Local Happenings Add to Thanksgiving Week
A string of residents and visitors headline Dillon activity with trips to Butte Anaconda Miss Loretta Robison Blaine shopping in town and visits from Argenta Twin Bridges Bedrock Lima and Virginia City. The Cash Meat Market shipped 2200 pounds of dressed turkeys to Bud Hartwig Melton Alkire. The Twentieth Century dancing club held a winter dance at the guild hall.
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Loretta Robison
Blaine
Butte
Twentieth Century Dancing Club
Guild Hall
Crowded St. James Episcopal Church Delights Sunday
Dillon crowds in snow filled St. James Episcopal Church for a musical service. The rector and vestry regret all could not be seated. Music impressed attendees with notable solos by Mrs. W G Gilbert and Dr. W H Stephan, and praise for Mrs. Willis and the choir.
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Dillon
St. James Episcopal Church
W. G. Gilbert
W. H. Stephan
Patterson Prepares for 1927 Ice Harvest
Patterson, Dillon's ice dealer, uses the cold spell to prepare his ranch pond west of town for an early season harvest. He plans to cut and store ice much sooner than in recent years after a mild fall and winter last year delayed the previous crop.
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Patterson
Dillon
Real Estate Transfers in Beaverhead Abstracts Week Ended Nov 20 1926
From the Beaverhead Abstract Company title books for the week ending November 20 1926 transfers of properties are recorded. Names of grantors and grantees and parcel descriptions appear in the weekly list.
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The
Beaverhead Abstract Company
Warranty Deeds Shipe to Gleed Brothers and More
Richard Shipe transfers about 640 acres in Centennial valley to Gleed Brothers. Chas E Goff and wife deed three lots in Wisdom to Edward Miller. Ray Shaw and wife convey Wisdom property to Harry and Clarence Helming. Hazel A Wynes Bunn and husband transfer 4 lots in Dillon original townsite to B F Froman. Thomas B Landers and wife deed one lot in east side addition to Dillon to H W Enders. Earl J Ryan and wife transfer property in Jackson to Lucetta P Jardine.
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Richard Shipe
Gleed Brothers
Centennial Valley
Chas. E. Goff
Edward Miller
Wisdom
Ray Shaw
Harry and
Clarence Helming
Hazel A. Wynes Bunn
B. F. Froman
Dillon
Thomas B. Landers
H. W. Enders
East Side
Earl J. Ryan
Lucetta P. Jardine
Jackson
Tax Deed Affects Beaverhead Golden Era Lode Claim
County records list a tax deed to Joseph F. Imbs for the Golden Era lode mining claim in Beaverhead County. The action formalizes transfer of ownership due to delinquent taxes and sets the path for title clearance under state mining and tax laws.
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Beaverhead
Joseph F. Imbs
Beaverhead County
Sheriff Deeds Convey Rural Lots to Dillon Bank
Oliver B. Kurtz and wife transfer 280 acres on Dillon bench to the State Bank of Dillon. William C. Short and wife deed 320 acres near Apex to the State Bank of Dillon.
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Oliver B. Kurtz
State Bank of
Dillon
Dillon Bench
William C. Short
Apex
Seventeen oil wells started and completed in Kevins Sunburst field
Seven new wells began, nine spudded, and 17 completed in the Kevins Sunburst oil field last week. Ten completions are commercial oil wells, one is a commercial gas well, and four are dry holes. The status of the remaining wells is unknown, with Ellis sand reported dry.
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Kevins Sunburst
Ellis
Shelby
Dillon Country Club Sells Stock for New Golf Links
A Dillon Country Club committee has spent the past week selling bonds to finance the purchase and construction of new golf links planned for next spring.
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Dillon Country Club
Blizzard Blankets Valley Amid Snow Storm
An old fashioned blizzard struck Thursday afternoon adding several inches to existing snow. Temperatures near zero were recorded across the valley. Ranchers, with hay and shelter, weather the storm well and no major losses are reported.
Short Talks by Thoughtful Mothers
A Pennsylvania speaker praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for croupy children and feverish colds. The ad notes no opiates, no chloroform, and strict sanitary control, urging mothers to ask for the product at Potts Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Foley
Potts
Good Beet Harvest In Forsyth Hyehun District
The Great Western Sugar company district harvested 27 300 tons of sugar beets on 2 600 acres with an average yield of 10 percent tons per acre. Growers receive 232 050 dollars, about 20 000 more than last year due to the 8 50 dollars per ton price.
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Forsyth-Hyehun
Great Western Sugar Company
Scotty Wilson
Belgrade Depot Robbed for Ten Dollars
Robbers broke into the Northern Pacific station in Belgrade Monday evening and looted the cash drawer taking ten dollars in cash. Police sought leads as investigators described the unsecured entry and quick exit at the depot location.
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Northern Pacific
Belgrade
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George Holden Tinkham
Massachusetts
Sargent
Anti-Saloon League
Radio Corporation of America
Radiolas
Atwater-Kent Line
Beaverhead Auto Sales
Tom Sellers
Jack Powell
Anaconda
al Lohr
D. W. Erwin
Helen Yeaman
Lemhi, Idaho
Anthony French
Argenta
Frank Birrer
Twin Bridges
B. M. Stevenson
Spokane
E. J. Bowman
E. B. Roe
Mrs. J. Wood of
Salesville
Burton Carey
Virginia City
Latta Russell
Lima
J. F. Blair
California
Mrs. R. B. Roe
City
Bedrock
J. W. Doyle
A. H. McFarland
Missoula
Bud Hartwig
George Melton
T. F. Alkire
Auto
Ben Martin
Walter Garrison
Ruby Valley
Eugene Allen
Whitehall
A. R. Hanson
Bannack
A. E. Scott
Dillon Tribune
Episcopal Church
North
Western Wallboard CO
Seattle
Beaverhead Lumber CO
Standard Lumber CO
Tine
Early Tribune
Messenger
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