Beaverhead 4-H Contestants Named for State Fair
Beaverhead county 4-H members will send ten contestants to the North Montana state fair in Great Falls from August 4 to 9. Exhibits include dairy foods and home economics demonstrations by Dell Mountain View members Anna Hansen Janet Peterson Viola Cantrell Lois Martinell and Margaret Bereb. Livestock entries feature seven calves by Beaverhead youths including Hartwig siblings Harrison and Smyth placed in style events. County leaders list Mrs. Dowling, Mrs. Martinell, Mrs. Dougherty, Catherine Harvey, John Shaffner, Harry Tash, and Agnes Cassidy guiding Beaverhead and Rocky Mountain Livestock clubs. Admission badges and meals are arranged. contestants depart August 3.
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Beaverhead County
Montana
Great Falls
James Hartwig
David Hartwig
Billie Harrison
Anna Hansen
Janet Peterson
Dell Mountain View
Dell
Viola Cantrell
Lois Martinell
Margaret Bereb
Melrose Bitterroot
Margaret Ann Ames
Pat Smyth
Beaverhead
Rocky Mountain Livestock Club
James
David
Kathryn Hartwig
Beaverhead 4
Polaris
Tnrenh R
Ranch hand held on forgery charge in Dillon
Robert Atwood, a transient ranch hand, was charged with forgery after allegedly cashing a bad check in Wisdom and signing the name George Bowers. He was arrested in Wisdom and brought to Dillon by Deputy Sheriff Emory Rouse and jailed in the county jail.
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Robert Atwood
Dillon
Atwood
Wisdom
Wisdom Concern
George Bowers
Emory Rouse
Pheasants Freed North and South of Dillon
Five hundred Chinese pheasants were liberated Thursday in areas north and south of Dillon and on Rattlesnake. The release was directed by Charles Price deputy game warden. The birds were raised at the state game farm near Warm Springs.
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Dillon
Charles Price
Warm Springs
Dillon Country Club Opens Championship Qualifiers
Qualifying rounds for the Dillon Country Club annual men’s championship began this week with 18 holes to set the field for match play. E J Donovan and D L Johnson head the sports committee overseeing the event, which runs July 27 to August 3. H M Brundage defends the title. An invitational at Butte Country Club August 3 introduces the new all grass course in the mining city.
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The
Dillon Country Club
E. J. Donovan
D. L. Johnson
H. M. Brundage
Dillon
Butte Country Club
Small crime wave keeps officers busy in Dillon
Burglars or would be burglars caused a miniature crime wave in Dillon over the weekend. On Saturday night prowlers entered the Paddock and Tyre garage and tried to jimmy the cash register but were frightened off by Bill Tait the night watchman. Also entered were the Tribune office and an attempt at Eliels. Sunday night police were called to investigate attempted entries into several South Side residences.
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Dillon
Bill Tait
Tribune
Eliel’s
Old-Time Resident A Crossley Dies by Own Action
Alton TT Crossley 68 miningman of Birch Creek district found dead in his home with a 7 mm rifle by his side. Coroner Raymond Schwartz ruled death by own action. despondency and ill health cited. Survived by widow twin daughters LaRetta Laveta a son Alton and daughter Mrs Alfred Kamps. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday Brundage chapel Dillon. Burial Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Alton TT
Crossley
Birch Creek
Raymond 41. Schwartz
Ray Stanfield
Lima
Ohio
Montana
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead Mining Association
LaRetta
Laveta
Alton
Alfred Kamps
Brundage Chapel
Dillon
W. G. Lewis
St. James Episcopal Church
Mountain View Cemetery
Leroy Gilbert
Preliminary Budget Shows Six Thousand Climb in Beaverhead Budget
Beaverhead county's 1941-42 operating budget projects expenditures of 212743.53, an increase of 6066.24 from 206677.29. The 30 mill levy remains, with revised levies for general road bridge and other funds, and a new poor fund debt reduction levy of 0.44 mills. Taxable valuation rose by 122206 from the prior year.
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Beaverhead County
Albert S. Baker
General Fund
Bridge Fund
Poor Fund
Emergency
Fair Fund
Road Fund
Emergency Relief Fund
Dillon Daily Tribune Debuts as Beaverhead County Daily
The Dillon Tribune announces its shift from weekly to daily publication for Dillon and Beaverhead county beginning August 1. The new Dillon Daily Tribune will be tabloid sized with telephoto dispatches from NEA and Trans Radio Press, plus local rural correspondents and war front coverage.
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Dillon Tribune
Montana
Beaverhead County
Messenger
Dillon
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Dillon Daily Tribune
the Tribune
Air Mail
NEA Service, Inc
The
Daily Tribune
Europe
Trans- Radio Press
Hitler
Beaverhead
Foote
Tribune
New Beaverhead Mining Group Elects Madden President
At the Beaverhead Mining Association annual meeting in Dillon Frank Madden was elected president for the coming year. J E Kelly becomes vice president with J L Mayland and J C Fuller reappointed secretary and treasurer. New board members include A H French John Collins William Logan E W Bond Louis Stahl and Albert Erickson. The group plans state mining convention activities and museum exhibits with a scrap iron embargo to Japan announced as Madden's first act.
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Beaverhead Mining Association
Dillon Chamber of Commerce
Frank Madden
J. E Kelly
J. L. Mayland
J. C. Fuller
A. H. French
John Collins
William Logan
E. W. Bond
Louis Stahl
Albert Erickson
Kelly
Logan
G. M. Gorman
Beaverhead
Japan
Ranch Hand George Willey Found Dead in Dillon
George F. Willey a 47 year old ranch hand was found dead in a Dillon rooming house Wednesday night after reporting illness. He had worked on multiple local ranches including the Horse Prairie ranch of Herman Peterson and was shipped to Greenville Mississippi for interment.
