Beaverhead County Board Grants Inspections and Awards Paving Bid
Beaverhead County Montana county commissioners meet in regular session May 7 1928 approving April county work and authorizing inspections and road and bridge duties. Bids for stock pavilion at fair grounds opened with schedules from Morrison Wemple Kent. Wemple awarded contract at 9340 under lowest bid. May 8 session approves farm and school reports and balances, with claims processed.
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Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead County
Montana
A. L. Anderson
0. C. Gosman
J. E. Shaw
Albert S. Baker
Anderson
Beaverhead
Gosman
Red Rock
Shaw
Big Hole
County Fair Grounds
L. A. Ford, Jr
Lima
Sam Bates
R. T. Wemple
Fair Grounds
U. KE. Gilbert
Wise River
County Farm
County High School
Little Places in State Track Meet at Missoula
Frank Little the Beavers weight tosser placed second in discus and fourth in shot put for six points, the top showing by Beaverhead High at the state track meet. Dan sie Blair and Smith also competed. illness sidelined Hignight Pendergast and Spencer. Georgia Metlen also placed third in a reading contest semi finals. Beaverhead High finished sixteenth among 105 schools.
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Frank Little
Beavers
Missoula
Frank
Dansie
Blair
Smith
Hignight
Pendergast
Spencer
Georgia Metlen
Beaver
Little
Beaverhead High
Dillon man pleads guilty to passing checks
J. H. Killen was arrested last week on a charge of passing worthless checks in Dillon. He pled guilty in Justice court before Judge George Opp last Saturday afternoon and was sentenced to four months in the county jail.
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J. H. Killen
Dillon
George Opp
Memorial Day Observed by Beaverhead Legion
Beaverhead post of the American Legion plans Memorial Day observances with simple graveside services for ex servicemen. D W Paddock and Walter Stamm lead the Decoration Day program, no city program this year, and improvements at Mountain View cemetery include a concrete curbing and grassed plot with bids due next Monday.
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Beaverhead
American Legion
D. W. Paddock
Walter Stamm
Mountain View Cemetery
Hatchery at Divide Ready for Operation
The new fish hatchery at Divide will be ready this week for the first shipment of eggs and in operation soon, per word from the Butte Anglers' Club. A six inch feed pipe has been installed from the Big Hole river dam to the hatchery by club volunteers.
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Divide
Butte Anglers’ Club
Big Hole
Frank O. Lowden Acknowledged For Agricultural and Political Work
Frank Orren Lowden, born 1861 in Sunrise City Minnesota, built a vast farming portfolio in Oregon Illinois Arkansas and Texas. A lawyer and Northwestern law professor, he served as Illinois governor from 1917 to 1921 and later presided over the International Press foundation in 1926. He champions the McNary Haugen bill and opposes America joining the League of Nations.
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Frank Orren Lowden
Oregon
Illinois
Arkansas
Texas
Sunrise City
Minn
University of Iowa
Chicago
Northwestern University
Congress
International Press Foundation
America
League of Nations
Five County Officials Announce Re election Plans
Incumbents at the county courthouse revealed plans to seek another term though petitions are not yet filed. The slate splits across parties with three Democrats and two Republicans set to run, including county attorney T. E. Gilbert and county clerk J. S. Baker on the GOP ticket and treasurer Norah Connelley and superintendent May Sprinkle on Jeffersonian lines. Other candidates include Sheriff Frank Kellum and state senator Pearl I. Smith among Republicans and Sheriff W C Orr on the Democratic ticket. Senator Hazelbaker and Judge H G Rodgers also filed for higher offices.
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County Court House
T. E. Gilbert
J. S. Baker
Norah Connelley
May Sprinkle
B. W. Emerick
Mrs Woody and daughter harmed in Woody ranch fall
Mrs James Woody of Jackson and her daughter Virginia visited early in the week after Virginia sustained a broken arm when she fell from a horse at the Woody ranch.
