A Better National Tune Debate and Notable Obituaries
A discussion of a $1500 prize for a superior national anthem draws nine hundred fifty-one composers to attempt improvement. Memorial notes honor Albert J. Beveridge, who died at sixty-four from heart disease, and reflect on his Indiana roots with David Graham Phillips. The piece also critiques working wives, flood control funding, and rail rates, then ponders future transportation like flying machines and the Santa Fe Chief Express.
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Socrates
Albert J. Beveridge
Freight Hauling by Omnibus Serves Mojave Desert Farmers
Desert farmers in the Mojave rely on truck lines from Victorville to deliver farming machinery from Los Angeles. A freight motor truck brings mowing machines plows and seed drills directly to the barnyard. The freight bus costs more per hundred than the train but provides next day delivery to the farmer’s door.
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Los Angeles
Santa Fe
Mojave Desert
Victorville
Philadelphia Police Plan Blood Tests for Intoxication Proof
Philadelphia police will use blood tests to determine intoxication as experiments underway prove successful.
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Philadelphia
Big Hole schools shine at county track meet
Jackson school won the meet with 47 points, Wisdom 24, Bannack 15, amid stormy weather and indoors for most events. Raymond Thompson led Bannack with 15 points, Jewell Romaine of Jackson was top girl scorer, and a large turnout from almost every district attended. A boxing card at Dillon drew fans, ending in a draw between Young Dempsey and Howard Ball.
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Beaverhead County High School
Jackson School
Wisdom School
Bannack
Normal College
Raymond Thompson
Jewell Romaine
Jackson
Dillon Business
Wisdom
Drummy
Dell
Armstead
Reichle
Gosman
Bill Leeds
Harvey Johnson
Lon
Legion Post
Young Dempsey
Helena
Howard Ball
Pocatello
Dillon
Traux
Dillon Sport
Butner
Lima
Stephanie
Ike Hayes
Ted Darling
Frank Little
L. Downing
Cooper
Marlow
J. F. Butner
Dillon Post
American Legion
W. B. Hartwig
A. H. McFarland
Leo Truax
George Baker
State Boxing Commission
Red Cross Quota Still Short in Beaverhead County
Beaverhead county's Red Cross quota of 2000 dollars remains about 40 dollars short, according to local secretary B N Stevenson. Funds are needed immediately to aid flood district victims. checks may be sent to Stevenson or Georgia Mathews as city workers chip in.
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Beaverhead County
B. N. Stevenson
The
Red Cross
Sportsmen Plan Large Program of Conservation
W. B. Hartwig spoke at the Dillon Rotary on Beaverhead County rearing ponds at Armstead and their role in boosting trout numbers. The Beaverhead Sportsmen’s Association launches a countywide pond expansion with a $1 membership, to fund future rearing sites and conserve fish stocks.
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W. B. Hartwig
Dillon Rotary Club
Armstead
Beaverhead Sportsmen’s Association
W. E. Stephenson
Queer California Car Touring United States On Buick Chassis
A traveling vehicle described as a moving Little Red Schoolhouse passed through town on Wednesday. The car, from California, is built on a Buick chassis and contains all traveling conveniences, turning heads with its unusual design.
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California
United States
Buick
Local boxing card thrills Beaverhead crowd at city hall
The Beaverhead post of the American Legion sponsored a boxing evening at city hall Saturday drawing a large turnout of fans. The event featured Dil- as the main bout and generated strong local enthusiasm.
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Beaverhead
The
American Legion
City Hall
Calendar of cultural events and meetings from May listings
Tributes to Hartwig screenings feature May 13 7 00 No Control with Harrison and Phyllis Haver. May 14 7 00 Bigger than Barnums at Hartwig. May 15 7 00 Eagle of the Sea with Florence Vidor and Ricardo Cortez. May 19 7 00 Dorothy Vernon of Haddon's Hall with Mary Pickford at Hartwig. Also various club meetings at I O O F hall Masonic hall and Methodist church through May 20.
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Tribune
Harrison
Phyllis Haver
Hartwig
Women’s Benefit Association
I. C. C. F. Hall
Normal College
Viola Dana
Barnums
the Hartwig
Masonic Hall
Florence Vidtor
Ricardo Cortez
Eagle of the Sea
Florence Vidor
I. O. O. F. Hall
Joseph Schildkraut
Lya de Putti
Robert Edeson
Methodist Church
Rotary
Andrus Hotel
Training School
Order of DeMolay
Woodcraft
Manse Society of the Presbyterian Church
Jack Barrett
Dorothy Vernon
Haddon Hall
Rebekahs
Mary Pickford
The
Beaverhead Vocational Congress Huge Success
Despite bad weather the Beaverhead rural track meet and girls vocational congress drew delegates from nearly all county schools. Attendees shuttled between classes at the high school and a tour of Grandview poultry farm, with scholarship contests and gym events concluding the day. Betty Roe, Dorcas Hoff man, and Chandler Stallings were among contest winners.
