Burns detective fds his man near Dell
Special Detective Griffin of the Burns Agency in Spokane arrested Alvin Lindgren at the Henby Thompson ranch near Dell after weeks of pursuit. Lindgren, alias Albin Linder, faced altered checks in multiple cities including Deer Lodge Butte Kalispell Sheridan and Spokane. He was jailed in Dillon and to be tried first in Butte with further charges possible.
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Montana
Washington
Griffin
Burns Agency
Spokane
Alvin Lindgren
Albin Linder
Albert Linden
Henby Thompson Ranch
Dell
Mooney
Lindgren
Dillon
Butte
Larry Duggan
Silver Bow County
First National Bank
John Tessier
Henry Thompson
Deer Lodge
Kalispell
Sheridan
Table Setting Contest Scheduled at Paul's Tomorrow
The third annual table-setting contest will be held tomorrow afternoon at the G. T. Paul furniture store from two to five o clock. It is part of the domestic science course at the high school and is sponsored by Huber Bros. jewelry store with prizes from their silver pattern selection. Judges include Mrs. F A Hazel baker Mrs. Howard Morse and Miss Carolyn White. Visitors may attend.
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G. T. Paul Funiture
Huber Bros
F. A. Hazelbaker
Howard Morse
Carolyn White
Boy Breaks Arm in Car Engine Backfire
Walter Selway broke two bones in his right forearm when a Stearns Knight engine backfired while cranking the car last Saturday. He returned to school Monday morning. Shelby-The Queen City flow at Kevin Sunburst field listed at 6 000 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Selway
Stearns-Knight
Shelby
Queen City
Kevin Sunburst
Brundage Team Wins Predatory Bird Shoot
Beaverhead Sportsmen's Association held a two-team hunt totaling 309 game birds 56 gophers and 44 eggs as trophies. Brundage captained the winning team with 4442 points while R T Wemple led individual scoring with 2375 points killing magpies crows and hawks.
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Beaverhead Sportsmen’s Association
H. M. Brundage
Henry Deutsch
R. T. Wemple
Mr. Wemple
Deutsch
Henry Gleed Jr
Sugar Bowl Cafe
Possession of Booze Sparks Man Arrest in Cabin Raid
Tom McClellan was arrested in a cabin in the Cabbage Patch after sheriff reports of a wild party. A small liquor quantity was seized and he pleaded guilty in justice court to possession of intoxicating spirits, bond set at 500 dollars for district court sentence. Jane Chaviz was arrested for vagrancy and given time to leave town.
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Tom McClellan
Beaverhead County Auto License Fees Share Revealed
The road fund of Beaverhead county will gain 6928.55 from automobile license fees paid into the state treasury up to March 31. Silver Bow tops with 53105, Yellowstone county follows at 35391, six counties exceed 20000, and only four fall below 1000.
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Beaverhead County
Secretary of State
Silver Bow
Yellowstone County
New Street Grader Purchased by Council
The city council approved buying a Wehr scarifier and grader after a demonstration in Anaconda. Impressed by its efficiency, officials decided the town could not wait to acquire the implement. Local car owners welcomed the news as a sign of upcoming street improvements.
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Anaconda
Chouteau and Great Northern Beans to Be Widely Grown
Chouteau County farmers plan large acreages for Chouteau and Great Northern beans this year signaling a boost in dry bean cultivation and potential market impact for local agriculture.
Beaver Track Squad Attending State Meet
The Beaver track team of Ott Gordon Elwyn Metzel Ambrose Henneberry and Tom Clemon left for Missoula to compete in the state meet. Dolly Lacy joins as declamation entry. Coach Gunderson is an added party member.
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Ott Gordon
Elwyn Metzel
Ambrose Henneberry
Tom Clemon
Missoula
Dolly Lacy
Coach Gunderson
Dillon
Esther Judge
Bernice Hirschman
Lois Wheat
Margaret Roe
Wayne Roberts
Emerson Hughes
Walter Foster
Douglas Thomas
Civil War Veteran Marcel Pyle Dies in Beaverhead County
Marcel lus Pyle a Grasshopper rancher and Beaverhead County figure died after several weeks of illness. He was 84 or 85, one of the county’s oldest residents and a revered veteran of the Civil War. Taps were sounded for him last Thursday.
