Beaverhead rancher Morrison dies after hospital operation
One of Beaverhead valley’s best known old time ranchmen, Morrison, died at an early hospital hour after a brain abscess operation the prior evening. Born May 9 1872 in Pleasant Iowa he lived in Montana most of his life. Survived by widow a daughter four sons a sister and two brothers. Funeral plans pending relatives word.
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Beaverhead Valley
Morrison
Pleasant
Iowa
Montana
Dillon
H. M. Brundage
Frank .Lasich
Elwood
Bert
James
Robert
City
E. Shoemaker
Des’ Moines
Charles
Batavia
Cal
Mussellshell
Rotary Club Discusses State Association and Local Progress
Dillon Rotary members and guests met at the Andrus dining room with Dr R D Curry chairing and W B Hartwig outlining Montana Association unity efforts. Frank Elief discussed action on a local branch while J E Kelly urged promoting Montana resources and Monida Pass as a route to California. Cal Simons reported on Buenos Aires exposition duties and plans for Rotarian church go Sunday February 22.
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Dillon
Rotary
Andrus
R.D. Curry
W. B. Hartwig
Rotary Committee
Montana Association
Frank Elie
Helena
Beaverhead
Normal College
J. E. Kelly
Montana
Monida Pass
California
Cal
Simons
Buenos Aires
Associated Press
Early Risers Plan President Hoover Interview
A special meeting of the Early Rising club executive committee, with President Orr presiding, authorized a three member delegation to visit Washington to interview President Hoover about the Wickersham report on prohibition. Harry Andrus chairs with Dr Poindexter and George Metlen appointed. senators learned of the move.
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Early Rising Club
Orr
Washington
Hoover
Wickersham
Harry Andrus
Poindexter
George Metlen
Monida Resident Earns National Radio Diploma
Monida resident R N Richards of Moniday tana completed both practical and theory courses at the National Radio Institute Washington Del and earned a diploma in technical studies with creditable grades. His training covered receivers transmitters public address systems and the latest developments in A C circuits and screen grid tubes with emphasis on design construction installation and service of radio receiving sets.
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R. N. Richards
Moniday.tana
National Radio” Institute
Washington
Del
Esteemed Dillon matron Mrs Hawkins dies at son’s home
Mrs James B Hawkins a beloved Dillon matron died at her son W W Hawkins home after a long illness. Born 1868 in Hartford Connecticut she moved to Miles City in 1886 and married James B Hawkins. Survivors include two daughters Mrs L H Orr and Mrs K N King a son W W Hawkins and several grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 30 pm from the Lutheran church with Rev H B Hanson officiating. burial in Mountain View cemetery.
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Dillon
James B. Hawkins
Hartford
Contt
Miles City
Hawkins
Texas Rangers
Southwest
United
Marshall
Montana
Hanson
Mountain View Cemetery
Beaverhead Auto Sales to Add Second Floor in Dillon
Beaverhead Auto Sales plans a spring enlargement in Dillon by adding a second story over the Glendale street wing to provide extra storage for cars and equipment. A carload of structural steel arrived Monday to begin preliminary work, with Hi J Hamill as contractor, who also built the First National Bank building nearing completion. The addition will double existing storage space and improve the building’s appearance.
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Beaverhead Auto
Dillon
Glendale Street
Hi. J. Hamill
First “National Bank
Potter Bride Weds in Seattle with Shidler ties
Miss Dorothy Anne Potter daughter of Mrs Louis Potter longtime Dillon resident married Wednesday of last week at St Barnabas chapel Seattle to Mr Roger Louis Shidler. They will reside in Seattle after February 20 following a wedding trip to California.
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Dorothy Anne Potter
Louis Potter
Dillon
St. Barnabas Chapel
Seattle
Roger Louis Shidler
California
Beavethhead Mining Association Plans Special Meeting
A special meeting of the Beavethead Mining Association has been called by Secretary Roy Herndon for Saturday at 7 30 p m at the Sugar Bowl care The meeting will discuss mining legislation with Senator Smith and Representative Metlen from Helena expected to attend.
