Girls of County Enjoying Outing at Elkhorn Springs
One of the largest crowds at Elkhorn Springs Beaverhead county resort this week. Over 1250 girls registered at the camp gaining campfire skills and learning about nature with 1 chaperone per 10 girls. Free lodging and meals sponsored by local property owners. Community picnic drew residents from Grasshopper and Big Hole areas.
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Elkhorn Springs
Beaverhead
Dillon
Grasshopper
Big Hole
Eighth Grade Graduates of Beaverhead County Rural Schools May 1926
List of 52 seventh graders for Dillon area and surrounding districts with geography and hygiene marks. Highlights include top ten in the county Lucille Ogee and Roy Peterson from Lima and other high performers from Wise River Drummey Lakeview and Reichle. A separate group earned perfect attendance certificates for 1925 26 with names from Argenta Lima and Nicholia among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Lucille Ogee
Lima
Roy Peterson
Ralph Potts
Wise River
Billie Richardson
Valeria Gleed
Audrey Hileman
Evelyn McKenzie
Dewey
Harold Manning
Annabel Ritschel
Gibbons
Thelma Perkins
Richard Peterson
Danny Pendergast
Wisdom
Patrick Torney
Fred Else
Winston Merrill
Agnes Malesich
Drummey
Katherine Keenan
Laura Martin
Lakeview
Henry Wetmore
Beryl Martin
Catherine Tadovich
Reichle
Thruman English
Kirkwood Fox
Argenta
Rolland van Antwarp
Zallia Kuhn
Montana Carr
Gosman
F Eleanora Johnson
West Fox
Idella Husted
East Fox
Roger Sweeney
Nicholia
Chadwick Simmons
Harriet Schuler
Nelson
Margaret Pfiffner
Red Rock
Selma Samuelson
Albert Polish
Leck Lackey
Will Pendergast
Elkhorn
Earl Willey
Bristow
Elgin Daw
Jackson
Ethel Miller
Monida
Leonard Leake
Dillon
Glen Shafer
Carl Shafer
Frank Fox
Vincent Supan
Margaret Richardson
Rose Kuhn
Lloyd Poster
Mona Harding
Manuel Gleed
Edna Patterson
Mildred Peterson
Howard Patterson
Charles Laden
Blacktail
Rosalie Brown
June Brown
Roscoe Gordon
Armstead
Montana Garr
Bessie Harkness
Doris Rogers
Wilemena Rogers
Eileen Rutledge
Theodore Miller
Hannah Malesich
Philip Malesich
Harry Schuler
John Schuler
Lee Schuler
Velma Stauduhar
Della Woodworth
Anna Lee Helming
Louise Ramsey
Gladys Carr
Edith McClain
Dell
William Bayan
Frank Judge
Polaris
Driver Pleads Guilty For Stopping On Bridge
S. S. Craig pleaded guilty in justice court to stopping his car on a bridge and obstructing traffic. He was fined $15 by Judge Phillips and paid. The complaint states he halted his vehicle blocking passage while claiming he killed the engine to avoid striking a boy on a bicycle. A state law bans stopping on roads or bridges to block traffic.
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Craig
Justice Court
Phillips
Glacier Park Plans 3 Million Programs for New Highways
Glacier National park officials announce plans for 3 000 000 programs aimed at building better highways to replace foot and horse trails, signaling a major modernization effort for the park infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glacier National Park
Hartwig Provides Fish for Rotary Luncheon in Dillon
The Dillon Rotary Club held a well attended Wednesday luncheon with native and eastern Brook trout on the menu. Bud Hartwig chaired, with talks by Louis Anderson on Beaverhead fishing and Louis Adams on Armstead’s new rearing pond. Delegates to the Denver Rotary International convention and a slate of committees were announced as summer meetings were set for 6 15 p.m. each week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Rotary Club
Bud” Hartwig
Louis Anderson
Beaverhead
Louis Adams
Armstead
Eugene Free
South America
Charles Price
Fishery Department
H. M. Brundage
International Rotary
Denver
Linden McCullough
A. T. Peterson
A. F. Waldorf
W. B. Hartwig
Brundage
Tom Davis
Butte
Rotary International
F. X. Leschner
J. F. Wiksdal
C. P. Thomas
G. T. Paul
E. E. Loft
Terry Browning
T. L. McCracken
Clarence Doak
Ic. E
George Hopkins
Charles Niblack
