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Newspaper

Dillon Tribune

Location

Dillon, Montana, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1929

Page

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Half a Million Dollars for Advertising Glamor in Montana

A Dillon column discusses the impact of a half million dollars in ads from the Saturday Evening Post on Beaverhead and Madison counties, highlighting Dillon’s central role and urging local tourism linkage. It notes the value of ads and a local poem about Dillon, inviting reader interest and future cooperation.

Saturday Evening Post Yworth Montana Beaverhead Madison Bannack Virginia City Dillon

Beaverdhead High Seniors Begin Week of Commencement

Beaverhead High School prepares for one of its largest senior classes to graduate next Thursday at the auditorium. They will host dances at Dillmont Park, a tea at Normal College, and baccalaureate services at the Presbyterian church.

Beaverhead High School Dillmont Park Normal College Presbyterian Church T. J. Simons Glee Club Lenore Thompson L. A. Gregory High School Jane Herndon Barbara Tower S. E. Davis the Normal College Mary Helen Barkenbus Herbert Alton Berry Mabel Tilizabeth Boetticher Anna Lee Briggs Betty Mae Calkins Holger Bernhart Carlson Marjorie Troise Carroll George Wallace Clark Wiliam Francis Clark Alice Viola Crowley Clifford Cullen Loren P. Carnutt Ethel Jean Davis Dorothy Mabel Evans Evelyn Elizabeth Fairbank Fannie Belle Fairbank Robert Doyle Gordon Susan Edith Hand George John Heikkin Jane D. Herndon Vera Ruby ‘Hopkins Garry E. Johnson Ruth Johnson George Martin Judge Kenneth R. Kenison Frank Anthony Little Anna Katherine Mautz George A. McDonald Harold S. Price Boyd Quick John C. Reiber Ashley C. Roberts Roberta Jane Roberts Helen Lorain Rodgers Mildred Margaret Schuler Silwin D. Schmitt Ivan Dudley Shaw Mary Elizabeth Simons E. Kenneth. Smith Ralph Willard Spencer Inez Maxine Stinson Barbara Levey Tower Mildred Beatrice ,Underwood Joyce Monica Williams Ruth Elyne Wolfe

O Connor Wins Dillon to Butte Road Gravel Contract

J C OConnor of this city was yesterday awarded by the Montana highway commission a contract to gravel 7 851 miles of the Dillon Butte road in Beaverhead Madison and Silver Bow counties south from Melrose on a bid of 25 634 70 The commission also awarded contracts for 14 federal aid road and bridge projects totaling 467 000

J.C. O'Connor Montana Highway Commission Dillon- Butte Beaverhead Madison Silver Bow Melrose

Goodbye to Dillon Forever

A speaker bids farewell to Dillon asserting permanent departure to escape oppression and loss of freedom. The text contrasts the narrator with other travelers and hints at a plan to avoid returning, claiming to possess brains and independence.

Dillon Fifty Years Old in 1930

A retrospective recounts Dillon’s early boom years from 1881 when Bannack lost the county seat to the new town. It notes arrivals of Kleinschmidt and T C Power of Helena, the Continental Oil Co, cheap real estate, a November blaze in the Butte restaurant, and later growth through ranching, a $14,000 brick school completed in fall, and the 1885-86 circus visit by John Robinson.

Bannack Consid Kleinschmidt T.C. Power Helena Continental’ Oil Company Butte Dillon Idaho Falls Pocatello Blackfoot William H. Reif Bozeman John ‘Claxton Archie McTaggart Butte Lodge John Claxton Butte Elk W. M. Stone George M. Gosman James C. Melton Leonard Innes Dell A. Lloyd Theodore IF. McFadden John T. Orr Emerson W. Slack S. Edwin Whitworth Francis J. Gelhaus Carl F. Guidici Paul B. Bramsman George D. Rice Ralph A. Harding Si Whitney Garman Thomas FE. Gilbert J. William Nelson Carl H. Hartwig William Thomas Pinkerton Fred G. Lyons J. E. Shaw J. Warren Shaw Jimery K. Smith Joseph H. Duff Frank Hirel Homer Faust Eugene Free BE. L. Poindexter H. A. Price J. B. Holtz Charles Burden Francis H. Bimrose Frank B. Rife Jess Gray Frank G. Paul James N. Mansfield W. H. Paddock D. W. Paddock Byron Orr Allan S. Dansie Harold C. Murray Ike Rife Edgar Rife E. Lowell Smith Chester A. Barrett John F. Shaff Justin Brundage C. E. Blinn B. J. Gunderson Charles Woodburn Dale FE. Metlen R. J. Dansie Walter S. Jones E. L. Wheat Tom Sillers W. C. Orr J.C. Jeppson

