Beavers Scrimmage Impressively As Gunderson Builds 1926 Team
Beavers football under Coach Gunderson shows improvement in early workouts and a 26 0 scrimmage win over the Dillon Independents. Five veteran players lead a promising lineup with Yale at full, Wrights at quarterback, Little in broken field running, Hansen a standout freshman, and a strong line ready for the five game fall schedule including Deer Lodge Whitehall Bozeman Butte and Anaconda with two more scrimmages against Twin Bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead High
Gunderson
Beavers
Dillon Independents
Deer Lodge
Whitehall
Bozeman
Butte
Anaconda
Red Cross calls for relief aid for stricken South
Beaverhead Red Cross chairman B N Stevenson reports a telegram from National Red Cross head William Baxter Jr urging aid for hurricane victims in Florida and the south. Donations may be left at First National Bank Dillon or with Miss Georgia Matthews of the Beaverhead chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. N. Stevenson
Beaverhead
American Red Cross
William M. Baxter Jr
National Red Cross Society
St. Louis
Florida
Red Cross
Stevenson
Agade
First National Bank
Dillon
Georgia Matthews
Sec
Normal College Opens With Record Enrollment
Montana State Normal college opened its autumn term with the largest fall enrollment in its history, as early registration and reservations indicate. Registration today precedes classes starting tomorrow, with hundreds arriving by south bound trains. Private homes and dormitories will house most students, aided by free transportation from Dillon businessmen. President E Davis cites new Montana teaching requirements as boosting attendance, while the first faculty meeting sets committees for the year and entrance exams for irregulars are scheduled Sept 24 and 25. Coach Bruce Hollister issues a call for football players, with many returning and new talent forming the 1926 eleven as the fall schedule lists Mount St Charles and Intermoon opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Normal College
E. Davis
Montana
Davis
Bruce Hollister
Hollister
Mount St. Charles
Intermoon
Rage
Montana teachers leave for schools across states
Many Dillon instructors departed for jobs in Montana and beyond. Names include Mariam Rouse Grass Range Kathryn Orr Glasgow Hollie Staudaker Chinook Frances Gelhaus Bearmouth M Connelley Polson Fred Dullenty Freid Albert Dullenty Conrad Julia Anderson Gibbons Anastacia Boger Big Timber Frances Forsgren Malta Olga Guidici Wenatchee Hazel Lundy Ogden Helen Finch Chloe Thomas Jeanette Garver Skagway Alaska Esther Bertrand Havre Frances Bertrand Dupuyer Oakes Nelson Lewistown. Frank Dean pleads guilty to burglarizing a Dell mercantile store and is sentenced to 8 to 16 years. He was taken to Deer Lodge by Undersheriff Kellum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Montana
Mariam Rouse
Grass Range
Kathryn Orr
Margaret Reece
Glasgow
Hollie Staudaker
Chinook
Frances Gelhaus
Bearmouth
M. Connelley
Polson
Fred Dullenty
Freid
Albert Dullenty
Conrad
Julia Anderson
Gibbons
Anastacia Boger
Dillon Bees Bring New Industry to Dillon Area
Orin Babb operates a nascent apiary on North Washington street employing five workers. Hundreds of pounds of honey have been sold this summer with about a half ton ready for market. Babb, an experienced bee keeper, chose Dillon after testing other towns in Montana and Idaho. Continued on Page 8. Beaverhead county high school football schedule for 1926 includes games at Deer Lodge, Dillon, Bozeman, Butte, and Anaconda with practice scrimmages against Normal and Independents.
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Orin Babb
Dillon
Washington Street
Beaverhead County
Deer Lodge
Whitehall
Gallatin County ‘High
Bozeman
Butte High
Anaconda High
Anaconda
Twin Bridges
Birds in Flight: Dillon Men Bag Chickens from Air
Fred Woodside and A. W. Stephen son piloted Dillon’s first airplane to Nay ranch on the Grasshopper. They bagged five chickens from the air and returned to Dillon before breakfast, claiming a new duck and chicken hunting method. Chicken season closes Sept 24. chick season runs to Dec 165.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Woodside
Dillon
A. W. Stephenson
Nay Ranch
Beaverhead
Red Rock Lake Claims Life of Prominent Butte Man
A prominent Butte man dies on opening day of hunting season at Red Rock Lake. Beaverhead county election registration for the general election on November 2 shows 3 550 electors, slightly below 1924 presidential turnout. County Clerk John O Baker reports 861 new names since August, with 3 189 voters before the primary and 8 550 after last Friday. Both parties pushed to boost registration, with evident success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rock Lake
Butte
Beaverhead
U. S
John
Baker
Butte Man Loses Arm in Mine Truck Accident
Charles L. Julien of Butte, a former Armstead operator, suffered the loss of an arm after a vehicle overturned on the way to Black Rock mine. His arm was crushed under the car and later amputated below the elbow at a hospital. He had many friends in Armstead and Dillon and was in town for a Modern Woodmen picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Julien
Butte
Apmstead
Julien
Black Rock
Mr. Julien
Armstead
Dillon
Condition of Cattle and Sheep Decline in Montana Report
J G Diamond of the U S Department of Agriculture reports that late August rains in Montana improved fall prospects but softened curing grass, causing a moderate decline in cattle and sheep condition compared with a month earlier. Overall Montana ranges stand at 89 percent of normal, with declines mainly in Central and Southwestern districts. dry southeastern and east central areas benefited from replenished water and early grass. Continued on page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G.diamond
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Helena
Montana
Federal Division of Crop and Livestock Estimates
State Department of Agriculture
James Keefe Dies of Exposure After Boat Capsize
James Keefe perished from exposure after a boat capsize last Thursday morning. Initially thought drowned, companions continued a fruitless search for the body through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Keefe
Butte Man Dies of Exposure After Idlewood Lodge Incident
Beaverhead county hunter James Keefe died from exposure after his boat capsized on Upper Red Rock lake. Coroner James Phillips ruled exposure as the cause, noting he was stranded about 600 yards from shore and fought heavy reeds and bogs before a dawn discovery beside the overturned craft. The tragedy followed his failure to return to Idlewood lodge for dinner Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
James Keefe
Butte
Red Rock Lake
James Phillips
Keefe
Eco
Feefe
Bute Sportaman
Idlewood
Billings Selected as New Normal School Site
Billings was chosen as the site for the proposed Eastern Montana Normal school ahead of ten other candidates. A committee report cited accessibility and tributary population as key factors supporting Billings location. The decision followed surveys by three normal school presidents and recommendations from the investigative committee.
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Eastern Montana Normal School
Billings
Montana
Catherine McCormick
Board of Educational Examiners
State Board of Education
Former Dillonites listed among hurricane stricken in Florida
In Dillon area news the American Railway Express office reports a flood of trunks as record baggage moves during hurricane recovery. Many former Dillon residents, now in Florida, face a devastating storm that killed about 6000? and left Miami nearly destroyed with 28 000 homeless as two locals Mrs Rathbone and Mrs Yeaman cope with loss.
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Florida
American Railway Express
E. H. Casterline
Dillon
Beaverhead County
R. R. Rathbone
Z. B Yeaman
Miami
Rathbone
Marian Bennington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beaverhead High Eleven
Dillon Ince
Dents
Beaver
Independents
Beavers Cobztove
Tees
E. Williams
Gordon
Kennison
Kerr
Cashmore
Holden
South
THE
Theretor
Normal College
Frank Dean
Dell
Kellum
Idlewild
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