Intercounty Scholastic Track Meet At Dillon This Weekend
Dillon hosts the first inter county track meet and scholastic contest with 18 rural schools entered. More than 200 students travel from Twin Bridges and Beaverhead areas as events span spelling, arithmetic, writing, and track finals across three divisions. Prizes and cups honor top teams while Boys Week activities include a Rotary club reception and theater event.
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Dillon
Twin Bridges
A. T. Peterson
Rotary Club
Beaverhead
Dillon Business Houses
Hartwig Theater
Shaw Tops Cattle Prices At Billings Sale
J. E. Shaw, a famed Big Hole basin rancher, sold 100 fat steers to F. Ap. McKay of Billings for 8 1/2 cents per pound, averaging 1 180 pounds and totaling about 93 dollars per head, marking a turning point in cattlemen's fortunes as ranching conditions gain strength.
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Big Hole Ranchman
Billings
J. E. Shaw
Big Hole
Dillon
Divide
F.ap. McKay
Shaw
County Commissioners Meet in Regular Session Actions Taken
The board approved Elvera Peterson as clerk in the county superintendent’s office granted an old age pension to David Pulliam and adopted a road workers wage scale. Notices were ordered to keep the Grasshopper River road open. A joint session with Deer Lodge and Beaverhead counties will be held May 15 at Ralston to discuss tax matters. May 18 the Ruby divide to Long Creek road will be viewed for fencing costs. The road is planned to be built by the Forestry department.
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Board of County Commissioners
Elvera Peterson
David Pulliam
Grasshopper
Barratt’s Station
Deer Lodge
Beaverhead
Ralston
Ruby Divide
Long Creek
Forestry Department
Andrus Hotel Dining Room Expanded With New Windows
The Andrus hotel dining room was enlarged by removing boxes and making other changes including two new north side windows. The room now seats over a hundred guests comfortably.
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Andrus Hotel
Postmaster examination announced for Lakeview office
The Civil Service Department in Washington D C says applications are due by May 26 for the Lakeview post master examination.
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The
Civil Service Department
Washington, D. C
Lakeview
Parent-Teacher Association Meeting Scheduled
The Parent-Teacher's association will meet Tuesday May 12 in the school kindergarten rooms. It marks the last meeting of the year and includes the election of officers for the coming year and a report from the state delegate. All members and interested persons are urged to attend.
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Parent-Teacher’s Association
Train No 82 Arrives Earlier at 7 35 PM
The evening passenger train No 82 now arrives at 7 35 PM instead of 7 50 PM. Other passenger trains on the system have not changed their arrival times.
Chain machine shops expand with touring car buys across California
The Paige-Detroit report notes Andy Lucas, owner of chain machine shops in Taft, San Pedro and Los Angeles, bought two Jewebs/Jewett touring cars in quick succession. He uses one to travel between workshops and another for family use, signaling growing mobility for workshop owners across the West.
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Jewebs
California
Taft
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Lucas
In Honor of Our Mothers Between Easter and Children’s Day
A reflective tribute to mothers describing maternal virtues as divine and central to home life. The piece elevates mothers as souls of the home and urges communities to honor mothers in churches temples cathedrals or home shrines next Sunday.
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Jesus
Mother
Beaverhead County High School to Graduate 46 in 1925
The Beaverhead County High School class of 1925 will graduate 46 seniors, 29 girls and 17 boys, with diplomas on May 28 in the high school auditorium. Dr. J. H. Cox of the State University will give the commencement address. Activities include the alumni dance May 23, baccalaureate May 24, and class day May 27 at the school.
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Beaverhead County High School
J. H. Cox
State University
Dillmont Park
Evans Innes Jr
Elwyn Metzel
Nate Nedrow
Stephen O’connor
Irving Orr
Edwin Pegram
Jack Thiel
Douglas Thomas
Lansing Waldorf
Tom Yost
Man Dies at Barrett Hospital After Brief Illness
Frank Call about 50 died at Barrett hospital after a brief illness. He recently moved from Butte and is believed to have a brother there. The body will be held at Brundage parlors awaiting word from relatives.
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Frank Call
Barrett Hospital
Butte
Brundage
James Featherly Dies of Sudden Heart Attack in Dillon
James Featherly a former Dillon resident and longtime Butte businessman died suddenly at his North Washington street home. Coroner ruled out an inquest. He was 71 born in Wisconsin and survived by wife two sons Tom and Lambert of Butte another son Charles of Billings a daughter Mrs Henry Grierson of Fargo and a brother George R. Featherly. Funeral at Brundage Chapel with Rev. Ernest E. Loft officiating and burial in Mountain View cemetery.