Montana Baptists Hold Twenty-First State Convention in Dillon

The twenty first annual Northern Baptists of Montana convention opened in Dillon at the training school auditorium with about seventy delegates. President Hedden outlined six resolutions on self support, building programs, evangelism, full time religious education and leadership, plus giving plans. Reverends Owen Howard and John Howard spoke on mission work in Bengal and youth, while officers were reelected and a layman’s place in the church discussed. The Dillon hosts were praised for hospitality and services.

The Northern Baptists of Montana Dillon Training School Montana H. T. Hedden Billings Frank A. Hazelbaker Hazelbaker Hedden John W. Elliott H. W.arthur Jesse Bunch Methodist Tom J. Davis Butte George MacDougall Corvallis Philadelphia American Baptist Publication Society H. R. Best R. O. Shannon H. R. Norwood FE. B. Pease E. L. Fairbanks Board of Managers

Pioneer Beaverhead Man Dies in Butte

E. M. Connolley a Beaverhead area pioneer died in a Butte hospital after a short illness. Born in Missouri 68 years ago he had lived in Montana 43 years, worked in mining, retired to Dillon four years ago. Survived by widow three sons Orlando Anthony Martin and a daughter Norah Connolley.

E. M. Connolley Beaverhead Butte Mr. Connolley Missouri Dillon Orlando Anthony Martin Norah Connolley Beaverhead County

Dillon Girls Organize Four Girl Scout Patrols

Thirty two Dillon girls met at St. James Guild hall organizing four patrols under Mrs. Lambert Eliel with Miss Bertie Mathews and Miss Annabelle Desmond assisting. Temporary leaders named Ethel Herndon Elizabeth Ballard Virginia Backus and Leone Cashmore. next meeting set for next Saturday night.

Dillon St. James Guild Hall Lambert Eliel Bertie Mathews Annabelle Desmond Ethel Herndon Elizabeth Ballard Virginia Backus Leone Cashmore Guild Hall

Ranch visitors Parke T. Scott and Bert McMenomy arrive in Armstead

Parke T. Scott and Bert McMenomy, ranch residents near Armstead, were visitors in the city on Sunday.

Parke T. Scott Bert McMenomey Armstead

Funeral services held for H. M. Brundage in Dillon

Undertaker H. M. Brundage brought the body to Dillon Saturday morning by motor. The funeral was held Tuesday from the family home on Thomson avenue with Rev. Father F. X. Leschner of the St. Rose Catholic church conducting the services, and interment was made in Mountain View cemetery.

H. M. . Brundage Dillon Thomson Avenue F. X. Leschner St. Rose Catholic Church Mountain View Cemetery

Pioneer Stockman Dies After Sinking Spell in Butte

George Ditty a renowned livestock merchant from Dillon dies two weeks after surgery in a Butte hospital. Born December 24, 1879 in Appleton City Missouri, he built the Dillon Horse Sales Co and led Montana stock dealings. Survived by widow, mother in Missouri, two sisters A L Atkinson and Lora Ditty, and five brothers in Dillon, Echo Lake, Kansas City, Los Angeles. funeral at Presbyterian Church with interment Mountain View.

Butte George Ditty Livestock Commission Sam Dillon Appleton City Mr. Ditty Mont and Miles City Horse Sales Company Dillon Horse Sales Company Missouri A. L. Atkinson Dilson Lora Ditty Jesse Edgar Echo Lake Dre. Louis Kansas City Clarence Los Angeles Floyd Presbyterian Church T. J. Simons Mountain View Cemetery Charles Burden James Dodd

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Reading Hotel de l’ Ort County Bastile Tribune Riley Calaboose Dillon Eny County High School Dillmont J. C. Oconnor Joe John Robinson Salmon Idaho Montana Baptists Conrad L. Owen Great Falls John Howard Bengal Orissa Owen 0. D. Martin Tom Huxley Harold High Edward Derbyshire H. H. Longnecker Judson R. D. Brittain Havre Howard N. Spencer Bruce Kinney Denver KE. T. Brown Dward Derbyshire H.F. Compton E.M. Connolley George E. Ditty
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