Dillon City Council Meets. appoints deputy clerk and talks capital projects
The Dillon city council, led by Mayor J E Monroe, approved appointing a deputy city clerk and attorney for the first time. They discussed sprinkling tax duties, street and macadam plans, a possible government truck purchase, and a Kentucky avenue sidewalk task. Fines and dog taxes topped monthly police receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Monroe
Leonard Eliel
Louis Anderson
Perry Bower
Fred Waldorf
Arthur Graeter
Carl Bond
Charles Nelson
Jay B. Holtz
W. G. Gilbert
Dillon
H. G. Rodgers
G. M. C. Husher
Montana Auto Supply Company
State Highway Commission
Anderson
South Dakota
Bond
Kentucky Avenue
State Public Service Commission
Collision at Idaho and Bannack Streets Involves Carruthers and Reece
Two cars driven by S. S. Carruthers and Lee Reece collided at the Idaho Bannack corner Friday night. Both vehicles suffered minor damage. A baby boy weighing 14 pounds was born September 28 to Mr and Mrs Sid Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Carruthers
Lee Reece
Idaho and
Bannack Streets
Sid Johnson
Democrats Scorn the N P Ticket in Montana Rift
Great Falls Democrats form Independent Democratic club to oppose Non-Partisan league candidates. Shirley S. Ford chairs. Lee M. Ford resigns as treasurer to join. Wadsworth presides as others denounce coalition with leaguers. Across Montana towns form straight Democrat groups to back Republicans and oppose state socialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
League
Shirley S. Ford
Great Falls National Bank
Jesse T. Owen
Democratic County Central Committee
Lee M. Ford
Yellowstone County
Frank H. Cooney
Missoula County
Democratic
B. K. Wheeler
Livingston
Roundup
Chinook
Kalispell
Montana
Joseph D. Scanlon
Republican State Central Committee
America
Local High School Football Starts Season with Butte Clash
The Dillon team opens the season against Butte Central tomorrow at Columbia Gardens in Butte. Coach Knudson has drilled a smaller squad since workouts began three weeks ago and led today's departure with players Hatfield, Ryburn, Helms, Smith, Sweeney, Leimert, Stanchfield, Hildreth, Williams, Davis, Farmer, Jewell, Selway and Carr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte Central High School
Columbia Gardens
Butte
Knudson
F. Hatfield
F. Ryburn
R. Helms
Dillon
Fairgrounds
Anaconda High School
Campaign Card Requests From Republican Candidates
Republican candidates should place card orders promptly and submit photographs early so portraits can be prepared and cuts made for campaign materials.
Mrs L S Kimmel of Armstead in town on business
Armstead resident Mrs L S Kimmel traveled to town yesterday for unspecified business matters.
Death of Ethel Hollingsworth at California home
The community mourns Miss Ethel Hollingsworth who died last Friday at the Hollingsworth residence near McFarland California. Funeral held Sunday with interment in Bakersfield mausoleum. She and sister Viola were popular in Dillon and Big Hole Basin before moving for health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Hollingsworth
Here
Ethel Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
McFarland
California
I F
Bakersfield
Dillon
Big Hole Basin
Ethel
Viola
Fire Engulfs Montana Market Driver in Flaming Car
Dick Cosgrove manager of the Montana Market drove a burning car down Stone Creek Hill near Dillon last Tuesday evening with Chris Bey as passenger. The hood burst into flames, Bey escaped unharmed while Cosgrove tried to save the vehicle and reached the bottom, but the car was a total wreck. Insurance will cover the loss. cause of the fire is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Cosgrove
Montana
Stone Creek
Chris Bey
Mr. Cosgrove
Dillon
Cosgrove
Keen Interest Banks on Absent Voter Ballots in County Clerk Office
Voters show strong interest in the coming general election with many absentee ballot requests piling up at the county clerk’s office. Ballots will be printed soon after the secretary of state forwards all tickets, with only one additional ticket aside from Democrat and Republican, the Farmer Labor Party slate of four presidential electors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Farmer-Labor Party
Prizes Offered to Montana High School Essays on Initiatives
