Beaverhead County Year in Review 1923 Highlights and Prospects
The Tribune chronicles a year of improving local conditions in Beaverhead County with events from community activities to honors and milestones. Highlights include the Knights Templar Conclave, the 1924 State Livestock Association convention, President Harding’s visit and death impact, a $260000 college building appropriation, and the opening of Beaverhead Motors. Also noted are Legion minstrel shows, Firemen events, high school carnivals, Armistice Day, Market Week, and assorted entertainments that shaped the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Knights Templar
State Livestock Association
Beaverhead
Harding
Normal College
Dillon
Beaverhead Motors
D. A. Galt
Legion
Firemen
Beaverhead Chronology Highlights Local Happenings in 1923
Beaverhead County events span commission meetings electing A L Anderson as chairman to sheriffing actions, flood of civic notes, school activities, fire incidents, and community efforts. Notable items include a 500 gallon still seized near Six-bit Gulch, Beaverhead Transmission line plans, N P construction stories, and local Rotary and Legion events.
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A. L. Anderson
Kellum and
Ross
Dillon
g.—Department Adjutant Co
CG. Lamport
American Legion
Legion Meeting
Fire Department
I. 0. C. F. Hall
Beaverhead Transmission Company
Sheridan
Union’ Electric Company
Good Government Club
New Year Resolve Urges Do Not Acknowledge Limits
A reflective column urges starting the new year with enthusiasm and personal initiative. It argues education and opportunity are universal rights, and calls readers to adopt do rather than don t resolutions to avoid future regret.
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Emerson
Montana Wheat Best In World
Prof Clyde McKee of Montana State College told the Bozeman Kiwanis club that Montana leads in grade No 1 gram and commands higher Minneapolis premiums than any state. He cited Chicago International show prizes as evidence and urged statewide publication of the figures.
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Bozeman
Mont
Montana
Minneapolis
Chicago
Culling Demonstration at Frank Bell Ranch
Thirty ranchers from Bond and Apex attended a poultry culling demonstration and lecture by E Yale Waterman at Frank P Bell’s ranch last Saturday. About 500 chickens were culled before dinner. Key point noted pigment loss in beak, legs and around the eyes signals laying activity, with deeper color indicating lower laying.
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Bond
Apex
Frank P. Bell
E. Yale Waterman
Dry Beach Crop Wins Second Prize in Montana District
A. J. Faust earns second prize in the Montana Development Association southern district dryland summer tillage contest. The winning average yield is 89.65 bushels per acre across participating clubs including Big Timber Billings Broadview Columbus Custer Dillon Fairview Forsyth Glendive Hysham Laurel Miles City Pompeys Pillar Rapelje Reed Point Sidney Terry Toluca Wibaux and Wilsall. Local farmers hail the result as a marker for viable summer tillage on dry lands.
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A. J. Faust
Montana Development Association
Big Timber
Billings
Broadview
Columbus
Custer
Dillon
Fairview
Forsyth
Glendive
Hysham
Laurel
Miles City
Pompey’s Pillar
Rapelje
Reed Point
Sidney
Terry
Toluca
Wibaux
Wilsall
Foul Plagued Opener Sets Beavers Up Victory Over Sheridan
Beaver head high squint edged Sheridan scholastics 24 to 15 as repeated fouls widened the margin in a tight season opener. Cashmore led locals with 15 points while Sheridan rallied in the first half to a 14 all tie. Midgets from both schools played the curtain-raiser.
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Beaverhead High
Squint
Sheridan
Madisonians
Cashmore
Births Deaths and Marriages for 1923 Fewer Than Year Ago
County records show 95 births 55 deaths and 68 marriages in 1923 down from 99 80 and 79 in 1922. Births favor boys 48 to 47 with September a peak month. Licenses issued 68 so far 1923 vs 79 in 1922. July had 10 licenses. Mortality highest in April and October with nine deaths. List of couples with residence and hometowns follows.
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the Tribune
Cupid
W. FE. Stephenson
Dan
Beaverhead County
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Washington
Bannack
Elk Initiation
Virginia City
N. P
County General School Fund
Wisdom Theater
Union Electric Plant
Smith
M. A. Brannon
Rotary Club
Rotary
Beaverhead Quint
Butte Central
Anaconda
Tom Olmstead
University of Idaho Glee Club
Phillips
Henry IF
Page
Cabin
Lakeview
Anglers
State Sportsmen’s Association
Montana Wesleyan
Legion Minstrels
Red & Gun Club
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Montana Wheat
Frank Bell Ranch
Faust
Gift Line
Percy R. Gregory
Butte
Frances la Londe
Tony Criswell
Alice Find Vickers
James D. Peterson
Frances Grandall
J. W. Flynn
Idaho
Amelia Jeffs
Idaho Falls
John W. Cook
Grace Burley
Firth
T. W. Tillotson
Lemhi
Ida
Selah J. Massey
Frank Lajsunesse
Pocatello
Grace Miller
Charles I. Sannter
Nettie B. Kelso
Lynn M. Nye
Minnie E. Bentley
Earl W. Opp
Blanche Garland
Eric Nagle
Hilda Kaine
Great Falls
Wilbur C. Whiting
Twin Bridges
Carrie Leach
George W. Mikesell
Dubois
Oda Williams
Driggs
Major G. Atkin
Mary Hawkley
Earl T. Denny
Minnie W. Wemple
Patrick C. Smith
Chimererks
Edith O. Prouse
Charles L. Booth
Shoup
Elva H
Dorothy Perry
Richard E. Porter
Alice Cox
Andrew
Alfred W. Applegren
Wolf Point
Gertrude V. Dullenty
Rollo Ellis
Portland
Ore
Grace Thomas
Thomas A. Hainsworth
Hagerman
Alice S. Mayberry
Lehi
Utah
Floyd H. Owen
Gilmore
Frances S. Benedict
Leadore
Jay V. McCarthy
Anna Marguerite Sharp
Gerry V. Geiger
Armstead
Ruth Vashti Smith
Leo Roland
MccHessor
Alice May Reis
McHessor
Alvin A. Stamper
Isabelle Byington
Michael Heparty
Gertrude Rosalaw Nitken
Lafayette Nelson
Nevada Brown
Hoerbert
J. Storm
Jackson
Ida L. Wenger
Donald Ainslee Palmer
Castle Tock
Colorado
Helen Andrine Onesrud
Wisdom
W. O. Pearson
Paola
Kansas
Faye Merritt
Hutchinson
Charles F. Murray
Hamilton
Elizabeth V. Cooper
James Syme
Hilda L. Holmes
Lewistown
Harley Ingman
Arco
Lea Thompson
Samuel T. Vanney
Island Park
Norah Frandsen
F Edmond W. Renfro
Ella M. Peterson
Bedrock
William A. Sanders
Salmon
Eva M. Louosiers
Louis Hier
Pearl Cox
Daniel T. Clemo
Elizabeth Bullock
Roy Rameriz
Rebecca
Lancaster
Charles W. Hignight
Minnie Kane
Fred C. Morrison
Nora Rodgers
J. H. Huot
Ellielh Sullivan
Leslie Dingley
Nellie Seybold
Lima
H. F. Daems
Varney
Blanche Elmer
Whitehall
J. W. Parker
Cecil R. Lovejoy
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