Apex News Brings Red Cross Update and Local Visits
The Red Cross meeting at Apex hall was well attended as volunteers knit and organized. Local residents including Mr. and Mrs. Hood visited Twin Bridges and Whitehall relatives, while many ranchers prepared for spring work and several locals traveled to Dillon on business.
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Red Cross
Hood
Twin Bridges
L. Bryan
Whitehall
Ty H. DuBois
Butte
le McClean
Miss Hails
Wm. Banneyer
Dillon
Fred
Frank Bryan
Robert Wishart
Canada
Apex Hall
Joe Moutz
Moutz
Magnus Hospital
Allen
Melrose
Morrison
W. G. Squires
Dillop
Lee Henry
Post Office Moves to Whitney Ranch Trout Creek
McHessor news notes a move of the post office from Mrs. Fred Page to the Whitney ranch on Trout Creek. A hard time dance is planned at the Trout Creek school on March 9, with a request to wear old clothes and bring a cake.
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McHessor
Fred Page
Whitney Ranch
Trout Creek
Albert Norris
Sheridan
al Nichols
Dillon
Wm. Reod
Faribault
Minn
K. I. Schmidt
Chicago
Ill
Emil Lillgodden
Sam Triplett
Grant News Sparks Growth as Oil Drills Hit Grant
The Grant town is abuzz as Horse Prairie Oil and Gas begins operations southeast of town. J H Youngken of Dillon sets one drill, and a new dance hall promises to welcome expected visitors by St Patrick’s Day. Read about locals Nan Barrett, John Sutherland, John Childers, Mrs Paiement, and others amid moves to residency and illness updates.
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Grant
Horse Prairie Oil and Gas Company
J. H. Youngken
Dillon
St. Patrick's Day
Nan Barrett
Anaconda
John Sutherland
John Childers
Big Hole
Harry Clark
Charles Hoover
Clark Ranch
Herman Price
Bannack
Wedum
Elizabeth Sutherland Visits Glen School for Progress Check
Miss Elizabeth Sutherland county superintendent of schools visited our schools last Thursday and expressed satisfaction with progress. Several locals traveled to Dillon and Butte for medical, family, and visiting purposes, including Christian Rieber and Mrs Nick Adders, Alois Fassler, Julia Beehrer, and Miss Threaes Reichle with relatives.
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Reichle P. O
Elizabeth Sutherland
Christian Rieber
Dillon
Valentine Tadovich
Richard Maier
Butte
Jacob Hartwig
Julia Beehrer
Frank Beehrer
Louisa Beehrer
Kate Cummings
Margaret Reichle
Miss Threaes
Sheridan Sheep Growers Elect Officers At Madison Meeting
A large delegation from Dillon attended the National Forest Sheep Growers association gathering in Supervisor Willson's office. E. O. Selway was named president with Frank Swartz as vice president and Wm. Rhodes as secretary treasurer. Resolutions urged expanding Madison national forest grazing and using surplus state funds for food production. Death notice of James Judge was remembered.
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Sheridan
Dillon
National Forest Sheep Growers Association
Willson
E. O. Selway
Frank Swartz
Blaine
Wm. Rhodes
J. E. Kellar
W. H. Foster
J. P. Darnitzer
Metzel
Madison National Forest
Madison Ranges
James Judge
E E. O. Selway
Great Falls
K. D. Marsh
J. M. Maddison
Harry Foster
Dr. Dyer
Walter Ellinghouse
L. C. Edwards
Vermon Marsh
Than Shaffer
E. D. Marsh
Schorre
Crary
George Boatman
Andrew Clark
Lebanon Springs
N. Y
A. H. Sennett
Red Cross
James Duncan
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
Episcopal Guild
Wedum Returns from Seattle Lumber Tour
A J Wedum arrived back Wednesday night after buying lumber for his company in Seattle and other coast towns. On return he visited Camp Lewis and met several Beaverhead boys in training there.
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A. J. Wedum
Seattle
Camp Lewis
Beaverhead
Welfare of federal employees in Washington discussed
Washington March 8 The federal government focuses on proper housing for new appointees and the welfare of employees. Welfare workers aid newcomers, with increasing offices adopting such programs. Since war start about 25 000 civil service hires in Washington, 20 000 more expected this year. Stenographers, clerks, ship and mechanical draftsmen, and shipyard trades are in demand. Civil Service Commission offices in cities provide information and applications.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Civil Service
D. C
United States Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission
Estate Reverts to State in Montana Death Case
A bachelor named Alson Garrett was found dead in his cabin near Blackleaf Canyon in Gansmont Coulee. He left an estate valued at about $40,000 that will revert to the state of Montana if no heirs claim it. Efforts to locate any relatives have failed.
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Chouteau
Alson Garrett
Gansmont Coulee
Blackleaf Canyon
Montana
Woman completes 40 mile snowshoe trek to Cooke City
Mrs. Joe Duret accomplished a two day snowshoe trip from Livingston to Cooke City covering 40 miles to reunite with her husband who has spent the winter there. She traversed mountain forests where snow in ravines reached 20 feet deep.
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Livingston
Cooke City
Joe Duret
Mayrs Wonderful Remedy Advertises Cure
Dillon housewife reports relief after using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for stomach and intestinal ailments. She credits a cousin in California and says one course cured her and she would have died without it. Sold by Potts druggist with money back guarantee.
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California
Mayr
Potts
Local Dec 1917 Prices Note Pony in Advertisement
Fragmentary OCR lists December 1917 price increases for lumber products sugar beets concentrates and related items. It mentions a small dark brown pony and directs return to Myrtle Taylor with Pastore hi and Adv.10-11.3. The readable lines reference livestock slag and tailings flour and mill stuffs and a branded white hind foot marking.
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Myrtle Taylor
Pastorehi
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McHessor News
Grant News
America
United Stat
Inter
C. T. Magnus
Dist. Agt
Philips Bidg
Glen News
Sheridan News
Sarah Hughes
Esther Stahl
Helena
St. Peter’s Hospital
Cott's
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
N. J
Mimic Chautauqua
Montana Railroad Commission
Buick
Montana Auto Supply Company
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