Dillon Hosts District Basketball Tourney Crowds Grow
Dillon welcomes 11 Mining District teams for a district elimination tourney to decide state qualifiers in Butte March 7 to 10. The Normal college gym hosts sessions with 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Starts daily. finals Saturday night. Beavers favored by locals, with参 diverse squads from Butte Central Helena Anaconda Missoula Deer Lodge Philipsburg Lima Boulder and others.
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Normal College
Dillon
Butte
Anaconda
Helena
Butte Central
Butte High
St. Charles High
Missoula
Deer Lodge
Philipsburg
Boulder
Lima
Beavers
State Athletic Commission
Steve Sullivan
Montana University
Tenny Babcock
Bozeman
Montana State
C. E. Coyle
Jimmy Harris
Ruff Dunn
Thomas
Gunderson
Beaver
St. Charles
Avill
L. A. Gregory
Yellowstone
Youthful Orators 10 Speak Here Saturday
The extemporaneous speaking contest tied to the district basketball tournament will be held Saturday at 11 am in the State Normal college auditorium. Nine students from seven schools and two from Butte Central will compete, with topics announced at 8:30 am and two and a half hours to prepare.
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State Normal College
Butte Central
the Normal College
Lucy Carson
Mary K. Sands
R. E. Albright
Geraldine Parker
Butte High
Mary Dougherty
Charles Lanphier
Francis Casey
Mt. St. Charles
Ellen Galusha
Helena High
John Hawke
Philipsburg
William Flynn
Deer Lodge
Joseph Cannon
Anaconda
Clifton McLaughlin
Dillon
Mining district basketball tourney coverage squads travel
Sport writers Jean Jordan for the Butte Miner Bing Rooney for the Butte Daily Post and Law Risken for the Anaconda Standard travel to Dillon to cover the district basketball tournament for their papers.
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Jean Jordan
Butte Miner
Bing” Rooney
Butte Daily Post
Law Risken
Anaconda Standard
Dillon
Argenta mine boom eyed after Wooley visit
Mine owners in the Argenta district receive encouragement from a visit by Wooley, ore buyer for the United States smelter at Midvale. He reports engineers have perfected an oil flotation process to treat carbonate and oxide gold ores, enabling ore shipments worth 10 to 20 dollars per ton. The district expects a large revival in mining and transportation.
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Argenta
Las
Wooley
United States
Midvale
Utah
Six Months for Beaver Trapping Plea and Gasoline Charge
Cecil Hubbard was sentenced to six months in county jail after pleading guilty to attempting to trap beaver without a permit. A second count for taking gasoline from Beaverhead Motor Company was dismissed. Edward O'Brien also pleaded guilty and received 90 days on each charge, suspended for good behavior.
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Cecil Hubbard
L. P. Phillips
Beaverhead Motor Company
Edward O’brien
Hubbard
Phillips
Spring Housecleaning Hits Dillon Firms
Several Dillon business firms have undergone renovations over the past two weeks. Eliels completed extensive painting and mining programs, the White cafe, and George Gosman upgraded his drug store with a new ceiling, among other improvements.
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Eliels
George Gosman
Esteemed Matron of Wisdom Summoned
Mrs. Maria Tovey wife of Daniel Tovey longtime Big Hole basin rancher died suddenly at her daughter’s home in Logan Utah after months of poor health. She was 68 born in Willard Utah and survived by husband three children four sisters and four brothers. Funeral will be held Friday in Logan with family traveling for the service.
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Maria Tovey
Daniel Tovey
Big Hole Basin
Logan
Utah
Willard
Plains
Utah & Northern Railroad
Montana
Daniel Jr
Wisdom
William D
Walter Wells
Sarah Peck
Esther Brooks
Lottie Bishop
Challis
Idaho
Mary J. Harkneess
Dillon
William
John
Sam Bradbury
Henry
California
William Tovey
Dan Tovey
Sister of Local Resident Dies Abruptly in Milwaukee
Mrs Harold H Hanson received word Thursday evening that her sister Miss Olive Calloway had died suddenly at her Milwaukee Wisconsin home and she left the next day for the city. Calloway was well known in this city visiting here several times and leaving many warm friends. William Schufelt and his daughter Miss Beth Schufelt left this week for Moscow Idaho to make their home.
