Respected Old Time Resident Laid to Rest in Dillon
A longtime Dillon resident, Joseph Lyon, died Sunday at his daughter’s home after a two month illness. Born in Utah 73 years ago, he moved north in 1899 and worked at Dillon Implement Co for over two decades before retiring due to ill health. Funeral Thursday at the Mormon church with burial at Mountain View cemetery. Survived by his widow Maggie Lyon, three sons Joseph Leroy John William and Fred Glenn all of Dillon, a daughter Mrs W E Gustafson of Omaha, three brothers in Salt Lake and a sister in Brigham City Utah.
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Sohai
Ae Pero
É Des
Joseph
Lyon
Glenn
Utah
Frontier
Dillon
Dillon Implement Company
Mountain View Cemetery
Maggie Lyon
Joseph Leroy
John William
Fred Glenn
W. EB. Gustaffson
Omaha
Salt Lake
Brigham
Huge Cave in Sheep Canyon Explored by Local Men
Blair Sprinkle and Ernest Nelon discovered a large cave south of Dillon in Sheep canyon. The pair explored the entrance with ropes candles and flashlights finding winding passages and well preserved bones wedged in the rocks. The cavern appears dry and may rival Argenta cave in size.
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Dillon
Sheep Canyon
Blair Sprinkle
Ernest Nelon
Argenta
Johnny and Joe Plan New Skating Rink Season Tickets
Johnny and Joe announce plans to open a skating rink soon and are printing season tickets at the Tribune Messenger office.
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Johnny & Joe
Tribune-Messenger
Pilgrim Bellringer Aids Housewives Shopping Page
The Pilgrim Bellringer feature guides housewives to a Thanksgiving shopping page by Dillon merchants. It lists items from cranberries to turkey and from linen to cutlery, all on one spread.
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Dilion
Spétial
Ppirkespiving
Lambs Move by Truck Loads From Big Hole to Dillon Market
Ranchers of the Big Hole basin adopt trucks to haul 1929 lamb crop to Dillon for railroad shipment. Jesse Finsley experiences a minor accident when his truck left a bridge near the Tash ranch on Grasshopper, delaying the load. He notes parcel post would be faster but lambs exceed the 75 pound Uncle Sam limit. Also reports a Dodge truck passing a saddled horse rider at 30 mph on the road from a trip to Butte.
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Big Hole Basin
Dillon
Jesse Finsley
Tash
Grasshopper
Finsley
Uncle Sam
Butte
Turkey shoot draws crowds in Dillon this season
Norman Holden and his son Everett host a turkey shoot on Montana Street in the former Jasper Nelson grocery building. Local marksmen enjoy the sport and hold friendly trials in anticipation of the holiday birds.
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Norman Holden
Everett
Montana Street
Jasper Nelson Grocery
Surprise Handkerchief Shower For Soon-To-Be Couple
Members of the Jolly Pinochle club hosted a Sunday evening handkerchief shower for Mrs. Lillis Selway and John Albers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bell. A turkey dinner followed a mock wedding officiated by T. H. Dubois with J. H. Keenan as best man and others as bridesmaids and flower girls.
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Jolly Pinochle Club
Lillis Selway
John Albers
Frank Bell
T. H. Dubois
J. H. Keenan
Wenger Sells Lambs From Big Hole Ranch
Jules Wenger, a Big Hole ranch man, moved 48 head of his lamb crop by truck on Tuesday. They sold to Charles Burden, averaging over 100 pounds each and of the blackface type. He has some left and will bring in the rest soon in the same manner.
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Jules Wenger
Big Hole
Charles Burden
Beaverhead Over Top in Red Cross Record
Dillon leads county Red Cross membership drive oversubscribing its quota with 425 subscriptions counted in town and county totals reaching 468 by Wednesday. Miss Myrl Erwin led the local campaign as committees statewide prepare for Thanksgiving closure and credit county overachievement to diligent volunteers.
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Beaverhead
RED Cross
Dillon
Lambert Eliel
Eliel
Myrl Erwin
Eliél
History of railroading told by two locomotives
A historical piece notes the Chicago & North Western Railway debut of the large Class H passenger locomotive in 1929 after earlier exhibitions in Chicago and Omaha. It compares the 1929 giant to the 1848 Pioneer engine and traces evolution through eight decades of western railroading.
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Chicago & North Western Railway
Chicago
Omaha
City
Pioneer
Railronaine
Middle-West
Rotary club outlines civic improvements in Dillon
At a Wednesday luncheon with Mayor Roscoe Cornell as chair, the Dillon Rotary discussed plans for keeping Dillon dollars at home and replacing unsightly posters in vacant store windows with farm product displays. D A Bergeson suggested exhibits of hay and grain. a skating rink would require a city levy and would be ready next year. The group invited Twin Bridges Rotary to meet next week to discuss shared community problems.
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Roscoe Cornell
Dillon Rotary Club
Andrus Hotel
Frank Eliel
Dillon
D. A. Bergeson
Cornell
Twin Bridges Rotary Club
Bulldogs Grateful for Local Support From 1929 Team
Representatives of Normal College Athletic committee M club and the 1929 football team thank Beaverhead post of the American Legion Booster sheet Coach Breeden high school squad newspapers game rooters and local businesses for scrimmage publicity and support during the season signed by Moe Poppie Desonia and M Club secretary-treasurer.
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Normal College Athletic Committee
M” Club
Beaverhead
American Legion
Beaver Bulldog
Breeden
Cold wave grips region after light snow
Following a light snow storm Tuesday night a cold north wind drove the mercury to 5 below on Wednesday night. Sunny Thursday offered little relief as the cold wave was expected to persist for several days.
