Looking Backward from Tribune 49 Years Ago
A digest of items from January 24 1890 notes a coal car's odd behavior in Dillon with a ton leaving a dusty trail as it moved and hid in a cellar. Reports mention dead cattle along the Dillon to Butte route from cold and hunger. Otto Rundberg suffered severe burns from a tunnel steam pipe rupture at Hecla. Dillon lodge Royal Arch Masons gains charter in Atlanta with new officers installed by Patrick Tallent of Deer Lodge. A forthcoming heir will inherit $50,000 in Ireland. Four rural schools Fox Mill Point Bristow Willow report perfect attendance this past month. View schools.
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the Tribune
Dillon
Butte
Otto Rundberg
Hecla Company
General Grand Chapter
R.A.M
U.S
Atlanta
Royal Arch. Masons
P. H. Poindexter
G. W. Dart
W. C. Orr
W. J. Crowell
D. YT. Chapman
F. Huber
C. G. Noble
P. E. Poindexter
R. C. Halliday
D Lamont
E. T. Brock
Patrick Tallent
Deer Lodge
Ireland
the Fox
Mill Point
Bristow
Willow
View
Orr and Carrigan Headed to Klondike For Year
Ernest Orr and Owen Carrigan left for the Klondike on Wednesday and expect to be gone at least a year. Sheriff Pyle reports a Klondike acquaintance proposing a dairy cow expedition to Dawson with cows valued at $500 each and milk priced at $60 a gallon. Mrs. Morsey and children will spend the winter in Los Angeles after traveling by train Wednesday evening.
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the Tribune
Ernest Orr
Owen Carrigan
Klondike
J. E. Morsey
Los Angeles
Sheriff Pyle
Bill
Dawson
A. F. Graeter
Chicago
Dillon News Roundup of Transfers and Local Incidents
Harry Graves and Homer Harrison bought the Dillon bowling alley and billiard hall on Idaho street from Ed Farnsworth. Frank Birrer left Dillon for Iowa to visit his parents for about three weeks. Norman Holden, Beaverhead valley farmer, named by Governor Norris to the third trans Missouri dry land farming congress at Cheyenne in February. Coldest Dillon reading reported at 35 degrees below zero last Saturday night. Frank Jones of Centennial valley fractured his leg last Friday when a hay load blew over in a gust of wind.
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the Tribune
Harry Graves
Homer Harrison
Dillon
Idaho Street
Ed Farnsworth
Frank “P. Birrer
Dillion
Iowa
Norman Holden
Beaverhead Valley
Norris
Cheyenne
Wyo
Frank Jones
Centennial Valley
Dillon man seeks name change to Cornwall Brady
Harry B. Brady of Dillon petitions the district court through attorney W W J Cushing to change his name to Harry Beauchamp Cornwall Brady to comply with his deceased uncle's will.
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the. Tribune
Harry B. Brady
Dillon
District Court
Www
J. Cushing
Cornwall
Will. Brady
Harry Beauchamp
Brady
Directors of REA Named at Meet
The article notes the naming of directors of the Rural Electrification Administration at a meeting. It covers questions about REA operations and the installation of electricity into rural homes.
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REA
MEET
Bulldogs to meet Carroll squad here in league showdown
Northern Montana College Lights led 58 32 at Havre as they faced the Bulldogs Tuesday. Rouse scored 12 points and Rise 10 for Montana State after a tight Lights defense. The cagers later wrapped up the series Friday night 55 41.
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Montana College Conference
Northern
Montana College Lights
Havre
Northern Lights
Rouse
Rise
Bulldogs
Montana
300 Less Drivers on the Highways in Montana
Montana will see at least 300 drivers removed from the highways this year as the new law bars licenses for persons convicted of drunken or reckless driving. Offenders whose actions caused death injury or property damage over 100 dollars must show financial responsibility before permits are issued, via self payment or insurance.
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Montana
State Budget Chief Seeks General Fund Shift
State Accountant William Hosking urged the legislature to amend laws so all tax collections flow into the state general fund. His 1939 budget shows the state living within income for two years and the general fund not overdrawn in the past biennium for the first time in 20 years.
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William Hosking
Butterfat tax eyed to fund Montana dairy ads
B F Thrailkill chief dairy division says a butterfat tax could raise funds to advertise Montana dairy products. A creamery committee will draft a bill for the legislature to consider.