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Beavethhead. Mining Association
Roy Herndon
Sugar Bowl Care
Smith Ana
Metlen
Helena
Montana Highway Commission Awards Major Beaverhead Contract
The Montana Highway Commission met in Helena to award contracts totaling 1 407 087 442 dollars across fifteen divisions. Beaverhead County received the second largest award for 36.56 miles of grading and surfacing from the Idaho line toward Butte, with Morrison Knudson of Boise, Idaho submitting a 227 290 81 bid. A second contract for two twenty foot concrete bridges went to B M Heefshaw of Livingston for 4 609 7. Montana plans to complete the work by September 1 1931, creating a continuous route from Butte to the Idaho state line and boosting northwest motor traffic through Beaverhead.
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Highway Commission
Helena
Montana
Beaverhead
Idaho State Line
Morrison, Knudson, Company
Boise
Idaho
B. M
Butte
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Jurors Named for February Term of District Court
Fred Rife announces the February term juror panel for the district court. Court opens February 9 with no criminal actions on the docket yet and several civil cases set. list includes Anderson Peter Dell Bedell Willis Dillon Brivsmah He Dillon Brown Coy Armstead Calvert Chas Lima Cantrell BEH Dillon Cashmore A I Dillon Dart Fred Dillon Dodgson Geo Wise River Drew Monida Dunn Roberts Grant Edwards Claude Dillon Gelhaus Francis Dillon Gilbert Leroy Dillon Harkness Guy T Dillon Hendricks H T Fishtrap Henneberry Ambrose Dillon Holman Carl Otto Jackson Jaques Walter L Dillon Johnson Albert Dillon Kajin Matt Lima Kanzler Geo Henry Grant Kent John Dillon Knoll Carl G Bannack Larson George Dillon Tee Dr J D Dillon Longseth Albert Grant Lounsberry A J Dell Madsen J B Bannack Marchesseau Robert Grant Miller Arnold Dillon Moen T Dillon Morrison Elwood Dillon McFadden Frank C Dillon McFarland Dr A H Dillon McMenamey B J Armstead McNinch Roy C Lima Nay Ross Bannack Owen Alvin Armstead OConnell Wm D Jackson ONeill Ben Fedieada Pahnish Carl A Bannack Parcell H S Dillon Paul Frank Dillon Petterson Alf C Armstead Pilgrim J A Dijon Powell Roy Dillon Price Clyde L Lima Quigley Martin Jackson Rankin Claude A Wisdom Rees J W Dillon Richards Wm A Jackson Romain Ed Fackson Salmonson Andrew Lima Schultz Albert Dillon Shanholtzer J O Lakeview Sharpe William Dillon Shaw J E Wisdom Sloane Robert Wisdom Smith Earl R Dillon Stingon W E Dillon Stram Herbert J Polaris Tattersall R C Dillon Thomas Wm B Dillon Wharton J C Wisdom
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Anderson
Peter
Dell
Bedell
Willis
Dillon
Brivsmah
He. H
Brown
Armstead
Calvert
Chas
Gilbert
Leroy
Harkness
Guy T
Hendricks
H. T
Henneberry
Ambrose
Holman
Carl Otto
Jackson
Jaques
Walter L
Johnson
Albert
Kajin
Matt
Lima
Kanzler
Geo
Henry
Grant
Kent
John
Knoll
Carl G
Bannack
Larson
George
B. J
McNinch
Roy C
Nay
Ross
Owen
Alvin
O'Connell
Wm. D
O'Neill
Ben
Fedieada Pahnish
Carl. A
Parcell
H. S
Paul
Frank
Petterson
Alf. C
Pilgrim
J. A
Dijon
Powell
Roy
Price
Clyde L
Quigley
Martin
Rankin
Claude
Wisdom
Rees
J. W
Richards
Wm. A
Romain
Fackson
Salmonson
Andrew
Schultz
Shanholtzer
J. O
Lakeview
Sharpe
William
Local Teams Win In Friday Games
Dillon Beavers rallied from 14-12 down after three quarters to defeat Virginia City 30-17 in a girls game the Beaverettes routed Virginia City 47-6. Boone Bates and Kerr led the Beavers. Dillon girls kept an unbroken season record.
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Virginia City
Breeden
Hoppisters
Beavers
Boone
Bates
Kerr
Beaverettes
Dillon
Legion Post Sends $15 To Milk Fund
The Beaverhead American Legion post sent $15 to the milk fund at the Normal training school. The fund supplies fresh milk to undernourished pupils in primary and upper grades, costing about $2 daily. Parents and the PTA maintain the fund, with rising demand possible due to whooping cough and other illnesses.
