Sugar Beet Booster Urges Beaverhead Farmers to Plant
George R Featherly urges Beaverhead County ranchers to join the sugar beet drive. He cites a plan paying Japanese labor at 21.50 per acre with a guaranteed 12 tons per acre and a sugar company payment of 4 per ton, netting about 26.50 per acre. He calls on farmers to pledge 10 to 50 acres and contact Featherly today to finalize arrangements with the Japanese company agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Featherly
Beaverhead
Mr. Featherly
Featherly
Orrs Fine Suggestion For Beaverhead County Fair Delinquents
Dr W C Orr elected vice president of Beaverhead County Fair association proposed sending delinquent stockholders a statement of debt with a blank note and request to remit or give a note. This would reveal who intends to pay and who will not, allowing legal action only against nonpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Orr
Beaverhead County
Beaver County Fair Stocks Promise Long Term Returns
Investors who subscribed to Beaver County Fair Association stock about a year ago likely believed the investment would pay off in time. The note outlines expectations of future gains as the project develops.
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Beavershead
County Fair Association
Financial outlook for fair grounds stock sale
The association reports solid finances with a plan for small improvements this year and a projected surplus after the fair ends in September. The funds will be used to upgrade grounds and permanent structures, with a dividend to stockholders afterward. Stocks are offered at par to early buyers.
Dillon Residents Urged To Fund Local Hospital
Over six to eight weeks Dillon sent at least five appendicitis cases and three other patients to Butte for surgery. Estimated costs totaling about $2,400 from Dillon funds. Locals urged to use Joseph Shineberger endowment to build a Dillon hospital and keep money at home. Also notes Butte fortune tellers cited in a graft case with broad advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Butte
Butte Hatel
Big Hole
Beaverhead County
Joseph Shineberger
Legislator backs bill to bar liquor sales in brothels
A prudent legislator proposes a measure in the state legislature prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in houses of prostitution. The proposal argues such sales lack license payments and unfairly competes with retail liquor sellers, calling for passage to curb the practice and improve public standards.
Montana towns argue over theatre curtain beauty
An odd local debate notes ties to theatre curtains as several old firms that advertised on the program have vanished years ago, leaving readers puzzled by the lingering beauty contest chatter.
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Montana
Legislative push for a primary election law
The two parties should appoint four members each to draft a primary election law this session. If no law is passed this session, the next campaign will blame the legislature for inaction and political blame will be assigned.
Anti-Technicality Bill Backed by Judges and Lawyers
This week a new anti-technicality bill was introduced in the legislature. Experts including practicing lawyers and judges voiced support, urging passage and hopeful enactment into law.
Judge Hunt Sentences Man in a Coupled Fine Case
The speaker recalls a recent Helena court scene where Judge Hunt reportedly ordered a man to pay a fine of one hundred planks, serve a jail term, and marry an Indian girl, wondering if the punishment already carries enough severity.
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Hunt
Helena
Devil's Auction Draws Big Crowds in Montana Theatres
The piece notes large audiences for the Devil's Auction in Montana theatres and remarks that Dillon cannot attract enough business to schedule an auction in the town. It also reports that lawyers won another case showing state residents disapprove when the anti technicality bill was killed in the state legislature.
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Montana
Dillon
Sugar Beets and Heating Plant Franchise Appeal
The piece urges ranchers to grow sugar beets with Japanese labor at 21.50 per acre and notes potential profits. It promotes voting for a heating plant franchise on March 5 while urging George R. Featherly to declare beet acres and criticizes local saloon funding versus YMCA support. It mentions Butte licensing fortune tellers and Dillon curfew laws.
Dillon society circles host back to back parties
Mrs W B Carter and daughters entertained a large group at their Thomson avenue home with two Tuesday and one Wednesday euchre parties. Guests included Matt Orr Will Orr Bert Orr and many others from Dillon and nearby towns. A later euchre gathering featured Gov Edwin Norris and numerous dignitaries with a three course lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Carter
George Edinger
G. W. Dart
Carter
Thomson Avenue
Matt Orr
Will Orr
Bert Orr
Ernest Orr
H. T. Poindexter
Phil Poindexter
B. Po
Messrs
and Mesdames Bishop
B. F. White
E. D. White
Henry Burfiend
Geo. Lovell
Wm. Roe
Niblack
Barhett
N. E. Stone
James Walker
Arndts
H. A. Bond
McCaleb
J. P. Murray
George Murray
Stevenson
Connolly
Rounds
Rife
George Banks
Roe
Bedrock
Mulaney
Ww. Chapman
Sarah Reinhardt
Butte
Ellen Lovell
Chris Burfiend
Susie Peterson
Emily Taylor
Bertha Burfiend
Eliza Leway
Margaret Ross
Kate Leonard
O. M. Best
Idaho and
Reeder’ Streets
Jeffrey
Catlin
Myers
Lemire
Florence Bishop
Edwin Norris
B. N. Stevenson
Wm. Bernstein
Lorenzo Cushing
R. F. Tattersall
J. E. Morse
Jno
PF. Bishop
Arthur Connolly
A. L. Stone
John. Cox
M. A. Walker
W. C. Or Matt Orr
T. D. Olmsted
J. W. Lus
F. A. Hazelbaker
J. B. Poinde
H.R. Melton
E. Oo. Selway
G French
H. H. ‘Swain
Theodore Shaw
G. T. Paul
Clark Anderson
J.W Ton
S. D. Hooker
J.E. Montro
Kensington Social at White Residence on Washington Street
A Kensington reception is planned for Tuesday afternoon February 23 at the new White residence on Washington and Morse streets. Guests include many local ladies and gentlemen, with refreshments served and helpers named for serving duties. Dr and Mrs M A Walker host a Washington party Monday evening with card games. The Presbyterian Manse and St James Guild activities are noted with upcoming meetings at local homes and church venues.
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Kensington
B. D. White
Washington' and
Morse Streets
BF. E. Dodd
James Paxton
Chris Burfiend
Margaret Poindexter
Innes
Martin Innes
Hunsaker
Knotts
Shively
Jacobs
Emma Gilbert
Simpson
Sam Thomas
Kuntze
Boone
Moncrief
Helen Flotow
Fannie Browne
Maud Stone
Margaret Ross
M. A. Walker
Washington
South Washington Street
Messrs. and Mesdames Will Orr
Ernest Orr
Lorenzo Cushing
B. N. Stevenson
Wm. Bernstein
J. A. Rounds
R. R. Rathbone
J. E. Monroes
H. H. Swain
J. E. Morse
H. L.mccaleb
F. A. Hazel
A.A. Elliott
South Atlantic Street
Law makers rely on copper company to guard state resources
In a fragment from a Montana paper a critique claims lawmakers trust a big copper firm to conserve natural resources without public aid or consent. It suggests critics of saloons should refrain from drinking, warning of social change and shifting business influence.
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Montana Lookout
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertises Cure and Endorsements
A historical trade notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a cure for catarrh with testimonials from local businessmen Walpin, Kinnan and Marvin of Toledo. F. J. Cheney & Co. claim the remedy acts on blood and mucous surfaces and sells for 75 cents a bottle. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walpinc, Kinnan & Marvin
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Y.M.C.A
G. R. Featherly
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Rourbert
Chas
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Jame No Dore
Lena
Lovell
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