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Harold H. Hanson
Olive Calloway
Milwaukee
Wis
Miss Calloway
William Schufelt
Beth Schufelt
Moscow
Idaho
Federal road project to connect with 27 road plan
A new highway extension from Dillon toward Melrose will add about 20 miles of standard road, running parallel to the Oregon Short Line. Project leaders P. J. Poore and A. C. Clark, with Beaverhead’s George Metlen, expect rapid contracting and construction, improving a dangerous section and eliminating the Lavon river crossing. The Oregon Short Line has sold the temporary Lavon bridge for $5,500. a new bridge would cost about $35,000.
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Dillon
Butte
Browne’s Station
Melrose
P. J. Poore
Helena
State Highway Commission
A.C. Clark
Missoula
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Messrs
Metlen
Oregon
O. S. L. Railroad
Pesanti Ranch
Bulldogs Rout Billings Normal in Final Mont. State game
Montana State Bulldogs overwhelmed Billings Normal 45 to 10 at Normal gym. Lang led Billings with 26 points while Dillon territory dominated. senior girls of the college beat juniors 18 to 17 in the preliminary.
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Normal
Montana State Bulldogs
Billings Quint
Lang
Billings
Dillon
Bulldogs
State Normal
Eastern Normal
Watts
Oe Foote
Lima Residents Held At County Jail On Various Charges
Sheriff W. C. Orr arrested four Lima men last week and they remain in the county jail. Lawrence Gray and Adam Ponick were arraigned in justice court on hog butchery charges against Gleed Bros. and bound over to district court after pleading guilty. Ponick’s bond is $3,000 and Gray’s is $1,000, both yet unfurnished. Delmar Brammer and “Shorty” Meyers faced charges of sheep butchery from the same ranch, pleaded not guilty, and were bound over to district court with $5,000 bonds each, which they did not furnish.
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W. C. Orr
Lima
Lawrence Gray
Adam Ponick
Justice Court
Gleed Bros
District Court
Panick
Gray
Delmar Brammer
Shorty” Meyers
Mrs Helen Hier Receives Divorce in District Court
Mrs Helen Hier was granted a divorce from David Hier in the district court last Tuesday afternoon and she may resume her former name Helen Spargo. It was the third divorce granted that day.
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Helen Hier
District Court
David Hier
Helen Spargo
Wire bowling matches split between Dillon and Idaho Falls
Dillon’s Beaverhead Cleaners, with Forrester Hartwig Thompson J Brundage and Ross, lost to Idaho Falls No 1 2828 to 2694. The Fantost quintet led by Schmittroth Wheat Graves Gosman and Vandegrift beat Idaho Falls No 2 by two pins 2617 to 2615.
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Dillon
Idaho Falls
Beaverhead Cleaners
Forrester
Hartwig
Thompson
J. Brundage
Ross
Fantost
Schmittroth
Wheat
Graves
Beaverhead National Forest Supervisor Resigns for Seattle
John B. Somers resigns after 12 years as Beaverhead National Forest supervisor and will move March 1 with his family to Seattle. He joins the Davey Tree Surgery Company to work on timber and tree preservation. Somers is credited with steady leadership on grazing matters and community involvement. no successor named.
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Beaverhead County
John B. Somers
Beaverhead National Forest
Seattle
Somers
Davey Tree Surgery Company
World Day of Prayer Observed by Local Churches
Missionary societies of Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist and Episcopal churches plan World Day of Prayer at the Methodist church on Sunday February 26 at 3 30. All women urged to attend.
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Missionary Societies
Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist and Episcopal Churches
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Hubers
Beaverhead Post
American Legion
Montana State Normal College
Normal College Auditorium
Dillon Business
Daniel Tovey Sr
Logan, Utah
Federal
Melrose Highway
Billings Normal
Campbell
Murray
Christoferson
Fowell
Marshall
Robertson
Wee Phillips
M. Cole
Gass
N. Cole
Davis
Paulson
Grace Moore
Metropolitan Opera House
Mimi
Miss Moore
Jellicoe, Tenn
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Davy
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