Drawings for Softball Meet Announced
The State Softball Commission approves Anaconda entering four teams for a ten team district meet here August 17 and 18. Nine games over four sessions will stage a one game elimination tournament with the winner and runner up advancing to the Livingston state tournament.
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State Softball Commission
Anaconda
Livingston
Anaconda Boosters
Anaconda Kelly Gas
Pheasant
Gleed's
Safeway
St. Paul C
Y. O
Sun
Winn’s
Fire Dept
Eliel’s
Finnegans
Longtime Beaverhead County Resident Mrs Homer Pilon Dies
Mrs. Homer Pilon 59 a Beaverhead county native born July 3 1881 Nevada state died last Friday at Barrett hospital after short illness Survived by husband Orrion Dillon sons and daughters nine grandchildren and siblings Funeral held Monday at Brundage with Rev Paris E Wells presiding burial in Mountain View cemetery
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Homer Pilon
Beaverhead County
Barrett Hospital
Nevada State
Bannack
Hecla
Orrion
Dillon
George Knapp
Butte
Walter Engler
Tacoma
Wash
George
Fielding Rhino
Jackson
Maitland Rhino
Columbia Falls
Mont
Bert Kerlee
Darby
Ed Haines
Missoula
Blair Qualifies for Fifth District Judge Race
Virginia City attorney Frank Blair has qualified as a candidate for district judge in the fifth judicial district for the November general election. He will oppose incumbent Judge Henry G. Rodgers of Dillon, who was unopposed in the primaries.
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Blair
Frank Blair
Virginia
Mary
Henry
G. Rodgers
Dillon
Rodgers
Power Turns On At Argenta Mill
The Interstate Mining and Milling company reports its new Argenta mill powered up last week. A power line reached the historic town last fall and was completed recently. Montana Power Company will supply Dillon. Directors present included Fred Nicholson J E McClellan Jr and J E McClellan Jr of Seattle. Larry Peterson serves as mill superintendent.
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Interstate Mining and Milling Company
Argenta
Montana Power Company
Dillon
Fred Nicholson
J. E. McClellan, Jr
Seattle
Larry Peterson
Dillon Matron Blanche Carroll Dies After Long Illness
Blanche Carroll 52 of 479 Thomson avenue died Friday morning after a lingering illness. Born March 20 1888 in Annandale Minnesota she moved to Montana at seven seeking Bitter Root valley. Survived by husband Clifford Carroll three children Mrs G H Bostwick Mrs J W Nankervis and Clifford Carroll three sisters and several grandchildren. Funeral Monday at Brundage with Rev Paris E Wells Presbyterian officiating interment Mountain View.
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Thomson Avenue
Annandale
Minn
Montana
Bitter Root
Carroll
G. H.bostwick
J. W. Nankervis
Clifford Carroll
Ida Boyer
Porter, Wash
Minnie McMaster
Oakville
Wash
Harry Thrailkill
Helena
Mont
Brundage Funeral Home
Paris E. Wells
The
Presbyterian Church
Mountain View
Vigilante Electric Board Holds Special Meeting
Vigilante Electric Cooperative directors and area representatives met Friday in Twin Bridges to discuss the Wise River Wisdom rural electrification project. Wil liam Calloway and E R Rice of Washington DC said project approval by national authorities is expected soon and considered the self-help plan for group wiring and appliance purchasing. Beav erhead attendees included C H Blinn and Harry Tash with other locals from Lima Armstead Dillon Wise River.
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Vigilante Eléctric Cooperative Board of Directors
Twin Bridges
William Calloway
E. R. Rice
Washington, D. C
Washington
Beaverhead
C. H. Blinn
Harry ‘Tash
E. R. Gleed
Lima
Bert McMenomey
Armstead
Bernard Williams
Dillon
Howard Burgen
Ben’ Mallon
Wise River
Beavers Taken From Ditch Before Dam Threatened Water
Deputy game warden Charles Price trapped two beavers near the Alkeson ranch as they dammed irrigation water. The animals were displayed in a cage in his car and will be released at Mead ow creek for new quarters.
