City Council Proceedings and Local Notes from Dillon
Dillon city council in regular session with aldermen May Fyhrie Parke Rife Orr Carter and Lewis and city clerk McGough. Petition to close saloons on Sunday read and vote carried. Also reports on mail, Beaver Canyon blockade, rail/transport status, and local petitions for State Normal school at Jefferson City. 1889 marriage licenses issued. social news including New Year candy pull. 20 years ago, railroad extensions, cattle sales, land purchases, and local business changes noted. Local tax and revenue figures cited with national income commentary.
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Fyhrie
Parke
Rife
Orr
Carter and Lewis
Phil D. McGough
Dillon
Beaver Canyon
Spring Hill
Butter
State Normal School
Jefferson County
Jefferson City
R. Z. Thomas
Fire destroys Dumas saloon in Sheridan blaze
Sheridan woke to a Tuesday morning fire that consumed John Dumas's saloon building, narrowly sparing nearby structures including the O'Brien building and the I. C. O. F. hall. Will Cushing, a Dillon graduate, topped Helena's bar exam and will practice in Butte. Toronto Stevenson and John Morton sustained injuries from a roof fall and a wood splinter incident respectively.
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Sheridan
John Dumas
O’brien
Dillon
Will Cushing
Montana
Helena
Butte
Wm. Stevenson
M. A. Miller
John Morton
City Council votes to close saloons at midnight
January 1909 city council meeting reports a motion passed to close all saloons from midnight to 6 am. Also notes Dillon Plumbing applies for a central heating plant franchise and H C Patterson named chair of the county board of commissioners. A theatre building is planned on Idaho Street north of Weenink's gallery.
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White
Poindexter
Lenkersdorfer
Wemple
Rounds
Orr
Dillon Plumbing and Heating Company
E. E. Marcoe
W. W. Wilson
H.C. Patterson
Board of County Commissioners
John FF. Bishop
Idaho Street
Weenink
Miner dies from gas in Montana mine tragedy
Wallace Cady of Joplin died after asphyxiation in a northeast Montana mine. Two other miners escaped and brought aid as rescuers including Arthur Stewart Julian Meldrum Joe Wilmes and Enoch Anderson braved the gas to attempt revival. Stimulants and artificial respiration failed.
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Joplin
Mont
U.P
Wallace Cady
Here
Cady
Arthur Stewart
Julian Meldrum
Joe Wilmes
Enoch Anderson
Local residents visit Dillon from Divide and Big Hole
Mrs. Dan Smith of Divide spent the day in Dillon. Mr and Mrs Dan Pendergast were in today from the Big Hole basin.
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Dan Smith of
Divide
Dillon
Dan Pendergast
Big Hole Basin
Hitler Treated Rudely as U S Officials React
The incident ends with a note that Adolf Hitler faced crude treatment, reflecting the U S response to his conduct and asserting the government’s stance after public remarks. The comment implies a broader critique of American political behavior toward foreign leaders.
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Adolf Hitler
Chaplin Plans All Talkie The Dictator
Hollywood star Charlie Chaplin prepared to start an all talkie film titled The Dictator. He wrote the story and will act two parts, including his famed tramp. German newspaper Hamburg Fremdenblatt charged the film was commissioned by Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes as propaganda against a peaceful state.
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Washington
State Department
Harold Ickes
U. S
Texas
Germany
Ickes
Esau
Cleveland Zionist Society
Jabbok
Henry Ford
Charles A. Lindbergh
Foreign Office
Thomsen
Sumner Welles
United States
Welles
U. “Se
Hollywood
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
British vice consul caught with Rightist spies list at Irun
Harold Goodman vice consul at San Sebastian arrived in Irun on his way to France. Franco regime officers found maps of Rightist troop positions and 200 spies in his baggage hidden inside dirty shirts. British Foreign Office approved police questioning across several consulates as a spy hunt began nationwide.
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Irun
Spain
Harold Goodman
San Sebastian
France
Francisco Franco
Franco
Goodman
British Foreign Office
Stowaway Passage Sales Probe Hits Havre Sail
Two French Line sailors face Havre sailing as investigations unfold into secret stowaway passages offered for 25 dollars aboard the Normandie. Nine stowaways were later uncovered after the ship's December 3 sailing was halted by a crew strike.
