Brooks Awates His Second Trial Here
Albert Brooks, jailed for sedition in May 1918 and sentenced to seven and a half to fifteen years, is brought back to Dillon for a second trial after the Montana Supreme Court ordered a new trial. Prosecutors cite inflammatory literature as newly relevant evidence. Brooks faces Pease and Stephenson in the May docket alongside the Davis murder trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Brooks
Dillon
Dan Mookey
Supreme Court
Brooks
United States
Davis
Pease & Stephenson
W. F. Dunn
R. B. Smith
Butte
District Court
Lewis and Clark County
J. R. Wine
Local School Notes From May 1920 Assembly Events
The Junior High league adopted a constitution and continued Nickel Day to support the library. 7B seconds beat 6A 7 to 5 in a Thursday noon baseball game. Miss Troxell returned from institute work in Deer Lodge. May Festival set for May 12 if weather permits. Good Government Club discussed democracy and education as foundations of a strong republic. Mrs Clark Anderson and Mrs Wright noted as travelers and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Troxell
Deer Lodge
Helmville
Avonda
Jack Yale
Laurie Jean Reid
Child Welfare Department
Helena
Reid
Miss Noel
Miss Hazard
Hugh Scully
Paul Judge
Francis Cashmore
Frye
Cluley
Martha Schwab
Lee Stone
Good Government Club
S. E. Davis
Funeral of Mrs Levisa Thomas
The funeral for Mrs. Levisa Thomas, who died at her daughter's home in Dillon, was held Tuesday afternoon. Rev. H. G. Humphrey officiated with interment in Mountain View cemetery. She was born in 1840 in Ottawa Missouri, married Jesse Thomas in 1863, spent most of her life in Clifton Missouri, and later lived with her daughter Mrs. Laura Streit. She died after years of declining health, survived by two sons, one daughter, and a brother. A closing poem reflected on death and the afterlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levisa Thomas
Laura Streit
H. G. Humphrey
Mountain View
Humphrey
Oltawa
Jesse Thomas
Clifton
Montana
Robert J., Harlan
Fort Smith
Ark
William T. Warsaw
Missouri
Dillon
James McCulloch
Portland
Oregon
Snow Storm Wreaks Havoc Across Dillon Area
Heavy wet snow blanketed Dillon and nearby valleys last Saturday with about a foot in places. Storm caused power and telephone line damage, increased stock losses, and high water worsened road conditions. Lone areas like Grasshopper and Horse Prairie saw little snow while Lima and Dell had light falls. Mrs. Robert Barrett traveled to Twin Falls, Idaho for a family illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Grasshopper
Big Hole
Horse Prairie
Lima
Dell
Centennial Valley
Vipond District Lets Old Mines Reopen for Silver
The Vipond mining district plans summer resumption of operations on aging sites led by Jack Leggett who oversees reopening of the Leggett property near Dewey. High silver prices drive the effort, with repairs ongoing, and ore-haul plans for June pending weather. A potential 500 ton mill may be built to process lower grade ore for shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vipond
Leggett
Jack Leggett
Dillon
Utah
Dewey
Busy May term court opens with murder case lead
The May term of the District court opens Monday May 17 with State of Montana versus E C Davis for murder at the head of the calendar. The list includes sedition grand larceny debts damages and divorce among twenty five cases set for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
District Court
State of
Montana
E. C. Davis
C. K. Wyman
State of Montana
Albert Brooks
Frank Morris
J. F. Poindexter
A. L. Stone
Louis L. Bell
M. R. Ayers
Walker D. Hynes
John A. West
Walker D. Hines
Thomas Flynn
Poindexter & Orr Live Stock Co
C. L. Live Stock Co
Flora Armstrong
George W. Games
Frank Fiddler
H. C. Patterson
G. V. Patterson
Brownfield Canty Carpet Co
IE. T. Patrick
Miller Development Co
George H. Work
Parley
A. Dansie
Patrick Layden
Joseph Rebich
Adolph Kruljac
J. P
George Mehelich
J. M. Raleigh
Roy J. Jackson
Lucy M. Edwards
Frank Fe.kidwards
D A R Meeting Notes April 19 At Mrs Roode’s Home
