Mayor Appoints Committees and Grants Various Petitions
Dillon city council met in regular session led by Mayor Gilber t. Petitions approved include Bond Grocery chicken coop behind Julion garage and saloon licenses issued for Hirshman and Browning Andrus and Snyder Metlen Hotel with July 1 1918 end dates. Council denied T J Mulaney building permit for lot 2 block 4. Committees named on health judiciary printing street and alley city hall finance fire and order sewer water. Bills totaling 2196 98 and various payrolls and supplies were approved.
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Gilbert
McCaleb
Graeter
Cornell
Phillips
Luebben
Bond
Bond Grocery Company
Julion
Graves
Virginia Street
Idaho
Washington Streets
T. J. Mulaney
Dillon
Hirshman & Browning
Andrus & Snyder
Metlen Hotel
Fire and Order Committee
Orr, Anderson, Phillips
Orr
Anderson
Grand Tota 75.00 20.00 80.00 8.24 T1.07 96.98
Grand Tota line shows multiple monetary figures 75.00 20.00 80.00 8.24 and a total 96.98 with a T1.07 reference. The fragment lacks narrative context or clear events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Scott
Hughes & McCaleb
Nick Spehar
W. E. Gray
John Martin
Pittsburgh Valve Co
A.L. Badcon
A. E. Rankin
A. J. Tessier
L. R. Free
M. L. Innes
Labor Union Electric Co
D. L. Smith
Mrs Minnie Knotts Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Minnie Knotts wife of Frank D Knotts died at her Dillon home Monday after a prolonged illness. A native of Ohio she lived in Dillon for years with her husband and two daughters Ruth and Estella. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at St James Episcopal Church with burial in Mountain View Cemetery.
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Minnie Knotts
Frank D. Knotts
Tash Buys Partner Interest in Grasshopper DL Ranch
W S Tash purchased the stake of partner John Lenkersdorfer in the DL ranch on Grasshopper and the lower Big Hole river. The sale makes Tash sole owner of a long running ranching and stock business.
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Tash
W. S. Tash
John Lenkersdorfer
Grasshopper
Big Hole
Messrs Tash
Lenkersdorfer
Mr. Tash
Montana graphite mining noted by USGS bulletin
The USGS bulletin highlights Montana’s graphite industry, led by Crystal Graphite Co a vein deposit near Dillon with 16 inch thickest veins and pure graphite with occasional quartz. Other prospects include flake graphite in the Tobacco Root range near Virginia City and near the Idaho border in Beaverhead county.
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United States Geological Survey
Montana
Crystal Graphite Company
Dillon
Tobacco Root Mountains
Virginia City
Madison County
Beaverhead County
Idaho Line
Registration at county reaches fifty four men
The county reports 54 young men registered since June 5, far below the expected over 100. Officials note many enlisted this year, cutting the turnout by more than half. Statewide registration runs about 50 percent of projections.
Salt Lake City's Frank Collins Interviews Merchants on Twine Proposition
Frank Collins of Salt Lake City visits the city to interview merchants about the twine proposition. A former local agent of the U S L here, he is warmly greeted by many friends who are glad to see him back in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Collins
Salt Lake City
Collins
Scott's Letters From Over There In April Office Note
In a personal letter from the front dated April 7 a correspondent describes encounters with a refined major, bicycling with Carrie, and recalling Captain Tolman. He notes letters from home scarce but hopeful, and records a shift of quarters as he manages storage, housing, and plumbing while awaiting operations details from a weekly gas and oil chief in Hugh's town.
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France
Major
Hugh’s
Observance of National War Savings Day urged by Montana governor
Governor I B Stewart of Montana urges nationwide observance on June 28 as National War Savings Day. He calls for sacrifices at home to support allied victory, promotes thrift through Liberty bonds War Savings certificates and Thrift stamps, and asks citizens to participate in state observances at designated places.
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America
Europe
United States
V. Stewart
Montana
Thrift drives Montana War Savings drive in 1918
Governor C T Stewart calls Montanans to join county directors on June 28 to pledge for War Savings stamps. He urges self denial and maximum investment to back soldiers, noting the 1918 drive aligns with victory and postwar readjustment. The proclamation marks the statewide push from Helena on May 31, 1918.
