First term district court opens in new courthouse
From the Tribune 49 years ago the first term of the fifth judicial district court will convene in the new courthouse next Monday. Furniture not arrived so temporary arrangements will be used. Mr Brown’s poultry disappearances spark a small neighborhood mystery as two men flee. Mrs George Romain sworn postmistress at Warm Springs aiding settlers. Music box drawing won by Joe Kidd who plans to gift it to the prettiest girl. Coal pilfering alarm grows with boys carrying sacks toward coal bins. Rattle Snake district View school house burned, valued at $2000, loss total. Albert Gelhaus returns to Dillon after time in New York and England.
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District Court
Fifth Judicial District
Geo. M
Brown
George
Romain
Warm Springs
View
Rattlesnake
Albert Gelhaus
Dillon
New York
England
Ial
Ulmy
National Guardsme
Roosevelt
Craig
Rocky Mountains
Army
War Department
Navy
Arthur J. Hepburn
Naval Defense
Lnes
Pacific
Atlantic
Caribbean
Guam
Yokohama
Franklin Roosevelt
State Department
Japan
Congress
U. S
Disorder at Opera House Prompts Critique on Youths
Report notes some boys who attended a recent play misbehaved between acts by throwing hats at audience members and using spitballs, disrupting the performance. Also included are local social notes of a Dillon visitor bringing a bride and other town news from the region.
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Opera House
Sam Peterson
Dillon
Nels Nelson
Horse Prairie
Maggie Jacobson
Soren P
Nelson
Isaac Rife
Medicine Lodge
Ogden
A. Larivée
Big Hole Basin
Dillon Inches Toward Free City Mail Delivery
Telegram notes that Dillon may gain free city mail delivery if the post office receipts reach at least ten thousand dollars by year end. Reports show total receipts of ten thousand two hundred forty five dollars and ninety seven cents. Also: Mrs. W S Barbour returns from a six month visit to Oklahoma Alabama Georgia and Texas. A fire at Lovell ranch electric light plant caused about one thousand dollars in damage from a short circuit.
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the Tribune
Dillon
Oklahoma
Alabama
Georgia
Texas
Lovell Ranch
Late Tribune issue delayed by power outage in 1919
The Tribune reports a rare delay in publication due to the electric light plant failing and power available for only half a treatment period. The note reflects a historic disruption affecting printing schedules and operation.
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the Tribune
State Employment Office Opens Here in Dillon
The Dillon branch of the Montana State Employment Service division has opened an office in the Telephone block with Edgar B. Rife in charge. The office handles registration and classification of applicants, referrals to employers and public projects, interstate clearance, and unemployment benefit eligibility. About 1,400 applicants are registered, with 950 Beaverhead County workers covered. the office emphasizes thorough interviewing and a selective worker referral system with no fees.
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Dillon
Montana State Employment Service Division
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Edgar B. Rife
Rife
Montana
Beaverhead County
Employment Service
Montana's Share Yet Coc Camp Workers Enrolled
A January enrollment date for Coc camp workers is set as Montana's share is discussed. Details specify enrollment timing and involved parties, with emphasis on implementation in early 191.
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Montana
Byrnes proposes federal works plan to absorb WPA era programs
The Byrnes committee urges a new Federal Department of Public Works to run WPA CCC PWA NYA with Social Security changes, unemployment benefits of 5 to 15 dollars weekly for 13 weeks, and a large public works program funded by states and federal aid. It also outlines military build up and Guam base plans amid wartime concerns.
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Byrnes Committee
Federal
Department of Public Workd
Social Security Board
WPA
PWA
CCC
NYA
Illinois
Georgia
Montana
Federal Employment Service
Social Security
Public Works Department
Civil Service
Ambassadors Kennedy and Bullitt Foresee European War
Washington session of House and Senate Military Affairs committees heard Kennedy and Bullitt predict war in Europe within the year. They claimed Germany has thousands of planes and many more in production, while Roosevelt sought $552 million in extra defense funding including 3,000 more Army planes and matériel.
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Washington
Florida
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
William Bullitt
Paris
House
Senate
Messrs. Kennedy
Bullitt
Europe
Germany
Mussolini
Franklin Roosevelt
Congress
Louis Johnson
Panama
Hawaii
U. S
Poll Shows Roosevelt Husband Victory, First Lady Approval Low
A New York Gallup poll released last week finds 58 percent of voters approve of Mrs. Roosevelt as First Lady while 67 percent approve of her husband. The study notes her approval drops among upper income voters, unlike his broad support.
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New York
George Galloup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Roosevelt
Gallup
Three Judges Sought In Butte District Court Expansion
Attorneys in Butte circulate petitions asking for a third district judge due to excessive business for the two current judges. The Silver Bow county bar association plans to present the petitions to the legislature seeking a law creating a new third judicial department in the second district, which previously had a third department discontinued by a legislative act years ago.
