Beaverhead County Year in Review
The 1909 roundup details Dillon and Armstead growth with new buildings and sidewalks, irrigation schemes, and railroad expansion. It notes housing and business openings, a large hospital fund drive, fair losses due to weather, and a spike in arrests and penitentiary sentences amid a tough year for Beaverhead County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Montanatrees
Ellen Lovell
St. James Guild Society
Episcopal Church
W. M. Oliver
Washington and
Reeder
Henry Burfield
Idaho and
James Paxton
Pacific and
Morse
H. G. Rodgers
Dillon
Armstead
Gilmore
Pittsburg
Salmon
Idaho
United States
State Reform School
Reform School
Beaverhead County
Sheriff's Office
City Council Regulates Saloons and Considers Hall Jail
At the January meeting Dillon officials debated three proposed saloon ordinances. Two passed with Alderman Lenkersdorfer voting against both. the third was sent to the judiciary committee for refinement. Alderman Knapp resigns to move to California amid council actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Judiciary Committee
Knapp
White
California
Messrs. Monroe
Rounds
Phillips
Wemple
Lenkersdorfer
Melton
Rounds, Wemple
Monroe
Weather records show Beaverhead valley trends over twelve years
The article compiles annual precipitation and mean temperatures from 1898 to 1909 for Beaverhead valley. It notes January 26, 1902 as the lowest temperature in twelve years and presents cooperation between Prof. J. E. Monroe and the U.S. Weather Bureau with tables on rainfall and temperatures in inches and Fahrenheit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead Valley
J. E. Monroe
United States Weather Bureau
INS
Hog Culture For Old Beaverhead
In Montana the dry land farming shift prompts changes in hog culture as a potential wage earner. The article outlines disease risks, sanitation, quarantine, and immunity, plus breed choices and crossbreeding to improve pork quality and profitability. It notes bacon breeds’ advantage for certain markets and details a ranch plan wintering sows on alfalfa and barley with careful feeding to support spring farrowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Liverpool
Canada
Denmark
Ireland
Montana
Yorkshire
Berkshire
Poland
China
Ottumwa
Iowa
Montana Meat Producers’ Association
County Hospital Records Show 1909 Admissions Rise
At County Hospital and Farm in Dillon eighty three patients were admitted in 1909 with fifty three discharged and six deaths. Twenty four patients remain, including cases such as chronic bronchitis paralysis tuberculosis of the hip gunshot wound and alcoholism. An operating room was improvised and fourteen operations were performed with all patients recovering except one severely injured in a railroad accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Worst Winter Strands Dillon Surfers and Sheep Men
Beaverhead valley endured a severe blizzard from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning causing trains to halt and coal shortages in Dillon. The Oregon Short Line struggled to clear snow with a rotary plow, derailing several times, leaving passengers stranded and fuel scarce as residents sought coal at the chutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead Valley
Dillon
Butte
Lima
Beaver Canyon
Oregon Short Line
Oregon
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Norman Holden
Mary J. Hamilton
Montana Street
Oregon Short Line Railroad
B. F. White
Glendale
Eph Stoller
Dillon Novelty Works
Center Street
Poindexter & Orr
Gilmore & Pittsburg Railway Company
Martin Barrett
Public Hospital Fund
Beaverhead
Altha M. Tritt
Thomas C. Tritt
Maggie Propper
Wm. J. Propper
Don C. Phister
Edith J. Phister
Nellie Hungate
Bart Hungate
Minnie M. Johnson
A. S. Johnson
Baker
Fred Holmes
Telesphor Phoenix
Frederick Holmes
Angus C. Reid
George McCall
James O'Neal
Dick Anderson
Ray Williams
Frank Brown
James Crowley
Joseph Day
Robert Reeves
Dirck Custer
Louis Cundiff
Schuyler Cundiff
Alex McGregor
Charles Warner
Sheriff’s Office
O. C. Gosman
Deedee
Pete
Gamblin Maeeleee Lee
Speenseyae
Dewcitatwes
Encauen Insanit Barn
U.S
Lilly A. Jensen
Don E. Fish
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