Beaverhead J Exhibit at State Fair Aims for County Growth
Clerk of Court Hazelbaker plans a Beaverhead county exhibit for the state fair featuring about a hundred photographic transparencies of the county and its surroundings to advertise the area. Residents are urged to submit strong views and grain entries through the Northwestern Development League expo. The goal is a larger, better exhibit with added prizes, building on last year’s oats grand prize success.
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Hazelbaker
Beaverhead County
Helena
Beaverhead
Northwestern Development League
United States
Montana
Farmers Institutes Held in Bannack and Wisdom
Farmers institutes will be held in Bannack on May 15 and in Wisdom on May 17. Two teachers from the local high school will participate in the programs.
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Bannack
Wisdom
Dillon Stores Are Improved and Reopened
Dillon merchants remodel shops this spring with Huber jewelry, Foster candy kitchen, and Montana Mercantile adding a Buick truck for quick service. Huber’s updated lighting and wallpaper create a brighter look while Foster’s interiors gain cozy tables, mirrors, and plants. The new truck handles up to two thousand pounds, enhancing delivery efficiency.
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Dillon
Huber
Foster
Montana Mercantile Company
Stimpson Sues Beaver County Over Road Route Change
George C. Stimpson files a $1,100 complaint against Beaver County claiming failure to follow a agreed road route through Stimpson’s ranch to Dillon. He alleges the present rough route increases his costs and burdens, while the original plan promised an easy direct path. The case proceeds in district court. The Latter Day Saints of Macgrath Alberta announce April 28 they will donate all eggs laid by their hens on the Sabbath to replace the $20,000 tabernacle funds.
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Dillon
Shriners
Los Angeles
Butte
Helena
Dillon Bunch
Mecca
Bagdad Temple
Bagdad
Curry
New York
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Chicago
San Francisco
Minneapolis
United States
George C. Stimpson
Beaverhead
Blacktail Valley
Stimpson
Latter Day Saints
Macgrath
Alberta
Geography of Montana by Prof Grant Finch at State Normal
Dr Finch of the state Normal college completes a detailed Geography of Montana. The work covers area, climate, rivers, drainage, forests, mining, agriculture, irrigation, stock raising and commerce with photographs. It analyzes crops, industry, education and government, presenting Montana’s comparative position and potential for widespread readership.
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Grant. E. Finch
State Normal College
Montana
Finch
Dakota
Union
District Court Matters and Civil Proceedings This Term
The term has few district court trials with civil suits awaiting settlement and two criminal cases set for next term. Admissions to citizenship include Hermann Mussigbrod Bowen Valdemar Carlsen Matt Laurenson and Carl Hansen. Applications for citizenship come from F H Bimrose England A Potts Canada Peter C Peterson Denmark and Henry Van Daume Belgium. The Big Hole Herding Association suit against Marmaduke Gist et al over a water right is set for the 20th. The Schuler divorce cases result in annulment for May Schuler vs Louis Schuler and a granted petition for Mabel Gray vs Archie Gray. A condemnation suit Mooney vs Hans Christiansen et al. for irrigation ditch right of way appointed a three-member commissioners panel Patrick Ward J C Hollingsworth and J E Morse. Zene Bucy vs William E Coke et al. concerns land condemnation in Centennial valley for a public road. commissioners were appointed to appraise.
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Poindexter
Herman S. Mussigbrod
Bowen
Valdemar Carlsen
Matt A. Laurenson
Carl H. Hansen
Mabel Gray
Archie Gray
Mooney
Hans Christiansen
Patrick Ward
J. C. Hollingsworth
J. E. Morse
Zene Bucy
Wm. E. Coke
Centennial Valley
Bagdad Temple Dominates Shriners Imperial Council Attention
Los Angeles papers indicate at the Imperial council gathering of about forty thousand Shriners in Montana the Bagdad Temple garners the most attention among organizations present, attracting notable interest in this city’s reception.
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Montana
Los Angeles
Imperial Council
Bagdad Temple
Durable red delivery truck with solid tires features
The machine is serviceable and durable with a driver at ease delivering loads. A red enamel truck bears the company name on the seat. Tires are solid, not pneumatic, reducing trouble during service.
