Dillon Visitors and Local Notes Highlight Weekend
Local residents including Frank Geihaus and Mr and Mrs George Battle shopped in Dillon on Saturday. A daughter was born last week at Barrett hospital. Jon Glass and family visited Ovando. Dillon Choral Club meets Feb 24 at Mrs Warner’s home. Several residents head to Los Angeles for a month’s vacation. Ongoing community updates include church gatherings and academic activity at the state university.
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Howard’ Marsh
The
Barrett Hospital
Dillon Choral Club
H. MM. “Warner
Harry Colfer
Dillon
State University
der Déeutche Verein
W. G. Squires
Thomas W. Jones
Los Angeles
California
San’ Francisco
Idaho Falls Couple Weds in Clerk of Court Office
William R. Harker and Melba Cleverly, both of Idaho Falls, were married Saturday afternoon in the clerk of court's office by Justice of the Peace George Opp. The brief ceremony linked the Idaho couple in a simple register office setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
William ‘R. ‘Harker
Melba
Idaho Falls
Clerk of Court
George Opp
Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs Clifford Doughterty
Mr and Mrs Clifford Doughterty welcomed a girl at Barrett Hospital on Saturday.
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Clifford Doughterty
The
Barrett Hospital
Joe Brown Pleads Not Guilty in Larceny Case
Joe Brown appeared in Judge George Opps justice court on Saturday and pleaded not guilty to larceny. He was bound over to district court in bonds of $2,000 which he did not furnish. The alleged theft involved a wrist watch and a diamond ring, said to belong to Jean Jones.
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George Opp
Joe Brown
Brown
Jean Jones
Miss Barrett Hosts Theta Meeting at Washington Street Home
Miss Constance Barrett acted as hostess to Theta members at her South Washington Street residence on February 21 at 8 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Barrett
Theta
South Washington Street
Recreation work boosts Montana participation under WPA program
WPA recreation programs reached about one third of Montana's population last month. Roy Wood reports 266 public centers in 76 communities offering over a hundred activities for all ages, with Absarokee Chinook Darby Harlem Judith Gap Malta Ryegate Shawmut Stevensville added this month.
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Works Progress Administration
Montana
Roy Wood
WPA Division of Education
Absarokee
Chinook
Darby
Harlem
Judith Gap
Malta
Ryegate
Shawmut
Stevensville
Wood
WPA
Armstead Rancher Invents New Motor Driven Mower
Ambrose Brown, a well known Armstead rancher, has received a U S patent for a motor driven mowing machine. The device, tested on his ranch last summer, operates like a car with a rubber tired frame and two five foot blades. The patent cites its simple design and low construction cost.
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Armstead
Ambrose “Brown
United States Patent Office
Washington, D. C
Brown
Patent Office
Dozen Indians Work in Shirley Temple Film
Twelve Blackfeet Indians are working in Shirley Temple's Susannah of the Mounties with a $25,000 bond posted to protect their care. The contract requires payment from departure to return and a studio rep with them at all times. The story centers on Indian resistance to the Canadian Pacific railway and the cast includes Margaret Lockwood and Randolph Scott.
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Hollywood
U.P
Shirley Temple
Susannah
the Mounties
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Washington, D. C
Browning
Sugannah
Mounties
Canadian Pacific Railway
Shirley
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Randolph Scott
Margaret Lockwood
Find
Scott
Martin Good Rider
Pepton
C. Bland Jamison
Armstead native L B Kellner’s mother dies in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas Mrs Effie Butler Kellner 79 mother of Armstead Mont L B Kellner died at home in Fort Worth Monday afternoon. Born in Birdville she lived in Fort Worth 56 years and attended First Christian church. Survived by husband C J E Kellner married 1875 two sons E L and G G Kellner both of Fort Worth a daughter Mrs W R Bonner of Fort Worth three sisters Mrs B W Porter Mrs R L Pope of Fort Worth and Mrs J C Cumins of Roswell New Mexico and two brothers Earl E Butler of Fort Worth H Butler of New Mexico.
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Armstead
Fort Worth
Texas
Effie Butler Kellner
L. B. Kellner
Mont
Birdville
First Christian Church
E. L
G. G. Kellner
W. R. Bonner
B. W. Porter
R. L. Pope
J. C. Cumins
Roswell
New Mexico
Earl E. Butler
H. Butler
X Rays Course Added At Montana State College
Montana State College will offer an elementary course in X-ray photography in the spring quarter. The program covers techniques protective methods for operator and subject. The X-ray machine was funded by the local tuberculosis association and the student health service two years ago and will be taught by Dr. J M Johnadn, head of physics.
