Normal college opens autumn term with steady enrollment
The autumn quarter begins at the Normal college on September 28 with enrollment expected near last year’s level. Many students arrive by train and bus, Dillon hosts will aid new arrivals, and reconstruction redirects arrivals to the north street unloading area. Eighty to ninety percent of last year’s graduates pursued teaching careers, keeping Montana’s teacher supply steady. Beaverhead county’s voter registration soars to over 4,330 for the November election, up 200 from two years ago, with books closed but cards still arriving.
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the Normal College
Dillon
Dakota Street
The
Normal College
Beaverhead County
Albert
Baker
Tme
Dillon safety pledge drives week of September 28
The Dillon Business and Professional Women's club launches a safety program to reduce accidents in Dillon and Beaverhead County. Drivers will sign a safety pledge reading I agree to do my part and you can Count on Me to Prevent Accidents and display the Count On Me plate. Mayor D A Galt proclaimed safety week beginning September 28 to cover expenses of the campaign.
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Dillon
Beaverhead
Dillon Business and Professional Women’s Club
D. A. Galt
Second Ram Sale Set Next Month at Beaverhead Fairgrounds
The second annual ram sale will be held at the stock pavilion in the Beaverhead County fair grounds in Dillon on Wednesday October 14. Six hundred ram entries including Rambouilets Hampshire and breeds will be offered. Freight paid on purchases of 25 head or larger from Dillon to the purchaser.
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Fair Grounds
Dilm
Haseen
Ernard Williams
Includia Rambouillets
Hampshires
Ossbreds
Canalgnore
G. D. Sel
Divide
C. M. LaDue
L. R. Ne
O. A. Schulz
Sheri- Ralph Jorgenson
Wisdom
Tha Sheep Company
Bozeman
Williams
Beaverhead Man Dies After Illness in Butte Hospital
John Hoffman aged 59 longtime Beaverhead resident died at Murray hospital in Butte Friday night after a prolonged illness. Born in Albany New York he moved to Montana as a child with pioneer parents. Survived by widow two sisters in Dillon and McFarland California and a brother in Dillon. Funeral Monday at Brundage Chapel with burial at Mountain View Cemetery.
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John Hoffman
Murray Hospital
Butte
Albany
Newak
Montana
Ches
Sweetwater
Martha Wilson
J. E. Hollings
McFarland
Calif
Ather
Louis
Dillon
Serieces
Brundage Cha
W. J. Loar
1St Baptist Church
Mountain View Geis
Teeth Returned To Holdup Victim
Albert Potter admitted involvement in the Sept 5 holdup of Arthur Hull, a Beaverhead ranch laborer, and to preserve his conscience offered to return Hull's teeth. Sheriff James A. McCollum escorted Potter to a fence post at the stock yards where Potter unearthed the teeth wrapped in a newspaper and handed them over.
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Albert Potter
Arthur Hull
Beaverhead Ranch
Potter
Hull
James A. McCollum
Dillon Declares Safety Week Endorsing Civic Drive
Mayor I D A Galt proclaims September 28 as Safety Week in Dillon. He lauds the Dillon Chapter of the Business and Professional Women's Club for sponsoring the program to promote public safety and asks citizens to support the effort.
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Nnt
Dillon
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Trio breaks out of Lima jail Friday
Three men escaped from the Lima jail early Friday morning after breaking through a wall. Two were held for questioning in the recent Dell Mercantile store robbery, while one faced a vagrancy charge. Deputy Burt discovered the escape at breakfast. Sheriff McCollum investigated the Wisdom burglary the prior night with about $100 in cash and merchandise stolen.
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Dell
Lima
James Burt
James A. McCollum
Burt
McCollum
Wisdom
Jack Hurley
Shortage of Horses and Mules Predicted
The piece warns of a national shortage of about 176000 horses and 325000 mules when the 1937 work season begins, due to neglect to breed mares between 1925 and 1933. Bernard Williams cites Wayne Dinsmore, secretary of the Horse and Mule association of America, as the information source.
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United States
Bernard Williams
Wayne Dinsmore
Horse and Mule Association of America
Mconada Beats Beaver Eleven In First Gridiron Clash
Anaconda strong Class A Copperheads defeated the Beaverhead Beavers 42 to 0 in Anaconda in the teams season opener. Hartsell led the attack with touchdowns in every quarter while Beavers used many substitutes. Next Friday the Beavers travel to Idaho Falls for a night game under floodlights.
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Anacondas
Beavers
Anaconda
Beaverhead
Copperheads
Hartsell
Carl Ross
Idaho Falls
Beaver High School Weekly Resumes Publication
Beaverhead county high school weekly resumes with Fay Kirkpatrick as sponsor and Paul Simons as editor. Earl Fairbanks is associate editor and Evelyn McMannis business manager. Numerous assistants and staff listed. Last year the Beaver was judged the best school paper in its class.