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Vocational Congress
C. W. Francis
Wisdom
Poultry’ Farm
Margaret Ulry
Grandview
Betty Roe
Bedrock
Anna Lee Helming
Beryl Woody
Jackson
Dorcas Hoffman
Dillon
Mary Daw
Raymond Thompson
Bannack
Albert Polish
Reichle
Anthony Bramsman
David Burke
Lima
Chandler Stallings
Georgiana Crouse
East Bench
Alma Henderson
Gosman School
Helen Wenger
Normal College
Former Beaverhead County Man Makes Fortune From Oil
Arby Beardslee, once a sheep rancher near Lima, sold oil land holdings in the Kevis Sunburst field near Great Falls for 650000 cash and a large stock stake in the buyer. The Thomas E. Davis syndicate of Minneapolis bought the property, with L P Jackson of Shelby handling negotiations. A drilling program of 25 wells will begin, and the initial well on an 180 acre tract produced about 100 barrels per day.
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Beaverhead
Arby Beardslee
Lima
Kevis-Sunburst
Great Falls
Beardslee
Monida
Injured with discus at Berlin high track meet
Berlin Gordon, a Berlin high track athlete, was struck in the right eye by a teammate's discus last Friday. The injury opened a deep cut but he recovered enough to move about shortly after the accident.
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Berlin Gordon
Three County Graders Begin Work On County Roads
Three of the new combination scarifiers and graders are in operation smoothing highways. The Lima to Dillon main road, the Mountain View cemetery stretch, and the Big Hole basin route are being worked. Each grader uses 60 square feet of blades with drag and drag, operated by two men or dragged by a caterpillar engine. The Wehrgrader ferries streets of the city this week.
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Mountain View Cemetery
Lima
Dillon
Big Hole
Wehrgrader
Rodeo at Wise River Promises Spectacle of Wild West Events
Fred Gill traveled from Wise River last Sunday to arrange the big rodeo set for May 29. The program includes bucking, steer riding, wild cow milking, roping and other Western spectacles, making it one of the region’s best shows.
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Fred Gill
Wise
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Beveridge
David Graham Phillips
Indiana
Phillips
Young Women’s Christian Association
Marrage
Mississippi
Floyd English
Drummey
Floyd Brey
Elgin Daw
William Rasmussen
Gladys Carr
Scccotes
Louise Ramsey
Joe Romain
Hatthwels
Pete Rasmussen
Rose Tadovich
Alma
Henderson, Gosman
Dell Niltie Ett Towanie-Pneate
Wisdom Ors
Edward Torney
Widsom
Jackson Odenhivs
Gladys_Carr
Pearl I. Smith
Gibbons School
Ayres
Jane Stallings
Mona Harding
John Somers
Bobbie Montgom
Jhon Christensen
Ery
Anthony Brams
Mabel Jones
Man Gordon Alexander Ernest Nygren
Don Mulkey
Bill Ballard
Robert Crosby
Estella Thompson
Virginia Shu
Mabel Else Maker
Anna Fay Else Marie Cobb
Corinne Willey
Frances Patterson Chandler Stallings
Bertha Seybold
Helen Anson
Kathleen Burke Lundy Ottie Alen
Charles Seybold
Robert Nelson Lewis Ford
Floyd Frey
Tommy Luebben
Ethel Else John Miller
Jessie Holman
Elizabeth Atkeson
Walter Simmons
Helen Hoerning
Jean Gilbert
Margaret Pfi Margareth Mongomery
Edna Clarke
Ine
Peter Rasmussen
Dorothy Simmons Helga Anderson
Lillian Stephens
Anne Christensen
John Woodworth
Margaret Bidstrup
Prank Torney
Vivian Carroll
Fern Seerict
Barbara Bayerd
Tom Brenner
Hugh Clarke Helen Ida Best
Mary Hester Decker
June Randol
Esta Holtz
Alice Pender
Jay Forsyth
Alvina Mikkels
Carl Hansen
Bert Stepp
Edward Torney Ffner
Anna Lee Helmant
Audrew Gross
Ween Auy
Ernest Frey
Sseeey
Vuuy
Wilma Christensen
Evelyn Polish
Helen Judge
Elmer Hayes
James Henrie
Rosalie Brown
M. Elgin Daw
Sadie Ford
Mary Dan
Dorothy Duck
Adelaide Birrer
Edith McClain
Arie Knox
Imma
Stefanatz
Agnes Keenan
Anna Spender
Philip Malesich
Rudie Malesich
Ellen Keenan
Grace Priestly
Ellen Rasmussen
Mary Waadae
ODD
Beaverhead Vocational Congress
Wise River
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