MacMillan Leaves for Fort Logan and Local News
Dr H A MacMillan a local physician recently commissioned as first lieutenant left Saturday for Fort Logan Root Little Rock Arkansas to report for duty He was given a banquet by friends and will be away as his wife and son reside in Dillon. Mrs W F Cashmore reports her son Dewey in France says Beaverhead boys in his company are well but mail delays persist Home Made Header Attachment a Montana Extension Service instructs how to build a header attachment For adding a trailer Ned Burkes auto truck business expands to haul up to 5000 pounds to Elkhorn and beyond Dillon Kiddies enjoy junior chautauqua led by Miss Gerber Street department fills holes with token rock Churches schedule services August 11 no evening services Last city loan payment 40 percent due August 15 two young men choose army enlistment with F C Fisher already sent to Camp Lewis
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H. A. MacMillan
Fort Logan Root
Little Rock
Arkansas
Dillon
Kate Murphy
Butte
W. B. Hartwig
Helena
Dixon. Brown
Armstead
K. Clark
Dubois
Idaho
W. Simpson
Mary Bryan
Big Hole Basin
W. Bryan
Apex
Isaac Rife
Ike, Jr
Mildred Sewell
Mildred Toan
Tom Futrell
Ennis
C. T. Magnus
Martin Jackson
Jackson
Tom Craver
Medicine Lodge
Frank Rife
James Mansfield
Grant
E. J. Warner
Camp Lee
Alf Decker
Beatrice Bimrose
Anson Baxter
Seattle
R. W. Boone
Stevensville
James Dodd
Centennial Valley
J. W. Scott
S. Idaho Street
Hoover
Justice Hathaway
Big Hole Basin News
Montana Mercantile Company
Carl Huntley
George Martin
J. C. Ferguson
Near Glen
H. D. Hildreth
Laura Sprinkle
Salmon
W. C. Orr
Margaret
Bedrock
Camas Nelson
Antelope
Ida
Joseph Hainds
James McKnight
Dell
Wiley Mountjoy
Twin Bridges
Garrick
Great Falls
George Baker
Orphan Baker
Missouri
T. J. O’brien
Squires Ranch
Joe Duff
Byron
Thomspon Falls
Sprague Warner & Co
Dr. Ryburn
Louise Anderson
Leslie Thompson
John F. Bishop
C. C. Thornton
Minneapolis
Minnesota
E. R. Sutherland
Butte Miner
U S Geologist Condit Leads Oil Shale Study Nearby
United States Geological Survey geologist D D Condit works locally investigating oil shales linked with phosphate rock. He is a Columbia University graduate, supported by Frank Reeves a Johns Hopkins graduate from Baltimore in the project.
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U.S
D. D. Condit
United States Geological Survey
Condit
Columbia University
New York
Frank Reeves
Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore
Departure to Camp Fremont Draws Big Dillon Lima Mondia Crowd
A large group gathered at the train station this morning to send eight young men from Dillon Lima Mondia and Mondia to Camp Fremont California for special service. The travelers named were Raymond Swartz Elza Patrick Albert Lohr Jacob L Woodside A Edison Orr Lee Watkins A L Thomas and James Larkey.
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Camp
Fremont
Calif
Raymond Swartz
Elza Patrick
Albert Lohr
Jacob L. Woodside
A. Edison Orr
Dillon Lee Watkins
A. L. Thomas
Lima
James Larkey
Mondia
Sunday Outings Draw Crowds From Town
Dillon was practically deserted last Sunday as many residents visited lakes canyons and trout streams for the day. Nearly every car owner was out enjoying the outing.
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Dillon
Polaris mill begins operation at new mine site
The Polaris mine reports its mill's initial run this week with about 30 workers employed. Winter wheat harvests begin on the east bench and yield is expected to exceed prior estimates despite short crops. Regular county commissioners session opens with routine road business noted.
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Polaris
East Bench
Sugar shortage eases with new beet and cane crops
The Helena Record-Herald notes sugar shortages caused by submarine losses, reduced beet acres, and damaged mills. It reports beet sugar arriving in October, Louisiana cane mid November, and Cuban cane late December, easing the crisis.
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Atlantic
Louisiana
France
Montana press and auto clubs hold joint meeting in Miles City
Members of the Montana Press Association gathered in Miles City for their annual meeting August 5 to 7. The State Automobile and Good Roads Association also met August 7 and 8, with both associations fraternizing formally on the 7th.
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Miles City
Montana Press Association
State Automobile and Good Roads Association
Mr and Mrs Clarence Tooley Visit Local Friends
Mr and Mrs Clarence Tooley of Twodot are visiting friends in this city.
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Clarence Tooley
Twodot
Methodist Aid Society to Meet in Church Parlors
Mrs. Humphrey Mrs. Skalitzky and Mrs. Morrow will entertain the Methodist Aid society next Thursday afternoon in the church parlors. The Selway Sheep company hosted a large crowd at the Selway ranch on the upper Blacktail last Saturday night with the Little Orchestra playing into Sunday morning.
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Humphrey
Skalitzky
Morrow
Methodist Aid Society
Selway Sheep Company
Blacktail
Marriage of Josephine Lucy Lottridge to Lieutenant Havis
The wedding of Josephine Lucy Lottridge the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lottridge took place at the W. W. Lottridge ridge home with Rev. H. G. Humphrey officiating. Lieutenant Barney Whitworth Havis and his bride departed by 9:45 train for Mississippi. The couple were seen off by friends including Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Best.
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W. W. Lottridge
Josephine Lucy
Barney Whitworth Havis
H. G. Humphrey
M. E Church
Mrs. Havis
Lieut. Havis
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Dillon Briefs Highlight Local Visiting and Commerce
Dillon residents and guests appear in a flurry of visits and errands from Armstead to Helena. Notes include Miss Kate Murphy visiting in Butte, Mrs. W. B. Hartwig in Helena, Dixon and Armstead locals in town, and multiple travel updates with friends and relatives across the Big Hole basin and nearby towns.
Dillon Social Notes Include Arrivals Departures And Wool Outlook
A collection of hometown notices records Mrs. George Martin and others visiting Dillon from Armstead Glen Antelope Idaho and Salt Lake City along with departures to Missouri Minnesota and Spokane. Local wool prospects estimate Montana’s clip at 23 million pounds with an average price around 63 14 cents per pound under government controlled distribution.
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Montana
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Tude S Howard
Henry VII
Huber Bros
MacMillan
Montana Extension Service
Bozeman
Ned Burke
Elkhorn
Chautauqua
Mndr
Gerber
War Industries Card
City Street
Y. A. G. Thomas
F. C. Fisher
Lewis
Polaris “Mill
P. Simmons
W. G. Gilbert
Boyne City
Mich
Yellowstone Park
H. B. Selway
Victor Carrigan
Melvin Smith
Yellowstone National Park
T. B
Missoula
Guy Stuckey
Missoula County
Montana ‘Association For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Camp Lewis
General Hell
M. E. Aid
Dillon News Briefs
S. A. Cottrell and Son
Joseph Gelhaus
Salt Lake City
Phyllis Evans
Roberts
Miss Evans
Sarah Dixon
Miss Dixon
The
Normal College
Fred Crouse
Magnus
Shields
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Spokane
Albert Stamm
Richard R. Price
Bannack Street
FORD
Fords
Beaverhead Motors Co
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