15 shows and 460 performers, travels in 26 railroad cars and follows a successful Canadian fair run.
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Dillon Volunteer Eare Department
Beaverhead Motors Company
Ford
D. A. Galt
Dillon
North America
Canada
Capt
Hart
Geyen Hona
Lonesses
Princess Tessie
America
Olive Hager
Hundreds Use Tourist Camp Ground During Tour
The Dillon camping ground hosted over fifteen hundred visitors after July 16. Records show 363 registered autos over two months, with 1452 people estimated in cars. Registrants hailed from all states except four, plus Alaska and Canada, comparing far distances and wide regional turnout.
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Dillon
Union
Georgia
Louisana
Delaware
Vermont
Hawaiian Islands
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Mexico City
Old Mexico
New York
Massachusetts
Maine
Atlantic Seaboard
California
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Ford
Beaverhead Hunting Season Opens With Plentiful Game
Beaverhead county begins the duck season at dawn last Friday with a steady daylong blast. Dozens of hunters from Butte Anaconda and other Montana cities visit Dillon for Red Rock lakes hunting. Women hunters join men in strong showing as the season runs to January 1 with no fatalities reported. Deputy Warden A J Hansworth notes several licenses not carried but later shown and urges strict license adherence at game time.
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Beaverhead
Dillon
Butte
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Montana
Redrock Lakes
Redrock
Centennial Valley
Frank Conley
J. M. Scanland
Warm Springs
P. B. Geagan
Martin Dakin
Roy Coughling
Everett Dominick
New York City
Billy ‘Gemmell
Carl Horst
J. B. Keenan
A. B. . Melaner
Lews Donovan
James Finlen
Wm. Rae
Milton Rohn
W. J. O’connor
M. DeLovage
Gilbert Barrett
Dra. Rhodes
Tash
Dr. Thomas
Walla Walla
Ross Sugg
Dan Hertz
Lakes
Senator Frank Hazelbaker
Bill Keller
Jack Nemeck
Hiram Brundage
A. J. , Hansworth
Hansworth
Woman Ends Life With Carbolic Acid in Beaverhead Valley
Mrs. Maggie May Bell, 45, wife of rancher Louis Bell, killed herself with carbolic acid last Wednesday afternoon near her Beaverhead county home. A note explained her intention. a razor and empty cup were found near the body, which was discovered about 200 feet from the house. She died an hour after being brought to Dillon for treatment. The family, with three daughters Anna Ethel and Lillian, had faced reverses but she had seemed unusually cheerful prior to the act. The funeral was held in Dillon.
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Maggie May. Bell
Louis Bell
Beaverhead Valley
Dillon
MacMillan
Rev. Smith
Mountain View Counid
F. C. McFadden
Ed Cushing
Ed Farnsworth
Ed Adams
T. D. Moran
John Carney
Bell
Eldorado Springs
Beaverhead
Anna
Ethel
Lillian
Laura Collins
Elizabeth Collins
Herman
Will
John
Eldorado ‘Springs
Jaida
Melrose
Will la
Ethridge Ward Dies Sudden in Lima
Ethridge Ward a 26 year old Dillon native and Lima drug store clerk died suddenly of apoplexy in Lima. He was a graduate of Dillon high school and the state university Missoula school of pharmacy. Funeral plans not yet set. remains to be brought to Dillon.
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Dillon
School of Pharmacy
State University
Missoula
Lima
Pat
Elizabeth Ward
C. W. Robison
Debate on capital punishment at high school gym
A public debate will be held Friday at 3 o clock in the high school gym on the resolution that capital punishment should be abolished. On the affirmative side are Capt. Frank Sweeney Clair Cosgrove and Qbed Shaw. On the negative side are Capt. Allen Smith Warren Shaw and Tom Olmsted.
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Frank Sweeney
Clair Cosgrove
Qbed Shaw
Allen Smith
Warren Shaw
Tom Olmsted
Man Pleads Guilty in District Court to Second Degree Assault
Max Bowers pleaded guilty in district court yesterday to second degree assault and received a sentence of one to two years in state prison. He was arrested in the Big Help basin after firing several shots at his 15 year old son.
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Max Bowers
Big Help
Grimes and Lomgley Married by Rev MacDougall
Lowell T Grimes and Mrs Hattie Lomgley wed last Sunday afternoon led by Rev George MacDougall. They will reside in Dillon.
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Lowell T. Grimes
Hattie Lomgley
George MacDougall
Dillon
Federal duck laws limit returns and possession
A Dillon sports section explains conflicting state and federal duck limits. Federally, a hunter may possess 25 ducks per trip, while states allow 20 per day. Some say a party could accumulate 26, but observers note few locals reach such totals as most bring home about a dozen. Both state and federal officers emphasize strict adherence.
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Dillon
Canada
Dry land farmers bullish after snowbound planning for next year
Despite five poor crops dry land farmers remain hopeful after a heavy snowstorm. Many benchland ranchers have bought seed wheat and plowed hundreds of acres ready for sowing. Some seeding already underway as ranchers express confidence in better yields next season. Threshing has begun and some crops have been disposed of.
Morrow urges dairy boom for Beaverhead County
Dr. A C Morrow reports promising dairy cattle tests in Beaverhead county and argues the valley is well suited for a thriving dairy industry. He cites alfalfa barley and ensilage for year round feed and notes sunflowers as effective winter feed.
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A. C. Morrow
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
Dr. Morrow
Roscoe Cornell
Pioneer Matron Nancy Mauldin Dies After Long Illness
Funeral held at the Mauldin residence conducted by Rev. Edward Smith. Nancy Mauldin, pioneer resident of Dillon, died Sunday evening after a long illness at age 83. She was born in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, and spent most of her life in Dillon with two sons James and G R Featherly, several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Interment was at Mountain View cemetery.
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Nancy Mauldin
Idaho Street
Mountain View
Mauldin
Kittanging
Penn
Tyler Dodge Featherly
Cherango
Ohio
Wisconsin
Ogden
Utah
W. T. Mauldin
Dillon
James
G. R. Featherly
Roundup man on hunting trip with hometown family
Conger arrives from Roundup for a week with homefolks and plans duck shooting before returning to his job at the Roundup steam laundry. Mrs Conger accompanies him on the visit.
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Dillon
Arthur Conger
Roundup
Plan to Bring Livestock Men and Ranchers of County Together
A plan by A L Stone president of the State Bank of Dillon urges Beaverhead County cattlemen and sheepmen to exchange feed locally. He advocates building feed lots, feeding cattle and sheep with home grown hay alfalfa and oats, and trading feed assets to reduce shipping costs and keep profits local. The Dillon Exam iner will run a monthly colonia listing to connect growers with feed sellers and buyers at no charge.
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Dillon
Beaverhead
A. L. Stone
State Bank of
Beaverhead County
Mr. Stone
Big Hole Basin
Centennial Valley
Horse Prairie
Grasshopper
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Beaverhead Motors
Bobbie Burns Murray
Speiler
West
Peggy
Melba
Bedrock Lakes
Ethridge Ward
Bowers
Edward Smith
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