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Charles Price
Alkeson Ranch
Price
Meadow Creek
Mrs J W Walters and son visit Salmon Idaho
Mrs J W Walters and her son Mark are paying a ten day visit at the home of Dr and Mrs J D Lee in Salmon Idaho. Mrs Mina Perkins joined them to Salmon on Saturday and returned Sunday evening. Earl Mitchell acted as driver.
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Mark
Salmon
Idaho
Mina Perkins
Earl Mitchell
County Budget Up by Twenty Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Forty
Beaverhead county approves a 1940 41 operating budget of 206 677 29 up from 178 736 85 last year to cover emergency relief with a 30 mill levy three mills more than last year General fund 12 07 roads 5 poor 6 bridge 2 county fair 88 and emergency relief 4 05 mills Departmental appropriations total 85 005 35 51 787 88 80 539 80 14 153 73 5 153 48 20 043 05 City council adopts 32 459 86 budget for 1940 41 with 17 5 mills levy and current levies for Dillon including general 10 5 library 1 cemetery 1 fire 2 and streets 3 mills. A city assessed valuation rises to 918 055 and city appropriations total 19 446 98 7 146 60 1 908 37 2 121 80 1 836 11. End year cash balance 10 701 52. Montana Taxpayers applaud Dillon for low levy and sound finances.
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County High
Dillon
Levy
Y. BK
Dilion Volunteer Fire Department
Water Department
T. F. McFadden
Fred Bennion
Montana Taxpayers Association
Montana
Big Hole Basin Resident Charles F Knowles Dies at 55
Charles F Knowles 55 a Big Hole basin resident for 50 years died at his brother's home near Wisdom Wednesday morning He was born October 10 1885 in Butte He was unmarried Survived by brothers James Gordon a Wisdom stepfather Cliff Simmons Hamilton two nieces and nephews Funeral services Friday at 2 pm in Wisdom with American Legion rites Interment Wisdom Cemetery
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Charles F. Knowles
Big Hole Basin
Wisdom
Butte
James
Gordon
Cliff Simmons
Hamilton
Brundage Funeral Home
American Legion
Wisdom Cemetery
Grass and Brush Fires Reported In Beaverhead National Forest
Firefighters battled grass and small timberland blazes in Montana. CCC crews from Whitehall camp controlled a 300 acre Sweetwater fire outside the forest reserve while another Whitehall crew rushed to Peet Creek in Centennial Valley to contain a second blaze amid dry conditions.
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Beaverhead National Forest
CCC
Public Lands
Whitehall
Sweetwater
Forest Reserve
Peet Creek
Centennial Valley
Beaverhead Colonization Unique In Montana History
Beaverhead County’s past is highlighted by its historic routes. Beaverhead Mining association and the Beaverhead Chapter DAR discuss forming a museum to preserve minerals and relics, showcasing the county’s role in Montana’s political and social history from Lewis and Clark to Vigilante days.
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Montana
W. B. Willey
Beaverhead
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead Valley
Lewis and Clark
Joseph
Father DeSmet
Brother van
Bishop Tuttle
Benton
Missouri
Teacher Injured In Train Collision At Rupert
Miss Elizabeth Shotwell principal of the Dillon primary school sustained serious injuries when the car she drove was struck by a train at a Rupert Idaho crossing Friday. She had a broken ankle and wrist a forehead gash several lacerations and bruises. no internal injuries were suspected.
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Elizabeth Shotwell
Dillon
Rupert
Idaho
Rush Jordan
Miss Shotwell
Rupert Hospital
Twin Falls
Kiwanis Club Seated Delegates and Plans Softball Tilt
Dillon Kiwanis held a regular meeting at the Trail cafe where delegates to the Kiwanis state convention in Glasgow were named. President Jack Barrett Carl Olson and W D Tovey slated as delegates with Harold Wheelbarger Kenneth Wheat and Dr F H Bimrose as alternates. Plans for two softball games against the Dillon Rotary and Butte Kiwanis were set with pep talks and a secret 5 am practice. A Dutch lunch at Firemen's hall for the Butte clash was approved with Kenneth Wheat D W Meyers Elmo Winn and Ott Vandegrift organizing. Frank Madden received thanks for uniforms as TF&F McFadden and Leonard Schulz joined a committee to promote Air Mail Week beginning Aug 17.