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James Woody
Jackson
Virginia
Woody Ranch
Dillon Mothers Honored With Services And Gifts
Churches held special observances for Mother's Day in Dillon last Sunday. The post office saw a surge of special delivery mail and gifts while button hole bouquets and telegrams arrived from across the country. Local cafes hosted special dinners and merchants reported strong sales of gifts reflecting the holiday spirit.
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Dillon
Mrs Barnowsky Laid To Rest In Madison County
Funeral services for Jadwiga Barnowsky were held at St Jose Catholic church last Saturday. She died May 4 in Chicago at 61. Rev. F X Leschner officiated with burial in Mountain View cemetery. A Polish native, she lived many years in Madison County and is survived by her husband and eight children in several towns.
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St. Jose Catholic Church
Jadwiga Barnowsky
Chicago
F. X. Leschner
Mountain View Cemetery
Barnowsky
Madison County
Poland
John
Washington
George and
Peter
Twin Bridges
Jake E
Anaconda
W. Thompson
J. Horvath
Leo Valentine
Julia Nyhart
City
Drawings Made for Spring Tournament at Dillon Country Club
The Dillon Country Club lists the first tournament of the year a two ball mixed foursome starting at 1 PM next Sunday. Matches pair Warren Stone with Mrs Collins and C J Hovren with Mrs Meffarland at 16 vs 18 handicap, with the rest following by ten minute intervals through 5 PM. Members may enter by contacting the sports committee of Risley McCracken and Hartwig.
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Dillon Country Club
Warren Stone
John Collins
C. J. Hovren
A. H. Meffarland
H. F. Best
W. G. Gilbert
W. H. Stephan
Helen Bulger
Justin Brundage
T. “Mel*adden
Francis. Tomrey
J. ©. Wedum
L Frank O’keefe
Georgia Mathews
Ralph Harding
Theo. McFadden
Afton Lloyd
W. V. Grimes
Hiram Brundage
W. B. Hartwig
B. J. Gunderson
G. M. Sullivan
Glenna Younce
Tom Sillers
Clara Adams
H. I. Morse
Rances Sullivan
S. F. Erwin
Fern Kuder
Dale Tash
Mary Shoenborn
George R. Baker
Eugene Bond
C. W. Woodburn
Bernice Metlen
J. Anson Baxter
A. M. Jones
Tom Moran
T. E. Gilbert
Sol Sabolsky
Jessie Duboc
W. A. Graeter
Louis Schmittroth
E. L. Poindexter
Roy W. Forrester
A. T. Peterson
Fred Chapman
Millie Adams
I. W. Bond
Walter Stamm
Francis Tonney
James B. Kelly
R. W. Boone
A. H. McFarland
A. I. Waldorf
L. K. Adams
L. L. Price
Lee McCracken
H. M. Brundage
C. P. Thomas
Roy Forrester
N. L. Henry
D. A. Galt
J. B. Kelly
Charles Burden
James Dodd
Meat Markets Consolidate June 1 In Dillon
A L Anderson of Dillon Wholesale Meat Co announced June 1 consolidation of the Anderson and Montana shops. The Montana street shop will be abandoned and operations will continue at the Montana market on Bannack Street. George Strube opens a new shop in the Metlen Building on Idaho Street amid other local ventures including a cafe behind Moose pool hall and a wagon lunch counter on a main street. The May 21 opening of Montana streams for fishing is noted with Beav erhead anglers urged to enter a Rainbow trout contest at Gray pool.
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Anderson
Gray Pool Hall
Montana
Montana Market
Bannack Street
Montana Street
Dave Rhinehart
Rhinehart
Clark Anderson
Cox & Pyle
J. W. Deputy
Helena Street
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Rancher John Peterson Seen On Horse Prairie
Rancher John Peterson was reported down from his Horse Prairie ranch on Monday with corroborating witnesses noting his absence from usual duties. Local authorities began a welfare check and coordinated with neighbors to confirm his condition and whereabouts.
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John Peterson
Horse Prairie
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W. T. Morrison
R. T. Wemple John Kent
W. T. Morrison Wu. Co
John Kent
Mountain View
the Tribune
Frank O. Lowden
Mrs. Barnowsky
Meat Markets
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