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Beaverhead
Marcellus Pyle
Grasshopper
Beaverhead County
Pyle
Pyle Cele
Local Teams Take First Honors In Meet
The Beaverhead High track meet last Saturday drew a large crowd for a two day scholastic contest. Beavers and training school teams dominated nearly every event with strong performances and new records. Ideal weather and a fine track boosted the atmosphere as visiting students added to the competition.
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Beaverhead High
Beavers
Dillon
Pyle Pioneer Dies After 60 Years of Marriage
Longtime Montana rancher and Civil War veteran born in 1840 Illinois died at Beaverhead county residence. He served in Cranes and Third regiments, later ran a sawmill in Lamar and a meat market in White Sulphur Springs. Survived by wife and five children. funeral at Masonic Hall Dillon with American Legion honors.
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Illinois
Missouri
Cranes
Gambell
Lamar
Carl L. Knoll
Polaris
Estella Woods
Lewistown
William S. Pyle
Coquitlam
Canada
Masonic Hall
Dillon
Beaverhead
American Legion
City Officials Reappointed At City Meeting
Charles Nelson was reappointed chief of police J B Holtz water commissioner W G Gilbert city clerk and Dr M A Walker city health officer at the last city council meeting. Committees were named including street and alley water and sewer fire and order city hall cemetery finance printing and supplies health judiciary. Mayor Roscoe Cornell began a third term as mayor with J B Mayfield and J P Phillips as city treasurer and police judge. City government was organized and routine matters attended to.
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Charles Nelson
J. B. Holtz
W. G. Gilbert
M. A. Walker
Alley
Anderson
Waldorf
Woodside
Eliel
Anderson and
Elliott
Bowers
Lloyd
Molleur
Eliel and
Elies
Roscoe Cornell
J. B. Mayfield
J. P. Phillips
County tracks triumph as Metzel leads with 24 points
In a rural meet, Sun County High scored 101 points to Twin Bridges 12 and won every first place. Lima tallied 24 points to Drummey 15 and District No 86 14. Metzel seized high honors with 24, Berlin Gordon 13, Leonard Wemple 10, Tom Clemons. Basolo led Twin Bridges with 16 and Macabee had 14 for Lima. The meet featured events like the broad jump with Metzel and others posting top marks.
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Son County
Twin Bridges
Lima
Drummey School
Metzel
Berlin Gordon
Leonard Wemple
Tom Clemons
Basolo
Macabee
Sheriff force seizes 1240 bottles of beer in Kentucky avenue case
Sheriff Mooney and deputies captured 1240 bottles of beer and brewing materials from a Kentucky avenue house linked to Martin Sorenson and Richard Schwab. Sorenson and Schwab pleaded not guilty and posted 500 bonds each for district court trial. Eight more beers were later seized on North Main street with a John Doe detainee released. Schwab again pleaded not guilty with a 300 bond.
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Mooney
Kentucky Avenue
Martin Sorenson
Richard Schwab
Justice Court
Schwab
Kellum
Nelson
North Main Street
Murray Stars for Normal at Triangular Meet Bozeman
Murray leads the Normal track team with 11 of 16 points in a tri meet at Bozeman. He won the discus with 113 feet 5 inches and placed in the shot put javelin and pole vault. Montana State College won with 140 points, Intermountain Union second with 8k. The Intermountain Union squad travels to Dillon tomorrow for a meet with Normal.
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Murray
Bock
Funk
Sebastian
Brown
Bozeman
Montana State College
Intermountain Union
Dillon
Baby Girl Born to Local Family
A baby girl was born on May 10 to Mr and Mrs Frank Jones longtime residents of the city The father is an expert accountant with a large Los Angeles mercantile firm and the family received word through friends.