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J. E. Monroe
Beaverhead County High PT A Meeting Delights with Program
Dillon P T A met in the home economics rooms of Beaverhead County High School Tuesday afternoon. Miss Irma Gill served tea after a program by the high school glee club directed by Miss Lenore Thompson. Harold Pratt and Bill Bayerd read stories, with reviews by James Prelate and Margaret Jordan.
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Beaverhead County
Dillon Parent Teachers Association
Irma Gill
Glee Club
Lenore Thompson
Harold Pratt
Bill Bayerd
Harry Elofson
James Prelate
Violet Eastman
Henry the Eighth
Margaret Jordan
Little Gains Favor as Top Oregon Agri Fullback
Frank Little, former Beaver star now with Oregon Agricultural College, is praised as the school’s best fullback in years in national football write ups. Moe of Great Falls is cited as Little’s teammate and fellow standout in coverage.
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Little
Frank Little
Beaver
Oregon Agricultural College
Moe
Great Falls
Successful Bazaar Conducted by St James Guild
The ladies of St James guild held a successful two day bazaar at the guild hall last Friday and Saturday with a dance on Saturday evening. A program was given Friday evening with groups of children and Normal students, making the bazaar an attractive annual event. The dance drew large attendance and was a enjoyable occasion.
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Ladies ‘of
St. James ‘Guild
Guild Hall
Dillon Play Lovers Pleased With Opera
The Barber of Seville played at the Normal college auditorium on Wednesday evening to a packed hall. The Festival Opera company offered a lively comic opera with fine choruses and polished solo numbers. Cast members Rhys Morgan Charles Boggs Melvena Passmore Henri Scott William Phillips Howard Carman Louise Stallings and pianist Louis Webb highlighted the performance.
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Festival Opera Company
College Lyceum Bureau
Rhys Morgan
Charles Boggs
Melvena Passmore
Henri Scott
William Phillips
Howard Carman
Louise Stallings
Louis Webb
Melrose Thanksgiving Service Next Sunday at 3 PM
A community Thanksgiving service will be held next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Presbyterian church in Melrose. Rev. T. J. Simons of Dillon will preach. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Presbyterian Church
T. J. Simons
Dillon
City hunter finds giant buck with unusual antler feature
Chris Peterson returned from a deer hunt last Friday with a remarkable deer weighing over 250 pounds. The buck displayed a deformed antler with one long prong hanging about fifteen inches beside the head and was shown at the Cash Market.
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Chris Peterson
Jeppson Birthday Dinner At Andrus Hotel
Last Monday evening the Andrus hotel dining room hosted a birthday dinner for Mr. J. C. Jeppson. Hosts were J. C. Penney store employees and friends with pink and white decorations and a large cake. Attendees included L. E. Erickson P. C. Brown G. L. Sewell Ralph Jaggers Inez Stinson Olive Trolinger Alice Crowley Katherine Gelhaus Lester Barton Edward Hoffman William Mosley Robert Morrison plus Mr. and Mrs. Matt Polish and Val Tadovich from Glen last week.
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Andrus Hotel
J. C. Jeppson
J. C. Penney
Mr. Jeppson
L. E. Erickson
P. C. Brown
G. L. Sewell
Ralph Jaggers
Inez Stinson
Olive Trolinger
Alice Crowley
Katherine Gelhaus
Lester Barton
Edward Hoffman
William Mosley
Robert Morrison
Barrett Named Christmas Seal Sale Chairman
Mrs R M Barrett will chair the Christmas seal sale in Dillon this year and Beavorhead county funds will support county nursing service. The Montana Tuberculosis association provides seals and supplies and keeps 25 percent, returning 75 percent to counties for nurse services or health programs. Seals go on sale from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas.
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R. M. Barrett
Diloa
Beaverhead County
Montana Tuberculosis Association
Helena
MRS. ETTA SHUCK DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS IN DILLON
Mrs. Etta Shuck longtime Dillon resident and restaurant worker died Thursday morning at the home of Mrs. Zola Clark on Railroad Avenue after more than a year of illness. She was step-daughter of pioneer Simeon Estes and spent most of her life in the Dillon area with stints in California and other states. Funeral services were held Saturday at Brundage chapel with burial in Mountain View cemetery officiated by Rev. F X Lechner. Survived by two daughters in Washington.
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Beaverhead
Etta Shuck
Zola Clark
Railroad Avenue
Shuck
Simeon Estes
Montana
Bannack
California
Washington
Dillon
Brundage Chapel
Mountain View Cemetery
F. X. Lechner
Union Thanksgiving Services Planned by Five Dillon Churches
Five Dillon congregations will hold a union Thanksgiving service at 10 30 a m next Thursday at First Presbyterian Church with a combined choir, addresses, special music, and prayers. Ministers from each church will give brief sermons and the program includes doxology scripture offering for Barrett Hospital and a sermon by Rev H N Tragitt.
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Dillon
First Presbyterian Church
Hartwig Theatre
R. O. Shannon
Officials Nab Two Taverns in Dillon Visit
Officers Monahan and Devaney of the federal city squad from Butte arrested the man on duty at Moose and at George Smiths in Dillon during a Tuesday evening raid. A small quantity of alleged liquor was seized as evidence at each location.
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Monahan and
Devaney
Federal City Squad
Butte
Dillon
Moose
George Smith
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Joseph YY. Lyon Bitecinbs
Bellringer
Wenger
Bulldogs
C. K. Moe
Wilford Poppie
Arthur Desonia
Sec’y-Treas
Melrose
Andrus
Matt Polish
Val Tadovich
Glen
J. E. Shaw
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