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Butte
Silver Bowl County Bar Association
Montana Issues Oil Tax Apportionment to 56 Counties
State Auditor John J. Holmes announced apportionment of 23 031 074 of the state oil production license tax to 56 Montana counties. Twenty five percent of the annual tax is pro rated to counties on the basis of average daily attendance in county schools.
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Helena
Mont
U.P
John J. Holmes
Montana
Keeping Step With Boy Scouts Assist Rink Patrol
Boy Scouts named to assist Legion supervisors policing the municipal skating rink. A rules committee led by A. M. Jones, Dale Tash, George Baker and Harold Johnson approved a simple set of rules to insure safety and order. Leroy Gilbert and Raymond P. Jones organize a roster of scouts for nightly duty.
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Legion
A. M. Jones
Dale Tash
George Baker
Harold Johnson
Galt
Boy Scouts
Leroy Gilbert
Raymond P. Jones
Indians Seek Legislation To Return Bean In Ceremonies
In Helena Montana two Crow leaders from Crow agency Johnny Takes the Gun and Thomas Tobacco urged Montana lawmakers to legalize the peyote bean for Indian ceremonies. The substance was banned under drug laws but restored federally in 1936, and now the Crow seek state sanction.
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Helena
Mont
U.P
Crow Agency
Johnny Takes
Thomas Tobacco
State Liquor Profits From 1934 to Year Total 9.29 Million
State funds benefited by liquor profits since 1934 through 1934 to the present year amounting to 9,293,871. Revenue sources include liquor store sales licenses beer licenses excise tax and beer tax. Distribution allocated to counties general fund relief fund public welfare fund water conservation administration revolving fund teachers retirement and the public school funds.
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Ray N. Shannon
General Fund
Relief Fund
Public Welfare Fund
Water Conservation Administration
Temperance Commission
Public School General Fund
Hunters Nabbed For Shooting Too Early Near Gardiner
With elk season nearly closed, 31 elk crossed the deadline at 7:46 am prompting deputy game wardens to issue arrest tickets. Eighteen hunters paid $27.50 each, two chose jail, and one pled not guilty for charges of possessing meat before legal time. Season ended in the Gardiner area last Thursday.
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Gardiner
Gardiners
Ladies of St. Rose guild meet at VanAirsdale home
The Ladies of the St. Rose guild plan a Thursday afternoon gathering at 3 30 at Mrs L R VanAirsdale's house on Rife street with Mrs Ray Ladiges assisting as hostess.
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St. Rose Guild
L. R. VanAirsdale
Rife Street
Ray Ladiges
Notice of Stock Raising Homestead Final Proof in Montana
Department of the Interior U S Land Office in Great Falls Montana announces Walter H Barnes of Box 6 Dillon Montana filed intent to make final proof to establish a stock raising homestead claim on the SE1/4 Sec 2 T9N R?W Principal Meridian. Hearing before Norman Giles Dillon February 28 1939 with witnesses Sam Freeman Hubert Flynn Walter Taylor John Coppin.
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The
Interior
U. S. Land Office
Great Falla
Montana
Walter H. Barnes
Dillon
Norman Giles
District Court
Sam Freeman
Hubert Flynn
Walter Taylor
John Coppin
Thos. F. Corbally
Register
Alias summons in Montana district court case
A Montana district court in Ton County issues an alias summons for William A Casper as plaintiff and party in a civil matter. The document references the Fifth Judicial District and the case caption shows the parties involved, starting the legal action.
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Fifth Judicial District
Montana
Ton County
William A. Casper
Beaverhead County Land Suit Seeks Quiet Title in Dillon
Albert F. Selway and Mark M. Selway sue Elsie Earle Clara Wheeler David Brown and Jennie Doe Brown plus others asserting cloud on title to Lot 10 Block 6 Original Townsite Dillon Beav erhead County Montana. Court summons directs appearance within twenty days after service or default judgment. First publication January 6 1989.
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Sheriff's Sale Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Spokane
Washington
Del.f. Mooney
Lucy Mooney
Dillon
Beaverhead
Montana
Real Renetowit
Mathew Orr
Ernest I. Orr
Reta Orr
Bert
John T. Orr
Iva Orr
Aura C. Orr
Margaret Orr Lowless
Ruth Orr Kelly
Beaverhead County
Marlow
Poindexter and
Orr
Poindexter
Township
M.P
Washington and
Reeder Streets
Washington and Reeder
Washington Street
Reeder Street
Norman Giles
W. M. Stone
J. E. Kelly
Plaintiff
Elsie Earle
Clara Wheeler
David Brown
Jennie Doe Brown
State of
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Yeats
National Advertising
American’ Press Association
Tribune
Jane
State Employment Office
Harry Hecovery
South
Carolina
Byrnes
Coe On Es
Northwest Bancorporation
Deposit. Insurance Corporation
Albert F. Selway
Mark M. Selway
SWAT
John Collins
Dillon, Mont
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