Ford Explains Primary Law and Election Instructions
Attorney General C. Ford clarifies that the 1919 amendatory acts to the direct primary were suspended by referendum petitions, so the 1912 primary law governs the August 24 election. Voters may receive one ballot from each party without declaring party affiliation, while clerks are directed to disregard certain pages and follow specified replacements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Ford
Legislative Assembly
Secretary of State
Lawa
Ford
Chautauqua Attendees Hear Orators And Music
Capacity crowds fill Ellison-White tent for day and evening programs. Julius Caesar Nauphe opened with The Original Pageant. Carlton Chamberlayne spoke Tomorrow. E B Fish discussed industrial unrest. Mary Adel Hays and Royal Welsh singers performed. Judge Alden warned of graft and urged religious life. A later program featured the play Kindling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Caesar Nauphe
Normal College
Carlton Chamberlayne
Alaska
E. B. Fish
Paul Pereira
Mary Adel Hays
Royal Welsh Lady Singers
Geo. D. Alden
East
America
Primary lineup complete for county elections
Five more candidates filed for county offices before Monday’s five o clock deadline. The slate includes Alice Wyman for treasurer and Genevieve Metlen for superintendent, with several other Republicans and Democrats naming runners for sheriff clerk and state posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Wyman
T. J. Mulaney
Justice of the Peace
Dillon Township
William A. Bucher
W. E. Stephenson
J. Anson Baxter
Bruce A. Risley
Frank A. Hazelbaker
Fred Rife
Henry G. Rogers
W. B. Hartwig
Lester F. Rice
O. C. Gosman
Frank B. Rife
Josph S. Baker
Charles Enlow
Joseph T. ‘Newnes
W. F. Drummy
L. P. Phillips
Seek
Dillon
Armstead hosts D A R annual to honor Lewis and Clark era
Beaverhead County prepares for August 21 1920 Armstead Armstead is the site of a D A R Beaverhead county annual gathering and picnic marking Sacajawea's guidance of Lewis and Clark. Dr F H Garver will replace Dr Grace Raymond Hebard as speaker. A sight seeing trip departs Armstead Inn at ten the following morning with trips to local historic spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Two Forks
Armstead
Sacajawea
National Organization “Daughters of the American Revolution
Beaverhead Society
Grace Raymond Hebard
F. H. Garver
State Normal College
Montana
Beaverhead
Dillon and
Armstead Inn
Taxes levied by commissioners in 1920 across counties
State board of equalization actions set county taxes for livestock and property. Levies include livestock 4 mills total and property 2.975 mills plus various funds. County-wide rates cover general, bridge, contingent, poor, pair, highway, road funds and a 1 mill classification fund. City limits and district school taxes noted. district No. 1 mentioned. Card of Thanks to Henry Thornton Gray funeral helpers.
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State Board of Equalization
County Board of Equalization
Livestock Commission Fund
State Livestock Sanitary Board
State General Fund
State Insane Asylum
Insane Asylum and Tuberculous Sanitarium
State of Montana
Veteran’s Welfare Commission
Dillon
Town of
Lima
Lightning Kills Esteemed Beaverhead Rancher Andrew Banks
Andrew Lovell Banks, a longtime Beaverhead valley rancher and stockman, was instantly killed when a lightning bolt struck him while he, his sons, and workers haying on his Dillon area ranch farm during a severe storm. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church with veterans and family attending. he was born in 1867 in West Virginia and survived by his wife Anna and five children along with several brothers and the ranch community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew L. Banks
Beaverhead Valley
Dillon
Mr. Banks
Methodist Episcopal Church
H. G. Humphrey
First Montana Infantry
Mountain View
Andrew Lovell Banks
Holiday’s Cove
Brook County
West Virginia
Kansas
Topeka
Anna L. Haus
Montana
First
Montana Infantry
Charles Henry
Raymond T
Sarah Ellen
James Coleman
Edith Marie
Charles Banks
James S
John L
George T. Banks
B. E. Banks
Joplin
Missouri
Cloud Burst Report Levels Valley Near Sheridan and Twin Bridges
Harry D. Barr, candidate for secretary of state, described a extreme cloud burst Tuesday evening between Sheridan and Twin Bridges washing large boulders into the valley. Barr’s Ryegate home lies in a dry section, and he notes crop prospects this season look good to compensate for prior failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry D. Barr
Ruby Valley
Sheridan
Mr. Barr
Ryegate
Family returns from Missouri visit to Santa Paula
Mr and Mrs Walter Long and Walter Long Jr returned Monday from a visit in Missouri and left yesterday by auto for their home in Santa Paula California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Long
Walter, Jr
Missouri
Santa Paula
Cal
Sunday Services and Baccalaureate at Chautauqua Tent
Sunday school begins at 10 with Prof. L. R. Light in charge. No church preaching today. Congregation joins Baccalaureate services at 11 in the Chautauqua tent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Light
Lutheran Aid Society Postponed to August 22 Meeting
The Lutheran Aid Society has been postponed until August 22. They will meet with Mrs. Hans Hansen on that date.
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Lutheran Aid Society
Hans Hansen
Ruined Crops Hit County After Storms and Hail
Storms and sporadic hail across Bond station Argenta and Madison county left fields obliterated or damaged with silt and gravel. Rail traffic halted for hours and water intake turbidity reported. Losses run into thousands as ripening crops suffered widespread ruin.
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Bond Station
Argenta
Dillon
Madison County
Methodist Aid Society Plans Next Thursday Meeting
The Methodist Aid Society will meet next Thursday in the church lecture room. Entertaining ladies include Mrs Betsy Haynes Mrs Strite Mrs Wm Roberts and Miss Lo E Blinn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Aid Society
Betsy “Haynes
Strite
Wm, Roberts
Mire
Lo. E. Blinn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Therton
Merry Hunt
William J. Pendergast
Amos A. Elliott
L. H. Truax
Thomas E. Gilbert
W. A. Lovell
Fred Kohl
Daniel F. Mooney
Paul Stahl
John W. Carney
Christen M. Hansen
James E. Phillips
John E. David
Cecil M. Featherly
Melville T. Lougheed
B. W. Emerick
Equalization Board
Henry Thornton Gray
H. T. Gray
Pebeda Rena Ee
Ethan N
Beer
Eden Cere Ieee
Barnes
Samenanensenens
Ee Mennens
A. L. Banks
Hayfield
Ol’ John B. Thrift, Sr
Rens
Ulvee
Methodist Church
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