Dillon Chautauqua Association Formed At Beaverhead Club
About 25 chautauqua guarantors met at the Beaverhead club and organized the Dillon Chautauqua Association. Officers elected include Prof. F. H. Garver president Pearl Smith vice president Prof. L. R. Light secretary and C. W. Hudson treasurer. The program features national service lectures and a week of performances from Old Soldier Fiddlers Fenwick Newell Morrison Smith Zedeler Treble Clef and Royal Hawaiian groups. A food demonstration by the U S Food Administration closes the week with a Hawaii themed final night and a junior chautauqua pageant director oversees children’s activities.
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Chautauqua
Beaverhead Club
Dillon Chautauqua ‘Association
Heslett
Ellison- White Company
Huber
F. H.garver
Pearl Smith
L. R. Light
C. W. Hudson
Garver
Col
J. A. Pattee
Fenwick Newell
Fenwick A. Newell
Chicago
Treble Clef Club
Jessie Rae Taylor
Hawaii
Royal Hawaiian Quintet
Mildred Leo Clemens
Paradise
Miss Clemens
Mark Twain
Lincoln L. Wirt
Western Front
C. J. Bushnell
Bureau of Information
Washington
U. S. Food Administration
Pioneer Perry McAdow dies in Florida home
Bozeman reports the death of Perry McAdow a Montana pioneer at his Punta Gorda Florida residence. Born July 28 1838 in Kentucky he helped found mining towns from Gold Creek to Alder Gulch and with brother William B. McAdow built Gallatin county s first flouring mill. He survived by a second wife a Bozeman sister and a brother now mining near Emigrant on the Yellowstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Montana
Perry McAdow
Punta Corda
Fla
Florida
T. B. Ellis
Three Forks
Wiliam’b. ‘McAdow
Emigrant
Yellowstone
Pioneer Gulch
Alder Gulch
Spotted Horse
William B. McAdow
Perry
Gallatin County
Thomas Coover
California
McAdow Brothers
Northern Pacific
McAdow
Next Contingent Leaves Monday for Camp Dodge Iowa
A draft of 102 men from Class I will depart Monday morning July 22 at 9 45 for Camp Dodge Iowa to begin training. A large sendoff with a free dance a Sunday banquet and a patriotic demonstration is planned with local music and theatre involvement. Names listed include Stewart F. Erwin Sigurd Augensen Frank Rann and others.
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Camp Dodge
Iowa
Camp Lewis
Dillmont Park
Louis de Crignis
Hartwig Theatre Management
Rancher John H. Hoffman Dies at Curtis Hospital
John H. Hoffman, a rancher from Sage Creek near Dell, died Wednesday after a two week illness from appendicitis complications. He came from New York to Montana about 30 years ago and leaves wife Mayme Dowling Hoffman and two children. Surviving relatives include Lew Hoffman of Glasgow sister Mrs. W C Templine of McAllister sister Mrs. Henry Johnson of Glasgow and brother Faye Hoffman.
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John H. Hoffman
Curtis Hospital
Dell
Dillon
Mr. Hoffman
J. H. Hoffman
Hoffman
New York State
Sage Creek
Mayme Dowling
Lew Hoffman
Glasgow
W. C. Templine
McAllister
Henry Johnson
Faye Hoffman
Montana crop report notes below standard yields
The Semi monthly crop report from the Banking Corporation of Montana warns crops will be below normal due to early June drought and limited rains. Irrigated wheat may yield 35 bushels while non irrigated 7 to 16. overall Montana output likely under state norms with regional variation across counties and mixed results for rye and flax.
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Banking Corporation of Montana
Montana
Oklahoma
Kansas
Dakotas
Wall Street Journal
Banking Corporation
Mineral
Sanders
Flathead
Lincoln
Teton
Toole
Hill
Blaine
Phillips
Valley
Sheridan County
Montana Crops Outlook Covers Wide Range of Futures
Reports from Montana counties describe variable yields with overall grain quality strong. Wheat yields around 30 million bushels nationwide are forecast, with good conditions in Carbon and Big Horn, beans and peas promising in Ravalli and Park, sugar beets below par near Whitehall, and fruit expectations rising in Bitterroot Valley.
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Poplar
Southrai
Missouri
Rosebud
Yellowstone
Cyster County
Miles City
Fallon
Dakota Line
Carter
Chouteau
Missoula County
Ravalli County
Powell
Granite
Jefferson
Beaverhead
Madison
Cascade County
Belt Valley
Montana
United States
Park
Stillwater
Carbon
Bitterroot Valley
Clark’s Fork Valley
Whitehall
Missoula
Billings
Prof J R Norville Dies in Twin Falls
Julian Randolph Norville born February 24 1867 Summerville Oregon taught in Montana for 12 years and later Boulder and Twin Falls. He married Olive Townsend in 1898 and had son Hugh Weston. He died July 6 in Twin Falls at 51 after health troubles and surgeries. He was a Christian church member and belonged to Boulder Lodge No 41 A F and A M.
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Julian Randolph Norville
Wesley
Catherine Tuttle Norville
Summerville
Ore
Montana
Olive E. Townsend
Waterloo
Hugh Weston
Boulder School
California
Twin Falls
Mont
J. R Norville
Judge E Conger Dies in Honolulu
Judge Everton J. Conger, longtime Dillon resident and jurist, died in Honolulu, H T, where he had lived the past year. His funeral will be in Dillon beside his wife and two deceased children. Born April 1886 in Ohio, he served in Civil War militias, practiced law in Illinois and Montana, and held Montana offices including Beaverhead and district judge roles. He was survived by four children and eight grandchildren. one son and the daughter who wed Judge Poindexter had passed.
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Dillon
Everton J. Conger
Honolulu
H.T
Everton J.conger
Ohio
New Jersey
Reuben Conger
Mary Percey
Henry Percey
England
Schoharie Valley
New York
Judge Conger
Milan
Erie County
Western Reserve College
Eighth Ohio Infantry
West Virginia Cavalry
First
District of Columbia
County Claims Department
Lincoln
Booth
Conger Reces
Illinois
Montana
Territory
Sainton
Grant
Madison
Jefferson, Gallatin
Custer
Virginia City
Beaverhead County
J. Conger
Emma K. Boren
Freemont
Levi Boren
Charles
Margaret D
Ray S
Omer Dwight
J. B. Poindexter
Hawaiian Islands
Ray S. Conger
Lewistown
Sne’ Dwight
Portland
Helen
Judge
Poindexter
Ray Si Conger
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Luzerne Players
P. W. McAdow
Montana Pioneer
R. R. Rathbone
Butte
The
Baptist Church
William E. Rood
McHessor
Crawford
Crawford Gorst
Boston
Edison
Victor
Duke Gist
Mary
Anaconda
Georgetown
Prof
J. Anorville
Wilkes Booth
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