Looking Backwards Forty-Two Years From Dillon Tribune
From the Dillon Tribune August 19 1882 Horace T Brown of the Butte Miner was defeated in a rough battle at Denver by John Paul Bocock a Virginia pilgrim employed by the Miner Publishing company The piece notes Searles warning of personal responsibility Father Searles a California fighter vows to act For Dillon a new Baptist church rises at Helena local agricultural machinery sales remain brisk with John W Lowells house selling 70000 worth this summer Beaverhead county farm products praised J A Barbour shows superior vegetables proving valley could become a garden The piece also notes Dillon lacks fire protection as the town grows and new buildings rise
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Horace T. Brown
Butte
Denver
John Paul Bocock
Virginia
Miner Publishing Company
Brownie
Daniel Searles
Bocock
Searles
California
Law
Beaverhead County
J. A. Barbour
Instes
Ryan’s Canyon
Beaverhead Valley
Town debates fire protection and water supply options
The piece urges citizens to fund a fire engine and ladders and to organize fire companies. It notes water availability from irrigation ditches and wells as a winter or year round supply. It also mentions party nominations in the county and a large turnout for a schoolhouse performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin by the J Rial Company.
Cowboys lash sheep and a bevy of notes in 1896 Dillon
From the Dillon Tribune August 21 1896 a Sage Creek cowboys party allegedly lariated Tom Haw sheep and tied them to sage brush. Other items include the Callicotte company closing envagement with Uncle Tom's Cabin a Bryan speech on the News Company's phonograph and Beaverhead County racing challenges by W M Neagle with stakes up to $100 at the county fair.
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Sage Creek
Tom Haw
Sage Brush
Bryan
Dillon News Company
Beaverhead
W. M. Neagle
Dillon
Madison
Lemhi
Fires Rage Across Beaverhead Ten Days In 1910
The Dillon Tribune notes three fires in Beaverhead over the past ten days. Two eruptions occurred in the Big Hole basin near Fox four miles east, with Frank Harlbaker reporting vast timber loss from the blazes.
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Beaverhead
Big Hole
Frank Harlbaker
Fox
Large Brush Fires Rage Across State Amid Destruction
A broad fire outbreak looms with another blaze nine miles west of Jackson while Amador is reported wiped out. A painful accident injures Tom Gilbert after a ball game when a ball bounces and hits him on the nose. Curtiss, famed aviator from New York, will perform daily airplane flights at the State Fair in Helena.
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Jackson
State
Amador
Tom Gilbert
Jay Holtz
Tom
Curtiss
New York
Helena
Real Estate Transfers from Beaverhead Abstract Week Ending August 16 1924
Transfers recorded in the Beaverhead Abstract Company title books for the week ending August 16 1924 list properties conveyed by various owners to new purchasers. This weekly record notes grantors grantees and locations within the Beaverhead area with standard conveyance details.
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The
Beaverhead Abstract Company
Land and deed records from Dillon Montana listing various transfers
U S patents to Bertellow W Megquier for 820 acres on a Dillon beach near Apex show ownership transfers. Warranty deeds include Norman J Voelker to Lindley B Phillips for 112 lots on North Washington in Dillon, Nellie D Webster to E R Gleed for two tracts in Peats subdivision, Zephaniah B Yeaman to Sarah J Yeaman for seven lots in P and O addition, Eudora D Weenink to Grover C Featheroff for 320 acres west of Dillon, and a 160 acre quitclaim from William T Inch to Fay Gransberry near Brown's Station on Rock Creek. Bargain Sale Deed records Estella K Smith to Jennie R Love for part of a lot in Sladers subdivision. Decree of Distribution grants 951 acres in Centennial valley to Alice A Woodworth, widow of John E Woodworth. Representation of Bonnie Doon lode claim by L J Swanson in Bald Mountain district. Certificate filed to Southern Montana Abstract and Title Company.
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Norman J. Voelker
Lindley B. Phillips
Washington Street
Dillon
Montana
Nellie D. Webster
E. R. Gleed
Peat’s
Lima
Zephianiaah B. Yeaman
Sarah J. Yeaman
Eudora D
Weenink
John E. Woodworth
Alice A. Woodworth
Centennial Valley
L. J. Swanson
Bonnie Doon Lode
Bald Mountain
Southern Montana Abstract and Title Company
Vegetarian Courtship Note from Gardener Burdick
Benjamin Burdick a produce dealer shared a playful love note to his bride to be. He writes My Sweet Pootie can you learn to carrot all for me My heart beats for you the apple of my eye Lettuce marry and be a happy pearl after a long wait.
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Benjamin Burdick
Early Risers Lost Motorist Knocks At Farm Door
A lost motorist knocks at a farmhouse at three in the morning seeking Warmer's husband. The farmer's wife replies she has not seen him since breakfast and that he is out around the farm.
Contracts Let for Concrete Sidewalks and City Sewers
Contracts are let for concrete sidewalks and for city sewers in Libby. The awarding process proceeds to advance public works and improve municipal infrastructure.
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Libby
Linderman for Senator Platform Emphasizes Party Roots
The candidate declines individual platforms, pledges to uphold the Republican national platform, aims to reduce taxes assist farmers and safeguard borders under new immigration law, and seeks a return to old-time Americanism. Circulated by Linderman for Senator Club led by W. R. Hopkins.
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Republican Party
Linderman For Senator Club
W. R.hopkins
Quipely Odd Exchange From The Family Parlor
In a humorous exchange a visitor admires a girl named Dorothy and asks about her future plans. Dorothy answers with a witty reply that she will pursue a diet when she grows up, shifting the conversation to playful lightness.
A Sporty Course on the Lynx Golf Links
Sam and Pete head to the lynx for a playful golf outing. The dialogue hints at a lighthearted bug and sport themed excursion with friends enjoying casual rounds.
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Flea
Sam
Pete
The
Lynx
Rankin Leading All Candidates in Montana Primary
Attorney General Rankin leads all rivals in every Montana county and is expected to win the Republican nomination for the United States Senate. He hails from a Montana ranch, serves in the American Legion, presides over the Helena Bar Association, and has a long record as attorney general and trial lawyer.
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Rankin
United States Senate
Montana
American Legion
Helena Bar Association
State Board of Law Examiners
Supreme Court
Calvin Coolidge
Republican Party
Senator Club
George W. Lanstrum
Sam D. Goza
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dillon Tribune
John W. Lowell
Albert Huet
Prospect St
South Manchester
Conn
Thad
Theaverhead County
J. Rial Company
Callicotte Company
Enerson Slack
Patterson
Upper Blacktail
McGinty’s
Adv
Alf Decker
Bedrock
Sheriff
Neagle
Emile
Argenta
Edward McCullough
Sue
Maggie Young
Smith
Lindy
U. S
Bertellow
W. Megquier
Apex
Estella K. Smith
Jennie R. Love
Sladers
United States
F. H. Bimrose
Frank B. Linderman
U. S. Senate
City Drug CO
Dillon, Montana
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