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Montana
B. F. Thrailkill
State Department of Agriculture
Mining Road Bill Aims Funding For Forest Areas
Senator B. K. Wheeler introduces a measure in Congress to release 1.5 million dollars for roads and bridges in mining districts within national forests. Montana Mining Association president Carl J. Trauerman notes the plan would aid small mine operators and accelerate access to mining sites.
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B. K. Wheeler
Congress
Carl J. Trauerman
Montana Mining Association
Trauerman
State Supreme Court Denies Ferme Fisher Liquor Writ
The state supreme court denied Ferme Fisher of Hardin a writ of mandate to compel the Hardin city council to issue a beer and liquor license. The court ruled she should have filed in district court and noted she already held state liquor and beer licenses.
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State-Supreme Court
Ferme Fisher
Hardin
President's Budget Deficit Sows Market Jitters in Opening
Amid partisan clash over the 1989 budget, markets wavered as Roosevelt's opening message forecast near record deficit. Secretary Ickes faced calls to curb rhetoric while Congress debated economic policy and funding.
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Ickes
Congress
Franklin
Roosevelt
Roosevelt nominates Felix Frankfurter for Supreme Court
President Roosevelt demonstrates a drive to liberalize U S institutions by nominating Law Professor Felix Frankfurter to the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by Justice Benjamin N Cardozo.
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Washington
Roosevelt
U. S
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme. ‘Court
Benjamin N. " Cardoza
Roosevelt Speech Wins Global Echoes as Allies Respond
A Roosevelt address to Congress drew wide foreign reaction with Britain airing the full text on BBC and Daventry, Chamberlain aligning with Roosevelt, German papers noting the shift, and Hamburg’s Kaufman calling the U S a foe of Nazism alongside Soviet Russia. Franco’s Spain largely ignored the condemnation of aggressors.
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London
Woodrow Wilson
U. S
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
British Broadcasting Corporation
Germany
Italy
France
Daventry
Neville Chamberlain
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington
Mr. Chamberlain
Pers
Boersen-Zeitung
Karl Kaufman
Hamburg
Soviet Russia
Francisco Franco
Spain
California pardons Tom Mooney after 22 years in San Quentin
Culbert Olson, at age 62, begins California's first Democratic administration in 44 years by granting an unconditional pardon to Thomas J. Mooney, the long incarcerated labor leader blamed for the 1916 preparedness day bombing that killed ten and injured forty. Mooney vows to work for the common good and, after his release, helps picket lines and shares his $5? half of a gift to striking workers with others.
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San Francisco
Calif
San Quentin
Mooney
Warren K. Billings
California
Olson
Assembly Chamber
Tom “Mooney
Chicago
Oxygen mask eases seasickness on voyage
Boston reporters watched Dr. Richmond Goulden aboard the Lady Nelson demonstrate an oxygen mask devised by Dr. Walter Meredith Boothby of the Mayo Clinic. The device relieved seasickness for three of four passengers during the 80 day round trip to British Guiana, enabling eating talking and smoking while using oxygen.
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Lady Nelson
Boston
Richmond Goulden
Walter Meredith Boothby
Mayo Clinic
Boothby
Nelson
British Guiana
New Hyde Park Library Boycotts Lindbergh Book Listen The Wind
The Washington Last week the library club of New Hyde Park New York voted to boycott Listen The Wind by Ann Morrow Lindbergh citing opposition to royalty profits. That day Lindbergh faced headlines claiming he spied for democracy while hobnobbing with Nazis and exposing Nazi air data abroad.
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Washington
Library Club of
New Hyde Park
N. Y
Ann’ Morrow Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
Berlin
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
U.S
Messrs
Hitler
Goebbels
Goering orders egg production rise in Germany
The Economic Dictator General Goering demands hen egg output rise from 90 to 140 per year. Chickens refusing will be killed and eaten, with no scraps provided to meet the target.
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Berlin
Germany
General Goering
Group says disease hazards low in Butte mines
A state commission told Governor Ayers and the legislature that sanitary conditions in Butte mines have reduced the threat of silicosis to below danger. Only one traceable case remains, likely dating to old drilling and ventilation. The commission urges a state hygiene department within the health board and asks Congress to make silicosis victims eligible for Social Security.
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Butte
Roy E. Ayers
State Department of Hygiene
State Board of Health
Congress
Inmate pop at Deer Lodge Penitentiary topped 544
Warden Theodore R. Bergstrom reports 544 inmates in the state penitentiary at Deer Lodge on January 1, two fewer than December. The group comprises 516 white men, six white women, 21 black men and one Oriental. Twenty two prisoners were paroled in December, bringing total paroles to 5,602 in the prison’s history.
