Midnight Raid Nets Gambling Paraphernalia In Dillon
County Attorney Melton and Sheriff Duke Gist led a late Monday raid on gambling dens in Dillon. Deputies confiscated chips, cards, table and money from three locations including Sing Lee cabin, Centennial saloon back room, and Cahill above Silver Dollar. Butler and Froman appeared before Justice Hirschman on Tuesday. Butler claimed Calgary origin and ignorance of penalties, pleading guilty but facing non pocketable fines.
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Melton
Duke Gist
Dillon
Sheriff Gist
Wm, Callaway
George Stimpson
Frank Sharkey
Sing Lee Cabin
Sharkey and
Stimpson
Gist
Callaway
Iere
Cahill
Silver Dollar
Joseph Butter
Sheriff's Office
Butler
Froman
Justice Hirschman
Calgary
Canada
P. & Q. Company
Mrs. W. A. Jones Found Dead in Los Angeles
Dillon mourns prominent Dillon woman Mrs. W. A. Jones found dead in her room at the Schermerhorn Inn Los Angeles. She suffered neuralgia headaches before death and was married to Mr. Jones once Beaverhead county clerk. The community reveres her as a devout Episcopalian and moral example.
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W. A. Jones
Los Angeles
California
Dillon
Tribune
Daily
Jones
Schermerhorn Inn
Tie
Salt Lake City
Lizzie Jones
Boise
Idaho
Mrs. Jones
Cambridge
Ohio
Delia Donahay
South Dakota
Minneapolis
Beaverhead
Imeniler
St. James Episcopal Church
Old-Timer William Stevenson Killed in Dillon Runaway
The Dillon community mourns following the death of William Stevenson a 65 year old meat wagon driver for Tash and Lenkersdorfer killed in a runaway near the Montana street hydrant. He had worked mining camps across Southern Montana and lived in Dillon since the early 1900s.
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Montana
Dillon
Jesse Tuffield
Thomas Flynn
Frank Bradley
Idaho
William Stevenson
Tash & Lenkersdorfer
Stevenson
John Lenkersdorfer
Rife Street
Montana Street
Sebree
Missouri
Yankton
S. C
Fort Benton
Butte
Glendale
Hecla
Bannack
Rochester
Utopia
Blue Wing
Grasshopper
Dixon Seeks Park Status for Big Hole Battlefield
Senator Dixon writes to Editor of the Tribune in Dillon Montana about reserving the Big Hole battlefield from settlement as a national park. He notes land entries as desert land claims and discusses a 1902 War Department monument plan with $800 cost and a proposed $1,200 fence. He offers to help obtain funding and asks about current monument conditions and land ownership to secure title in federal or state hands.
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United States Senate
Tribune
Dillon
Montana
Big Hole
General Land Office
Secretary of War
S.R
Root
Big Hole Battle Ground
State Historical Society
Jos. M. Dixon
Preservation of Big Hole battlefield urged by Dixon and locals
Montana Senator Joseph M. Dixon urges congressional appropriation to protect the Big Hole battlefield and monument. Dillon Tribune backs the move, noting snow delays and ongoing efforts by Supervisor C K Wyman and veteran Captain Robert Moore. Judge Lew L. Callaway also endorses designating the site as a national park to honor Nez Perce era sacrifices.
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Joseph M. Dixon
Montana
United States
Dixon
Big Hole
the Tribune
Congress
Wyman
Robert Moore
Butte Miner
Doub
C.K. Wyman
Lew L. Callaway
Big Hole Battle Field
Virginia City
Mont
C. K. Wyman
Dillon
Dillon Tribune
Northwest
Nez Perces
Logan
Bradley
Lew L. Cattaway
Christmas Programs At Dillon Churches
Dillon churches prepare festive Christmas programs with Sunday school children rehearsing for weeks. Next week the Presbyterian Church will present a morning program on December 22 featuring Voluntary Postludium in C Doxology Invocation responses and hymns including Joy to the World with scripture on the birth of Christ.
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Presbyterian Church
C. Doxology
J. Lemmens
Birht of Christ
Union mob in Butte defies federal injunction
In Butte on December 17 a large mob abducted six Rocky Mountain Bell linemen, forcing them to walk out of town while scaring them with threats of hanging from poles. The action occurred as unions denounced Judge Hunt's injunction against boycotts. Roy Davids was fined for stealing gloves, and a correction for district court terms was published. Mrs. I N Swain returned from Denver after a weeks visit.
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Butte
United States Court
Hunt
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
George R. Armstrong
Telephone Company
Rocker
Federal Court
Bell
Roy Davids
J. L. Hall
Gracter
Davids
Wall
Hirschman
the Tribune
Sub Stations Backed By Beaverhead County Leaders
Beaverhead county interest in agricultural work at Beaverhead County High School grows as plans for experimental plots advance. Prof L R Foote argues Montana needs county stations under Bozeman, linking farmer needs with school leadership to boost crop selection and land reclamation while extending county benefits. Continued on Page Three.
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Beaverhead County
L. R. Foote
Foote
Montana
Gallatin
Viley
Bozeman
Beaverhead
Thoughtful work of Josephus Rich marks old soldiers in Beaverhead
Josephus Rich adjutant of Steadman Post No 81 G A R leads effort to mark unmarked graves in Beaverhead County with neat headstones. He coordinated with C F Humphrey US Army quartermaster general to obtain stones, asking residents to supply full names, company and regiment for remaining graves to be commemorated.
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Josephus Rich
Steadman Post
Beaverhead County
Mr. Rich
Rich
Tribune
Beaverhead
Headstones for Dead Veterans Honor Draftees in Dillon
Old soldiers in Dillon rally to mark graves of Civil War and frontier fallen. Nine headstones arrive for veterans at Mountain View and Bannack cemeteries, to be set in spring with cement. credit to Mr. Rich for the effort. Names and regiments include O Connor, McClusky, Page, Scott, Keerner, Driscoll, Dengler, Avery, White, with death years ranging 1892 to 1906.
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Rich
Mountain View
T. M. O’connor
U. S. Infantry
John McClusky
First
Nevada Cavalry
J. F. Page
Missouri Infantry
George B. Scott
Pennsylvania Infantry
Phillip Keerner
Wm. Driscoll
New York
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Cood
Nation’s Capitol
Washington
Killmore
Daniel Webster
Sen. Dixon
Dillon Churches
Mien
Smoky City
Judge Hunt
Agricultural Department
Josgsephus Rich
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