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James S$. Featherly
Butte
Dillon
North
Washington Street
Phillips
Mr. Featherly
Crawford County
Wisconsin
Montana
Calkins & Featherly
B. E. Calkins Company
Helena
Featherly
Tom and
Lambert
Charles
Billings
Henry Grierson
Fargo
N. D
George R. Featherly
Beaverhead Valley
Nerces
Brundage Chapel
Ernest E. Loft
Presbyterian Church
Mountain View Cemetery
Barrett Hospital Observes National Hospital Day
Barrett hospital will observe National Hospital Day next Tuesday May 9 with open inspection hours 2 to 5 pm Tea will be served by hospital board wives. Babies born in 1924 will receive a $1 savings bank account if brought during the reception. An address at 8 pm by Sen T P Stewart of Anaconda.
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National Hospital
Barrett Hospital
Sen
T. P. Stewart
Anaconda
Beav erhead Sportsmen Plan Sunday Predatory Bird Drive
The Beaverhead Sportsmen Association schedules a Sunday shoot May 10 as part of a pest eradication program targeting magpies crows hawks gophers and other threats to game and crops. Entry must be reported by Saturday evening to organizers including Hiram Brundage and others with trophies revealed at City Hall Sunday.
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Beaverhead
State Game Commission
Coyotes
Hawks
FE. L. Burels
Henry Gleed Jr
C. T. Magnus
R. T. Wemple
Treasurer Collecting Second Installment of County Taxes
Miss Bertie Mathews and her office collect the second installment of county taxes totaling over $119,000. Payments must be made before closing time on the last day of the month to avoid delinquency.
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Bertie Mathews
Miss Lacy Wins Local Declamatory Contest
Miss Dolly Lacy will represent Beaverhead County High School at Missoula in the declamatory contest part of the interscholastic meet on May 14 15 and 18. She was first in the preliminary Monday among five entrants with The Man In the Bowler Hat by A A Milne.
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Dolly Lacy
Beaverhead County
Missoula
Miss Lacy
Man In the Bowler Hat
A. A. Milne
Nine Taken for Vagrancy in City Sweep
Police and sheriff rounded up nine men over two days for vagrancy and mooching. Three were jailed with Henry Burke getting 10 days and G W Lagan and Frank O Neal five days each. The remaining six were ordered to leave town.
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Justice Court
Henry Burke
G. W. Lagan
Frank O'Neal
Death of Mrs Carrie Wood Pioneer Resident Dies in California
Word reaches this community of the death in California of Mrs Carrie K Wood widow of Nat Wood a former resident of the Drummey ranch area She died April 14 in Venice California Survived by daughter Mrs J S Rohrer Napa California and two sons Dr Henry Wood Kansas City and Edward Wood Venice Remains sent to Napa for burial
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California
Carrie K. Wood
Nat Wood
Drummey Ranch
Wood
Venice
Calif
J. S. Rohrer
Napa
Henry Wood
Kansas City
Edward Wood
Marriage Honeymoon Trip Templar Leader Visits Dillon
Grand Commander James M. Burlingame of Montana spent the forepart of the week in Dillon attending a St. Elmo Commandery conclave. Mercer B. Herron received the Order of the Temple. Mrs Burlingame accompanied him on the trip, marking their honeymoon. They plan further visits to Montana commanderies before returning home. Mrs Gosman hosted Mrs Burlingame during the conclave.
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James M. Burlingame
Great Falls
Knights Templar
Montana
Dillon
St. Elmo Commandery
Order of the Temple
Mercer B. Herron
Normal Follies to Debut at Auditorium May 15
The Normal Follies, a newly organized group at the Normal, will present nine vaudeville acts at the auditorium on the evening of May 15. The show titled This ture of the college is described as especially entertaining.
Wisdom Fire Destroys Main Street Block in Big Hole
A devastating blaze in Wisdom Montana last Saturday leveled the main business block leaving only three shops. The inferno began in a hotel closet due to faulty wiring and progressed despite a failing chemical engine and bucket brigades. Firefighters worked through the night, with residents aiding and women serving meals as flames damaged the Gross restaurant Givegre store Basin Mercantile Wisdom State Bank and Miller Development office. The Big Hole Basin News office and other structures suffered, with partial evacuations and continued coverage planned.
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Wisdom
Big Hole Basin
Arthur Keys
Gross
Givegre
Basin Mercantile
Wisdom State Bank
Miller Development
Big Hole Basin News
Linotype
Helming
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M.C. Ashley
Woodbridge
N. J
B. L. Hurley
BCHS
James Featherl
Carrie Wood
Auie
Aaron Sapiro
Farmers’ Co-operative Marketing Plan
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Denis Ae
Avroc iTos
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