Beaverhead County Bonds Fail At Voters’ Edge
Beaverhead county voters rejected all three bond measures last Friday. A $100000 highway bond failed by 11 votes 505 to 494. A $50000 heating plant bond lost 638 to 355. A $70000 high school dormitory bond failed 616 to 489. About 1000 of 2700 voters participated. Local opinion cited drought and low crops as reasons to delay large building programs. County commissioners outlined 24 miles of proposed federal aid road work across five sites.
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Beaverhead
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Big Hole
Spann
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Butte-Salt Lake
Jackson
Wisdom
Brown’s Bridge
High School Alumni Adopts Hard Times Party Plan
Alumni members spoke on Thursday about changing the annual graduates party from a formal banquet to a Hard Times event to be held May 20. Final plans postponed to a later meeting at Miss Lucile Paul’s home on South Pacific Street. Dog deaths this week sparked concern over animal poison concerns.
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Alumni Association
Lucile Paul
South Pacific Street
Sunday Church Services and Meetings Notice
On Sunday May 2 Sunday School starts at 10 a m with Prof Lee R Light as Superintendent Preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m by Pastor H G Humphrey Epworth League meets at 6 30 p m Sermons by H G Humphrey also at Apex school house Sunday afternoon services are planned in Apex with sermons by H G Humphrey.
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Lee R. Light
H. G. Humphrey
Epworth League
Apex School House
Gosman Appointed Sheriff by County Board
Beaverhead County board of county commissioners in special session appointed Otto G. Gosman as sheriff to fill the vacancy caused by the death of C. K. Wyman. Gosman will assume May 1 and serves the remainder of the term, having previously been twice elected and served as undersheriff during Wyman's term. Dan Mooney to be undersheriff May 1 with W. D. Ross as deputy.
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Beaverhead County
Board of Equnty Commissioners
Gosman
C. K. Wyman
Monida
Mr.Gosman
Dan Mooney
W. D. Ross
Board of County Commissioners
Wyman
Five Plans for the Relief of Veterans
Washington reports Republican Ways and Means members near approval of a paid-up life insurance option for veterans, with five plans including cash bonuses, farm and home aid, education, and insurance loans. The insurance plan could yield large costs, with loans and endowments based on days of service, and total government cost estimated around six billion dollars versus about 1.8 billion for a cash bonus.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Coroner Jury Links Davis To Sheriff Wyman Death
Coroner H. M. Brundage’s jury in Monida Montana convicts I C Davis alias Yek of killing Sheriff Wyman, finding two gunshot wounds caused by a pistol held by Davis on April 21 1920. Davis appears in district court arraigned with not guilty plea and defense attorney William Cushing appointed. A pistol tied to the case was recovered at Monida and stored in the sheriff’s vault.
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C. K. Wyman
Monida
Montana
I. C. Davis
Court House
W. H. Keller
J. B. Holtz
W. F. Drummy
Louis Anderson
A. Meisel
C. P. Thomas
H. M. Brundage
Davis
Yek
Wyman
William Cushing
Gosman
Cushing
Local Twin Bridges Women Shop City Today
Miss Clara Schulke and Miss Verna Moore visited town for a day of shopping in the company of friends.
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Clara Schulke
Verna Moore
Twin Bridges
Educational Foresight and the Call for Tax Support
A call to fund education amid rising costs argues that denying teachers fair wages harms students future. The piece urges voters to back taxes to preserve educational welfare and urges unity with ancestral standards to ensure essential schooling for the rising generation.
Official Primary Returns From Beaverhead County
Republicans backed Hiram W. Johnson with 336 votes while local Democrats favored McAdoo with 17. Sam V. Stewart drew broad support from both parties for vice president, and T. C. Power led Republican presidential electors with 505. Delegates to the national convention favored Selway and Callaway on the GOP side and Ayres Walsh Kelly on the Democrats.
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Hiram W. Johnson
Beaverhead County
McAdoo
Sam V. Stewart
J. O. Selway
Lew L. Callaway
Johnson
United States
Franc O. Lowden
Leonard Wood
Herbert C. Hoover
Warren G. Harding
W. J. Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Samuel V. Stewart
T. C. Power
C. H. McLeod
Walter D. Kemmis
Ethel R. Farnsworth
Joseph K. Toole
Grover C. Cisel
George FE. Hurd
J. M. Kennedy
Tor
FE. O. Selway
J. C. Alexander
C. B. Alien
Lynn D. Ambrose
John Adams, Jr
Smith and Leach Tie The Knot In Dillon Home
On Tuesday evening at 8 30 James Alfred Smith of Des Moines Iowa married Miss Ruth V Leach of Dillon Rev H G Humphrey officiated at the bride’s home. Attending were the Leach parents and their youngest daughter. The notice also mentions plans by the Daughters of the American Revolution to furnish a room in a new hospital and a city effort to support hospital facilities.