J. E. Monroe
Fay Erwin
Tom Gilbert
Chester Hale
Fred Huber
S. E. Davis
D. A. Galt
Lambert Eliel
Fred Waldorf
J. B. Somers
Frank Eliel
F. A. Hazelbaker
T. S. Luebben
W. H. Stephan
R. D. Curry
Pearl S. Smith
Howard Morse
B. A. Hollister
L. K. Adams
O. F E. Best
H. E. Andrus
W. H
Indian man fined for carrying Luger pistol off reservation
Chris Langley an Indian was arrested at Lima last Thursday by Sheriff Mooney and arraigned in justice court that evening on a charge of having a Luger pistol in his possession contrary to law prohibiting Indians from carrying guns off their reservation. He pleaded guilty and was fined ten dollars with his gun confiscated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Langley
Lima
Mooney
Justice Court
Partnership Formed In Argenta Mining Venture
Malcolm Flemming and G W Elder join forces in Argenta to pursue mining projects. Flemming concentrates on recovering lost mining jodes while Elder brings civil engineering expertise to their new venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Flemming
Argenta
G. W. Elder
Mr. Flemming
Four Women Die in Dillon Week in Review
Four deaths in Dillon last week, all women well known in the county. Mrs. R F Tattersall of South Idaho street died Wednesday morning after more than a year of illness, leaving husband, a daughter Mrs Edward Himrod, and son Ralph. Funeral Friday at two from the house with Rev Dr Groeneveld officiating. burial in Mountain View cemetery. The report notes community loss and mentions Mrs Carroll native of Ireland, long Dillon resident, member of St Rose Church, with husband and six sons. services held at St Rose church Tuesday. burial Mountain View.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Tattersall
South Idaho Street
Mrs. Tattersall
Edward Himrod
Fresno
Cal
Ralph
Groeneveld
Butte
Mountain View Cemetery
Mrs. Dishno Dies After Long Illness In Dillon Home
Mrs. Charles Dishno a longtime county matron died at her South Railroad avenue residence after a lingering illness. Born April 18 1842 in Rutland Vermont she married in Whalensburg New York. Survived by Minnie Proulx Siles Dishno grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral at St Rose Church Saturday 9 30 a m with burial at Mountain View Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dishno
Montana
South Railroad Avenue
Idaho
Big Hole Basin
Dishno
Dillon
St. Rose Catholic Church
Guild
Minnie Proulx
Siles Dishno
Mrs Anna M Carroll Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs Anna M Carroll wife of Frank Carroll a well known retired ranchman of the city died at the family home on the east side last Saturday evening after a brief illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna M. Carroll
Frank Carroll
Miss Rose Stamm Dies At Dillon Home After Illness
Friends and Dillon county learn with regret that Miss Rose Stamm died last Monday afternoon at her brother Albert Stamm’s Orr Street home. A Milwaukee native who moved to Dillon in 1901 she was active at St. Rose Church and its guild. Survived by seven brothers and two sisters, plus nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at St. Rose Church Thursday at 9 30 with Rev. F X Leschner officiating and interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Carroll
Beanedial County
Bie Hole Basin
St. Rose Catholic
Ireland
American
Detroit
Butte
Big Hole Lake
Dillon
Francis
Charles
Washington
St. Rose Church
Father IF. X. Leschner
Mountain View Cemetery
Miss Rose Stamm
Albert Stamm
Orr Street
Miss Stamm
Milwaukee
Wis
St. Rose Catholic Church
Guild
Doman
Staltz
Julius
Edward
Joseph
Peter
Frank
Chicago
Albert
Walter Stamm
F. X. Leschner
Bride to Bee Change of Mind Upsets Judge Pat Phillips
Judge Pat Phillips planned a wedding tied to a fee and fishing tackle. At the hotel Saturday evening the bride exercised her prerogative and called off the match. She kept the trout flies in the window, saying she might call if she changes her mind later.