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Beaverhead Post
The
American Legion
Katherine MacGregor
School staff hosts buffet supper at home economics dept
Miss Wilma Robbins, director of home economics at the high school, and class members entertained teachers from the high school Normal college and training school at a buffet supper last evening in the home economics department. About fifty were seated for the enjoyable occasion. Mrs. J. N. McLean, recently operated on at Murray hospital in Butte, is reported to be rapidly recovering.
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Wilma Robbins
Normal College and Training School
J. N.mclean
Murray Hospital
Butte
Local Names List for Wheat and Dillon Families
A compact roster lists Wheat C. H. Dillon George Whitworth Dell Willard James L. Dillon Williams Edw. H. Dillon Wionoski Frank Dillon.
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Wheat
C. H
Dillon
Whitworth
George
Dell
Willard
James L. Dillon
Williams
Edw
Wionoski
Frank
War Vet John Fogarty Sings On National Broadcast
John Fogarty, a former 168th Infantry veteran from this city who served in France with George R. Baker D W Paiddock and others, was heard on a national radio program from New York station last Friday. He was introduced as the famous Irish tenor and his voice drew praise for its extraordinary range and promise of a future in music. Fogarty had visited Dillon in 1919 after discharge and impressed locals with his impromptu singing.
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John Fogarty
France
George R. Baker
D. W. Paiddock
168Rd Infantry
New York
Fogarty
Dillon
Mrs Ambrose Dies in Provo After Long Illness
Mrs. W. E. Ambrose of Dillon died last Monday at the family home in Provo Utah after years of invalid life. A Wisconsin native, she moved west about thirty years ago and authored poems before losing sight. Survived by husband, son Sam in California, mother, three sisters in Montana and Utah, and four brothers.
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Wisconsin
Utah
Sam
California
A. A. Elliott
Dillon
E. W. ‘McCormick
Glacier
John Sherman
Kalispel
Edward, Will and
George Wade
Salt Lake
Virgil
Pocatello
Western Fuels To Meet Eliels At Normal College Gym
The Western Fuels, an independent team from Butte, rated above the Dahlbergs, will face the undefeated Eliels at the Normal college gym next Monday evening.
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Butte
Western” Fuels
Dahlbergs
Eliels
Normal College
Deer Lodge Ag Club Invades Dillon for Dairy and Game
Deer Lodge Ag members visited Dillon last Saturday with Beaverhead county high school guests. They toured valley ranches judging dairy cattle and inspected the Poin dexter and Orr facilities. Deer Lodge won a basketball game 26 to 10 at the high school gym. A dairy short course led by Bernard Williams drew 15 attendees as The Cost of Production was discussed.
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Deer Lodge Ag Club
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Poindexter & Orr
Deer Lodge Quint
Bernard Williams
Smith-Hughes Agricultural
Normal Bulldogs take two of three at Billings series
Coach Moe's Bulldogs posted a strong showing at Billings by taking two of three against local college teams. They beat Billings Polytechnic 38 to 29, fell to the same team 27 to 22, then defeated Eastern Montana Normal 38 to 35, with solid individual and team play across the series.
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Moe
Bulldogs
Billings
Billings Polytechnic
Mottana
Big Hole Basin social life and cattle market noted
John Inabnit reports on Wisdom social life with a Five Hundred card club meeting each Saturday drawing ranchers from miles around. Seventeen tables play for high score, with a grand prize for the series and a supper after. Cattle business in Montana remains strong with Hanson Packing’s James Dodd buying heavily this winter at market prices.
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John Inabnit
Big Hole Basin
Wisdom
Inabnit
Montana
James, Dodd
Hanson Packing Company
Butte
United States
Amary
Hanson Beef
Eliels Top Crack Mining City in Dramatic Win
Eliels defeated Dahlbergs 41 23 at the Normal gym last Monday night. Breeden scored 18 and Vandegrift 12 as Eliels held off a late Dahlbergs rally with stifling defense and a first half 19 18 deficit. Gunderson and guards Como provided key play for Butte. Referee Bierram. Methodists aid note follows.
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Gunderson
Butte
Dahlbergs
Eliels
Butte Stars
Vandegrift
Breeden
Hignight
Brown
Japeerpeeeemenes Weve
Bretherton
Joanson
Creer Lp
Dahlberg
Papich
Bierram
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Mori
Butte Hospital
J Club
Monida
Beaverhead Garage
Mining Association
Fred Rife
Legion Post
Deer Lodge Aggies
Local Ag
Normal
Thriller
Methodist Aid
Methodist Ladies Aia Society
Church
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