Community notices and gatherings in the Big Hole area
Local residents host showers, birthday dinners, and bridge gatherings while noting visits from relatives. Events include a mixer for newlyweds Jacob and Ma Mein, a charity pinoche and luncheon, and travels to Dillon and Polson for family occasions. Sheila Lynn Hirschy born December 26 in San Diego to William Hirschy’s family.
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Phil Murphy
Sanford ‘Shepherd
Roy Zebarth
Fred Nelson
Margaret Murphy
William Hirschy
San Diego
Calif
Sheila Lynn
Hirschy
Fred Hirschy
Dorothy Davis leaves Barrett hospital after head injury
Mrs. Dorothy Davis departed Barrett hospital Sunday to return to Mrs. Clive M Harrison’s home after suffering a head injury from a fall at the Harrison residence. A large crowd skied Elkhorn Springs with attendees from Dillon Butte and Grasshopper valleys.
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Dorothy Davis
Barrett Hospital
Clive.m. Harrison
Henry Hollinger
Walter Melcher
Joe Moyer
Roland Spence
Judge Home
I. W. Vinsel
Dillon
Pahnish Bros
Carl G. Knoll
Dias Creek
Indians Back Wheeler for President Amid Crow and Blackfeet Support
At a Christmas Day meeting in Browning Montana Blackfeet elders urged Senator Burton Wheeler Democrat of Montana to seek the party nomination with support from Crow leader Hawk and other prominent Blackfeet and Crow names backing Wheeler’s bid.
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the Hawk
Rides-at-the-Door
Black Weasel
Jim No Chief
Day Rider
Louis Champine
Three Calf
Tom Many Guns
Black Boy
Bird Harrings
Adam Whiteman
Wallace Night Gun
Wades-in-the-Water
Stuart Hazlett
J. J. Burd
George White Grass
Mike Berry Child
Montana Democrat
Montana Dishes Up State Foods for Senate Dinner
Montana supplies nearly all dishes for the U S senate Montana day dinner in Washington D C featuring flour from Great Falls potatoes from Fairview carrots from Miles City celery from Billings sugar from Sidney jelly from Hamilton beans from Red Lodge peas from Bozeman butter from Livingston cheese from Whitehall apples from Missoula served on copper plates mined in Montana The event began when Gardiner Chamber of Commerce sent Senator Wheeler an elk and invited the senators.
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Montana
U. S. Senate
Washington, D. C
Gardiner Commercial Club
B. K. Wheel
Great Falls
Fairview
Miles City
Billings
Sidney
Hamilton
Red Lodge
Bozeman
Livingston
Whitehall
Missoula
Helena donor gifts 400 Egyptian art photographs to MSU
Mrs. Conrad A. Kohrs of Helena presented 400 photographs of Egyptian and European art and two volumes on Egyptian art to Montana State University. President Simmons announced the gift, which the state board of education formally accepted. Aden Arnold called the prints especially useful for art history students.
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Missoula
Mont
U.P
Conrad A. Kohrs
Helena
Montana State University
George Finlay Simmons
State Board of Education
Aden Arnold
Wisdom Couple Wed In Dillon In Surprise Ceremony
The marriage of Evelyn Stewart and Henry Le Corne, both of Wisdom, took place January 2 at the Dillon parsonage with Rev. Paris Wells officiating. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rasmussen. The newlyweds will live at Wisdom on the Stewart ranches, and a charivari party followed with music, lunch, and dancing.
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Wisdom
Evelyn Stewart
Henry le Corne
Big Hole
Dillon
Paris Wells
Peter Rasmussen
Wisdom Woman's club meeting highlights Montana history study
The Wisdom Woman's club met Saturday for a program on Montana history with Mrs. Ralph Huntley presenting a review of The Devil Learns to Vote by C. P. Conneley. Members and former Butte residents joined in discussion and a lunch hosted by Mrs. C. W. Francis and Mrs. Harold Capehart.
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Wisdom Woman's Club
Montana
Ralph Huntley
Devil
C. P. Conneley
Butte
C. W. Francis
Harold Capehart
Industrial Hygiene Division Formed Under State Health Board
The state board of health completed the new industrial hygiene division with Dr Lloyd M Farner as director. Despite no appropriation the division will begin functioning after federal assistance is secured and will pursue a program benefiting labor and industry. A health service for industrial workers at home and work sites is planned along with Dr W F Cogswell coordinating efforts.
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Lloyd M. Farner
State Board of Health
Farner
Utah
W. F. Cogswell
State Board
Dentist and patient settle over ill fitting dentures verdict
A Helena dentist sued a patient for not paying 150 dollars after delivering a set of false teeth. The patient returned the teeth as they did not fit. The Lewis and Clark county district court verdict found both men even after the trial.
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Lewis’and Clark County
Helena
State pig crop tops 277600 head in 1939 rise
The state's pig crop reached 277,600 head in 1939, up about eight percent from 1938, according to agriculture figures. The report notes a steady growth in hog production across the year.
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nSbs
Commission on Employment Renews Wine: Of Jobs
The commission reported 5500 workers placed in private industry and public works during the year. The trust fund held 6.86 million dollars, with 1.26 million earmarked for unemployment benefits. Of 15,600 claims filed in the last half of 1989, 2031 were found ineligible for assistance.
