Lucky Lady Miss Beaverhead Reassures Local Section
The piece highlights favorable farming conditions in Beaverhead and surrounding valleys with plentiful hay and grain, steady cattle and lamb crops, and lower living costs. It notes Bannack mines producing gold, improved employment, and overall normal business activity amid cautious optimism.
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Beaverhead
National Red Cross
Big Hole
Grasshopper
Horse Prairie
Red Rock
Centennial
Big Sheep Creek
Sage Creek
Blacktail Creek
Bannack
Montana Population Shifts in 1930 Census Revealed
The 1930 census shows urban Montana at 181,036, 9,025 more than 1920, and 33.7 percent of 537,606 total. Rural totals fell 5.4 percent to 356,570, with 203,962 on farms and 152,608 off farms. White population 96.2 percent. foreign born 18.6 percent, with 74.3 percent naturalized. Illiteracy declined to 1.7 percent. school attendance rose to 97.4 percent for ages 7–18. Workforce totals include 184,117 men and 32,354 women. agriculture employs 79,678. Manufacturing and related sectors count 28,982, with transport 28,379 and trade 24,803.
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Montavna
Census? Bureau
Montana
Grand Order Prompts Free Match Concern Across Businesses
A local mix of businesses from hotels to cafes reports a spike in patrons taking bulk free matches. Notable spots like Andrus hotel and Sugar Bowl cafe are mentioned as facing increased losses, with patrons described as taking extra cards and cards’ worth of matches.
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Grand Order of Matchbummers
Terry Browning
Harry Andrus
Andrus Hotel
Wm. Logan
Sugar Bowl Cafe
Sugar Bowl
Mary
Spot Gibson
Cattleman A. C. Bayers Visits Dillon Ranch
A. C. Bayers, a breeder of pure bred polled Herefords on his Wisdom area ranch, visited Dillon this week and expressed satisfaction with results this season.
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A. C. Bayers
Wisdom
Diltons
Babson Praises Hoover Debt Plan as Historic Step
Roger W. Babson lauds Hoover's war debt proposal as epoch making and among the greatest statesmanlike moves of recent years. He notes the foregone one year’s debt payment triggered a worldwide market surge, lifting the value of farm and mineral products and securities by about six billion dollars in under two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger W. Babson
Hoover
Europe
United States
The Tenderfoot Cowboy's First Year in Beaverhead
A narrator recalls a novice cowboy in a western county facing hard times and misadventures. He receives twenty dollars a month for herd work, an inheritance of two hundred dollars, buys a pony, pays a doctor, and suffers mischance from a restless calf. The tale ends with his return home in a coffin box. A new baby boy arrives to brighten Judge H. R. Melton's home. Fore paugh circus day warns locals to guard horses from frightened animals and crowds.
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H. R. Melton
Dillon
Beaverhead
Wool shipments and local notes from Dillon
Thirty years ago this August 1901 issue reports Dillon sent 1,205,247 pounds of wool in the year, most at about 12 cents. E B Sprinkle and family returned from the east, vacationing in St Louis. A Dillon party of boys led by Herbert Gilbert and others heads to the National Park for three weeks. Orr Electric Power Plant upgrades aim for a 2,000 light capacity. Roscoe Cornell, mining engineer of Arizona, visits Dillon parents.
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the Tribune
Dillon
E. B. Sprinkle
East
St. Louis
National Park
Herbert
Chester Gilbert
Jay Tallent
George Dart
Jardine Rife
Orr Electric Power Company
Roscoe Cornell
Arizona
C. Cornell
Baker Child Undergoes Operation in Butte
Albert Baker eight year old son of Clerk and Recorder John Baker was operated upon in Butte Saturday evening as reported by the Tribune on August 18 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Albert Baker
John Baker
Butte
Tailgate Philosophy and Wheat Prices in 1930s Debate
A press dispatch condemns tailgate acts by a farmer spilling wheat to vent anger at low elevator prices. It argues such theatrics do not raise prices or provide relief and warns against Congress wasting taxpayer money on grand, impractical schemes.
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Congress
Federal Treasury
A Law School Afloat Embarking On The French Line
Group of American lawyers will travel aboard the France in July for a floating law school. Lectures by prominent U S lawyers on board, receptions in Europe, and visits to Westminster Hall and the Palais de Justice accompany notable English speakers. Paris features include a reception at the Palais de Justice and a gala Opera night.
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Joan of Arc
France
Europe
Edge and Dawes
Westminster Hall
Inns of Court
Scotland Yard
Palais de Justice
Peace Palace
London
William Phene Neal
Guildhall
Paris
Marshal Lyautey
Prests
Beaverhead Board Sets Budget Despite Revenue Loss
Beaverhead county officials cut expenses to fit shrinking revenue as taxable value dropped over 750000. The levy totals rose 2 percent from 1938 with specific millages for General 10.50 Road 5.00 Poor 5.00 Bridge 2.00 High School 7.75 General School 6.00 Debt Reduction 1.75 Fair 1.00. Commissioners Gosman Jackson and Hartwig led the meeting as Dillon and Lima taxpayers faced revised city levies.
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Beaverhead
Dillon
Lima
O. C. Gosman
Martin Jackson
W. B. Hartwig
Lambs at Six Dollars Set By Veteran Rancher
Jules Wenger, a veteran cattle grower from the Big Hole basin, reports in Dillon on lamb yields and a rare coyote encounter. He recently sold lambs for fall delivery to a butcher at six dollars per head, a price he believes tops the market.
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Jules Wenger
Big Hole
Dillon
Jules
Coyote
Notice of State Land Selections in Montana August 4 1931
State of Montana acting under federal law has applied for selections of lands in Montana. The notice lists multiple parcels including sections 10 and 11 in various townships in Reed and 2W ranges. The document records a U S Land Office notice from Billings Montana dated August 4 1931.
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U. S. Land
Billings
Montana
Jands
Suney, - Neyswy
Sheriff's Sale Notice In Dillon Montana
John Collins of Dillon Montana appears as the party referenced in a sheriff's sale notice. The document notes an attorney for the plaintiff and lists a seal indicating official action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Collins
Dillon, Montana
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Maggie Courtney
Richard L. Nolan
Bessie Nolan
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We WU UN
Beaverhead County
C. H. Hartwig
District Court
Fifth Judicial District
State OF Montana
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Marcus
Fred Rife
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