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Pat” Phillips
Class of 97 Graduates from State Normal College
The 97 graduates, the largest spring quarter class, will receive diplomas Thursday morning June 17 at the auditorium. Edward O. Sisson of Reed College will deliver the commencement address. Names include Alene Abt Emma Acker Margaret Adair Suffolk Gladys Alexander Stella Amundson Vera Ayers and many others from Dillon Roundup Butte Helena and Missoula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal College
Edward O. Sisson
Reed College
Alene Abt
Emma Acker
Margaret Adair
Suffolk
Gladys Alexander
Deer Lodge
Stella Amundson
Blair
Wis
Vera Ayers
Denton
Carrie Berg
Lindsay
Glendive
Bennie Haines
Helena
Agnes Hamill
Anaconda
Georgia Hartman
Kalispell
Louise Harvey
Wise River
Alice Hasting
Great Falls
Margaret Hasting
Anna Hench
Stevensville
Grace Hoblitt
Corvallis
Clara Hougardy
Roundup
Agnes Hovee
Inverness
Constance Hull
Divide
Urban Isaacs
Camps Pass
Myrtle Jevnager
Scobey
Helen Wood Johnson
Billings
Blanche Kephart
Lodge Grass
Florence Kinder
Fort Benton
Iris Klawitter
Shelby
Theresa LaRock
Harlem
Helen Larson
Dodson
Beryl Logan
Elsie Lohman
Marion Lund
Big Sandy
Margaret Lynch
Butte
Kathleen McGarvey
Philipsburg
Lester McMillen
Sidney
Violet MacMillan
Miles City
Laura Nelle Matlock
Hilver
Kathryn Mead
Livingston
Mary Louise Merkle
Lottie Merritt
Virginia City
Anna Miller
Columbus
Rachel Mitchell
Missoula
Helen Moore
Marguerite Morris
Cecelia Murphy
Burton York
White Sulphur Springs
Albert Zweifel
Bozeman
Sheep Herder Owen Price Found Dead Near Leadore
Owen Price a sheep herder for A E Scott of Dell Montana was found dead in his tent twenty miles above Leadore on Clear Creek Tuesday morning. He had pneumonia and was being cared for by neighboring herders. Deputy Sheriff Widdowson was notified. mortician Doebler prepared the body. The remains were brought to Salmon for burial with services held this afternoon conducted by Rev. G R Archer. He was about 70 years old.
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Owen Price
A. E. Scott
Dell, Mont
Leadore
Clear Creek
Widdowson
Doebler
Salmon
G. R. Archer
School Faculty Member Bitten by Rattlesnake in Canyon
K Menzo Gibson, a high school faculty member, was bitten by a rattlesnake in Clark's canyon last Friday afternoon. Prompt first aid with a razor and rope tourniquet reduced the poison's impact. W EF Talent drove him to Dillon, where he is almost recovered. Gibson had stepped from his car to add water when the warning was issued but could not escape the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Menzo Gibson
Clark's Canyon
W. EF. Talent
Dillon
Stockmen to Meet in Dillon with Federal Official
On Monday June 14 at 2 00 pm Dan Casement special representative of the secretary of agriculture will meet Beaverhead county stockmen to discuss range problems. The Radford range appraisal report will be a main topic and a strong turnout is hoped. Meeting place to be announced later.
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Dillon
Dan Casement
Secretary of Agericulture
Beaverhead Courtly
Radford
Casement
Returned to hospital after forceful lift and escape
D W Paddock gave a stranger a ride from Sheridan to Dillon last Thursday evening. The man acted queerly and was arrested near town by police. Authorities from Warm Springs later returned him to the sanitarium from which he had recently escaped.
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Dillon
Sheridan
D. W. Paddock
Warm Springs
Harness shop moved to Yeaman block new location
W S Roberts harness shop relocates from Bishop building on South Idaho Street to Yeaman block on Center Street opposite city hall in the former Salvation Army quarters. The business serves county ranchers and farmers with harness saddles and leather goods and offers repair services for all varieties of work.
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W. S. Roberts
Bishop
Idaho Street
Yeaman
Center Street
City Hall
Salvation Army
Longest trial of spring term in Phillipsburg case
The civil suit of First State Bank of Phillipsburg against H. S. Musigbrod and others was taken under advisement by the court after a two day trial this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First State Bank of
Phillipsburg
H. S. Musigbrod
District Court
Doc Kennison Nets Large Coyote Bounty Record
William Kennison known as Doc brought in 73 coyote scalps last Friday to claim a top bounty of 146 dollars. He had trapped or shot them since May 5 making it one of the largest single catches in years.
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William Kennison
Doc
Bishop H H Lester Smith to Speak Ex Dillon Friday
Helena bishop H H Lester Smith will speak Friday evening at 8 o clock at the Methodist church on Christian Education. He oversees Methodist churches in Montana and surrounding states and is touring for Intermountain Union College. No collection will be taken and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Smith
Helena
Methodist Church
Dillon
Montana
Oregon
Idaho
North Dakota
Meade
Denver
Bishop Smith
Pennsylvania
Allethany College
Drew Theological Seminary
Columbia University
Central Methodist Church
Detroit
India
Intermountain Union College
Presbyterian
Methodist
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hartwig
Brookhart
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Smith W. Brookhart
D. F. Steck
Senate
Mrs. Rosella
Bride-To-Bee
State Normal College
Wranglers
Dillon Wrangler’s Club
Guild Hall
John B. Somers
Fred Rife
Stockmen’s Meeting
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