Wood First Reserve Plans Amid Coal Shortage in Dillon
Amid a coal strike, officials in Dillon plan to ship in wood from the Wise River district via the Montana Southern to Divide and then Dillon. A thousand cords are ready to be delivered at coal-competitive prices, while government intervention seeks coal release and local coal use is being rationed and coordinated by the mayor and police chief.
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Wise River District
Monroe
J. B. Somers
Montana Southern
Divide
Dillon
Normal College
Dil Jon
Work at shale plant to be resumed soon
The Dillon Oil Company shale plant, halted last summer due to illness of Galloupe and Robnett, will resume between November 10 and 18. Robnett returned from Spokane after a serious operation and will help finish the plant. Galloupe plans to return around November 18 to complete the retort. The note emphasizes Dillon Oil as Beaverhead’s key industry and outlines benefits and broader shale oil prospects.
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Dillon Oil Company
Galloupe
Robnett
Spokane
J. H. Galloupe
Beaverhead
United States
Dillon
Colorado School of Mines
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ohio State University
Standard Oil Company
Dropped Dead While Loading Sheep in Dillon
Johny Mosher, a longtime Dillon livestock worker, collapsed while helping load live stock at the stock yards on Tuesday evening. Death was attributed to heart failure. Born in Canada 63 years ago, he lived in Montana for 37 years and in Dillon the last six. He was a Mason and his funeral will be conducted under the Masonic lodge.
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Johny Mosher
Dillon
Canada
Montana
Masonic Fraternity
Masonic Lodge
D A R Beaverheads Chapter Meeting on Fur Trade
The Beaverheads D A R will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday November 11 at Mrs George W Lovell's home. Topic for discussion is Fur Trade and Trading Posts led by Mrs M A Walker.
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Beaverheads
George W. Lovell
M. A. Walker
Roosevelt Memorial Fund Growth Slows in County
The Roosevelt memorial fund in the county is under halfway to its $800 goal with just over 400 raised. Officials urge every admirer to contribute one dollar or more, noting some have given up to five and subscriptions continue to arrive from across the county.
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Roosevelt
A Taste of War for Dillonites
Dillon residents will witness a wartime display next Tuesday November 11 at the Legion celebration. Beaverhead post will stage fireworks and a national salute at city hall with Red Cross refreshments to follow the Legion dance starting at 9 pm Tickets cost one dollar for all patrons and ten dance tickets will be exchanged at the door. Various committees led by Dr F M Poindexter and other local leaders organized music decorations pyrotechnics refreshments and more to prepare for the event.
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Dillon
Beaverhead
No Man’s Land
Legion
The
Red Cross
F. M. Poindexter
T. E. Gilbert
G- R. Baker
W. W. Hawkins
Harry Browning
Charles McGrath
William Bucher
Dale Tash
Alvin Jones
William D. Ross
Harold Snow
Lonnie Linson
A. A. Gibson
Charles Hoerning
Chester Casey
Allen
J. T. Ross
Andrew McCartney
Peter Langdorf
Frank Nelson
Alexander Tate
Raymond Swartz
George M. Melton
Emil Conger
Cecil Featherly
Charles Enlow
Howard Morse
Ralph Tattersall
George Baker
Morton Elliot
Henry Wyatt
Walter Brown
George Gosman
Eugene Bond
H. A. MacMillan
Lee McCracken
Fred Chapman
Frank Jones
Mrs William Bernstein Named Episcopal Delegate
Mrs William Bernstein of Dillon was appointed auxiliary delegate to the general convention of the Episcopal church held in Detroit in October. Her report was read last Thursday.
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William Bernstein
Dillon
General Convention
The
Episcopal Church
Detroit
Lighting contract let by city council for Legion meeting quarters
The Beaverhead post American Legion sought to use fireman quarters in the city hall and auditorium as a meeting place until other quarters are found. The council favored the plan but referred action to the city hall and fire and order committees for a joint review.
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City Hall
Beaverhead
American Legion
the Legion
City Hall Committee
Fire and Order Committee
Joe Fuller
J. B. Cluley
Farnsworth
Nelson
Louis Stahl
Dakota
California
Cattlemen Protest Road Closure At Upper Horse Prairie Area
County commissioners deferred action on closing the Tash road used by cattlemen from Horse Prairie Grasshopper and Big Hole basins for spring and fall stock drives due to Joe Shaw illness. Dell precinct 5 south of the section line between 18 and 14 south is incorporated in Nicholia precinct 24. Advertisements for bids for county physician and for supplies to the poor farm and dependents will run until the next meeting when contracts will be awarded.
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Horse Prairie
Grasshopper
Big Hole
Joe Shaw
Bristow
Dell
Sheep Creek
Nicholia
School Board to Call Bids for New Building Excavation
At Tuesday’s school board meeting bids will be invited for the excavation of the friar public school building to be placed on Pacific street between Reeder and Sebree. The district faces growing needs with several grades housed at the Normal college and in the training school. Officials aim to start foundation work this fall and complete the first nine rooms of a sixteen unit model as soon as possible before next fall term.
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Pacific Street
Reeder
Sebree
Normal College
Last Spike Drive Marks Montana Southern Railroad Opening
A momentous Montana mining date is marked as the Montana Southern railroad’s last spike is driven at Wise River. Officials from Boston attend the ceremony with speeches and a banquet featuring an ox and elk. A special train from Divide departs at 9 a.m. for visitors to spend the day, followed by a dance in the evening. The 45 mile line opens Wise River and Elkholm mining districts for extensive operations long hindered by terrain.
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Montana
Montana Southern
Wise River
Boston
Mass
Divide
Elkholm
Woes of Local Duck Hunters in a Harsh Morning
A Dillon hunter vents anger at a friend after a brutal morning of trying to hunt. He describes a snowstorm dash, mushy ground, a fall through ice, a flooded duckless pocket search, and nearly losing his gun while ducks pass by. He insists he has not been hunting.
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Dillon
Jan
New Road May Link Wisdom And Wise River
Big Hole basin could gain a 21 mile first class highway from the Wise River rail terminal to Wisdom. Supervisor J B Somers and engineer S H Ketchum surveyed the route. grade would stay under five percent and work could start next spring.
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Wise River
Wisdom
Big Hole Basin
J. B. Somers
S. H. Ketchum
Wise River District
Immigrants Granted Citizenship in District Court
Made Citizens Edward Jordan of Dell William White of Dillon both natives of Ireland James R Dempsey of Wisdom native of Canada and Henry Manz of Grant who is of Russian nativity admitted to citizenship in an examination led by Judge Joseph C Smith last Monday morning in the district court.
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Edward Jordan
Dell
William White
Dillon
Ireland
James R. Dempsey
Wisdom
Canada
Henry Manz
Grant
Joseph C. Smith
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C. W. Robnett
Roosevelt Memorial Fund
Howard Chandler
Christy
Dillonites
Union Electric Company
Bannack and
Pacific Streets
Tash Road
Dre
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