Fifty Cent Wool Record Sparks Big Beaverhead Contracts
Dillon area wool boom drives over two million pounds contracted in one week at fifty cents a pound. American Woolen Mills and Hallowell Jones & Donald led aggressive bids, with Beaverhead growers poised to net near two million dollars as shearing nears in three to four weeks amid weather delays and strong lamb and mutton demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Selway
R. KK. Foster
American ‘Woolen Mills
Boston
Jack Edgehill
Hallowell, Jones & Donald
Robert Boone
Cook Sheep Company
Beaverhead County
Jury Cannot Reach Verdict in Elza Bryan Case
The State of Montana vs Elza Bryan jury failed to agree after over twenty four hours and were discharged. Bryan faces trial again over a band of 78 sheep alleged stolen from Otto Schultz. Other cases: Steve Davis vs Walter Brearley, $1000 damages. Peter Anderson et al vs Wm Bernstein, $3275 for plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Montana
Elza Bryan
Otto ‘Schultz
Bryan
District Court
Steve Davis
Walter Brearley
Peter Anderson
Wm. Bernstein
Wm. R. Brown
Harold Spiker
C. A. McCovey
Harry E. Andrus
Joseph Welch
William Ellis
Shower Honors Miss Sadie Graeter Bride-to-Be
Mrs. Jos. C. Smith hosts a shower at her home tonight honoring Miss Sadie Graeter who is to wed a prominent local townsman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. C. Smith
Sadie Graeter
Dillon Company Means Business Forms in Dillon
A Dillon group of business men forms a drill ready company to support the country if called into service. Led by W. J. Cushing they have trained several weeks, showed progress, and endured strenuous drills as a possible army option. Members attend regularly with improving endurance and military rudiments mastered. Continued on Page Ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
War Department
Dillon
W. J. Cushing
School Gardens to Be Planted in Local Schools
Montana schools rally to plant gardens as part of a statewide effort to boost agrarian resources. Faculty from the Normal Training School and Normal College discussed plans with the P T G club of the Normal college leading the initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Normal Training School
Normal College
P. It. G. Club
The
Suit to recover on life policy for J P Jensen
Margarethe Jensen sues State Life Insurance in district court to recover the $1,000 face value of her late husband J. P. Jensen's life policy. She states premiums paid and death on February 6, 1917 in Beaverhead County, cites lack of proof of death blanks, seeks $1,000 plus interest from March 1, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margarethe Jensen
State Life Insurance Company
J. P. Jensen
Beaverhead
Great Falls
Loyal Spirit at Beaverhead County High School Assembly
Students responded to the president’s call for a service army to aid national resources. A Friday assembly discussed Wilson’s message and split into boys and girls groups to plan actions such as ranch work, gardening, poultry, and economy in food and clothing, with emphasis on Red Cross bandages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County High School
Toan
Wilson
Red Cross
Assembly urged high school boys to aid farms during wartime
Mr. Toan reported on a second assembly with high school principals called by Chancellor Elliott to coop erate with the State Board of Defense. Speakers warned of severe wheat shortages this winter and urged Montana to double spring wheat acreage. beaverhead county students answered the call while credits would be preserved if work interrupted schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toan
Elliott
State Board of Defense
Atkinson
State Agricultural College
Union
Dakotas
Minnesota
Washington
Montana
Stewart
Mitchell
Beaverhead County High School
Unknown Man Killed Submitted in Lima Cinder Car
In Lima, switchmen found a charred body in a cinder car last Saturday. An inquest by Dr. L. C. Ford led to a coroner s verdict that death came from a blunt instrument to the head. The body was partly burned to conceal the crime amid unclear identity and motive. The county investigation yielded no light, with many suspicions about the case lingering unresolved. The high school senior play The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary was postponed due to many students enlisting or leaving to work on farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
L. C. Ford
Baby Welfare Week Observed in Dillon Through Civic Efforts
The Good Government club leads Dillon Beaverhead county in observing Baby Welfare Week with a program spanning Sunday morning services at the Methodist church, educational talks by local physicians, school activities on hygienic living, and demonstrations on infant clothing. Organizers include Mrs Pearl L Smith and Curtis Hospital manager Mrs Helena Curtis with support from other civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pregent
Dillon
Training School
Good Government Club
Pearl IL Smith
Methodist Church
H. G. Humphrey
Beaverhead County
Shakespeare Club
Thorkelson
Blake
Rathbone
Du Bois Couple Married in Butte Visit in City
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Main of Du Bois Idaho visited Earl Main in the city on Wednesday. They were married in Butte last Sunday and will soon leave for Gregson Springs to make their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Main
Dubois
Idaho
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United States
New Jersey
American Press Association
United
American Woolen Mills
Emery Keller
George Whitworth
Dell
H. D. Hildreth
Isaac Rife
Medicine Lodge
Wm. Lee
Armstead
Louis Hanson
Alder
Wm. Rhodes
Sheridan
Walter Ellinghouse
Elmer Hyndman
Kaiser & Balen
W. L. Lacey
J. D. Kennedy
Melrose
Wm. Ames
Grant
Wm. Gill
Henry
Dillon Company
Kirby
New York World
Insurance Company
United States Scout
Chester
Chesters
United States Navy
Movement
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