Man Committed Suicide on Sunday Near Dillon
Lee Kennison 31 a ranch worker and ex service man who served in A company 31st infantry was found to have shot himself through the head Sunday afternoon at the DuBois ranch after days of despondency. He was brought to Dillon where Drs Bond and MacMillan treated him until he died about four hours later. His mother Mrs Emma Pyeatt of Ellensburg Washington and his sister Mrs Chester Conner of Tenday Idaho attended the funeral held Wednesday at Mountain View cemetery with Rev Edward Smith officiating.
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Lee Kenison
Kennison
31St Infantry
DuBois Ranch
Dillon
Emma Pyeatt
Ellensberg
Wash
Chester Conner
Tenday
Idaho
Edward Smith
Methodist Church
Mountain View
Dempsey To Fight Carpentier Favored By Montana Legion
Delegates at the Lewistown state convention urged support for Georges Carpientier over Jack Dempsey. Adjutant General Sheridan praised Carpientier and sent a telegram of backing from the American Legion of Montana to Manhasset, New Jersey. Delegates Jack Cluley George Baker and Cecil Featherly reported the action for Beaverhead post.
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Montana
Lewistown
Georges Carpentier
Jack Dempsy
Charles Sheridan
Dempsey
America
Sheridan
Georges
France
Georges Carpientier
Manhasset
N. J
Carpientier
Jack Dempsey
American Legion of Montana
Dillon
Jack Cluley
George Baker
Cecil Featherly
Beaverhead
Picnic at Glen Plans for Normal College Go Day
The annual summer picnic of the Normal college will be held at Glen next Monday. A special train has been chartered by the college authorities. Glen on Big Hole is an ideal picnic ground used every summer. It is expected that over six hundred students and faculty will attend. Jack Noonan, deputy assessor, was in Lakeview on official business this week.
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Glen
Glen On Big Hole
Beaverhead post endorses Elkhorn veterans recreation center plan
The Beaverhead post's plan for a recreation center and sanitarium for sick and disabled World War veterans at Elkhorn Hot Springs in Beaverhead National Forest wins strong support from state convention delegates in Lewistown. Officials back land leasing and a fifteen year building phase including an infirmary and amenities to aid ex service men.
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Beaverhead
Elkhorn
Beaverhead National Forest
Lewistown
Montana
United States
John B. Sommers
Dr. Davis Heads West For Montana Summer School Visits
Dr. 8. FE. Davis of the State Normal college leaves Tuesday for Miles City to visit the summer school there and then Lewistown for another session. He will attend a University of Montana executive committee meeting in Helena and a Board of Education meeting. He will be away about two weeks.
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FE. Davis
State Normal College
Miles City
Lewistown
Helena
University of Montana
Board of Education
Davis
Smith and party visit Butte for day trip
Mr and Mrs Pearl I Smith and family and Miss Mary Gist motored to Butte this morning to spend the day there.
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Pearl I. Smith
Mary Gist
Butte
Prominent Dillon Merchant Carl A Bond Dies in Dillon
Carl A Bond a well known Dillon merchant and longtime civic figure died this morning at a sanitarium after weeks of declining health. He headed Bond Grocery Company and served on the city council shaping progressive measures. Survived by wife son Dr Eugene Bond and his brother Dr H A Bond. Funeral plans not yet announced.
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Carl A. Bond
Dillon
Benjamin B. Bond
H. A. Bond
Eugene Bond
Bond
Democratic Party
Bond Grocery
Beaverhead Chamber Seeks Citizen Suggestions for Future Plans
Beaverhead County residents are asked to submit ideas for a three year chamber program. The Program of Work Committee will tabulate responses, form teams for a membership and fund drive starting July 12, and plan a Beaverhead Civic Dinner with no solicitation. Dues are set at 25 dollars annually, and a separate service fund will be raised from local businesses to support the program.
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Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
Dillon
Chamber
Hartwig Theatre
C.T. Magnus
Gimble
T. W. Bennett
Beaverhead Chamber
Big Island Summer Camp Offers Vacation for Disabled Vets
Plans push to create a two week Big Island Camp at Lake Minnetonka Minnesota for disabled men from Minnesota North and South Dakota and Montana. Horace Lowry donates the island and funding comes from the Minneapolis War Chest Fund with rail fare discounts from the Western Passenger Association.
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Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Montana
Big Island
Lake Minnetonka
Federal Board
Horace Lowry
Minneapolis Street Railway Company
Attempted Robbery in Monida Leaves Victim Beaten
A Mexican man was attacked by two others near a stock yard by a water tank. He was severely beaten with a blackjack, robbed of a draft for 1570 dollars and about 600 in gold. He fled to a nearby camp and was taken to Pocatello hospital. suspects were not yet captured.
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Monida
Pocatello
Lima Ledger
Burglary at Reid & Dutch Melrose Stolen Goods Span Knives to Tobacco
Thieves broke into the Reid and Dutch store in Melrose on Thursday night June 23. Stolen items include about 14 pocket knives, razor blades, men’s leather gloves and underwear, sardines, sliced meat in glass, cheese, crackers, tobacco, cigarettes and watchchain bars.
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Reid & Dutch
Melrose
Death Penalty For Albert Viek Sustained By Court
The state supreme court upheld the death sentence for Albert Viek after he murdered Sheriff C. K. Wyman in Monida last April. A scaffold will rise between the county jail and courthouse with a viewing area limited by the sheriff. The original date was June 25, 1920, but the court’s action granted another year of life, during which guards watched him daily.
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Dixon
Albert Viek
C. K. Wyman
Monida
State Supreme Court
Vick
Supreme Court
Mooney
Cape
Old Prospector Passes After Long Feeble Life
An 85 year old Beaverhead prospector died Sunday after a period of declining health. He spent his life mining in various districts and held extensive property including interests in the Park mine in the Ilkhorn district. Funeral services were held Monday at the Brundage parlors in Dillon with interment in Mountain View cemetery. Relatives are not currently known.
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Ape
Pred North
Beaverhead
Brundage
Dillon
Edward Smith
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mountain View
Park
Ilkhorn
National Day Program At Methodist Church
A citizens National Day program of music and short addresses will be held at the Methodist church Sunday evening July 3 at 8 oclock. Rev Thomas W Bennett Prof Lee R Light Mrs F C McFadden and Dean Velma Phillips will give brief talks representing Dillon civic interests. The eve of national day program promises deep interest and welcomes the general public.
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Methodist Church
Thomas W. Bennett
Lee .R. Light
F. C. McFadden
Dean Velma Phillips
Dillon
First Baptist Church July 8 1921 Service and Bible School
The notice lists Bible school at 10 am led by J A Davenport and morning worship at 11 with the sermon The Man Without a Country. Evening worship at 8 pm features The Joy of Living with special music and a cordial welcome from pastor Geo McDougall.
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Bible School
Musical Program At Methodist Church On July 10
A musical program will be rendered at the Methodist church Sunday evening July 10 with home talent Dillon has accomplished musicians. Some fine renditions will be heard on date mentioned free. Program will appear next week.
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Methodist Church
Dillon
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Western Passenger Association of Chicago
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