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Helena
Dillon Oil Touts Shale Oil From Smallhorn Canyon
The Dillon Oil company sent a ton of shale from Smallhorn canyon for extraction and testing. Returns showed over 20 grades of oil. A retort plant with a 50 ton daily capacity will be installed on shale land, with operation planned in about two months and employment expected for many workers.
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Dillon Oil Company
Smallhorn Canyon
County War Stamp Campaign appoints district committees
County Director Hazelbaker yesterday completed the appointment of the executive and district committees for the big county national war savings Stamp campaign to be conducted June 28. The lists name numerous district post offices and volunteers, including L. K. Adams and E. O. Selway on the executive committee and many local residents across Bannack Dillon Argenta Melrose Dewey Grant and other districts.
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Hazelbaker
Big County
L. K. Adams
E. O. Selway
Frank Eliel
J. H. Gilbert
Roscoe Cornell
A.L. Stone
C. W. Hudson
Bannack
Myrtle Burr
D. B. Thrasher
R. H. Underwood
Ed. Thompson
C. W. Stallings
Dillon
Harry Schuler
I. F. Hunsaker
R. J. Bidstrup
Frank Morrison
A. L. Banks
S. A. Banning
Ed Sanders
Frank Gordon
John Redfern
al. H. Sicotte
Ernest McKenzie
Grant Post Office
KE. A. Pickett
Matthew Kaw
Frank Blair
John Peterson
Stocker
Madison County
James H. Bray
Gentry L. Sewell
Benjamin F. Johnson
J. M. Lane
Apex
Cora K. Miller
Noah Allen
John
Fr. M. Miller
Thos
DuBois
R. F. Tatterwall
A. L. Stone
Leonard Eliel
A. L. Badgen
Jean Bishop
Dorchester
A. L. Anderson
Wise River
W. A. Armitage
Bedrock
E. B. Roe
J. H. Porter
W. C. Orr
Dell
C. Leah McClain
George Baldwin
Eph Peterson
A. J. Downing
Wisdom
B. R. Stevenson
W. Montgomery
Hans Jorgenson
A. M. Sheimo
Chas. Quist
Harry Hopkins
Bowen
F. L. Badcon
B. B. Lawrence
Leroy Arnott
Dana E. Miller
Fox
Carl Holman
John ‘Anderson
J.M. Neidt
John Nelson
Armstead
E. M. Martinell
Chas E. Calvert
James Patterson
Nellie McKnight
Jackson Post Office
C. L. Harrington
Martin Jackson
Thos. A. Pendergast
Claud Lapham
Chas. Lloyd
Geo. M. Clemon
Emma Schindler
Jos
Emily Husted
Jake Neidt
E. T. Morrow
B. T. Swope
Grant
A. A. Schroeder
Wm. Brenner
John Shesser
James Elmose
Jno. C. Brenner
Gibbons
Glara
G. Canfield
Jesse Tope
G. H. Parsons
Frank Ritchel
Modern Plant For Handling Meat Near Beaverhead County
Messrs Cosgrove and Swartz near Dillon have finished a five acre abbatoir and meat curing plant costing about 35000 dollars. The reinforced concrete complex includes cooling rooms sausage factory and smoke house with cork board insulation and a 10 ton Vilter refrigeration system powered by two 15 horsepower engines. The smokehouse uses traditional methods while other rooms are designed for daily washing and sanitation. Plans include a future poultry house and canning plant to meet expected local and regional demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Cosgrove and Swartz
Dillon
Buiilding
Fairbanks- Morse
Cosgrove & Swartz
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. W. Boone
L. P. Phillips
M. S, Tel & Tel Co
M.S
Tel. & Tel.Co
F. M. Cunnard
G. Rodgers
Union Electric Co
Bessette-Stork Co
Ruben Tritt
Elk Cafe
Board of Prisoners
Montana Mere Co
Tota
W. T. Scully
John Tritt
C. W. Scott
Wedum Lumber Co
G. V. Elder
Beaverhead Lumber Co
Montana Auto Supply Co
Episcopal Church
Graphite
Scott
Lieut
Hugh
Tolman
Carrie
C.T. Stewart
Secretary
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