Beaverhead County approves bids and reorganizes staff
Beaverhead County Commissioners met December 8 1919 approving last session minutes and rejecting declining bids for county poor farm groceries. They deferred county physician bids to January 5 1920 and opened road and school filings. A new land classification appointee and road changes were ordered with fencing costs and deed provisions. The payroll of December 2693 64 was approved with warrants to various vendors. A separate note mentions Ben Lugara a Mexican offender rejoicing about a state penitentiary sentence.
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Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead County
D. D. McKnight
J. E.shaw
O. M. Best
Vera M. Baker
Land Classified Board
Geo. R. Metler
Land Classification Board
W. E. Chapman
Pearl I. Smith
Jay S. Baker
Ben Lugara
Joseph C. Smith
Wyman
Dillon Soldier Reunites With Ghost of War After Soissons
In 1918 on the western front a Dillon man met a fellow Dillon soldier twice on stretchers. Believed dead, the friend later reappeared at home in Dillon revealing he had been wounded in the arm and gas exposure, then later listed as killed, before returning to his dry land farm.
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Dillon
Soissons
States
Snowbound roads opened by Fordson tractors in Beaverhead
A Fordson from Beaverhead Motor Co. bucked deep drifts to clear and open roads that were previously blocked by snow. Ranchers off main highways faced getting snowbound as winds piled up large drifts while old horse ploughs were replaced by the coughing tractor.
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Fordson
Beaverhead Motor Company
Householders Trim Rooms to Preserve Fuel Amid Troubled Times
Householders reduce living space by cutting off rarely used rooms and cut back on fires to save fuel during hard times. The strain reveals both prudent and harsh human responses as communities endure shortages and rationing measures.
Dances Reconsidered By Beaverhead Legion Post
Beaverhead Post met to decide on New Years Eve plans but fuel saving rules delayed any large dance. Other items included rink winter drive relief, club rooms improvements, and formation of committees to draft by laws and compile a county WWI service history for the public library.
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Beaverhead
General Winter
William Bucher
Beaverhead County
Blizzard Follows Brief Chinook Wind in Montana
A brief Chinook wind on Wednesday gave way to a fierce blizzard with strong winds and temperatures from 10 to 12 below zero. Snow drifts outside the city impede auto travel. Cold weather is forecast through the 17th amid ongoing record lows and storms in Montana since before Thanksgiving.
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Montana
Reduced Oregon Short Line passenger service hits Dillon
In line with a national fuel saving ruling trains 30 and 31 on the Oregon Short Line were pulled midnight last Monday leaving Dillon with one train each way every twenty four hours. The northbound arrives 2 35 a m and the southbound from Butte at 9 p m. All mail now arrives on two trains and is processed at once, boosting holiday mail flow and burying the post office under an avalanche of mail.
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United States
Oregon
Dillon Forms Fuel Board To Avert Coal Shortage
A Dillon municipal board of fuel administrators is organized with Frank A. Hazelbaker as chairman to cooperate with the Oregon Short Line in distributing coal. They ban dances, plan a municipal wood yard, and set inspections for coal grants while preparing drastic measures if conditions worsen.
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BR. A. Shewe
Oregon Short Line
Dillon
Frank A. Hazelbaker
F. M. Poindexter
Richard N. Cosgrove
A. F. Waldorf
Charles Nelson
Armstead
Wise River
Montana Southern
Divide
Horse Prairie
Hazelbaker
Tuberculosis Fight Expands Facilities Nationwide
The National Tuberculosis Association reports a fourfold rise in facilities over fourteen years, with 600 sanatoria housing about 50 000 beds and 500 clinics today. Open air schools grew to over 1000 by 1915 and Red Cross Christmas seals sales rose to 650 million this year, funding continued efforts despite 150 000 deaths and 1.2 million cases last year.
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National Tuberculosis Association
New York City
Red Cross
Orchestra Recital Pupils of L. A. Gregory to Perform
Pupils of L A Gregory will give an orchestral concert Tuesday evening December 16 at 8 30 at the training school auditorium. The program includes Overture Light Brigade The Pals Paraphrase on Annie Laurie You May and Star Spangled Banner among others. The public is invited with no admission charged.
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L. A. Gregory
Training School
Grace Little
Paul Judge
Lester Opp
Joseph Sprinkle
Ralph Cushing
Fred Staudaker
Earl Wheat
Jay Cosgrove
Donald Stone
Lee Stone
Nellie Little
Man Dies From Exposure Near Brenner’s Cabin
Coroner Brundage was notified this morning that a man died last night in a cabin near Brenner’s from exposure. Roads are impassable and the coroner cannot reach Horse Prairie for several days. The man’s identity is not known.
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Brundage
Brenner
Horse Prairie
James Murray Dies in Shoshone Idaho
Jim Murray longtime Dillon and Beaverhead county official dies of pneumonia in his McCloud hotel room in Shoshone Idaho. He leaves wife Montana and son Maurice with services set for Saturday at St James Episcopal church in Dillon.
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S’. J. Murray
Dillon
Beaverhead County
McCloud
Shoshone
Idaho
Miss Montana Murray
Maurice Murray
St. James Episcopal Church
Bennett
Thomas James Murray
Troy
South Shaftsbury
Ohio
Denver
Union Pacific
Manitoba Springs
Colo
Murray
O. I Morse
Minnie Miller
Maurice
Montana
Farlin
Wisdom
Metlen
J.B. Wheeler
Rutland
Vermont
George Murray
W. H. Murray
Bennington
Martin J. Murray
N. Y
Jim’ Murray
Coldest December in Montana Ends With Blizzards
Old timers recall record cold as Montana endures the coldest December yet with 42 degrees below zero in general areas and 52 below in the Big Hole basin. Heavy snow and winds hamper travel while Chinook warmth briefly appears before a northern blizzard intensifies. Forecasts warn the peak weather on the 17th with the worst conditions yet to come.
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Big Hole
Butte
Anaconda
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Watson Orchestra
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