Mines and development surge in Dillon area mining notes
Beaverhead County’s J C Adams and W B Orem visited the New Departure mine with O M Best to inspect progress. The double-compartment shaft is to reach 500 feet with steady ore output. Silver assays reach 3.10 oz per ton from a rock piece. 17 tons of second grade ore net $877 at Washoe. Dillon Argenta deal expands holdings to about 200 extra acres in Argenta. stock raised to 1,000,000. Kent mine tunnel work delayed by foul air, now cleared. three weeks to road from Blue Wing. Park Copper mining reports rapid sinking despite snow. Mines Exploration and Development company incorporated in Butte with 5,000 shares. Copper glance at Utopia shaft shows high copper potential near 50 percent. San Francisco quartz claim in Elkhorn leased for $25,000.
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J. C. Adams
W. B. Orem
Dillon
Butte
O. M. Best
Mr. Best
Washoe
Thomas B. Landers
Dillon-Argenta Company
Beaverhead County
Argenta
French Bros
H. L. Hoyer
Ray L. Riley
Kent
Blue Wing
Butte & Dillon Development Company
John H. Judge
Park Copper Company
Park
Elkhorn
George Jewell
Utopia
Beaverhead County Boys Enter Grain Growing Contest
Dozens of Beaverhead County youths may sow one eighth acre of seed oats from Bozeman at the county fairgrounds. Two varieties Swedish Select and Progress will be distributed to entrants until stock runs out. About twelve to fifteen boys are expected to compete under rules previously published. Applications should be sent to John F. Bishop, eligibility extends to anyone under twenty one in the county. Three medals gold silver and bronze await winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Dillon
Farmers’ Institute
Fish
the Tribune
John F. Bishop
Dillon choirs thank Luce and staff for The Daughter of Jairus success
The Tribune reports gratitude from Dillon church choirs and musical groups for Prof. and Mrs. Luce who guided the oratorio The Daughter of Jairus at the Normal College assembly hall. Thanks are also due to soloists Mrs. J B McKinney Prof C L Robbins and Mr B N Stevenson. Door receipts will benefit the choirs. Swanstrum Bros sold 200 head of steers to Lloyd Bros in Grasshopper country.
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Luce
Dillon
George R. Featherly
J. B. McKinney
C. L. Robbins
B. N. Stevenson
Swanstrum Bros
Blaine
Lloyd Bros
The
Grasshopper
Virginia City Times
No Railroad Strike Averted as Conductors Win Pay Hike
Chico April 4 The western railroads and two railroad unions reach a final settlement. Conductors in passenger service gain $10 a month, baggagemen $7.50, lagmen and brakemen $6.50, with a 10 percent overall raise for other unions. New rules limit overtime by miles and preserve current crew counts. The agreement, effective April 1, also covers special services and disallows pay cuts. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen also receives a 10 percent increase.
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Chico
Western Railroads
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Lagmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Evangelistic Meetings by Rev. C. R. Haudenschield in Dillon
W A Winters urges Dillon residents to attend Rev. C R Haudenschield revival services at 7 45 pm daily and 3 pm Bible readings at the Methodist church He is praised for broad experience in Montana and other states and for prioritizing evangelistic work over higher paying engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Haudenschield
Methodist Episcopal Church
Our City
Judah
Ocean
Canadian
Gulf
Haudenschield
Montana
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Methodist Church
Dillon
W.A. Winters
New Reservoir and Sewer Proposals at City Council Meeting
The April city council meeting discussed building a new reservoir to prevent water outages and support firefighting. They ordered a survey of three sewer routes from Orr Street to Butte Street and instructed interviews with property owners. City Engineer Medlen to prepare plans. next meeting to act. Water rents totaled $1,923.05 from about 300 users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lenkersdorfer
Railroad Avenue
Wm. Climer & Co
George Kunzman
Charles Perry
W. Orr
Butte Street
Washington
Pacific
Atlantic Streets
Medlen
Messrs
Phillips
Knapp
Best
Badcon
Dillon City Election Produces Quiet Victory for Incumbents
In a calm election with 162 of 336 voters casting ballots only on a single nonpartisan ticket, B. F. White is re elected mayor. C. W. Scott wins city treasurer, C. W. Conger is re elected police judge, and ward votes favor W. C. Orr Wm. Phillips and Wm. Knapp as aldermen in their respective wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
B. F. White
C. W. Scott
C. W. Conger
W. C. Orr
O. M. Best
Wm. Phillips
Wm. Knapp
Josephus Rich
Good Steers Shipped from Local Stock Yards
John Lovell shipped eleven cars of beef steers and five cars of fat steers to Union Meat company in Portland. Morse sent five cars. Cattle averaged 1240 and 1400 pounds, fetching about 4.50 per hundred. Lovell plans ten more cars of beef steers and 4000 mutton sheep to San Francisco in ten days. Lovell fed about 22000 head of mutton sheep this winter and made a 6660 head deal with G W Webster. A baby girl was born to Ray Butler's wife at Miles City on March 23, daughter of W G Clark and Dillon natives.
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John Lovell
Union Meat Company
Portland
J. E. Morse
Mr. Lovell
Mr. Morse
San Francisco
Tribune
Lovell
G. W. Webster
Big Timber
Tom Yost
Dillon
Ray Butler
Miles City
Mrs. Butler
W. G. Clark
Mr. Butler
Resignation of Dillon Club President Foote Reported
Prof Foote tendered his resignation as president of the Dillon club after weeks of protest about time demands. He cites duties as principal of Beaverhead County High School and as a state textbook commission member as preventing club work. W F Cobban of Butte visited Dillon and then traveled to the Elkhorn mining district to oversee interests there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foote
L. R. Foote
Dillon Club
Footes
Beaverhead County
State Textbook Commission
W. F. Cobban
Butte
Dillon
Elkhorn
Former Dillon Ball Player Edwin Dwyer Sentenced to 90 Days
Edwin Dwyer, ex member of the Dillon baseball team, was convicted in Butte by a jury of resisting an officer tied to a robbery case. Judge Donlan sentenced him to ninety days in the county jail after the jury urged leniency citing extenuating circumstances.
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Edwin Dwyer
Dillon
Butte
Judge Donlan
Dwyer
Anaconda Standard
Judy Donlan
Wright
Red” McCarthy
South Butte
Donlan
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E. L. Hall
C. M. Eddy
A. R. Jacobs
L. P. Phillips
James Mackay
Mines Exploration and Development Company
J. J. McHatton
J. L. Templeman
E. L. Mayo
W. L. Renick
George B. Conway
John N. Kirk
Edwin Higgins
Standard
Guy
Butte & Beaverhead Copper Company
Col. L. J. Price
George W. Perkins
Polaris
John Howes
Maggie H. Edie
C. R. Haydenschield
Evangelistic
Taye Egu
John II
Bishop
R. R. Rathbone
W. Conger
Sineariali
Third Ward
Dillon Ball
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