Livestock Report Notes Encouraging Month in Montana
Montana stockmen report October weather disrupted grazing with heavy snow but soils absorbed early October moisture improving next season range. Cattle condition at 104 percent of normal on November 1, sheep at 101 percent, and hay prices down overall except in eastern areas.
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Montana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
West Central
Montana
Altho
F. W. Beier
Denver
Colorado
Potter dies in Seattle after tuberculosis battle
Dillon friends report the death of Louis W. Potter in a Seattle sanitarium last Tuesday. Born January 10 1865 in England he came to the United States circa 1895 and lived in Dillon for about 15 years before moving to Seattle a year ago for his daughter's University of Washington study. He leaves his wife and daughter and a relative in England.
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Dillon
Louis W. Potter
Seattle
Mr. Potter
England
Nevada
Dorothy
University of Washington
Survivor of Butte Tragedy Tied to Dillon News
Mrs. Thomas Taylor wife of a former Dillon resident and the Schmidt family survivor. Her sister Mrs. Madeline Borrelli killed Miss Bertha Schmidt and their mother before shooting herself after a nervous breakdown. Taylor was in an adjoining room during the tragedy and her husband lay below. Friends in Dillon extend sympathy.
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Thomas Taylor
Dillon
Schmidt
Butte
Tripple
Madeline Borrelli
Bertha Schmidt
Charles Schmidt
Taylor
Beaverhead Alberta Oil and Gas Drill Reaches Limestone Layer
A Beaverhead Alberta Oil and Gas letter reports the drill has penetrated a six foot hard limestone layer near Beaverhead Alberta. Once water is shut off and six inch casing set, final drilling into the oil sands will begin. Company officials express strong optimism after long effort.
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Beaverhead- Alberta Oil and Gas Company
Hunting party returns with two large elk from Jefferson county
A hunting party including Henry Gleed Jr Roy Forrester A T Peter son Wi B Hartwig Linden McCullough and J E Kelly returned Sunday after a three day trip to Jefferson county with two large elk Twelve miles surfaced on Brocton Culbertson highway will cost 62318 dollars
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Henry Gleed Jr
Roy Forrester
A. T. Peterson
Wi B. Hartwig
Linden McCullough
J. E. Kelly
Jefferson County
Brocton- Culbertson Highway
Charles Curtis Said to Save President’s Power and Prestige
Edward Percy Howard argues Charles Curtis of Kansas could rescue President Coolidge’s power and prestige. The piece portrays Curtis as a behind the scenes tactician with deep ties to patronage and a decisive ability to marshal influence in Washington, positioning him as a potential leader if the Senate defies reformers and supports the administration.
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Charles Curtis
Curtis
Kansas
William Allen White
Coolidge
White
Dawes
Senate
Washington
Borah
Hudson
Golden Gate
White Plume
Julie Pappan
North Topeka
C. A. Curtis
Ellen Pappan
Pamelia Hubbard Curtis
New England
Indian Territory
Charles
Topeka
Shawnee County
Sahara
Charlie
Congress
God
United States Senate
Reaper summons beloved Dell resident Eliza Dowling
Mrs. Eliza beth Dowling 81 died at her Dell home after a long illness. Born in Benton Wisconsin she came to Beaverhead county with husband Michael in the early 1880s. Survived by three daughters Mrs James Mc Knight Mrs Dave Burke and Mrs John Hoffman and sons Joseph and Henry Dowling. Funeral Saturday at 10:30 from Lima Catholic church with Rev Clifford officiating.
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Elizabeth Dowling
Dell
Dowling
Benton
Wisconsin
Beaverhead County
Michael Dowling
James McKnight
Dave Burke
Joseph and
Henry Dowling
John Hoffman
Lima
Father Clifford
Beaverhead Sportsmen Attend Helena Meet
Roy Forrester and W. B. Hartwig named delegates to the Montana State Sportsmen's Association meeting in Helena November 20 and 21. Beaverhead proposals include repeal of the back law on male deer with horns, closing Beaverhead and Red Rock rivers to fishing January 1 to opening of the state season, creation of a three year game preserve from Dillon to Melrose, and stopping market fishing of whitefish in Beaverhead county. The last measure was adopted unanimously.
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Roy Forrester
W. B. Hartwig
Louis Anderson
State Game Commission
Charles R. Price
Helena
Montana State Sportsmen’s Association
Beaverhead Sportsmen’s Association
Beaverhead
Red Rock
Dillon
Big Hole
Twin Bridges
Melrose
Thanksgiving Program at Presbyterian Church
The Presbyterian Church held a Thanksgiving program featuring hymns What Shall I Render by Caleb Simper and We Plow the Fields and Scatter. The service included scripture by the Rev Carl Knudsen and a sermon by the Rev E L Hurley with prayers led by Mm Knudsen and benediction by the Rev Ernest E Loft.
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Ernest ‘E. Loft
T. Mee Pattison
St. George’s, Windsor
Carl Knudsen
Mm Knudsen
Barrett
Caleb Simper
E. L. Hurley
Claudius
Ernest E. Loft
Public urged to library opening for town reading
Dillon Wranglers club urges townspeople to attend a December 28 event at the normal college library. An entertainment and open house will showcase thousands of volumes and reference works as the library invites public patronage alongside students. The effort, led by Pres. S. E. Davis, aims to boost use of the library for reading and study.
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Dillon Wranglers
Normal College Library
The
Wranglers
Pres. S. E. Davis
Citizens of
Montana
Taxes Improve as County Takes in More Revenue
County treasurer Miss Bertie Matthews reported stronger income this year with tax receipts about $10,000 above November collections from the same period last year, signaling improved general prosperity in the county.
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Bertie Matthews
Local High Girls Attend Vocational Congress
Beaverhead county high school delegates traveled to Bozeman for the vocational congress for girls accompanied by chaperone Mrs. F. D. Willis. The group includes Jane Boone Dorothy Blinn LaVerne Brown Wan da Cochran Ruth Gelhaus Leota Hughes Fern Henderson and Adele Roe. They earned their selection for scholastic ability school spirit and popularity. Miss Rachel Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Pearl I Smith at Vassar College wrote home about attending the Princeton Yale football classic with Vassar peers. Havre 23 acre field of corn yields 65 bushels to the acre.
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Beaverhead County
Vocational Congress For Girls
Bozeman
F. D. Willis
Jane Boone
Dorothy Blinn
LaVerne Brown
Wianda Cochran
Ruth Gelhaus
Leota Hughes
Fern Henderson
Adele Roe
Hartwig ‘Theatre
Rachel Smith
Pearl I. Smith
Vassar College
New Haven
Vassar
Not So Good Says Wenger Not So Good Says Wenger
Jules Wenger of the Big Hole ranch, Dillon, returned from Butte with lambs. He shipped 15 head weighing 1,480 pounds total 162.80 dollars at 11 cents a pound. The buyer labeled them rustlers, though Wenger calls them his best 1925 weather crop and remains satisfied with the sale.
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Jules Wenger
Big Hole
Dillon
Butte
Jules
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Isaac Governeur Ogden
Canadian Pacific System
LW. Potter
Alberta
J. G. Diamond
Agricultural Statistician
the Tribune
Edward Percy Howard
Sagacio
Two Guns White Calf
Wash
Reaper
Presbyterian Church
Havre
Wenger
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