New Highway Rules Enforced by Patrol on City Streets
Officer Frank Wright announced enforcement of new highway rules including permits and 1936 plates. Violations listed include driving on wrong side and curves speeding and improper passing with arrest possible for offenders. Requirements cover clearance lights on wide vehicles and licensing for large trailers. Red flags and lights are mandated for loads extending three feet.
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Frank Wright
Highway Patrol System
County Board Allows Robbery Loss Claim Against Insurance
The county board authorized County Attorney T E Gilpert to file a claim with the insurance company for 308.44 lost from the County Treasurer vault during last May's noontime robbery. A similar claim against the treasurer was also ordered. The session included bid invites for a road grader and memoriams for former board members A L Amerson and J E Shaw.
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Board of County
T. E. Gilpert
Norah Connelley
A. L. Amerson
J. E. Shaw
Reverend Loar Arrives as New First Baptist Pastor
The Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Loar of Berkeley California arrived Tuesday to begin their residence in Dillon. Reverend Loar takes up duties as pastor of the First Baptist church after studies at Berkeley Divinity School and comes well recommended.
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W. J. Loar
Berkeley
Calif
City
Mrs M Climer Taken by Death in Dillon Area
Mrs Maggie Climer 51 died at her North Idaho street home after a lingering illness. widow of William Climer of Armstead, she lived in Dillon and Armstead for 45 years. Born in Sidney Nebraska she moved to Dillon as a child with her mother Kate Fitzharris. Surviving sisters include Bessie Nolan of Los Angeles and Judy White of Reno and many nieces and nephews. The notice ends mid sentence with In Wednesday.
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Maggie Climer
North Idaho Street
William Climer
Armstead
Sidney
Neb
Dillon
Kate Fitzharris
Final Rites for Miss Clara Adams
Largely attended funeral services were held at St. James Episcopal Church Thursday afternoon for Miss Clara Adams. Burial service was read by Rev. Harvey J. Schmidt of the Presbyterian church due to the absence of Rev. Tragitt. Pallbearers were W. G. Gilbert, B. W. Emerick, Homer Faust, A. I. Cashmore and George M. Gosman. Interment was made in Mountain View Cemetery.
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St. James ‘Episcopal Church
Clara Adams
Harvey J. Schmidt
Presbyterian Church
Tragitt
W. G. Gilbert
B. W. Emerick
Homer Faust
A. I. Cashmore
George M. Gos
Mountain View Cemetery
Federal Land Bank Sets New 4 Percent Mortgage Rate
The Land Bank lowers first mortgage loans to 4 percent after June 24 for loans closed via local borrower owned associations. Emergency loans stay at 6 percent. A.C. Adams also trims facility loan rates to 4 percent for cooperative marketing and purchasing bodies.
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Federal Land Bank
Land Bank
E. M. Ehrhardt
Congress
Ehrhardt
A. C. Adams
12Th District Bank
Montana State Normal College Brides Marry Across State
Clippings from papers nationwide announce June marriages of graduates from Montana State Normal College. Brides include Margaret McGillie to Robert Callaway in Butte, Helen Standish to Roy Bjork in Great Falls, Jean Myrtle Hunter to Walter Smith in Great Falls, Jean Brothers to Myron A Scott in Missoula, and Mildred Frances Reese to Thomas James Murphy in Helena.
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Tribune
Montana State Normal College
Butte
Margaret McGillie
Robert K. Callaway
Helen Standish
Mildred Frances Reese
Thomas James Murphy
Helena
Mrs J D Lee and Son Weldon Go to Salmon Idaho
Mrs J D Lee and her son Weldon departed on Wednesday for Salmon Idaho to spend the rest of the summer at the Lee Ranch.
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J. D. Lee
Weldon
Lee Ranch
Beaverhead County Tax Burden Needs Structural Reform
Beaverhead County Montana faces higher taxes despite a 50 percent drop in taxable valuation from 1916 to 1920. Levy increases of 62 percent for county purposes and an 84 percent rise in the general fund contrast with a 20 percent reduction in total county taxes. A consolidation of offices or a manager form of government is considered to curb costs.
