Curfew Enforcement Advances In Dillon City Council
Dillon council acts to enforce a curfew for youths under 16 after 8 or 9 pm depending on season. It backs strict penalties and urges parental cooperation. Newsboys on the depot platform discussed with A B Hoffman and railroad officials. City hall plans proposed by Fred F Willson of Butte with Leon ard Eliel offering ground if wall use allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selway
Anderson
Stoller
McCaleb
Gilbert
Holtz
Eliel
Sylvester Hirschman
T. J. Murray
Snyder & Farley
A. B. Hoffman
Dillon
Hoffman
Gray's
Ellil
Butte
Gilbert and Holtz
Fred F. Willson
Bozeman
P. P. Vreeland
Willson Company
Idaho
Center Street
Leonard Eliel
Montana Big Game Season Closes December First
Montana hunters faced a closed season after December 1 with deer and elk illegal to hunt. State Game Warden DeHart warned against lingering in the field to chase game, noting the law covers October 1 to December 1. Beaverhead County reported strong deer hunting around Medicine Ledge, while elk were scarce. Dillon parties, including a six‑man group, bagged ten deer in three days. Local youths Frank Beehrer and Edgar Rife and residents Mrs. Sam Freeman and Miss Clara Adams also claimed game. Frank Blair earned the distinction of the season’s last deer at Dutchman’s Canyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
DeHart
Beaverhead
Medicine Ledge
Dillon
Frank Beehrer
Edgar Rife
Sam Freeman
Clara Adams
Frank Blair
Blair
Dutchman's Canyon
Elks From Dillon Visit Virginia City Lodge
A Dillon contingent traveled to Virginia City for a lodge initiation with three local candidates. Attending Elks included Roy Murray Will Ferris Martin Sorenson John S Baker W W Jameson Monte Kay Sheriff D W Irwin and others. Travel times noted were 1 hour 52 minutes one way and two hours return amid good roads and light snow. Virginia City lodge plans memorial services next Sunday with Governor Stewart addressing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia City
Elk's
Dillon
Roy Murray
Montana Auto Supply Company
Will Ferris
Martin Sorenson
Graeter Grocery Company
John S. Baker
W. W. Jameson
First National Bank
Monte Kay
Golden Rule
D. W. Irwin
Irwin
Orphan's Home
Fessenden
Willcomb
Laurin
Stewart
County Commissioners Discuss Darby to Wisdom Road Plan
The Beaverhead county commissioners, led by H C Patterson and C W Francis, meet to review the Darby to Wisdom road project and funding. They consider raising 2000 to complete the route, pending federal forest service funds and a bridge bid review trip to Terre Haute Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ional Forest
Darby
Ravalli
Wisdom
Beaverhead
Forest Service Department
Darby-Big Hole
Forest Service
Madison County
Beaverhead County
Terre Haute
Indiana
Disorderly Court Session In Dillon Case Involving Multiracial Defendants
In Dillon last Tuesday a cosmopolitan crowd filled the justice court for two disturbances and a third degree assault case. Rilla, a colored woman, pleaded guilty to a disturbance and alcohol use, with the judge suspending sentence after 24 hours. W H Bell, charged with disturbance, pleaded not guilty. trial set for December 12. Lee Schang, a Chinaman, faced third degree assault. venue moved to Judge Stahl's court amid tense testimony and pidgin English exchanges.
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Justice Court
Court House
W. H. Bell
Billa Staples
Bell
Rilla
Roy S. Stephenson
Dillon
A. A. Kenison
Lee Schang
Schang
Wah Lee
Scang
Chinaman Fined for Knife Assault in Chinatown Case
Wah Lee sought 14 95 after a death. In a Chinatown home a quarrel with Schang over the bill led to a knife threat. Schang was found guilty by Judge Stahl and fined 25 dollars. seven Chinamen in court did not wear cues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wah Lee
Schang
Chinatown
Roy S. Stephenson
Funeral for Harry T Poindexter Held at Cottonwoods
Funeral services for Harry T Poindexter were held last Monday at three at the Cottonwoods home. Archdeacon Sidney Hooker of Helena led the service. An octet performed Nearer My God to Thee and Jesus Lover of My Soul. Casket, flowers, and pallbearers Ernest Orr and family escorted the remains to Poindexter cemetery. Out of town relatives attended from Missoula Tucson Butte Seattle and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry T. Poindexter
Cottonwoods
Poindexter
Sidney LD. Hooker
Helena
I. D. Wits
C. W. Scott
M. T. Lougheed
George Batts
John Alvord
George M. Melton
Joseph C. Smith
Jesus
Mrs. Scott
Ernest Orr
Charles Orr
Mathew Orr
William Orr
Bert Orr
John Orr
Philip Poindexter
Hooker
Frank Cooney
Missoula
Stroup
Town
C. H. McHenry
June McHenry
Tucson
Arizona
W. Hardcastle
Butte
B. A. Tower
Walter Poindexter
Leon
W. W. Kingsbury
J. B. McKinney
Seattle, Wash
Henry Sappington
Sappington
When Is a Deer Not a Deer This Winter
County attorney weighs deer fate as wardens present two hides and part carcass from Bannack. Wardens believe fawns though ages disputed and heads missing. Beav erhead county reports one hunting season death and 14 state game law convictions, plus a 15-year-old gunshot death in Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Carney
Charles Martin
Bannack
Office of State Game
DeHart
Montana
Beaverhead
Leslie Dodds
Butte
Man given 90 days for third degree assault in Montana saloon
J. S. Jones was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail after pleading guilty to third degree assault for knocking Kesner to the floor and kicking him at the Montana saloon on Thanksgiving day. Kesner suffered a broken lower jaw and severe facial injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Jones
James Kesner
Montana
Montana Street
A. A. Kenison
Justice Court
Jones
Kesner
Hogan's Alley
Roy
Stephenson
Kenison
D. J. Barton
H. C. Webster
Center Street
Justice of the Peace
Louis Stahl
Webster
Barton
Helena Street
West Side Beaverhead Telephone Company Formed
At a meeting in the Nelson school house last Tuesday night the West Side Beaverhead Telephone company was organized with C. W. Conger as secretary treasurer and Theodore Nelson Nels P. Nelson I. F. Hunsaker and James P. Murray as directors. All directors are ranchers and users of telephones. The company plans to take over and extend an existing line to double the number of subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson School House
West Side
Beaverhead Telephone Company
C. W.conger
Theodore Nelson
Nels P. Nelson
C. W. Conger
I. F. Hunsaker
James P. Murray
Dillon Man Surrenders to Seek Parole and Penitentiary
William Kirkpatrick of Dillon turned himself in at the city jail and awaits Parole Officer J E Clifford. He confessed he cannot quit drinking and said he was sentenced to two years for grand larceny in Dillon last September but was paroled on good behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kirkpatrick
Dillon
J. E. Clifford
Ambrose
Kirkpatrick
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William Chapman
G. R. Metlen
Chapman
Pease
Elks Motor
Virginia City City
Donnell
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
H. C. Patterson
Dell
C. W. Francis
Forest Department of
F. A. Silecox
G. Bonner
Wyman
Lee Chang
Stahl
George Melton
Robison & Gilbert
Carney and
Martin
WN CO
Wm. Kessner
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