Design Sought For New Auto License Plates
Helena Sept 14 Fifty dollars is first prize in a Montana license plate design contest announced by the Montana Chamber of Commerce. The contest closes Dec 15 with second and third prizes of fifteen and ten dollars. Designers send black on white or white on black designs the size of current plates to the Helena chamber office with name and address on the back.
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Helena
Montana
Montana Chamber of Commerce
Montana Farm Prices Fall in August Index Down Six Points
The all commodity index of prices received by Montana farmers declined by six points in the month ending August 15, according to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The index stood at 260 percent of parity at month end.
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Montana
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Local Residents Attend to Various City Activities
Oscar Gravely of Dell attended business in the city Saturday. Several visitors and residents traveled or shuttled between Dillon and nearby towns including Red Rock Butte Missoula and Kalispell for meetings vacations and family events. A Barrett hospital birth announced a son for William Patterson and a daughter for Dale Shafer.
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Oscar Gravely
Dell
E. B. Roe
Joe
Red Rock
Jack Roberts
California
George M. Melton
Butte
S. P. Meade
Horse Prairie
H. W
Sparky) Rodgers
Masinac Island
Mich
Dorothy Embleton
Bozeman
Brinton Jackson
Montana State Normal College
Kalispell
Medicine Lodge
B. L. Forsyth
Lakeview
Dillon
Cecil Wetmore
Monida
Pascal Bimat
Warren Stone, Jr
Wallace
Idaho
John Wenger
Joan
George Melton
Riverside
Calif
J. O. Melton
Alfred Peterson
Big Hole Basin
W. G. Squires
Genevieve
Walter Crist
Frank R. Venable
Western Life Insurance Company
William Patterson
Barrett Hospital
Dell Lloyd
Wisdom
George R. Larson
Rexburg
G. L. Whitworth
Lois Hazelbaker
Missoula
Montana University
George Reichle
Reichle
Charles Haight
Elkhorn
Dellar Gordon
Armstead
Dale Shafer
C. Gosta Miller
Lewiston
Spokane
St James Guild Rummage Sale and Bazaar Dates Released
A rummage sale will be hosted at the guild hall on September 30 and October 1 by St James guild. The annual bazaar is scheduled for November 22.
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Guild
St. James Guild
Notice of Tax Deed for Mammoth Lode Mining Claim
The undersigned will apply December 10, 1947 to Beaverhead County Treasurer for a tax deed to Mammoth Lode Mining Claim Sec 17 Twp 15 Range 11 West Lot 77 Survey 876. Amount due 9.53 dollars. Dated September 24, 1947 by H F Weyerstall. In Montana FBI held a five day school for deputy game wardens with banister directing instruction on search seizure laws and enforcement.
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Beaverhead County
Montana
Mammoth Lode
H. F. Weyerstall
Montana Fish and Game Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
W. G. Banister
Butte
FBI
Montana-Idaho
A. A. O’claire
Banister
Lyle J. Wirt
Miles C. Johnson
Melvin E. Singleton
Henry Blastic
Billings Auction Sets Two New Livestock Highs
At the Billings Livestock Commission Company auction 30 head of heifers from Ellis Merrill of Thermopolis Wyoming sold for 24.70 per hundredweight, setting one high. Five shorthorn steers from A. K. Heister of Absarokee sold for 24.50 per hundredweight, setting another high.
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Billings
Billings Livestock Commission Company
Ellis Merrill
Thermopolis
Wyo
A. K. Heister
Absarokee
Breast cancer operation noted in Dillon history item
A 1891 item recalls Mrs. Phil D. McGough undergoing a delicate cancer operation at home on Idaho street with Dr. Holmes of Butte and Dr. Leason of Dillon, reportedly the first of its kind there, and mentions local prices for wholesale meats and court docket activity.
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Phil D. McGough
Idaho Street
Holmes
Butte
Leason
Dillon
Pickman
C. H. Padley
Adv
District Court
Wanted to Buy Used Electric Refrigerator
Classified note seeks a used electric refrigerator and provides contact by phone pe 11 3. The item appears in a community notice alongside visits from Mr and Mrs Macken from Rochester Minnesota and Mrs J E Hanley of Spokane.
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F. E. Wise
George F
Dart
M. P. Macken
Rochester, Minn
J. E. Hanley
Spokane
Macken
Bertha Finsley
Dillon
Britain slash on U S farm exports shocks markets
Britain plans to cut feed imports from hard currency countries by about 600 million dollars yearly as part of a shift to boost domestic agriculture by 20 percent. The move threatens U S agricultural exports which previously accounted for about 19 percent of its farm product trade in 1946.
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Britain
U.S
U. S
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Gilbert of Gilbert Livestock Ranch Visits Dillon
J. H. Gilbert of the Gilbert Livestock ranch near Alder spent the latter part of the week in Dillon handling business matters.