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Manhattan
U.S
Havre
State utility taxes exceed land levies in Montana
Montana's 1937 tax equalization marks a shift as utilities pay more in taxes than landowners for the first time. A Montana Board of Equalization report notes farm lands had a smaller valuation than utility properties, highlighting the change in major property class contributions to state taxes.
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Ithe State’ ‘Board of Equalization
Montana
State Board of Equalization
Drough
Montana land values plunge amid drought and reclassification efforts
Montana farm lands show the lowest valuation since 1912 with 1938 total at 76.72 million, and livestock hits a new low. state college assists with township maps and reclassification to improve classifications while utilities still hold higher assessed shares. The text also includes a legal notice about an alias summons in Beaverhead County court seeking to quiet title to land in Dillon with a January 1939 publication.
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Montana
Board of Equalization
Montana State College
State College
Dreuth
Property dispute in Beaverhead case against Orr and others
Montana suit filed by William A. Casper against Matthew Orr Ernest I Orr RetA Orr Bert Orr John Orr Aura Orr Margaret Orr Ruth Orr Kelly and unknown claimants asserting adverse interests or encumbrances in real property. The defendants are summoned to answer the complaint and respond to the clerk.
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Elsie Earle
Clara, Wheeler
David Brown
Jennie Doe Brown
State of
Montana
Bearsteed
Dillon
A. D
Norman Giles
Matthew Orr
Ernest I. Orr
Reta Orr
Bert Orr
John T. Orr
A. Orr
Aura C. Orr
Margaret ‘Orr Lowless
Ruth Orr
Kelly
Betel Semmnoned
Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad Seeks Abandonment Certificate
The Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad Company filed December 21, 1938 with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington, D C for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to abandon its entire 120 mile line from Armstead to Salmon with a branch from Leadore to Gilmore plus 11 miles of yard tracks in Beaverhead County Montana and Lemhi County Idaho.
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Gilmore and Pittsburghrailroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Armstead
Salmon
Leadore
Gilmore
Beaverhead County
Montana
Lemhi County
Idaho
Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad Company
Sheriff's Sale of Beaverhead County Farm Property
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation of Spokane pursues sale of 480 acres in Beaverhead County Montana. Defendants include Daniel F Mooney and Lucy Mooney. Sale set January 28 1938 at 2 PM at Dillon Court House front door. Cash terms. Sheriff Paul H Temple notes.
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Sheriff's Sale Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Spokane
Washington
Daniel F. Mooney
Lucy Mooney
Dillon
Beaverhead
Montana
Paul H. Temple
Beaverhead County
Notice to Creditors Estate of Michael Lauterbach
Administratrix Margaret Lauterbach notifies creditors and others with claims against the estate of Michael Lauterbach deceased to file within four months of first publication. Claims must be presented with vouchers to J E Kelly law offices in Dillon Montana, Beaverhead County. First publication December 15 1988.
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Michael Lauterbach
J. E.kelly
Dillon
Montana
Beaverhead
State of
Margaret
Lauterbach
Notice to Creditors Ha leck D Jewett Estate
Administrator of the estate of Ha leck D Jewett deceased calls all creditors and persons with claims to exhibit them with vouchers within four months after the first publication at the law offices of John Poindexter Black in Dillon Montana as the place for filing.
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Haleck D. Jewett
Ator
John Calling
Poindexter
Black
Dillon
Montana
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National Bureau Casualty and Surety Underwriters
Cat
National
The
American Press Association
Tribune
the Tribune
Dell
Joseph Wall
Pittsburg
A. A. Curnutt
A. J. Foss
Wibaux
George Ditty
Ira Sanders
Creoklyn
Whitehall
W. B. Hartvig
Russel Fryburgs
California
W. H. Stephan
C. R. Blake
OF Tim
Boston
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
Byrd
New York
Motion Picture Herald
20Th Century-Fox
M-G-M
Shirley Temple
Clark Gable
Sonja Henie
Mickey Rooney
Spencer Tracy
Robert Taylor
Myrna Loy
Jane Withers
Alice Fay
Tyrote Power
Dillon, Montana
Tila
Northwest Bancorporation
Federal Deposit ‘Insurance ‘Corporation
Metea and Bounds
Marlow
Townalte
Poindexter -and- Orr
M.P.M
Washington and
Washington Street
Reeder Street
Reeder Breet
W. M. Stone
J. E. Kelly
Plaintiff
Fifth Judicial District
Albert F
Selway
Mark M
John Collins
Dillon, Mont
William A. Casper
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