Suicide at Beaverhead sheep camp ends in death
Adolph Butler, a long time Beaverhead county sheepherder, died Saturday morning from a self inflicted gunshot at a sheep camp near Big ham Creek south of Lima. Under Sheriff A C Gruell and coroner Dr L C Ford investigated. Butler had used a Mauser 363 automatic pistol. The body was sent to Lima for burial after a brother arrived from Utah.
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Sheriff's Office
Henry Thompson
A. C. Gruell
Lima
L. C. Ford
Bigham Creek
Adolph Butler
Ed. Keehan
Camptender
Elsie
Boss
Butler
Messrs
Keehan
Beaverhead
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Death of Blanche Selway Alger Honored Local Figure
State Senator E O Selway reports the death of Blanche Selway Alger in East St Louis from typhoid fever. The popular Dillon native, born July 7 1874, leaves husband L B Alger and three daughters Florence Virginia and another, with two children sick. Funeral held in East St Louis.
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E. O. Selway
Mr. Alger
East St. Louis
Blanche Selway-Alger
Mr. Selway
College of Montana
Deer Lodge
Chicago
Albion
Michigan
L. B. Alger
Alger
Florence
Virginia
Civil service exam planned for Dillon clerks and carriers
The U S civil service commission schedules an examination on September 10 1910 for clerk and carrier in the Dillon post office. Qualified applicants are urged to apply and file by September 6 1910 with the district secretary in Seattle. Invitations earlier announced for two events by Mesdames Richardson and Wedum include a card party this Saturday and a Kensington gathering next Monday.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Dillon
Commission
Eleventh Civil Service District
Seattle
Washington
Mesdames Richardson
Wedum
Kensington
Republicans Call County Convention in Dillon
The Republican County Central Committee met to call a county convention on September 12 in Dillon to select delegates and alternates for the state Republican convention in Missoula on September 15. W A Jones chaired with H G Rodgers secretary as the meeting drew the largest attendance yet and aimed to nominate candidates for county offices.
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Republican County Central Committee
Missoula
W. A. Jones
Central Committee
H. G. Rodgers
Would-Be Dillon Robber Edward Smith Pleads Not Guilty
Edward Smith, claiming true name, pleads not guilty to first degree assault and arson in a Dillon court. He sits injured and limp, transported by sheriff, as identity and ties to outlaw Bill Haney are investigated. Witness Frank Deahm from Los Angeles weighs Haney resemblance and horse ownership linked to Dan Haney.
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Edward Smith
Dillon
Poindexter
W. 5. Barbour
Portland
Ore
Barbour
Gosman
Erwin
Charles Smith
A. J. Breda
Patterson Barn
Bill Haney
Frank Deahm
Los Angeles
Canadian Field Detective Agency
Deahm
Haney
Dan Haney
British Columbia
Bill
Canada
Beaverhead County High School Opens Eleventh Year Courses for Older Students
Beaverhead County High School begins its eleventh year on Tuesday September 6 at 9 am with assembly and registration. A new two year course in agriculture for older boys will run alongside the four year program. Existing domestic science and commercial tracks continue, and three college preparatory options are offered. The teaching staff includes Principal Leon R Foote and assistants Miss Catherine Paxton, W E Phillips, Miss Edith McDowell, Miss Anne Ogden Johnson, R G Carr, and M M Mackinder.
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Beaverhead County
Leon R. Foote
Catherine Paxton
W. E. Phillips
Edith McDowell
Anne Ogden Johnson
R. G. Carr
M. M. Mackinder
The Big Church Built by Women to a Costy Note
A poem praising a large church built with money from deacons and the Ladies' Aid Society. It details gifts of an organ and furnishings and notes the financial burden on women while men avoid toil. The author Margaret Brooks laments women bear most labor and cost.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Margaret Brooks
Prison Board Plans Convict Labor Expansion
The Montana Prison Board announces it will employ convicts outside walls in a convention message to the State Federation of Labor in Great Falls. It lists four primary roles: building permanent tonnage highways with private inputs, growing subsistence vegetables, producing materials for prison buildings, and construction of prison facilities. The board emphasizes no use of convicts that would hinder free labor. The communication continues on Page Three.
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Great Falls
Montana State Federation of Labor
State Board of Prison Commissioners
County Fair Announces Revised Premium List and Dates
The county fair issues a revised premium list with over 350 exhibit premiums and special round trip railroad rates to Dillon. Four days run October 4 through 7 after harvest, with division superintendents named and entry procedures urged for exhibitors.
Repairing Road Toward Dillon by County Road Machine
The county commissioners road machine for district No. 5 operates on the Dillon road between Pageville and the Point of Rocks. L A Thompson's gasoline traction engine powers it with excellent results. Immediate road condition after the work may be rough but will improve over time.
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County Commissioners
Dillon Road
Pageville
Point of Rocks
L. A. Thompson
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Adolph Bts
Blanche Sglay Alger
John R. Selway
Dllon
Seth
Dan Hsney
Charles Grant
George Jewell
Dan
Blacktail Creek
Corps of Teachers
Prison Board
Labor Union
The
Fair Association
Carruthers
George Baker
Wm. Reid
Frank Landon
C. W. Brown
Charles W. Conger
Norman E. Holden
A. S. Rife
A. L. Anderson
J. W. Scott
Bertha Huber
L. R. Foote
L. D. Tibbetts
C. W. Robison
J. F. Bishop
Pearl I, Smith
Oregon
Monida
Williams
Dell
Crab Tree
Bedrock
Armstead
Grayling
Apex
Glen
Melrose
Association
Madison County
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