Companionship in Marriage and Public Policy
Arthur Brisbane surveys public affairs and social topics. He notes Coolidge’s talks with Labor leader William Green on soft coal prices and public welfare power to fix prices, compares wartime price fixing harms to farmers, and discusses Germany's League of Nations stance on protections for women workers. He mixes social commentary with brief notes on a proposed companionate marriage and public figures receiving recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
District Court Opens January Short Term With Robbery Cases
The coming term of the district court will be a short one with twelve cases set for trial, including two robberies. Jurors have been summoned and the term starts January 4, with the last case January 24. Civil cases fill ten of the calendar items, including several name defendants and mining firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Id Warfield
Frank Henderson
Burglars Take Cash From Local Lumber Office
Thieves broke into the Heaverhead Lumber Co. on South Montana Street last Thursday evening and opened the safe taking just over 34 dollars. No other items were disturbed. Entrance was via a side door. The same night a rifle, a shotgun and an automobile robe vanished from H. M. Brundage’s garage on Atlantic Street. Next morning the shotgun and robe were found in a car in the adjacent garage. No clues were left for either theft. In Honolulu, two coconut fiber caskets resembling Egyptian mummy cases hold the bones of King Liloa and his great grandson Lenoi kama, dating to A D 1500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaverhead Lumber Company
South Montana Street
H. M. Brundage
Atlantic Street
Robert Quackebush
Honolulu
Liloa
Hawaii
Lenoi-kama
Bishop Finnegan to Visit Dillon for Confirmation
Bishop George J. Finnegan of the Helena diocese will visit Dillon on Sunday December 11 to confirm about 100 St. Rose’s parishioners. He will celebrate 8 o’clock mass and distribute holy communion, with high mass at 10:30 by Rev. Walther Clifford. A public reception at St. Rose’s rectory follows 2 to 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Finnegan
Helena
Dillon
St. Rose’s Church
Walther Clifford
Lima
St. Rose’s
Frank Caskin
William Berry
Dave Sullivan
George Hughes Tops County Beef Steer Market
George Hughes sold a carload of steers from Horse Prairie averaging 1 160 pounds at $127 50 per head or $9 90 per hundred. Shipped from Armstead the cattle were called the finest bunch this season. About 12 000 head have been shipped from the county this fall and winter, netting growers around a million dollars as prices rise. Local commission men led by W S Tash and others handled most shipments to Los Angeles Portland Tacoma and coast markets. Nay Brothers posted the second best sale of the season. Continued on page eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orge Hughes
Prairie Ranch
Armstead
D. V. Erwin
W. S. Tash
George Ditty
H. B. Brown
B. W. Emerick
James Dodd
Charles Burden
Sam Ditty
Sam Freeman
Otto Schultz
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Nay Brothers
Bowlers Visit Butte Highlight Dillon Losses
Dillon teams visit Butte and lose two matches. Mudro grill beats Dillon city team 2857 to 2636. Betsy Ross rally edges City Baking 2408 to 2399.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Butte
Brundage
Dart
Vandegrift
J. Brundage
Ross
Mudro Grill
Betsy Ross
Arrest of Carl Harness After Beating Board Bill
Sheriff W C Orr arrested Carl Harness Monday evening as he alighted from the Butte bus and held for Undersheriff Oldhabert of Anaconda who came down Wednesday to take him back. Harness is charged with beating his board bill at an Anaconda hotel and also making away with a gold watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Orr
Carl Harness
Butte
Undersherif Oldhabert
Anaconda
Harness
Big Auction Sale of Livestock Soon
An auction sale to ranchers across the region will be held the afternoon of December 17 at the George Ditty ranch four miles south of town. 250 Hereford cattle 125 Shorthorn cattle 125 hogs and 15 horses will be offered in excellent condition with cattle sold in bunches to buyers. Clyde Moore is auctioneer and A G Williams serves as clerk. Sale starts promptly at 1 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ditty
Ditty
W. S. Tash
Clyde Moore
A. G. Williams
Frigid Beaverhead Valley Sees Record Low Temps
Beaverhead residents awoke to deep snow and a biting cold snap with temperatures plunging to 16 to 20 below in several areas. Cars froze overnight as two-day cold wave continued, four days earlier than last year, recalling Montana records set in December 1926 with barometer drops and subzero readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead Valley
Montana Auto Supply Company
Attendance Dell Won by Rotary Club
