Pioneer Meyer E. Stone Dies at 68 Near City
Meyer E. Stone, early day U S Army scout with General Custer, died at his home near the lower electric plant last Friday night at nine o'clock from pneumonia. He was 68. Survived by wife and two children Lorena of Chicago and Warren M. of Dillon, plus a brother in Meeker and a sister in Rich Hill. The funeral was Tuesday at St James Episcopal Church with interment in Mountain View cemetery. Stone pioneered in Cheyenne and Helena before moving to Dillon in 1901, where he managed the lower plant of the Union Electric company for eighteen years. He married Franie Combs and had two children. He was respected as an intrepid frontier figure and empire builder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer E. Stone
U. S. Army
Lower Electric
St. James
Thomas W. Bennett
Mountain View
Lorena Stone
Chicago
Warren M. Stone
G. W. Stone
Meeker
Colo
Mary Duncan
Rich Hill
Empire Builders
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Black Hills
Custer
Upper
Yellowstone
Northwest
Cheyenne
Helena
Franie Combs
Warren
Lorena
Dillon
Th Union Electric Company
Beaverhead Wins Season Opener Over Philipsburg 89 to 12
Beaverhead Highs outpaced Philipsburg in the season opener 89 to 12 at the local gym. The Beaverhead squad, coached by Knudson, showcased a strong inside game and fast ball handling with standout plays by Ryburn and Hatfield guiding a dominant performance.
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Beaverhead
Philipsbore
Knudson
Philipsburg
Edinger
Dillon
Andy Smith
Smith
Ryburn
Hatfield
Auction of Delinquent Tax Property
Delinquent tax properties will be sold at a public auction in front of the county treasurer's office at the courthouse next Tuesday morning January 20. Total delinquent taxes at closing reach 23 431.57 dollars, with over 19 000 dollars tied to the Big Hole Irrigation property and about 4 000 dollars due on all other delinquencies.
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Court House
Big Hole
Gratitude for Help After Illness and Death
A family thanks friends for assistance and sympathy during illness and death of their husband and father. Special thanks go to the Eastern Star chapter the Woodmen lodge and others who sent flowers.
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Eastern Star
Woodmen Lodge
Rebekah Lodge Installs New Officers in Dillon
Newly installed officers of Diana Rebekah Lodge No. 42 Dillon were seated at their regular meeting. January 1 1920 installations included Helen Cushing as noble grand and Vera M. Baker as vice grand. Three candidates Ruth Innes J B Mayfield and Charles M Bonnifield were initiated January 28 with lunch served. A combined hard time and leap year party is planned January 29 in the club rooms and the district meeting will be held in Wilson with eight chapters participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diana Rebekah Lodge No. 42
Dillon
Helen Cushing
Noble Grand
Vera M. Baker
Jessie Taylor
Helen Smith
Emelia Carney
Marguerite Cushing
Stella Mayfield
Geneva Baker
Anna Loree
Susan Findling
Nellie McFadden
Mable Mayfield
Nellie Nelson
Martha Chapman
Guardian
O. M. Galloway
E. G. Farnsworth
Ruth Innes
J. B. Mayfield
Charles M. Bonnifield
Rebekahs
Wilson
Council Postpones City Improvement Plans
The city council, citing threatened finances and outstanding debts, abandoned its tentative improvement program for this year. Plans for a new improvement district of about forty blocks with paving and street lighting, plus a $20,000 water mains project, were deferred with hope to proceed next year after a clearer financial picture.
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Water Department
Cluley Wins Beaverhead Post Commander Seat
John B. Cluley a mechanics professor at the Normal college was elected commander of Beaverhead Post No 20 after County Attorney T E Gilbert resigned. The move follows a policy change from the Minneapolis convention restricting political officeholders from Legion posts. Gilbert’s resignation cited policy concerns and a temporary leadership will guide the post until bylaws are adopted. The band committee gained authorization to proceed and a dues drive runs a month early to sync local and state fiscal years.
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John B. Cluley
The
Normal College
Beaverhead
T. E. Gilbert
Minneapolis
Legion
Gilbert
Cluley
State Department
Beaverhead and Butte Central Duel in Butte Tonight
Beaverhead High’s basketball team travels to Butte to face Butte Central High as part of a double header with the Aggies and School of Mines in the finale. The locals, in their second game of the season after a strong debut, are expected to perform well amid heavy fan anticipation.
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Philipsburg
Beaverhead
Beaverhead High
Butte Central High
Butte
Aggies
School of Mines
Anconda
Anaconda High
Pure Bred Shorthorns Command Record Price at Sale
The Clover Meadow and Sheridan estate of George Rhodes sold thirteen full blood Scotch Shorthorn cows and heifers to Hercules stock farm of Sprague Washington for 20000 dollars. Jack Napier of Hercules, the farm superintendent, oversaw the delivery in Dillon.
