Dillon and its quiet boom free prosperity in Montana
Excerpted from the Anaconda Standard a Dillon feature highlights the town’s steady growth and lack of a boom. Mayor White notes a 2,500 population, strong wool and cattle shipments, solid bank assets, a fine normal and public school system, and shaded streetcar-like residential elegance on Washington Street.
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Anaconda Standard
Dillon
A. L. Stone
Standard
Beaverhead County
Montana
Morse Ranch
White
Beaverhead
Washington Street
Mayor White
Orr
Burfield
County’ High School
Dillon Big Hole telephone line nearing use
Linemen from Butte arrived in Dillon this week to string the Dillon Big Hole telephone line led by F A Hazelbaker. Wires will be mounted on twenty five foot poles and instruments shipped from Chicago are expected to be installed within a week. The Anaconda to basin line progresses slowly by comparison.
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Butte
Dillon
Big Hole Basin
F. A. Hazelbaker
Dillon-Big Hole
Chicago
Anaconda
Basin
Lima Defeats Dillon 14 to 4 in Base Ball Match
Lima's ball team visited Dillon and dominated the game from the third inning, finishing 14 to 4. Umpires Jake Fishburn and Ed Farnsworth judged fairly. A return game is set for Sunday at Lima grounds.
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Dillon
Lima
Lima Fellows
Dillon Boys
Jake Fishburn
Ed Farnsworth
Lima Boys
Frank McFadden
John Wolf
Louis Wells
Joe Herman
Shorty McGuire
Fred Gardiner
C. F
Carl Taylor
Earl Patterson
Ray Welton
Preston
O'Grady
Cascart
McCloud
White
Bill Smith
Oscar Frowling
Brison
Lima Grounds
State Engineer Wade Probes Centennial Valley Irrigation Feasibility
State Engineer John W. Wade and a party led by Alf Becker inspect 5 000 acres in Centennial valley to evaluate irrigation via a canal from a proposed reservoir under the Carey land act framework. Assistant Baker has mapped the area as Wade reviews reports before presenting to the land commissioners.
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John W. Wade
Alf Becker
Redrock
Centennial Valley
Inter Mountain
State Board of Land Commissioners
Baker
Dillon
Wade
Land Commissioners
Commonwealth
Carey Land Act Board
State Land Commissioners
Extermination Plan Aims to Cure Wolves and Coyotes by Inoculation
The Rocky Mountain Husbandman reports Montana stockmen back a new method to reduce wolf and coyote losses. Dr Brooks of Chouteau plans to inoculate 50 plus wolves and some coyotes with a dangerous disease to test effects, potentially prompting statewide disease spread if successful.
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Northwest
Beaverhead County
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Brooks
Chouteau
Poindexter Reaches Lakeview on Illness Call
Dr. F. M. Poindexter returned yesterday from Lakeview to attend Chas. Bray of the M Y Stage Company who is very ill with pneumonia.
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F. M. Poindexter
Lakevein
Chas. Bray
M Y ‘Stage Company
Baptist aid society outing at Lovell ranch next Thursday
The Baptist aid society plans its annual outing at Lovell ranch with carriages departing Foote home at 10 oclock a m next Thursday.
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Baptist Aid Society
Lovell Ranch
Foote Home
Dillon Rifle Team Returns From Helena State Tournament
Montana state militia rifle team from Dillon and Company F reached home after competing in Helena. Captain W J Cushing and nine riflemen reported good effort despite heat and overall low scores. Robin Moore may qualify for Seagirt team. all expenses paid by the state.
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F. State Militia
Helena
Capt
W. J. Cushing
Robi. Moore
Wm. Simmons
Floyd Best
Jas. Sparrow
Chester Gilbert
Ed Bryan
Eph Stoller
Wm. Nelson
Bert Johnson
Dillon
Robin Moore
Montana
New Jersey
Sk T’s
Cushing
Moore
Simmons
Best
Sparrow
Gilbert
Bryan
Stoller
Nelson
Johnson
Butte Inter Mountain
Company F
National Guard
Seagirt
Corporal Best
Bob Moore
Gilbert Ad ‘Bullseye
Mittiemier
Bullseye Sparrow
Dillon Boys
Local Scheme Promises Cheapest Path if Successful
The passage notes a new plan described as the cheapest yet tried. It asserts the scheme could be very impactful if it proves successful, signaling optimism about its potential effects.
Canadian oil fields are good for two Beaverhead men
Two Beaverhead County men Ed Farnsworth and B O Fournier stand to gain from British Columbia oil. Farnsworth holds 40,000 Southeast Kootenay Coal and Oil shares, now at par, with potential rise. Fournier bought thousands of shares. company owns 3,440 acres across six 640 acre claims and plans to sink wells. Seattle and Portland capitalists visited, boosting prospects for holders to profit.
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Beaverhead County
British Columbia
Ed, Farnsworth
Dillon
B. O. Fournier
Jackson
Big Hole Basin
Farnsworth
Southeast
Kootenay
Kootenay Coal & Oil Company
Fournier
Seattle
Portland
Lest Thieves Break in Jewelers Sign At Stamm Store
A brass sign in Albert Stamm's jewelry shop window, placed by the Jewelers' Security Alliance of the United States, offers a $100 reward for arrest and conviction of anyone breaking in to commit theft. Stamm is a member of the alliance, which protects jewelers nationwide from burglary.
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Albert Stamm
Jewelers’ Security Alliance of the
United States
Stamm
Death of an Esteemed Lady Mary E Rice Dies at Barretts Home
Mrs. Mary E Wyman Rice of Beaverhead county Montana died Tuesday at her daughter’s home near Barretts after a ten year stomach illness. Born December 12 1837 in Randolph Vermont she married Loomis Rice in 1865 and lived in Wisconsin California Nebraska before settling in Montana in 1893. Survived by husband one daughter Mrs John W Ewing one son M D Rice six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral held Wednesday at the Presbyterian church with Rev A B Martin. interment Mountain View cemetery.
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Loomis Rice
Barrett’s
Mary E. Rice
Barrett's Station
Mrs. Rice
Wyman
Randolph
Vermont
Wisconsin
California
Nebraska
Montana
Beaverhead County
John W.ewing
M. D. Rice
Dillon
Presbyterian Church
A. B. Martin
B. N. Stevenson
Ross
Albert
Carrie Oliver Returns From Butte Visit
Miss Carrie Oliver came back from Butte last evening, returning to her home and daily routine.
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Carrie Oliver
Butte
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Big Hole
Redrock Lakes
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Harrison
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