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Frank Jones
Jones
Los Angeles
Muskrat bites girl during picnic near Barratt's station
A muskrat bit a woman from the Normal college Women's Athletic Association after she tried to pick up the animal by the tail in an irrigating ditch near Barratt's station. The girl received first aid for a painful hand cut. Also note: thirty of thirty-eight counties agree to share with the state the cost of maintaining federal aid highways.
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Women’s Athletic Association
the Normal College
Barratt’s
Doctors Address Rotary Club on Timely Matters
At a Rotary luncheon Mr. T. E. Gilbert chaired as Dr. W. H. Stephan read a paper titled Cures Cults Facts and Quacks. The talk drew from the Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the State Medical Association and argued that only mentally induced disorders respond to suggestion. Dr. H. H. Scarborough of Idaho Falls spoke on spring travel and road improvement. Visitors included Fain Alkyre and Milton Nay, Grasshopper ranchman.
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Rotary
T. E. Gilbert
W. H. Stephan
State Medical Association
H. H. Scarborough
Idaho Falls
Fain Alkyre
Milton Nay
Memorial Day Services Planned at Mountain View Cemetery
Beaverhead Post of the American Legion and local groups will hold a Memorial Day ceremony at Mountain View cemetery on May 30. The program includes a Dillon band concert, an address by Attorney J E Kelly, a Gettysburg Address reading by Rev Ernest E Loft and a high school student, graveside decorations, and transportation arrangements from City Hall. Memorial Day committee members are Walter Stamm Alvin Jones and Geo Baker.
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Beaverhead
American Legion
Mountain View Cemetery
Dillon Band
J. E. Kelly
Ernest E. Loft
Presbyterian Church
Walter Stamm
Alvin Jones
Geo. Baker
Estate values listed for Morse and Roe. water commissioner named
In district court an inventory places Maggie Morse estate at about 10000 dollars and Margaret Roe estate at about 30000 dollars. Judge H G Rodgers appoints Peter N Hansen of Dell as water commissioner on Big Sheep creek for the coming season.
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Maggie Morse
Margaret Roe
Peter N. Hansen
Dell
Big Sheep Creek
H. G. Rodgers
Mint Pool Hall Changes Hands in Dillon
Mint Pool Hall on Bannack street changes ownership after a Tuesday afternoon deal. Alex Tait and Joe Carroll purchase from Jay V. McCarthy, who has run the resort for the past year. New owners are well known in Dillon and seek success. McCarthy plans unclear next steps.
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Mint Pool Hall
Bannack Street
Alex Tait
Joe Carroll
Jay V. McCarthy
Dillon
Mr. McCarthy
Coyote Pup Becomes Pet At White Cafe
Glenn Lyons at the White cafe has adopted a small coyote pup brought to town by Paul Temple. The city eyes a Shelby-Heavy building program planned for the year.
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Glenn Lyons
White Cafe
Paul Temple
Shelby
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Boy
Mrs. Coolidge
Tiny Tots
White House
Brundage
Council
Beaver
Montana Power
MT Polaris
Mrs. Pyle
Smith Wetmore
Gordon — Dansie ' Macabee
T. Super Hammond Malesich
Va. T. Beaverhead
T. B. Bish
Metzel Basolo Macabee
Clemow Dansie Wetmore
Gould A. Roberts Malesich
Metzel Basolo Macahbee
Gould K. Smith Wetmore
Clemow Dansie Malesich
Clemow Smith Pilgrim
Metzel Dansie Christensen
Gould Staten Lawrence
L Wright
Hignight English
Tash ‘Stephens O'Connor
Henneberry Staten Malesich
Henneberry Basolo Spencer
McLaughlin Hignight Long
O’connor Stephens Lawrence
B. Gordon Staten Macabee
Gordon Reibich
F. O’connor
Co. Anderson
H. Cashmore
J. O'Connor
Dravelin
Siaizel Macabee Hignight
Watt Morrison Malesich
Wemple
Staten Em Spencer
Gordon
C. Anderson
Sheriff's Force
Rotary Club
Stephan
Scarborough
EGION
Coyote
Acros
Babe Ruth
New York
Yanks
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