Beaverhead County Board Transacts 1910 Matters
Beaverhead County Montana commissioners meet March 7 1910 approving minutes appointing fair board members and treasurer for a $1000 appropriation, ordering two Simplex graders, licensing decisions at Wyne halted during tunnel work, and formal claim and assessor actions.
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Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead County
Montana
H. C. Patterson
W. Francis
W. C. Orr
Jno
Fair Board
George R. Featherly
Hawley J. Selway
S. S. Carruthers
O. C. Gosman
Frank Eliel
Eliel
Wyne
Wheeler
Saloon Closures Mark First Dry Sunday in Dillon
Beav erhead county town observes first dry Sunday and voluntary closures by saloon men under new ordinance. Debate over enforcement ends as saloon owners, bartenders, and families enjoy a peaceful Sunday amid anticipated April election. N R Leonard, ex-president of the State School of Mines, to deliver Beaverhead County High School commencement address next June alongside Principal L R Foote.
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Dillon
Beaverhead County
N.R. Leonard
State School of Mines
University of Iowa
State Board of Education
Butte
Leonard
L. R. Foote
Taft Proclaims Census Act of 1910
President Taft urges all persons to answer the 13th Decennial Census beginning April 15 1910. It clarifies penalties for nonresponse and states the census only gathers broad population and resources data, with strict safeguards against disclosure.
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Congress
United States
William Howard Taft
United States of America
Census Bureau
Washington
P.C. Knox
Butte Boise railway route to cross Gilmore & Pittsburg
L O Leonard J E Bell director and chief engineer G T Wiswell in Butte say the planned Butte Boise line will not connect with Gilmore & Pittsburg nor run via Dillon. They expect work to start next summer with possible entry through Pipestone pass or Big Hole basin and a decision by the board pending reports.
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Butte-Boise
Butte
Pipestone Pass
Big Hole Basin
L. O. Leonard
J. E. Bell
G. T. Wiswell
Butte Inter Mountain
Board of Directors
Casin
Leonard
Gilmore & Pittsburg
Salmon City
Idaho
Armstead
Dillon
Salmon
Real estate record price for Dillon plot ties Gilmore & Pittsburg railway deal
The Gilmore & Pittsburg Railway company closed a landmark Dillon land deal this week. The 75 acre Dillon Realty plot on the east side sold for about 500 dollars per acre, a Beaverhead county record. Landowners J. E. Morse and John F. Bishop sold the property, a terminal site for the new road is anticipated with further nearby sales likely on reasonable terms.
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Dillon
Gilmore & Pittsburg Railway Company
Beaverhead County
Gilmore & Pittsburg Company
Dillon Realty Company
Messrs
J. E. Morse
John F. Bishop
Government to Seek injunction to close Anaconda Smelter
The U S government filed suit in Helena alleging the Washoe smelter at Anaconda destroys vegetation soil and timber across 1000 square miles in Jefferson Silver Bow Deer Lodge Powell and Granite counties The government asks a permanent injunction to force altered smelting methods claiming current practices are destructive and unnecessary The Anaconda Copper Mining Co resists arguing changes would cost millions and the case seeks co operation to end the damage
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Helena
Anaconda
Jefferson
Silver Bow
Deer Lodge
Powell and
Granite
United States District Court
United States
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Washington
Wickersham
Montana
Department
Department of Justice
President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
California
Tennessee
Beaverhead County Fair Board Sets Plans for 1912 Run
Beaverhead county fair board met at the Oregon Short Line freight office to outline a lean budget and a stronger stock drive. A carnival company is sought to visit on a circuit with Montana or Idaho counties to minimize costs. The fair may run three to four days with races and exhibitions, $1,000 appropriated for premiums, and committees named for speed program grounds amusements and rules.
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Beaverhead County Fair Association
Oregon Short Line
Carnival
Beaverhead
Montana
Idaho
Featherly
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Directors
We Can Grow Dry Farm Crops With Water Conservation
The author argues dry farmers must conserve soil moisture due to high evaporation in the valley. Soil tests with a core and oven-dry method estimate water content. details the water required per ton of dry matter and the role of soil texture. It urges soil testing to four to six feet, early tiling and packing, crop rotation with alfalfa and peas, and starting alfalfa on sod land in spring with mulch and shallow seeding for first-year success.
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French
Wason M. Oliver
Barnett
Norman E. Houpen
Mrs. Richard Nedrow Dies in Jackson Big Hole Basin
Death reported in Dillon of Mrs. Richard K. Nedrow at her Jackson home Sunday morning. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Paris she spent most of her life in the basin. Tuberculosis caused the death after years of illness. Survived by husband and two children. Funeral date not learned.
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Dillon
Richard K. Nedrow
Jackson
Big Hole Basin
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Taft
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Bishop
Sellers Company
Att y-Gen
Carruthers
George Lovell
Theodore Nelson
C. A. Smith
W. M. Oliver
T. D. Olmsted
George Baker
Geo. Lovell
England
Richard Nedrow
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