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George F. Willey
Dillon
Herman Peterson
Horse Prairie
Greenville
Miss
Morse Family Return From Visit to Harlowton
Mr and Mrs Morse Waldorf and their son have returned from a visit with relatives in Harlowton.
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Morse
Waldorf and Son
Mn “Harlowton
Ten Teams Enter Inaugural Southwestern Montana Softball Tourney
Ten teams from Dillon Butte and Anaconda travel to Luton for Dillon district organizer Ed Buck s first invitational softball tournament. The event features 15 games in two days with four places awarded by double elimination. Eliel s Texaco Winn s Anselmo Mines Montana Power Carmels and Safeway and Fire Department are the Dillon entrants.
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Montana
Luton
Edwin Buck
Dillon League
Buck
Butte
Anaconda
Dillon
Texaco
Anselmo Mine
Classic Bar
Montana Power
West Side A. C
Carmels
Eliel’s
Winn’s
Safeway
Fire Department
Anselmo Mines
Dillon Fire Department
The
Carmels of Anaconda
Dillon Safeway
Dr Free Leaves for Chicago Post
Dr. E. G. Free departed Dillon on Monday to join the Clinical staff of the Chicago Lying-In hospital affiliated with the University of Chicago. He will practice obstetrics and gynecology after prior work at the Lying-In hospital and a 1926 Dillon practice. He has served 15 years as consulting physician at the State Orphans Home in Twin Bridges. Mrs. Lillian R. Free, his mother, moved to Chicago with him, and she plans to join later.
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E. G. Free
Chicago
Idaho Rancher Dies After Saddle Horse Mishap
Oscar Swanson a 62 year old Salmon Idaho cattleman was killed when a saddle horse he rode stumbled and fell at the Sperry ranch in the Mussigbrod district near Wisdom. Coroner Raymond Schwartz attended the scene and the body was moved to the Brundage mortuary in Dillon. Swanson born December 15 1880 in Brolund Sweden came to the United States in 1902 and Idaho in 1906 becoming a Salmon rancher with his brother.
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Sperry Ranch
Big Hole Basin
Swanson
Clarence Swanson
Paul Sperry
Mussigbrod
Wisdom
Raymond Schwartz
Brundage Mortuary
Dillon
Brolund
Sweden
Lemhi County
Idaho
Gilmore
Salmon
Sal
Fire Danger Reduced in Beaverhead County
Fire danger in Beaverhead County dropped after recent rains. Moisture soaked the area reducing fire hazard, with only low grassy sagebrush sections remaining at risk. The shovel ax and bucket rule for Beaverhead National Forest begins August 1, requiring campers and travelers to carry these tools. A second forest fire burned nine acres at Schulz Creek, northwest of Wisdom, likely from lightning. four men remained on scene Sunday mopping up as crews succeeded in extinguishing the blaze.
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Beaverhead County
W. B. Willey
Beaverhead National Forest
Beaverhead’ Forest
Schulz Creek
Wisdom
Four men drawn in county selective service draft
The local board announced the second selective service drawing. Four men eligible for the next draft are Ray R. Marler S-242 Joseph N. Kluesner S-226 Charles O. Schleicher S-226 and Leo C. Flint S-314. The list continues with many more assigned order numbers for new draftees.
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Selective Service
Ray R. Marler
Joseph N. Kluesner
Charles O. Schleicher
Leo C. Flint
Henry L.tewalm
Bert E. Hobart
Frank R. McDowell
Swen H. Larsen
James H. Albertson
Myrl B. Ryan
Andrew H. Anderson
William L. Melogue
Walter D. Nettick
Gerald E. Miller
Patrick D. Barrett
Robert F. Rolles
Harold J. Scriven
James H. Marley
James P. Grant
Charles T. Burgess
Frank G. Turner
William B. Hustad
George P. van Ham
Clarence E. Marco
Thoraval N. Davidson
Sylvester Q. Couture
Fred’ Fertoft
Joe Narshall
Melvern Q. Blackburn
Rotary Kiwanis to Meet in Joint Session
Dillon Rotarians and Kiwanians plan a joint meeting Thursday at 6 30 pm at Trail cafe. Speaker is Dr W T Jackson UM Missoula faculty member on United States Mexico relations. Prof G D Shallenberger will accompany him. Conrad Orr Beaverhead County high school principal will be master of ceremonies.
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G. D. Shallenberger
Missoula
Conrad Orr
Beaverhead County
Transient Glen Arnold Arrested for Shoplifting
Glen Arnold, a transient, was arrested Tuesday by Sheriff Paul Temple on a shoplifting charge. He allegedly took shirts from a Dillon clothing store and later stole groceries from a Dillon food market.
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Glen Arnold
Paul Temple
Arnold
Dillon Clothing
Dillon Food
Dillon Drum Corps Places Second in State Meet
Dillon lodge No. 1554 drum and bugle corps finished second among five corps in Helena during the Montana Elks convention. Anaconda won with 98.5, Dillon 97.7, Butte 97.6, Great Falls 96.4, Kalispell 94.8. Prize money ranged from 100 to 15 dollars. Kenneth Wheat directed the corps which praised its members despite late uniforms.
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Dillon
Dillon Lodge
B. Pp
Helena
Montana Elks
Idaho
Anaconda
Butte
Great Falls
Kalispell
Kenneth Wheat
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A. T. Crossley
F. E. Foote
Tribune Publishing Company
Times
Ranch Hand
South Montana
Lackey
DR. Free
Chicago Post
Oscar Swanson
Rotary-Kiwanis
Drum Corps
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