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Sheridan
George Rhodes
Hercules
Sprague
Washington
Montana
Jack Napier
Hercules Farm
Mississippi
Dillon
Friends serenade Lauterbachs at countryside gathering
A group of friends visited Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Lauterbach at their home north of town Tuesday evening and gave an old fashioned charivari. A merry evening was enjoyed by all present. Jay Holtz moved into his new home on South Dakota street Wednesday.
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Adolph Lauterbach
Jay ‘Holtz
South
Dakota Street
Mizpah Chapter Installs Officers in Formal Ceremony
Mizpah chapter No. 13 O E S held its annual officer installation at the Masonic temple on Tuesday evening January 13. Officers installed included W M Mrs Adam Roode W P J Dysart Gowan associate matron Miss Edna Ketchum secretary Mrs Martha Martin treasurer Mrs Alice Baxter conductress Mrs Louise Featherly associate conductress Mrs Anna Blinn chaplin Mrs Burfield marshal Dr G G Brownback organist Mrs Glara Holtz Ruth Miss Vera Baker Esther Iva L Orr Martha Elizabeth H H Luebben Electa Elizabeth Clemon warden George W Lovell sentinel. Lodge members enjoyed a sumptuous banquet after the ceremony.
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Mizpah
Masonic Temple
Adam Roode
W. M
J. Dysart Gowan
W. P
Edna Ketchum
Martha Martin
Alice Baxter
Louise Featherly
Anna Blinn
Burfield
Chaplin
Nellie Lovell
Marshal
G. G. Brownback
Glara Holtz
Ada
Candance Ewing
Ruth
Vera Baker
Esther
Iva L. Orr
Martha
Elizabeth HH. Luebben
Electa
Elizabeth
Clemon
George W
Lovell
Officers Elected at Beaverhead Building Co Annual Meeting
Beaverhead Building Co held its first annual election of officers Monday night. Elected directors include A. L. Stone, D. M. Best, D. P. B. Sullivan, R. W. Boone, and E. E. Yeager.
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Beaverhead Building Co
D.M. Best
R. W. Boone
Hays Johnson View on League of Nations in Senate Debate
Butte Montana January 9. The current Senate debate over ratifying the League of Nations prompts reservations or rejection. William Hays urges strong safeguards for U.S. sovereignty including Monroe Doctrine, immigration and tariff control, and withdrawal rights. Senator Hiram Johnson opposes a League that curtails United States power or enforces foreign governance, preferring a real League of peoples with no foreign dominance. Robert Lee Clinton.
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Butte
Mont
Senate of the
United States
League of Nations
Wilson
Senate
William H. Hays
Hiram Johnson
Hays
Congress
League
Hird. Johnson
Europe
Asia
League of Peoples
Robert Lee Clinton
Matrimonial Tide Ebbs in Leap Year County
The county reports no marriages since 1920 and the leap year is blamed for the lull in uptials. Clerk Fred Rife notes the dusted marriage license book and wonders if a statewide trend or leap year effect is behind the quiet. A local man quips that ladies cling to tradition until the ice breaks.
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Fred Rife
Mrs Mary Judge and Family Visit Sheridan
Mrs Mary Judge and her family motored to Sheridan on Sunday to spend the day with relatives there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Judge
Sheridan
Beaverhead County to vote on $220000 in bond issues
Three county bond propositions totaling 220000 will go before voters at the April primary. A $100000 highway bond, a $70000 high school dormitory bond, and a $50000 central heating plant bond. The High School Board authorized the dormitory bonds and the county commissioners set terms.
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Board of County Commissioners
Gold- Stabeck Company
Minneapolis
H. J. Reesburg
Great Falls
G. P. Hughes
Elizabeth Sutherland
P. I. Smith
J. H. Gilbert
Board of Commissioners
Board of County Commissioners of
Beaverhead County
Stock cattle shipped to Shoshone Idaho on hay deal
Eight hundred head of stock cattle were shipped to Shoshone Idaho last Saturday by Poindexter and Orr to be fed on hay bought for 46000 dollars in what is described as one of the year's largest stock feed deals. On Monday Brenner Livestock sold two cars of fat cows to Cudahay and sent them to eastern markets. Tuesday Tom Pierce of Horse Prairie district shipped two hundred head of prime beef steers to eastern markets.
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Shoshone
Idaho
Poindexter and Orr
Big Ranch Concern
Brenner Livestock Company
Cudahay Company
Tom Pierce
Horse Prairie District
Sunday church services and events listing
Sunday services at 10 am led by Prof L R Light superintendent. Sermons by Pastor H G Humphrey at 1 am and 7 30 pm. Epworth League activities at 6 20 pm.
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L. R. Light
H. G. Humphrey
Epworth
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Stone
Dillon Smith W. Smith
Holmes
R. F
Stevens
Owens
Franklin
Blumenthal
L. G. Ryburn
R. G
N’ Ev Stone
Wars. Warren M. Stone
Rebekah
Hays and Johnson League OF Nations
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