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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1920
Page
1
Miss Mary Diven of the YWCA outlines global and local women's issues to Dillon High School students. She discusses literacy, healthcare, industrial conditions, and education for immigrant and colored women, urging organized effort and American ideals.
Beaverhead Post No 20 to honor 13 Beaverhead county soldiers who died in service with a memorial diploma presentation after the oratorio Saul. Diplomas feature La Marseillaise allegory and honor next of kin. officials urge all next of kin to contact Commander for addresses.
Justice Frank Nelson tied two nuptial knots this week in the courthouse chamber. Charles Leroy Simmons and Geraldine Neeley of Rigby Idaho married Tuesday. Wednesday the officiant united Johnson Linder and Dire Hannah Martin of Grant.
William J. Pendergast of Jackson becomes the first declared sheriff candidate entering the race by filing his declaration of intentions with the county clerk. He works for the Boston & Montana Development Co on Wise River and plans to circulate petitions while on a Dillon business trip. Rumors say candidates will announce earlier this year despite the open primary changes and delayed state primary.
Local stock officers and detectives believe a clever raft of stock rustlers operating in multiple counties has been broken up with the recent Texas arrests of Mel Jowell and Ed Williams. The gang allegedly drove cattle across the line into Idaho and then altered brands to sell to ranchers or external buyers. Jowell has Montana prison time and parole on his record. Williams also has a cited criminal history.
Pupils studying with L A Gregory present a piano recital at the public school auditorium on February 25 featuring solo and duet numbers. Participants include Nellie Little Beatrice Webber Muriel Paddock Leona Carney Mildred Kenison Thelma Wyman Grace Little Dorothy David Marie Boger Florence Nedrow Lester Opp June Blair Helen Hoffman Orpha Baker Lenora Carney Lucille Jackson Astacia Boger Tim Blair Gyme Blair Nellie Blair Josephine Cushing Jeanette Watt Gladys Byorth Marjorie Williams Velma Judge.
Miss Beatrice Bimrose and H. Irwin, a popular Dillon couple, eloped last Saturday morning by car to Bond station. They were married quietly in Butte with the bride’s mother present and then left for the coast before moving on to Lewistown Idaho. The bride is the eldest daughter of Dr and Mrs F H Bimrose. the groom is the local Western Union telegraph office manager.
The article notes a springlike urge for baseball in Dillon with fans recalling the town’s past as a top northwest baseball hub. Many believe the Legion club could revive the scene, aided by local business support and a fast, championship-minded team to boost town spirit and advertising value.
As warmth returns residents note spring via pussy willows in yards and children playing marbles and tops. Last week itinerant visitors searched for a bite to eat, confirming the season’s early arrival in town.
Beaverhead high’s Hast quint edged Powell County high in a nip and tuck 29 to 31 game at the local high gym Saturday night. Andy Smith sparked the locals with several baskets while Rule and Evang led the visitors with strong showings in a fast clean contest.
Freshmen girls and boys endured initiation stunts at the high school as upperclassmen forced the new students to wear heavy socks and men’s shoes and perform tricks in classrooms. Faculty recruits also faced similar hazing with in and out of class stunts during the past two weeks.
The School of Mines freshmen from Butte will face Beaverhead county in a high school gym tomorrow night. The fast young team is expected to provide a hot contest while locals seek another victory after a 26 11 win by Sheridan high school over Knudson’s second team last Friday.
Dillon residents crowded city hall for the first regular practice of a new band led by F. J. Baker who has twenty five years of band experience. Twenty five musicians are in the group with at least ten more awaiting instruments to join. Regular practices are held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, with Baker teaching violin cornet and offering piano lessons and related work.
Dryland farmers on the east bench seek formation of the East Bench Irrigation District to finance a reservoir on Rattlesnake creek. The plan envisions storing water 35 miles away and delivering it via canals and tunnels to irrigate 16 000 to 20 000 acres, boosting Beaverhead valley agriculture with a major engineering feat led by sponsor John T. Neal.
Mr. H. L. Willis, Delco-Light dealer for the county, has earned Kilowatt Club status by selling one thousand watts of business in 1919. He will attend the Dayton convention March 1 with other top Delco-Light salesmen, among over a thousand attendees. Willis is noted for improving farm living through electricity and has sold many Delco-Light plants to local farmers.
Twelve Montana counties report January 31 conditions show a milder month for livestock with ample feed, though costly hay. No winter kill of fall grain is noted and Marquis wheat surplus allows seeding while other seed grains run short, per Commissioner Greenfield.
A violent moonshine incident led to a Tuesday morning police pickup and a jail detention. It marks the first drunkenness and disorder charge at the police magistrate court in months as the man gave his name as unknown.
Beaverhead County Commissioners address the Herbert Arnold Road petition and approve a Daughters of the American Revolution plan to fund historic markers. The board accepts resignations, allocates school and court reports, and sets up a work group to identify sites for markers across the county.
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