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Kiwanis Terrors
Dillon Rotary
Butte Kiwanis
Jack Barrett
Carl Olson
John McGraw
Connie Mack
Kiwanis
Butte Kiwanians
Kenneth Wheat
D. W. Meyers
Elmo Winn
Ott Vandegrift
Frank Madden
Tf&f
Burglars Hit Two Dillon Businesses Friday Night
Thieves burglarized Montana Auto Supply Barage and Electric and Variety store in Dillon. A Ford sedan was taken after failing to open the Montana Auto safe and was found Saturday damaged near a Lima viaduct. At Electric and Variety, about five dollars in cash and several knives were stolen. Entry was by sawing an iron chain and sliding down a coal chute. Authorities note prior burglaries yielded about 22 dollars in cash.
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Dillon
Montana Auto Supply Company Barage
Electric and Variety Store
Montana Auto Safe
Lima
Electric and
Heat Record Stars For Dillon As Thermometer Reaches 100
A new temperature mark was set Monday as the mercury hit 100 degrees, the highest of the summer, according to both the Normal college weather bureau and the Civil Aeronautics station east of the city. It followed three consecutive days of 90 plus heat with 93 Saturday and 96 Sunday. Cool nights persist with a 46 degree low recorded Saturday night.
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Normal College ‘Weather Bureau
Civil Aeronautics Station
Dillon
War talk at Dillon Rotary club on Canada and war
Gilbert Hilde spoke on wartime Canada at the Dillon Rotary meeting. He described travel rules, currency flows, and passport requirements, noting Canadians avoid war talk and a U S war stance may grow closer if Germany wins. New members Ben Davis C B Marsh joined. Rotary softball beat Kiwanians.
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Canada
Dillon Rotary Club
Gilbert, Hilde
Quebec
U. S
Hilde
Germany
United States
Hitler
England
East
New York World's Fair
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Ben Davis
C. B. Marsh
Jack Roberta
Conrad Orr
Rotary
Mrs. Ness Dies During Visit at Dillon Area
Christine Ness, 70, died Friday morning at her daughter’s home during a visit to Mrs. M B Herron near Dillon. Born October 9 1870 in Baldwin Wisconsin she moved to Montana in 1917 and lived in Big Sandy before residing with a daughter in Great Falls. Survived by two daughters Mr and Mrs M B Herron Dillon and Mr and Mrs W T Scott Great Falls a grandson Bobby Scarf of Muncie Indiana. Funeral held Saturday at Brundage chapel with Rev Leonard Thompson. Interment Mountain View cemetery.
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M. B. Herron
Lovell Lake
Dillon
Christine Ness
Baldwin
Wis
Montana
Sandy
Great Falls
W. T. Scott
Scott
Ness
Order of Eastern Star
Big Sandy
Bobby Scarf
Muncie
Ind
Brundage Chapel
Leonard Thompson
Lutheran Church
Mountain View Cemetery
College Scholarships Awarded For 1940 41 At Normal College
Normal College announces scholarships for the 1940 41 academic year. Senior scholar Paul Simons of Dillon and junior scholars Robert Frost of Lewistown Clarine Moore of Lolo Donald Kingery of Molese Shir Piper are named among the recipients exempting them from tuition.
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College
Normal College
Paul Simons
Dillon
Robert Frost
Lewistown
Clarine’ Moore
Lolo
Donald” Kingery
Molese
Shir Pier Er
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Blanche Carroll
Vigilante Electric
Kiwanians
Dillon Kiwanis Club
Trail Cafe
Glasgow
W. D. Tovey
Harold Wheelbarger
F. H. Bimrose
Mrs. Herron
Ilness
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