Big Xmas Stock at Dillon Stores
A tour of Dillon shops reveals a wide holiday stock from practical to ornamental gifts. Kodaks, perfumes, toys, and records fill counters beside toilet articles, stationery, and rare finds. The Dillon Dry Goods Company emphasizes quality, while Toyland at Thomas Book Store offers pottery and stationery, and the Men's Store in Andrus Hotel showcases exclusive men’s apparel.
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Dillon
Dillon Dry
Thomas Book Store
Andrus Hotel
Tribune Book Store
Andrus Cigar Stand
Veil’s
I. C. McFadden
Terry’s
Andrus Fountain
Downtown shops stock a wide Christmas assortment
Merchants boast unusually large holiday stocks with Hughes & McCaleb and others offering toys from five cent balls to electric trains and Hoosier cabinets. Stores feature silverware art goods phonographs and a broad range of gifts for all the family as shoppers visit downtown outlets.
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Butte
Hughes & Mc Caleb
G.T. Paul
Christmas Sloan
Montana Auto Supply Company
Huber Bros
City Drug Company
Columbia
Eliel Brothers
Cold Wave Grips Dillon With Subzero Nights
Dillon endures subzero temperatures nightly though not the severest storms elsewhere. Snow totals rise to about two inches from a midweek storm while morning lows dip to 12 below zero. Nearby towns report record lows and rail service faces disruptions as residents busily note weather and travel impacts.
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Dillon
Miles City
Butte
Missoula
Anaconda
Aged Citizen Benjamin Bond Dies in Dillon
Benjamin Bond dies at his Dillon home after more than 40 years in Beaverhead County. Born July 31, 1887 in Richmond Indiana, he served in the Civil War then moved to Montana in 1881 and pursued civil engineering and county surveyor work. He leaves four daughters and one son, plus a grandson Eugene Bond. Funeral at St James Episcopal Church with interment in Mountain View Cemetery.
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Benjamin Bond
Kentucky Avenue
Beaverhead County
Mr. Bond
Richmond
Indiana
Iowa
Martha Burt
Bond
Montana
Dillon
W. Boucher
Hamilton
Fred Curtiss
Englewood
Calif
Phil O’donnell
Seattle
James Murray
Clifford Bond
Talent
Oregon
Eugene Bond
St. James Episcopal Church
T. H. Bennett
W. T. Scully
T. D. Moran
G. T. Paul
Brank [Kiel
Pearl S. Smith
Ed. Slack
Mountain View Cemetery
Boy Sentenced to Industrial School in Miles City
Frank James thirteen of Argenta was sent to the Miles City industrial school by Judge Joseph C. Smith. The judge harshly criticized the boy’s father, charged with cruelty, after the boy faced a petty larceny charge. The court ruled better treatment at the school than at home.
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Frank James
Argenta
Miles City
Joseph C. Smith
James
Smith
Bea verhead Beats Legion Five In Season Opener
Beaverhead defeats American Legion 35 to 16 in the first basketball game of the season at the local gym. Coach Williams has built a well drilled team with strong defense and teamwork. The Legion, former high school stars, showed promise and may improve to challenge the youths later. A Friday game against Twin Bridges was moved to Madison County for the Farmers and Stockmen's convention week.
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Beaverhead
American Legion
Williams
Dillon
Legion
Twin Bridges
Invaders
Madison County
Farmers’ and Stockmen
College Notes Adopts Curriculum Changes and Events
The faculty updates require six laboratory credits for students lacking science credit, and history rules stay aligned. New offerings include Education 20 on current popular psychology, a one credit course. Montana geography, one credit. and a quarterly Dramatics course. Miss Troxell heads institute work in Thompson Falls, while a Macey debate at general assembly featured a Cabinet Parliamentary topic with the negative side winning. An Education Week talk, American Legion remarks, a correspondence-study dinner, and an Edison-record fundraiser entertainment were reported with students, faculty, and attendees noted.
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Montana
Mr. Mackie
General Assembly
Sylvia Jelinek
Rebecca Carey
United States
Edythe Nelson
Truman Smith
Motorcyclist Narrowly Escapes Injury in City
Phillip Orr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Orr, was thrown from a motorcycle at Idaho and Morse streets after avoiding a turning car. He sustained mainly head and shoulder bruises and is recovering. The machine was undamaged. Also noted are Salvation Army fund efforts in zero weather, a surgery for Mr. Bidstrup, a flooded tennis court, a Kappa Zeta Nu reunion banquet, and Education Week activities at the Training School with speeches and musical numbers.
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Phillip Orr
Matthew Orr
Idaho
Morse Streets
Salvation Army
Kappa Zeta Nu
Rebecca Carey
Miss Russell
Carl Taylor
Dorothy Whitworth
Inez Martin
Mary Schoenborn
Jay Holtz
Dull
Russell
Spellman
Ragon
Nash
Leach
Miller
Albertson
MacGregor
Phillips
Christensen
Cluley
Clark
McCullough
Mackie
Delinquent Tax List For 1922 Reported As Near Complete
County Treasurer Miss Georgia Matthews reported that unpaid taxes for 1922 total about 27,953.68 dollars. Roughly 24,000 dollars stem from the Big Hole Irrigation district unpaid for six years leaving about 4,000 dollars for the rest of the county. Total collected to date is about 360,000 dollars, compared with 370,104.35 last year. The drop is linked to reclassification from class Five to class Six reducing valuation. Last year’s delinquent total was higher by about 3,000 dollars at 29,963.29.
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Georgia Matthews
Roads Blocked by Snow Drifts Stringent County
High winds last weekend piled three foot drifts across county roads blocking routes. Benches suffered worst, valley roads also obstructed until shoveling cleared paths. Crusting ice later made drifts harder but traffic reopened after two to three days.
Hog rustling reported near ranch south west of city
George Ditty, a local rancher, found eight of his sixty two hogs butchered and stolen from the pasture last Saturday. Evidence shows shotgun kills and buckshot wounds on remaining hogs. carcasses were hauled away by car with tracks in the snow. No arrests yet as investigators seek clues.
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George Ditty
Travelers Proceed Toward California On A Car Trip
P. T. Scott of Armstead began his trek Tuesday driving to California and planned to ship the car from Lima to Duboise Idaho where his mother would meet him for the rest of the trip by road. Duke Gist plans to leave soon for Long Beach California to join his wife and daughter who are wintering there for health reasons.
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P. T. Scott
Armstead
California
Lima
Duboise
Idaho
Duke Gist
Long Beach
Calif
Mrs. Gist
Birth Announcement for Deputy Daughter
A daughter was born Friday December 8 to Mr and Mrs Jack Deputy. The family is reported to be delighted with the new arrival.
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Jack Deputy
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Department of the Postal Service
Sam
W. B. Randolph
Salmon, Idaho
Fred Randolph
H. D.weenink
Mrs. Pelzer
Iown City
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Evening
City
Beaverhead Quintet
ANNEX
Normal College Notes
Margaret Lennon
Benjamin
Edison Records
Robert Bidstrup
Mr. Bidstrup
George McDonald
Frederick Krause
Leonard Schulz
Marine Webster
Curry
Beaverhead Post
Jack Maher
Jane Solo
Myrna Simpson Reading
Emily Buckner
Irene McFadden Stunt
Pf Een Aetehe Sg
Cmine Od Soe Ag
Whistling
Ruth Blumer Reading
Myra Simpson
Nettie Porter
Maurine Desmond
Mamma
Paddy
Maddy
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