Phenological Study Planned in Wise River Region
Forest Ranger assistant Shepherd will conduct summer phenological observations in Wise River to chart bud swell flowering leafing seed formation and ripening for Beaverhead forest species. Data across exposures and elevations over years aim to produce accurate averages aiding seed collection and plant knowledge in cooperation with Priest River Idaho experiment station.
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Wise River
Shepherd
Beaverhead Forest
Forest Service
Priest River
Idaho
Northwestern contest offers big prize for wheat
The Northwestern Development League of Minneapolis announces the largest U S prize for the best five bushels of northwest grown wheat. A 30 horsepower traction engine with plows is awarded. Wheat will be judged by experts, milled and baked, with the best five bushels receiving the prize. Clerk F A Hazelbaker urges dry farmers and ranchers to enter and learn more.
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Northwestern Development League of
Minneapolis
United States
Northwest
League
F. A. Hazelbaker
Mrs J B McLaren Returns From Murray Hospital
Mrs J B McLaren has returned Tuesday from the Murray hospital where she had been for some time recovering from an illness.
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J.B. ‘McLaren
Murray Hospital
Bisbal
Deputy Sullivan Describes Dillon Man Caught in Butte
Deputy Sullivan of Butte visits Dillon and describes J. J. Smith, captured after a brutal struggle at Sullivan's saloon. Smith is wanted for horse theft and faces assault, robbery, and burglary charges. Atlas saloon owner E. O. Herm identifies him as a participant in a prior holdup, where a policeman was shot and $1,500 stolen. Herm sustained ear injury during the encounter.
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Sullivan
Butte
Dillon
Smith
E. O. Herm
Atlas
Herm
Fishing trip yields sixty pounds of rainbow trout
S. S. Carruthers and his two sons Clyde and David returned Tuesday from Camas creek Idaho with about sixty pounds of rainbow trout. The family reports fine fishing and the editor notes a breakfast sample of the catch.
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S. S. Carruthers
Clyde
David
Camas Creek
Idaho
Tribune
New Reservoir Co Organized in Beaverhead County
A new reservoir company with a $20 000 capitalization has been organized to irrigation on Horse Prairie. At a meeting last Saturday Nels Nelson of Dillon was named president M J Nay of Grant vice president and H J Selway of Dillon secretary and treasurer. The plan aims to store water for crop cultivation transforming Horse Prairie from cattle grazing to grain production with oats wheat and barley. A test plot yielded 50 bushels per acre on raw beach land, signaling strong prospects for bumper crops once cultivation expands.
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Beaverhead County
Nels Nelson
Dillon
M. J. Nay
Grant
H. J. Selway
Selway
Well-Known Woman Taken in Quiet Idaho Burial
Friends recount the life of Mrs. George P. Hughes born Lillian M. Oliver in Franklin Idaho. She suffered asthma and related ailments for years, died at 4:20 PM after pneumonia, aged 36, in Dillon. Funeral at Baptist church with Rev. Thos. Anderson. interment Mountain View cemetery. Emerson Hughes, her son, attends school locally.
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George P. Hughes
Hughes
Lillian M. Oliver
Wason M. Oliver
Jill
Salina
Kansas
Los Angeles
Elkhorn Springs
Mrs. Hughes
Franklin
Idaho
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Hughes & McCaleb
Emerson
Baptist Church
Thos. Anderson
Mountain View
R. R. Rathbone
H. L. McCaleb
G. A. Martin
G. A. Main
J. Spitamiller
Co. W. Robison
F. M. Poindexter
Robinsons Return with News from Rochester
Mr and Mrs J K Robinson return from Rochester Minnesota with the good news that the operation seems successful and hopeful for recovery.
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J. K. Robinson
Rochester, Minn
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Shriner
Boston-Montana
Bagdad Patrol
Farmers’ Institutes
Dillon Merchants
Huber and
County
DR. Finch
Reiger Shepherd
Wise River District
J. J. Smith
NEW Reservoir CO
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