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The
Beaver
Beaverhead County
Jane Stallings
Franklin Bayerd
June Patrick
Elizabeth Walkingon
Helen Plant
Billie Ann Rife
Emma McGahan
Desmond Barrett
Montana Ferguson
Eileen Gibbons
Mary Sweeney
J. Verbance
Bernice Renz
Bob Gregg
Valera Fairbanks
Joe Brown
Ralph Light
Ben Shaffner
John Orr
Ruth Helen Albright
Helen Randolph
Mary Markovich
Elizabeth ‘Spear
Ratmer
Republican Rally At Local Training School Auditorium
Sam Ditty announces plans for a Republican rally at the training school auditorium Saturday night at 8 to feature a national speaker and three state candidates. J. A. Morrow is listed as field man representative.
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Sam Ditty
Republican County Central Committee
Training School
J. A. Morrow
Hazelbaker Optimistic After Great Reception in Montana
Frank A. Haz elbaker Republican governor nominee returns from a western Montana tour to his home. He resumes campaign in central and eastern counties after visiting family and reports wide voter support and praise for his economy in state government stance.
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Montana
Frank A. Hazelbaker
Theartliy
Letter Arrives From 1902 County Fair Plan
A Grasshopper Valley rancher Wilbur Tash received a long-lost letter dated February 20, 1902 from then County Commissioner W. Oliver. The message invited ranchers to discuss a county fair in Dillon. The letter lay hidden in a Bannack post office floor crack and was recovered after the building’s demolition by Edwin Ashworth.
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Tash
Grasshopper Valley
W. M. Oliver
Dillon
Bannack
Edwin Ashworth
Wilbur Tash
Dillon Man Otis Bullis Dies at Canyon Creek Camp
Otis D Bullis of Dillon died Monday at a forest service camp in the Canyon Creek district after a brief illness. Born in Francisville Indiana 66 years ago he moved to Dillon in 1913 and worked on local ranches including the Selway Sheep company. Funeral plans await word from a brother in Indiana with another brother thought to live in Spokane.
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Otis D. Bulls
Dillon
Forest Service
Canyon Creek District
Francisville
Ind
Selway Sheep Company
Indiana
Spokane
Birch Creek CCC Camp Eleven Tops Dillon Independents 6–0
Birch Creek CCC camp eleven defeats Dillon Independents 6 to 0 on Sunday afternoon, evening the series at one game each. Joe Zurcher scores the lone touchdown for the winners securing the shutout.
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Birch Creek CCC
Dillon Independents
Dillon
Joe Zurcher
Veterans medalist and rescuer share Belleau Wood memories
Alfred Dusty Rhodes, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, met Dillon rancher Paul Stein who saved his life in Belleau Wood. Both men compared notes about their World War I service, confirming they were in the same sector and that Stein rescued Rhodes after a machine gun injury. Rhodes later returned to combat and earned the medal. Myrl and Corbin Alluman, brothers, were arrested by State Game Warden Charles Price in Big Hole basin on charges of trapping muskrats without a license, and are wanted in Granite county.
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Alfred
Dusty) Rhodes
Dillon
Belleau Wood
Paul Stein
Rhodes
France
Stein
Myrl
Corbin Alluman
Charles Price
Big Hole Basin
McCollum
Granite County
Tick Fever Discussed By Federal Man
Dr. R A Cooley of the federal laboratory at Hamilton spoke to the Dillon Rotary Club about spotted fever. He outlined lab plans to combat the disease and noted 27 years of research on fevers and ticks. The Hamilton facility employs 48 people and is expanding its permanent plant. He lauded Dr Howard T Ricketts, a pioneer in tick studies, who died of fever while on duty.
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R. A. Cooley
Federal Laboratory
Hamilton
Dillon Rotary Club
Cooley
Hamilton Laboratory
Howard T. Ricketts
Ricketts
Auction at Hodge Ranch Melrose Largest Sale in Region
An auction sale will be held at the J. G. Hodge ranch in Melrose on Monday, Oct. 6 starting at 10 o'clock with lunch at noon. Col. Luther Smith of Dillon acts as auctioneer and A. G. Wil Mamy as clerk. Entire livestock and farm equipment including 613 sheep, 40 dairy cattle, 40 stock cattle, 32 horses with a Belgian stallion and a Percheron stallion, 36 hogs, 400 chickens, 50 turkeys, 14 geese, and a wide range of machinery and miscellaneous articles are offered. The sale is expected to draw a large regional crowd.
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J. G. Hodge
Melrose
Col. Luther Smith
Dillon
A. G. Wil- Mamy
Hodge
Dillon Furniture Store Changes Hands This Week
Dillon’s pioneer furniture house, the Dillon Furniture Company, changes ownership this week. John W. Selvidge, long tied to Billings Hardware’s furniture department, buys the store from Mrs. G. T. Paul who has run it since her husband’s death a year ago. Established over 50 years ago, the firm will see store improvements and stock expansion under new ownership.
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John W. Selvidge
Billings Hardware Company
G. T. Paul
Paul
Selvidge
Montana
Beaverhead People Plan Salmon Fair This Week
Beaverhead county residents will attend the Salmon fair on October 1 2 and 3 with races and rodeos. The event is run by the Lloyd Shaw post of the American Legion and funded by Salmon businessmen. It is the first Salmon fair in five years and features many exhibits including registered stock under the chairmanship of John Kapp.
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Beaverhead County
Lloyd Shaw Post
The
American Legion
Salmon
Idaho
John Kapp
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Hazelbaker
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CCC
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Myrl and
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Pioneer Business
Dillon Furniture Company
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