Salmon City man attempts suicide after quarrel with wife
Charles Spayde of Salmon Idaho tried to kill himself last Sunday night in Dillon after a dispute with his wife over moving. He walked into the Mint saloon about 9 pm and suffered deep throat and wrist wounds and several chest stabs. He was treated at Carhart lodging house and later at police, with doctors reporting serious but hopeful recovery. Spayde, 50, was well known in the county as a former county commissioner member and respected citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Spayde
Salmon City
Idaho
Dillon
Mint
Charley Cunnard
Poind
Spayde
Ielow
Midway
Bittie
Bedrock
Dilon
Polce
Seven big mining companies formed in Beaverhead county
The Beaverhead county mining boom continues as seven new mining companies are incorporated this year with total capital of 8 million 850 thousand dollars. Companies such as Elkhorn Copper Milling New Departure Polaris and Silver Fissure report extensive development work and large ore values. Local camps like Polaris and Lark Purse show active operations with hundreds of miners and newly installed machinery. The article notes ongoing prospecting, stock sales and future promises for the county’s mining industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Butte
Elkhorn Copper Milling Company
William Roe
James P. Murray
Robert T. Wing
Thomas Haw
Frank Williams
M. Best
Edwin Norris
Elkhorn
Treasury
Dillon
Polaris
Dark Horse
Silver Fissure Mining Company
T'7us
Mary H. Armstead, Jr
Erse
Polis
Ergathe
Removal of Dillon Post Office to New Quarters
The Dillon post office moved to a new building on Idaho street near the Poindexter block and began operations on New Year’s Day. The article traces the office’s seven postmasters and six relocations over 26 years, from its first site in a log shack to the current state of the Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poindexter
Idaho Street
Dillon
New Quarters
Montana Street
Tom Warren
Thos. M. O'Connor
John Weightman
Kalispell
Tribune
James Kirkpatrick
Oscar Findling
John T. Yee
Eliel
I. W. Poindexter, Sr
David Lamont
Dillon City Council Hears Milk Purity Beat And Depot Plea
The January Dillon council meeting, with Mayor White and officials present, debated adulterated milk sold by local dairies and directed the judiciary committee to draft an ordinance after reviewing state laws. A letter to Oregon Short Line urged a new depot, criticizing the 1880 building as dark, dirty, unsafe, and poorly located amid growing traffic.
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Bancroft
Oregon Short Line
White
Poindexter
Best
Knapp
Riley
Phillips
Gruwell
Dillon
Judiciary Committee
United States
W. M. Bancroft
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Oregon Short Line Railway
Utah & Northern Railway
High School Reception At Beaverhead County
The Beaverhead county high school faculty and board hosted a reception at the high school building on Friday December 21 for Normal college faculty parents city ministers and others. A bronze medal for an essay won by Miss Jessie Poindexter was presented by G T Paul in the donor’s absence. The event featured musical selections speeches and classroom tours with light refreshments and water color souvenirs for guests. In a separate note an explosion at the Blue Wing mining district destroyed a cabin after dynamite left on a stove detonated injuring no one as workers John Castello and Harvey Sechler were nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Normal College
George B. Conway
Jessie Poindexter
L. R. Foote
J. E. Monroe
Poindexter
G. T. Paul
High School Board of Trustees
Blue Wing
Robert Bammer
John Castello
Harvey Sechler
Shiners
Gibbons Wins Philippine Exhibit Prize as Teacher
Prof. W H Gibbons, a former Dillon educator now in the Philippines, sees his district’s schools win first prize at an Industrial Exhibit at the Normal Institute in La Paz. His district of five schools also earns multiple prizes for individual manual training pieces, reflecting notable success and praise from district officials and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Paz
Normal Institute
Islands
Gib
Ald Normal College
Dillon
Bonding of Kent mine and adjoining claims near Blue Wing district
The Kent mine and adjacent claims in the Blue Wing district were bonded and leased for eighteen months to Dr. Mark Poindexter and Ray L. Riley for 50 000. The Shenon estate and Bannack interests hold ownership, with development work set to resume after years of litigation and idle tunnels. Monreo Mann also bonded his claims to Tate Taylor and George B Conway for nine months at 50 000. A tunnel on Mr. Bammer’s property extends 600 feet toward a rich ore load near the old Huron mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Departure Mining Company
Capital
Edwin Norris
B. F. White
O. M. Best
John March
A. L. Stone
Dillon
John MacGinnis
John E. Corette
Butte
New Departure
Brown
Blue Wing
Montana
Kent
Mark Poindexter
Ray L. Riley
Dillon and Butte
Shenon Estate
Ie Me
Buttelon
Bessette
Bannark
Henry Plummer
Plummer
Bannack
Nevada
San Francisco
Wales
Col. O. P. Posey
Denver
Shenon
Monroe Mann
Tate Taylor
George B. Conway
Kent Group
Robert Bammer
Beaverhead Grocery Changes Hands in Dillon
L. P. Phillips sold Beaverhead Grocery to Robert Bidstrup and R. W. Fielder. The new owners took charge Monday, reorganizing stock and improving the store. Bidstrup and Fielder bring local experience and aim for a successful venture in Dillon. Later the ad promotes Beach & Bower’s AMT Minstrels at the Dillon Theatre for tomorrow night as a cure for the blues.
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Robert Bidstrup
R. W. Fielder
Beaverhead Grocery
L. P. Phillips
Beaverhead
Bidshop
Fielder
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Emerson Hill
Bedrock
Bidstruphis
Schuler
Horse Prairie
Beach & Bower
Dillon Theatre
Tottorrow
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Geres Ane
Salmon
City
Wason Oliver
Remey
Farnsworth and Stone
J. C. Me
Big Hole
Lark Purse
Pany Capital S.ic
Butte Afien
Pioneer
We. Heresy
Chicago
Howard Marter
Evanston
John W. Jones
James M., Stevens
Blackfoot
Redrock
Queen of the Hills
Washoe Copper Company
Was
Weavill
the Tribune
State Orphans’ Home
Twin Bridges
Goungil
W. H. Gibbons
The
Philippines
Pine Islands
Old District
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