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College Bozeman
Mont
U.P
Montana State College
Tuberculosis Association
Student Health Service
J. M. Johnadn
Western district boxing elimination set for Butte dates
Butte Montana February 20 The A A U western district elimination tournament will be held February 27 28 and March 1 according to Troy Evans director of the Elks boxing club who is coordinating the event Fighters from all cities of Montana are lining up for the district bouts.
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Butte
Mont
U.P
Missoula man named director of Northern Rocky Mountain station
M. I. Bradner of Missoula is appointed by Secretary Henry Wallace to direct operations of the Northern Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station in Missoula, succeeding S. N. Wyckoff who has led the station since last July. There are 11 such stations in the United States.
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M. I. Bradner
Missoula
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
Bradner
S. N. Wyckoff
Forest Service
United States
Old Timer Dies at County Farm
Remains of Tom Davidson, 90, died at the county farm Saturday night. He had been an inmate there for several years and was a county resident for 25 years, working on local ranches. A brother and sister survive in Logan, Utah. Burial will be in Logan.
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Tom Davidson
Logan
Utah
Davidson
Paul Etchepare Named Montana Woolgrowers Secretary Treasurer
Glasgow Montana February 20 Paul Etchepare has been appointed secretary treasurer of the Montana Woolgrowers association He succeeds Kathleen Nielsen of Helena who announced retirement after 12 years of service Nielsen will continue as secretary of the Montana Wool Co operative Marketing association
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Glasgow
Mont
U.P
Paul Etchepare
Montana _Woolgrowers’ _ _ association
Kathleen Nielsen
Helena
Nielsen
Montana Wool Co-operative Marketing” Association
Merchants Suffer 14 Percent Sales Drop in Montana 1938
Independent Montana retailers report a 14.4 percent decline in total 1938 retail sales from 1937 across 342 stores. Filling stations gain 2 percent. Losses varied by city with Butte at 23.6 percent and Billings at 20.9 percent, while Havre and Lewistown show only 1 percent drops.
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Butte
Mont
U.P
Montana
United States Bureau of Commerce
Havre
Lewistown
Great Falls
Billings
Bozeman
Helena
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
Troupe Returns With Arkansas Prisoner
Undersheriff John Troupe returned Saturday from Mountain Home Arkansas with John Schooley who will face a felony charge here. Schooley is charged with a felony in connection with the theft of automobile tires from a Big Hole basin ranch last summer.
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John Troupe
Mountain Home
Ark
John Schooley
Troupe
Arkansas
Schooley
Big Hole Basin Ranch
Jefferson and Broadwater Officials Plan to Destroy Dogtown
Commissioners in Jefferson and Broadwater counties decide to demolish the town of Dogtown located between Raydersburg and Boulder. Rapid growth has spoiled cattle range and prompted years of riflemen from nearby towns targeting residents. The village is inhabited by many prairie dogs.
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Jefferson
Broadwater
Raydersburg
Boulder
Professor Resigns From Montana State College
William B. Nelson of the agronomy faculty resigns to become assistant land economist for the Soil Conservation Service. Effective February 20, his headquarters move to Miles City.
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Bozeman
Mont
U.P
William B. Nelson
Montana State College
The
Soil Conservation Service
A. L. Strand
Nelson
Miles’City
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Aa Hig
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Aea
Air Stiederrria’ ‘Smith
Were Swisitors
A George Battle
John . _ Anderson
John Glass
Evelyn and
Virginia
Ovando
North Washington
Francis, Tomrey, Jr
Chris O. Hansen
U. S. Army
Fort Missoula
Ervin Dale Walker
Baker, Mont
Maxine Ella Willingham
Ruth Deputy
Colorado Woman's College
Denver
H. N. Tragitt, Jr
Presbyterian and Episcopal Clergy
Harry Kamber
Dillon Hide and Fur Company
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England
France
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Palestine
Agen
Cordingly
Orton
Brothers
Cross
Pontiac
Michigan
Ezira
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WOOL
Eet Acu Sen Membel
Ios
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Christian Science Publishing Society One
Norway
Street
Boston
Massachusetts
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Osteopathic Physican
Office
Méetien
Chevrolet
Rte Sit Eee
R. L. Polk & Company
Pansur
Meer
Ature Shoes
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