The Daughters of the American Revolution held their April 19 meeting at Mrs Roode’s home. Miss Carolyn White read a paper on Early Trails and the chapter voted to dedicate a DAR room in the new hospital. Nine of fifty ordered lineage books have arrived and the next meeting is May 10 at Miss Bishop’s home with Dr Garver speaking on Train Marking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the American Revolution
Bishop
Garver
J. W. Scott
J. E. Morse
Carolyn White
Jean Bishop
George Lovell
M. A. Walker
F. H. Bimrose
8. M. Roode
Eugene Poindexter
Alvan L. Anderson
Police Warning on Dog Licenses
Chief of Police Nelson warns dog owners that license fees must be paid immediately or the police will seize the dogs and dispose of them. The notice urges compliance to avoid seizure and death of pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Social Roundup With Visits and Campus Events
Miss Ellen Corrigan spent the weekend visiting friends in Twin Bridges. President Davis made a high school visitation trip visiting Helena Missoula Hamilton Corvallis Darby and Stevensville. A large crowd enjoyed the operetta at the college auditorium Friday evening. The student body held a dance Saturday night at the residence hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Corrigan
Twin Bridges
Curran
Miss Troxell
Deer Lodge
President Davis
Helena
Missoula
Hamilton
Corvallis
Darby
Stevensville
Parr
Butte
Loretta Blum
Lima
Vera Norton
Professor Clark
Reid
Child’s Welfare Bureau
College
Funeral of Willard M. Pyle Held at Methodist Church
The funeral for Willard M. Pyle was held at 2 PM Wednesday at the Methodist Episcopal church with Rev. H. G. Humphrey officiating. Interment followed at Mountain View cemetery. Survived by parents C. M. and Mrs. Pyle of Polaris Montana and several siblings, he spent most of his life in Polaris and Upper Grasshopper Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard M. Pyle
Methodist Episcopal Church
H. G. Humphrey
Mountain View
Humphrey
Willard
M. Pyle
Lamar
Montana
White Sulphur Springs
Dillon
Cox & Pyle
Anaconda
Pyle
Upper
Grasshopper Valley
C. M. Pyle
Polaris
Wm. S. Pyle
Coquitlan
British Columbia
George “Pyle
Andrew B. Pyle
W. R. Woods
Beckett
Mont
Milton E. Hays
Willard Pyle
Routine Matters at Monthly Meet in County
The board of county commissioners held their regular session addressing spring freshets damage to highways and bridges. They accepted John Banks’s resignation as supervisor of the county poor farm and appointed J. O. Melton to run the farm. Melton, former Beaverhead road district supervisor, will maintain Banks’s summer plans. The group, with County Engineer Chapman, traveled to Butte for a joint session with Silver Bow on the Melrose bridge, awaiting State Highway Commission acceptance. Oscar Dunn, recently hospitalized, returned home after recovery from surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
John Banks
J. O. Melton
Banks
Chapman
Butte
Silver Bow County
State Highway Commission
Melrose Bridge
Highway Commission
Mrs Bayerd Takes Family to Minneapolis for Summer Visit
Mrs. Forrest Bayerd and her three children left Tuesday evening for Minneapolis to spend the summer with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Bayerd
Minneapolis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clark Anderson
Spokane
Giopar
Robert Barrett
Twin Falls
Idaho
Department of Justice
Baltimore American
Oklahoma
By Elizabeth Jordan
Normal College
Ruth Herrick
Tim
Thora Sisson
Catheryn Chisholm
Virginia Jefferson
Virginia Moses
Mrs. Ruthford Dean
Inez Robbins
Arthur Belden
Estella Carpenter
Freddy Belden
Clarice Mulholland the Higher Life
Birdie Smith
Mildred Butler
Catherine McNickols
Lois Thomas
Herbert Gordon
Miss Carrie Jones
Joel Dixon
Olive Butler
Francis Caldwell Winnifred Shields
Annie
Woman's Friend
Madam O’reilly
Fifth Avenue
New York
Anna Selway
Mrs. Norman Gilbert and
The
Sunset Orchestra
Margaret. Conroy
E. J. Callaway
A. R. Meeting
Melton
Oscar Dunn
Curtis Hospital
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!