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Montana
Beaverhead
Fergus
Rosebud
Butte
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Beaverhead County
Mills
Water Users Must File Requisitions at July Deadline
At a district court officials conference the Water Users Reservoir board ordered all stockholding ranchmen and farmers to file with the court a statement of their season’s water requirements by 6 o clock Sunday evening July 7. Water will be drawn from the reservoir for use.
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Water Users Reservoir Company
Samuel C Arndts Found Guilty In Federal Court
Samuel C Arndts of this city was found guilty in the federal court at Butte last week of violating internal revenue laws. He was fined 200 dollars and sentenced to four months in jail by Judge Charles N Pray. Arndts was named on two indictments later consolidated for trial, the jury finding for the defendant on two of five counts.
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Samuel C. ‘Arndts
Butte
Charles N. Pray
Arndts
Mother of Dillon Attorney Claimed by Death
Mrs. Margaret McFadden mother of T. F. McFadden well known Dillon attorney died suddenly Sunday morning at the family home in Butte after a heart attack. Funeral was held Wednesday at St. Joseph's church with requiem high mass and interment at Holy Cross cemetery.
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Margaret McFadden
T. F. McFadden
Dillon
Butte
St. Joseph’s Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Dillon Prepares for an All Day Fourth of July Festivities
Dillon and surrounding area celebrate Independence Day with a dawn firecracker tradition and a gun club shoot. Visitors from southwestern Montana join a program featuring a parade, rock drilling, a 24 piece band, drum corps, canoe race, plane stunts, and a grand ball at Dillmont park.
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Dillon
Montana
Canyon Resort
Beaverheads Post
American Legion
Beaverhead Mining Association
Gun Club
L.A. Gregory
Crack Drum and Bugle Corps
Butte Legion Post
Fair Grounds
Beaverhead River
Dillmont Park
Dillonites
Courage in Advertising Is Need of Retailing Says Store Executive
Kenneth Collins of Gimbel Brothers argues in Rotarian Magazine that retailers are shackled by fear and inertia in advertising. He says only bold, sparkling campaigns break through, with few exceptions, and urges business leaders to act boldly despite government concerns.
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Kenneth Collins
Gimbel Brothers
Dr. Freud
June Marriages Set New Record in Montana
Montana records show June issued 38 marriage licenses at Clerk Fred Rife's office, about half a typical year. Seven licenses were granted Saturday and Sunday to couples from Dillon, Rigby Idaho, Dell, Monida, Butte, Geyser, and Dillon. Dillon, once famed as Gretna Green for Idaho couples, may lose that status as Idaho repeals its gin marriage law.
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Montana
Fred Rife
District ‘Court
Army
Navy
Raymond Scott Megquier
Frances Lyon
Dillon
EK. M. Stacks
Martha Yee
Rigby
Idaho
L. A. Downing
Dell
Pearl Banning
Miners Seek Loading Chutes For Efficient Ore Car Loading
A Beaverhead Mining association committee met with a railroad panel to plan loading platforms that let ore be dumped into cars without shoveling. One chute already serves Anaconda Copper Co shipments from Shafer mine. three more chutes are proposed to allow parallel loading and reduce trucking to the smelter.
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Mining Association
Anaconda [Copper Co
Shafer
French Créek
Anaconda
Beaverhead Mining Association
William Logan
Bruce J. Metlen
Naturalist Bowed Bowman-Hutchins Delights Dillon Rotary Club
Charles Bowman-Hutchins, a nature expert and imitate, entertained the Dillon Rotary at the Metlen hotel with bird song impressions and a natural history lecture. Guy Combes, back from California and the Southwest, spoke on business and industrial conditions, detailing crops and cricket pests.
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Charles Bowman-Hutchins
Dillon Rotary Club
Metlen ‘Hotel
Ying
Guy Combes
California
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Wright
NEW ‘Baptist Pastor
M. Climer
Joe E. Brown
Cirtus
Rotary
Charles Bowman Hutchins
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