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State Penitentiary
Deer Lodge
Theodore R. Bergstrom
Missoula Founder’s Daughter and Deer Lodge Death Note
The obituary note recalls Mrs. Frank Conley of Deer Lodge, daughter of Captain Christopher P. Higgins, founder of Missoula. It notes Higgins once owned the townsite and that several local streets are named after him and the Conley family.
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Frank Conley
Deer Lodge
Conley
Christopher. P. Higgins
Missoula
Mr. Conley
Beavers Top Two Butte Hoop Teams In Narrow Wins
Dillon Beavers defeated the Butte Purples 42-32 at the Normal College gym as Wilcox led with 14 points and Good added key baskets. Earlier freshmen beat training school 31-9. Dillon also edged Twin Bridges 34-30 in a tough road game with Good as top scorer. Madison quad posed late resistance.
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Dillon
Butte
Butte Purples
Normal College Gymnasium
Beavers
Wilcox
Good
Honkola
Kamps
Edwards
Babcock
Dillon Beavers
Twin Bridges
Madison
Water Users' Irrigation Company Plans Stock Assessment
The board resolves a 12.5 cent per share assessment to raise funds for operating expenses and retirement of bonded debt. Payment is due by March 10, 1939 at the corporation treasurer in Dillon Montana. Delinquent stock may be sold at public auction on May 7, 1939 with costs of advertising.
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Havelbaker
Idaho ‘Street
Dillon
Montana
Geravetbken
Board meeting minutes of Usera Irrigation Company
The Board of Directors adopted a recavity copy at a meeting held on January 0, 1939. FR. HAZELBAKER signed as Secretary Treasurer with the official seal.
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Usera’ Irrigation Company
Ita
Quieting Title Suit In Dillon Montana District Court
William A Casper sues to quiet title on a 60 by 119 foot tract in Dillon Beaverhead County Montana. Defendants include Matthew Orr Ernest Orr Ret a Orr Bert Orr John Orr Iris Orr Aura Orr Margaret Orr Ruth Orr and unknown claimants. Judgment by default if no answer within twenty days. Court filing date January 4 1939.
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State of
Montana
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Marlow
Poindexter and
Orr
Poindexter and Ory
Lota No
Township
Range
M.P.M
Washington and Reeder Streets
Washington Street
Reeder Street
Norman .Giles
W. M. Stone
J. E. Kelly
Plaintiff
Alias summons for Beaverhead lands quieting title
Plaintiffs alias summons against all claimants including The State of Montana to quiet title to Lot 10 in Block 6 Townsite Original Millan Bearprised County Montana. Case filed in Dillon with Norman Giles as Clerk and John Collins as attorney. Publication January 5, 1939.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Great Falls
Montana
Walter H. Barnes
Box 5
Dillon
Nwsw
Nizney
Swyney
Township
Range
Principal Meridian
Norman Giles
District Court
Sam Freeman
Hubert Flynn
Walter Taylor
John Coppin
Thos
F. Corbally
Fifth Judicial District
State OF
Beaverhead
Albert F. Selway
Mark M, Selway
Elsie Earle
Clara Wheeler
David Brown
Jennie Doe Brown
Bearprised
Felows
John Collins
Dillon, Mont
Fleet Publication
Notice of Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad Abandonment Loss
The Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad Company filed December 21 1988 with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington DC for a certificate to abandon its entire 120 mile line from Armstead to Salmon with a branch Leadore to Gilmore plus 11 miles of yards in Beaverhead Montana and Lemhi Idaho.
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GILMORE AND _ PITTSBURGH RAILROAD COMPANY
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Armstead
Salmon
Leadore
Gilmore
Beaverhead County
Montana
Lemhi County
Idaho
Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad Company
Sheriff Sale Notice of Regional Credit Corp of Spokane
Sheriff sale to occur January 28 1938 at 2 PM at Dillon Montana front courthouse door. Plaintiff Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation of Spokane seeks sale of the defendants rights in described real property including SE quarter and NE quarter of sections in Beaverhead County. Defendants include Daniel F Mooney Lucy Mooney and others.
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Sheriff's Sale
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Spokane
Washington
Daniel F. Mooney
Lucy Mooney
Dillon
Beaverhead
Montana
Seyne
Genet
Bogihwest
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