Dillon Rotary club members praised a record attendance for November at the Andrus hotel meeting. The club earned the bronze and gold chairman's award and a bell presented by Frank Hazelbaker, with a 95 percent attendance increase. Prof. Robert Clark and Rev. F. X. Leschner spoke, and Ralph McFadden played piano. Dr. William Root commented on thinking speed versus writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Rotary Club
Andrus Hotel
Dillon Club
Montanaotary Clubs
Frank Hazelbaker
Montana Club
Lee ‘McCracken
Robert Clark
The
Normal College
F. X. Leschner
Ralph McFadden
Two Local Men Witnesses in Butte Gambling Trials
The Rev. Irrnest E. B. Loft formerly of the local church and now at Cleveland Oklahoma is in Butte as a witness in gambling prosecutions. G. V. Welder a Dillon surveyor also testifies aiding Loft. Joseph ONeill was found guilty and fined $500 after a trial marked by sharp remarks from both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logal
Butte
Presbyterian Church
Cleveland
Oklahoma
G. V. Welder
Dillon Surveyor
Rev. Loft
Joseph O'Neill
Big Hole residents return from Chicago livestock expo
Mr and Mrs George Clemow came back Tuesday from the International Livestock exposition in Chicago as the only Beaverhead county residents noted. Clemow bought four purebred Hereford bulls to ship to his Big Hole ranch. Montana’s delegation of 185 performed well with first prizes in grain and record livestock success. A B Cook Townsend won world championship on a Hereford steer and Gardiner Anaconda earned top sheep honors. C Edison Smith Corvallis won the world winter wheat title and retained the Durum cup for a third straight year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Clemow
Chicago
Beaverhead County
Montana
A. B. Cook
Townsend
Mr. Gardiner
Anaconda
C. Edison Smith
Corvallis
Divorces Granted in Two District Court Actions
Judge Edgar J. Baker presided Tuesday in Emily Meine versus Charles Meine and granted the plaintiff a divorce. A decree filed Wednesday grants Luella Lane a divorce from Hiles P. Lane by Judge Lyman H. Bennet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar J. Baker
Lewistown
District Court
Emily Meine
Charles Meine
Baker
Luella Lane
Hiles P. Lane
Lyman H. Bennet
Melvyn Home Robbed Before Evening Curfew
Thieves entered Mrs. Martha Melvyn's west side home between six and nine Monday evening and ransacked several rooms. They took a small amount of cash and left valuables untouched, indicating a careful survey of the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Melvyn
Commissioners Plan Connection Of County And State Roads
Beaverhead county commissioners ordered county engineer George Metlen to secure rights of way and complete connecting the county and state highways. Work to start soon with about 600 feet on the north end and four miles on the south end. A December 5, 1927 meeting approved road and bridge plans and authorized inspections. bids for county physician were opened at $890.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Metlen
Metlen
Anderson
Beaverhead
Gosman
Redrock
Shaw
Biz Hole
Michael Hegerty
Mrs Ruth Ann Pyle Passes Away at Ranch Home
Mrs Ruth Ann Pyle longtime Grasshopper resident died Sunday evening at her ranch about 8 30 age seventy eight seven birthday would have December 26 born 1840 Illinois pioneer stock married 1864 to Marcellus Pyle Civil War lieutenant came to White Sulphur Springs 1884 then Beaverhead County 1897 survived by three sons and two daughters continuation noted on page four
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Ann Pyle
Grasshopper
Marcellus Pyle
Crane
Beaverhead County
Mr. Pyle
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Arthur Brisbane
OUR .Washington Holdings
Lindbergh and
Marie
Germany
Washington, D. C
White House
Capitol
Treasury
Uncle Sam
Christina
Ruth Elder
Intelligent Loew Company
Nicholas M. Schenck
Madame Curie
Northwestern___University
Lindbergh
Henry Ford
Queen Marie
Mussolini
Prince of Wales
Thompson
Edison
Tunney
al Smith
Babe Ruth
State of Montana
T.E. Gilbert
Ed Warfield
W. J. Cushing
T. KE. Gilbert
Frank Landon
Zetta Landon Carter
J. J. Kelly
S. P. Wilson
Matt Orr
Gilbert
Gilbert & Mcfadden
Louis Stahl
John Collins
Boston-Montana Mining Corp
Kremer
Jandeys & Kremer
A.m. Ii
al Widney
J.B. Kelly
Arevle Silver Mining Company
T. J. Davis
Ella May Talent
James R. Jackson
John Butala
W J. Cushing
Union Electric Company
D. F. Mooney
Matt Polish
John Polish
Henry C. Morris
J. Eo. Kelly
John M. Kambich
Charles EK
Avery
Cornelia Hardisty
Lumber CO
Finnegan
George Hughes
Rotary Club
William Root
University of Pittsburgh
FE. E. Loft
G Y. Elder
Butte Court
Rev
Irrnest EB. Loft
Onder
Big Hole
Big Hole Basin
Mrs. Clemow
Melvyn
Board of County Commissioners
A. L. Anderson
0. C. Gosman
Albert S. Baker
State of
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