Dillon to Honor Father of Country with Washington's Birthday Ball
Dillon volunteer fire department plans a masquerade ball at city hall auditorium next Saturday. A costume display from Butte will be available for rental, Baxter Tonney orchestra will play, and prizes honor best costumes and comic makeup. Local Elks hold initiation Monday and a dance at Odd Fellows hall follows.
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Dillon Volunteer Fire Department
City Hall
Butte
Baxter- Tonney
Dillon Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Elks
Baxter-Tonrey
Livestock Valuations Cut 25 Percent for 1932 Tax
Beaverhead County faces a $658,121 drop in livestock assessments after a 25 percent statewide cut. Board chairman James H. Stewart announced the schedule in Helena, with cattle and sheep values set and some animals left to county assessors discretion. Overall taxable value for the county would fall to about $5.8 million, the lowest in two decades.
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James H. Stewart
State Board of Equalization
Helena
Beaverhead County
Ware Buys Wise River Ranch For Cattle Venture
Loren L. Ware of Grasshopper valley purchased the Aiken ranch at the Big Hole mouth of Wise River, formerly the Cline ranch. He plans cattle operations and has bought Whiteface heifers from W. S. Tash of the DL ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Ware will move to the new home in spring. C. C. Newman handled the Aiken interests.
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Loren L. Ware
Grasshopper Valley
State D A R Meet Set for Dillon Convention
Members of Beaverhead Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution plan the state convention to be held in Dillon on March 30 and 31.
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D.A. R
Beaverhead
Daughters of the American Revolution
Dillon
Verdict Reversed in Butte Damage Action
Edward Miller known as a ranch man of the Big Hole had judgment against him in Silver Bow district court for damages to Selma Autto for the death of her eight year old son who was struck by a car driven by Miller in Butte on August 22, 1930. The Silver Bow court awarded $15,000 but the Montana Supreme Court reversed the verdict.
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Edward _ Miller
Popular ranchman Nick Spehar succumbs to heart attack
Nick Spehar 49 a well known rancher in the southern valley died of a heart attack last Monday afternoon at a local hotel before aid arrived. A longtime resident and Austrian colony member he ran a ranch six miles south of Dillon. Survived by widow several children a brother John and his mother and sister in Austria. Funeral was held Wednesday at St Rose Church with a requiem high mass and burial at Mountain View cemetery.
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Nick Spehar
Spehar
Austria
Butte
Dillon
John
St. Rose Catholic
F. X. Lechner
Mountain View
Bannack Pioneer Called By Death
Frank Gauthier 88 lifelong Beaverhead resident died at his South Washington home after a lingering illness. Born August 25 1848 in St John s Canada he sailed on Mississippi river steamers before joining a wagon train to Bannack in 1866. He later mined and ranching and moved to Dillon 66 years ago becoming a naturalized citizen in 1876. Survived by six daughters and a son. funeral plans pending.
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Beaverhead
Frank Gauthier
South Washington Street
St. John’s
Canada
United States
Bannack
Dillon
M. Simpkins
Helena
Washington Bicentennial Service At Grace Church
The Grace Methodist Episcopal church hosts a public bicentennial celebration for George Washington with a special service at 11 o clock Sunday morning. Masons and the C E S join in the honor, inviting all citizens to attend this public worship.
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George ‘Washington
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Masonic ‘Fraternity
District Court Opens Bucy Trial in Crowded Montana Court
The State of Montana faces M. W. Bucy in a high profile criminal trial before Judge Lyman H. Bennett. Jury members include Lee S. Martinell John G. Albers Clarence Koenig and others. Testimony centers on burned hay stacks tied to a long running neighbor dispute and a suspected pay off in Idaho.
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State of
Montana
M. W. Bucy
Lyman H. Bennett
Bucy
Lee S. Martinell
John G. Albers
Clarence Koenig
Ray D. Martinell
Louis Giudici
Fred Crouse
Frank Paul
Albert Mikkelson
Willis Chandler
Roy P. Ford
Frank Este
John Neighbor
C. M. Jones
Centennial Valley
West Yellowstone
Barry
Pat Young
Joe Clough
Idaho
Emil Borgenson
Borgenson
Clough
Virginia Fitch
Jones
J. A. Jones
Ben Hart
T. C. Fairbank
W. E. Barry
Carl
Hartwig
Shelly
Fitch
Well Known Woolbuyer Holden Dies in Winchester Mass
Lawrence G. Holden, a longtime buyer for the American Woolen Company and a familiar figure in the New England wool trade, died at his Winchester home on February 7. He spent his career with Dewey Gould & Co. from 1902 to 1925 and built extensive connections in wool growing districts across the West.
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Lawrence G. Holden
American Woolen Company
Winchester
Mass
Holden
Dewey Gould & Co
Lamb Feeding Topic at FFA Meeting
W Hawkins spoke on lamb feeding at the Future Farmers of America meeting last Thursday evening in Idaho. He described fattening methods using beet tops grain and other products. Leonard Hansen Philip Brown and George Shaffner described insights from the recent Woolgrowers convention at Bozeman and the state meeting.
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W. W. Hawkins
Future’ Farmers of America
Idaho
Hawkins
Leonard Hansen
Philip Brown
George Shaffner
Woolgrowers
Bozeman
Beavers Lose Close Game With Purples
Beavers fall 23-19 after leading most of the game as Dillon’s squad pushes Butte. Exum scores 7 with Vandegrift assisting. Stahl adds 6 for the Beaver boys while the Beaverettes roll past Whitehall in the women’s game.
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Beavers
Purples
Rotarians Hear Montana Wildlife Talk by State Warden
Charles Price deputy state game warden spoke to the Dillon Rotary Club on Montana wildlife. He compared local deer numbers in Beaverhead to 20 years ago and cited Pennsylvania's deer increase under similar laws. The count shows 3,240 deer and 806 elk in Beaverhead for 1981 with 1,353,200 fish planted nationwide by the game department. Louis Schmittroth Roy Forrester and others spoke on the situation.
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Montana
Dillon Rotary Club
Charles Price
Price
Beaverhead County
Game Department of Pennsylvania
State Game Department
Pennsylvania
Louis Schmittroth
Roy Forrester
J. C. Jeppson
Matt
Christian
Rand
Fred
Eudaily
Banquet highlights Boy Scout Week with record turnout
The largest attendance at the annual father and son banquet drew over 125 people at the Baptist church with 27 Lima Scouts present. Speakers included Charles Henry of the training school, Scout Commissioner H T Kraabel, and Scout Executive Paul N Campbell who noted five million registered worldwide and 650 000 local Scouts.
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The
Baptist Church
Lima
O. A. Bergeson
Ladies of the Baptist Aid
W. H. Stephan
Charles Henry
George Washington
H.T. Kraabel
Paul N. Campbell
Dillon
Campbell
Fielding Graves
Camas Nelson
E. L.fairbanks
le Bion
J. E. Kelly
R. C. Shannon
Simpson Couple Observe 18th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs A A Simpson celebrated the eighteenth anniversary of their marriage Tuesday evening with a small gathering. The event marked a long lasting union and was noted in local society news.
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Mrs
A. A. Simpson
Owith
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L.L. Ware
Wise River
Masons
Washington
Massachusetts
F. A
Dillon Quint
Exum
Vandegrift
Stahl
Beaverettes
Whitehall
Baptist
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