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J. H. Gilbert
Gilbert Livestock
Alder
Dillon
Montana Shorthorn Feeder Sale Slated For October 23-24
The sixth annual Shorthorn feeder show sale will be held in Billings Montana on October 23 and 24 with judging at 1 p.m. on the 23rd and the sale starting at 9 a.m. the next day. The event is co sponsored by the Montana Shorthorn Breeders association and the American Shorthorn Breeders association with leaders Henry Holecek Russell Glantz Clinton K Tomson. consignments include steers heifers calves and yearlings from top Shorthorn sources.
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Chicago
Ill
Billings
Mont
J. B. Hitt
New Berlin
Montana Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Henry Holecek
Boyd
Lima
J. R. Sawyer
R. H. Weeks
W. Empey
Cora Anderson
Miss Embleton
Roy MecNinch
Dillon
William Rush
Leo Truax
Butte
Ethel Hoadley
Tueber Semper Temple
Deer Lodge
Grand Temple
Taxes Boost Montana State Revenue In August 1947
State tax collections rose by 355,695 over August of last year, totaling 1,420,098. The cigaret tax contributed 138,146, slot machines 123,450, and punch boards 2,062. Gas tax remained the largest source, with August receipts up 166,428 from a year earlier.
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Montana
State Equalization Board
Rainbow Girls Install Officers In Local Assembly
Officers install include Winnibel McMannis as drill leader Dorothy Newnes chaplain Peggy Lou Sutherland confidential observer Bonnie Martin outer observer Pat Myers musician Rose Mary Tyre choir director Billie Lessey Kay Whitworth Peggy Lovell Marsha Warner Harriet Lugar Dolores Davis Retha Jones color stations Choir members Tanya Johnson Frances Ryan Elizabeth Brown Virginia Gransberry Bonnie Megquier Joan Wenger Karen Burrell Marilyn Morrison Shadow Bow members Janet Bridenstine Mary Ann White Betty Lou Lugar Anna Jane Caldwell Bobby Jean Guidici Joan Arbour Beverly Tucker.
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Rainbow Girls
Winnibel McMannis
Dorothy Newnes
Peggy Lou Sutherland
Confidential Observer
Bonnie Martin
Outer Observer
Pat Myers
Rose Mary Tyre
Billie Lessey
Kay Whitworth
Peggy Lovell
Marsha Warner
Harriet Lugar
Dolores Davis
Retha Jones
Tanya Johnson
Frances Ryan
Elizabeth Brown
Virginia Gransberry
Bonnie Megquier
Joan Wenger
Karen
Potato Harvest Advances in Beaverhead West
Beaverhead reports potatoes free of common diseases with only a mosaic trace and yield above average. The major seed potato grower expects harvest to finish in three weeks to a month with favorable weather. A labor shortage persists despite imports of experienced workers including American Mexicans. Interested applicants may apply at the firm’s cellar. Swedish agronomists visiting this summer and fall observed farming methods.
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Beaverhead
Sweden
First Lutheran Church Weekly Schedule and Sermon
Corner of N Pacific and Center Edward R Leivestad pastor choir practice Thursday 8 p m at Wilber Squires home Sunday school 9 45 a m divine services 11 a m sermon The Force of Sin in the Heart No Bible study Sunday evening Sept 28
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First Lutheran Church
N. Pacific and
Center
Edward R. Leivestad
Wilber Squires
Rally Day Sunday at Presbyterian Church
Dr J Thompson Baker presides at 9 45 a m Sunday school 11 a m morning worship Rally day activities draw strong attendance as the congregation gathers for services and the day’s events.
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Presbyterian Church
J. Thompson Baker
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House Service
Chef E, F. Sill
Entertainment
Earl Lay
Court House
C. W. Robinson
George Pratt
Hugh McCaleb
J. Edgar Tyree
Eugene Poindexter
Fred L. Stone
Herb Selway
Robi. Swanbeck
Jas. Shearer
John Orr
Wes Hirschman
Matt Orr
Dillon Electric Light System
Floyd Best
Dr. Eddy
Mark Poindexter
Mr. Poindexter
Judson Best
Ann Arbor
Paul Stahl
Chevrolet
Montana Auto Sales
Dillon, Mont
Volumi
H. B. Sager
Gordon Berry
Becker Hereford Ranch
Stewart E. Bell
Emmett Seminist
E. H. Bodley
A. W. Boswell
J. L. Bradley
Everett Brownell
Wilsall Eden Dillon -Hobson Billings
Belgrade
Manhattan
Dillon Dillon _Ennis
Wilsall
Livingston
Gallatin Gateway
Hobson _Bozeman
Philipsburg
Hobson
J. H. Mikkelson
City Hall
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