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James Alfred Smith
Des Moines
Iowa
Ruth V. Leach
Dillon
H. G. Humphrey
Mrs. Leach
Daughters of the American Revolution
Cieties
An& Gennans
Busy Session for Hebekah Chapters in Dillon
Delegates from six Rebekah lodge chapters in District No 8 met in Dillon for an all day session from 2 PM to midnight. Diana Rebekah Lodge No 42 exemplified ritual work and was praised by visitors. Officers and visiting members from Miriam Silverleaf Martha Dillon Boulder Sheridan and Helena attended. The next district meeting will be in September with Sheridan as the host.
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Rebekah Lodge
District No.8
Dillon
Diana Rebekah Lodge No. 42
Miriam
Silverleaf
Martha
Butte
Sheridan
Boulder
Diana
Anne Sillers
Helena
Rebekah Assembly of
Montana
Lodge
Ruth Burton
Alice Davey
Rucker
Isther Harris
Jennie Brocben
Anna Carson
Emma Baker
Bertha Clark
Jessie Taylor
Sarah Johnson
Lillian Beardsley
Libbie Smith
Louisa James
Centerville
Barryman
School of Instruction
H. G. Rodg
Diana No
H. G. Humphrey
Drucker
Minnie Scully
First Baptist Church Holds Annual Business Meeting
The First Baptist Church held its annual business meeting on a Wednesday evening in April with Rev. George MacDougall acting as chairman. Officers elected include Clerk Mrs. W. C. Jennings Treasurer C. W. Hudson and Financial Secretary J. Dysart.
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First Baptist Church
George MacDougall
W. C. Jennings
C. W. Hudson
J. _ Dysart
Sheriff Wyman Laid To Rest In Dillon Funeral
The late Sheriff Cyrus King Wyman was honored with a funeral at St James Episcopal church and burial at Mountain View cemetery. City offices closed from two to three as a mark of respect while a large crowd and state attendees paid final rites. The Odd Fellows, Rev Bennett, and Rev Humphrey led services. pallbearers and Wyman family members attended. Wyman, born March 29 1867 in Maine, served Philipsburg area as deputy and sheriff and led Beaverhead National Forest before election as sheriff in 1916. He is survived by his wife, daughter Thelma, brothers Henry and Forrest, sisters Hattie Moody and Mrs William Hunt, and his father Alphonso Wyman.
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All Dillon
C. K. Wyman
St. James Episcopal Church
Mountain View
Odd Fellows Lodge
Bennett
Episcopal Church
Humphrey
Grace M. E. Church
Robert Quackenbush
James Leach
Johnny Carney
Joseph Wedum
Walter Vance
J. H. McLaren
Dillon
Henry Wyman
Forest Wyman
Philipsburg
Cyrus King Wyman
Maine
Alphonso Wyman
Wyman
Montana
Whitefield
Alice Hall
C. Kk
U. S. Forestry Service
Beaverhead National Forest
County
Miss Thelma
Henry and
Forrest
Hattie Moody
Providence
R. L
William Hunt
Kingman
Ariz
Murder Suspect Captured After Wolf Farm Slayings
Turtle Lake North Dakota April 28 A man possibly named Dave Hanson was arrested by officers late yesterday in connection with the deaths of Jacob Wolf six members of his family and a farmhand at the Wolf farm near here last Thursday. He is held pending investigation.
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Turtle Lake
N. D
Dave
Hanson
Jacob Wolf
Wolf Farm
Allies Frown On Jap Concessions
London reports a formal move by France to join Britain and the United States in refusing the rail road concessions demanded by Japan. The allied powers survey the loan negotiations for China as financiers from the United States England France and Japan seek terms but resist Japan's demand for imperial concessions.
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London
China
United States
England
France
Japan
Great Britain
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Cresmore
Borin & Reading Railway
Croslin
Philadelphia & Reading
Central Deaninroal
New Jersey
J. L. DeHart
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