Montana Cuts Debt With Large Repayments
Montana state finances show a reduction in bonded indebtedness after $1,063,000 was repaid in a single day. State Treasurer Ray N. Shannon paid $858,000 in highway debentures and $205,000 in state fund bonds, leaving about $10,000,000 owed across state obligations. Half of the highway debentures remaining from the 1931 issue was settled to keep road building going. the 1933 state fund debt was paid off with a bond issue. A balance of $3,301,500 remains in the state fund bond issue.
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Montana
Ray N. Shannon
Rich to Address Montana Wool Growers Convention
R C Rich of Burley Idaho president of the National Wool Growers association will visit Helena during the Montana Wool Growers yearly convention January 15 to 17. He will speak to the convention on the day he is in Helena.
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Paul Etchepare
Montana Wool Growers’ Association
R. C. Rich
Burley
Idaho
National
Wool Growers’ Association
Helena
Rich
Inmates at Warm Springs State Insane Asylum
On January first 1854 patients were housed at Warm Springs asylum, down from 1912 on December first. Dr. B L Pampel reports thirty two paroles and eighteen deaths during the month.
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State Insane Asylum
Warm Springs
B. L. Pampel
State assessors to meet in Helena for annual conference
County assessors from across the state will gather in Helena February 1 and 2 for their annual conference with the state board of equalization. Discussions focus on assessments and taxation with the chairman noting progress toward uniformity in assessment practices. Billings Deaconess hospital directors authorize a $50,000 nurses home to be built this spring on hospital grounds to house 50 nurses in training and two matrons.
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Helena
State Board of Equalization
E. A. Dye
State Board
Billings
Mont
U.P
Billings Deaconess Hospital
Montana Democrat Chosen President of Wheeler for President Club
J Burke Clements, Montana Democratic vice chairman, was named president of the Wheeler for president club. The group formed after Senator Wheeler announced a presidential bid if Roosevelt refrains from seeking the nomination. The club aims to grow membership and then secure delegation votes for the national convention.
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J. Burke .Clements
Democratic Party
Montana
B. K. Wheeler
Roosevelt
Montana Carloadings Rise in November Rail Shipments
Commodities shipped from Montana railroad stations in November reached 27 930 cars, up 879 from the prior year. Increases appear in logs and lumber, ores and smelter products, scrap iron, sugar beets, crude petroleum and concentrates per a report by the state railroad and public service commission.
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Montana
State, Railroad and Public Service Commission
Weekend Card Club Sees Prizes Won At Gransberry Home
A Tuesday trip to Seattle and a Cotati Pindehle club event were hosted Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gransberry. Dan Piccone, Mrs. Bob Johnson, Mrs. Netl Cummins, and Nick Lamberty won prizes as eight tables played. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fuller of Dillon visited friends here. Mack Poole returned from Idaho Falls where his father is seriously ill but improving. Mrs. Bob Johnson of Dillon, with her two sons Alvin and Roger, stayed with her parents while her husband works in Lima. The valley received four inches of snow, easing the long dry spell.
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Phe “Pindehle
Weights and Measures Law Violations Promised Crackdown
James T. Sparling, commissioner of the department of agriculture, labor and industry, announced word of violations of the weights and measures law. He said the educational period is over and there will be a crackdown on willful offenders. He noted goods must be sold by true net weight or count and marked accordingly.
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James T. Sparling
Department of Agriculture, Labor and Industry
Sparling
Census mix up creates tangled kinship tale
Willard E. B. Fraser notes the Alexandria Virginia case may repeat elsewhere as census takers face a web of relations arising from John Arnold marrying three Vaughn sisters. The newborn grandson appears as both grandson and nephew, while a later daughter creates further half relations. The piece ends with a light Gen X joke for Uncle Sam to sort out.
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Willard EB. Fraser
Billings
Alexandria
John Arnold
Harry
George
Thelma
Nora
Emma Vaughn
George Arnold
Uncle Sam
Wheat stored under federal loans in state totals shown
The December 26 report by the U S agricultural marketing service lists 14 360 472 bushels of wheat stored under federal loans statewide. Farm storage houses hold 6 475 248 bushels and county and terminal warehouses hold 7 885 224 bushels.
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U. S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Inmate Population Rises at Deer Lodge Prison
The state penitentiary at Deer Lodge reported 576 inmates on December 1 and 577 on January 1, according to a report by Theodore R. Bergstrom.
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Deer Lodge
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Charlie Wenger
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John Krause
Allen Dansie
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Lloyd Bland
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Shepherd
Butte Business College
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Sacramento
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Virginia Woody
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Charles LeCorno
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Wilfey Rasmussen
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Wanda Glassey
Iiandom
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Clark Huntley
Sandra Sue
Roy Baker
Wilson Young
Wisdom Ladies Aid
Fort Harrison
Kate Hurley
Taylor Bulletin
Cloyd Wampler
Gene
Los Angeles
Henry T. Murray
State Department of Agriculture
George W. Fraser
Lewistown
B. F. Thrailkill
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Miles Ramsey
Jack Anderson
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