The Montana contest offers a $25 first prize and 24 smaller prizes for essays on Initiatives 18 and 19, linking state educational and welfare institutions. Final judges are Chief Justice Theodore Brantly, Attorney General S. C. Ford, and State Superintendent Miss May Trumper. Essays must be 200 to 600 words, due by October 18, with a fictitious name and an enclosed envelope containing true details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Dillon
Butte
Boulder
Twin Bridges
Miles City
Helena
Montana
University Funds Campaign Committee
Pittsburgh
University
First Baptist Church Bible School and Services Announcement
First Baptist Church holds Bible school at 10:00 a.m. with H. D. Gowan as superintendent. Morning worship at 11:00. evening service at 7:30 with themes on grace and the kingdom. Pastor Geo. MacDougall invites students and teachers without a church home to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
H. D. Gowan
Geo. MacDougall
Merchants Say 1920 Hard Year for Business
Statewide business conditions in 1920 are described as severe by Philip S. Rush of R G Dun Co. Price swings freight rate hikes and money tightening curb commerce. In Montana 62 firms failed Jan 1 to Sept 30 1920 vs 65 in all of 1919. No large mercantile or bank failures to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip S. Rush
R. G. Dun & Co
Montana
Good Government Club Holds Postrecess Meeting
The Good Government Club met Tuesday after summer recess with several speakers addressing bills on the fall ballot. Pearl S. Smith urged Initiative Measure No. 28 to bond the state for highways. R R Price spoke on Bill No. 20 for irrigation bonds. Dean Velma Phillips backed Measures 18 and 19 for state school upkeep. Fred Rife praised Bill 13 for primary reform and explained its details. Miss Nash and Miss Bishop elected delegates to the Federated Women's Clubs district meeting at Cardwell October 19-20. Mrs. McFadden and Mrs. J E Shaw named alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Government Club
Pearl S. Smith
R. R. Price
Dean Velma Phillips
University of Montana
Fred Rife
Nash
Bishop
Federated Women’s Clubs
Cardwell
McFadden
J. E. Shaw
Fire devastates log barn in Hogan's Alley incident
Firefighters responded to Hogan's Alley around eleven last Saturday night as Kate Fitzharris’s log barn burned completely. Richard Nolan’s Ford inside the barn was badly burned before removal, and explosions from the heat were misread as gunshots. Rapid arrival of the fire apparatus stopped spread to nearby structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogan's Alley
Kate Fitzharris
Richard Nolan
Completing Tax Books For 1920 Beaverhead County
Early next week the assessment books will go to the county treasurer for final prep of the 1920 taxes. Beaverhead county faces lower revenue due to a sharp drop in livestock valuation from prior shipping, causing tax income to fall by several thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
Judge Mortimer Lott Pioneer Leader Dies in Twin Bridges
Judge Mortimer H. Lott founder of Twin Bridges and former president of the Montana Society of Pioneers died at his home in Twin Bridges after a years long illness. He helped establish the town with early land gifts and bridges and served as Madison county probate judge. Survived by widow Melvina and children Mortimer and Marie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer H. Lott
Twin Bridges
Montana Society of Pioneers
Montana
Lott
John
Judge Lott
Westgate Lodge
Virginia City Lodge
Royal Arch Masons
Madison County
Melvina Lott
Mortimer
Marie Lott Comfort
Lottsville
Fredonia Academy
Fredonia
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Fort Lemhi
Salmon River
Big Hole
Bannack
Jimmy
Beaverhead
Butte
California realtor returns home after Dillon visit
F. M. Cunnard of Long Beach California spent the summer in Dillon and returned to his California home at the start of the week. He lived in Dillon for more than 35 years and has many friends and acquaintances there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Cunnard
Long Beach
Cal
Dillon
California
Melrose Matron Mrs Hoffman Dies Not Available
Mrs. R. R. Hoffman of Melrose is noted as a business visitor in Dillon this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Hoffman of
Melrose
Dillon
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Flipse
Stone Creek Hill
First Baptist Church
DUN
Hogan’s Alley Fire
M. H. Lott
Pioneer
West
Minnesota
West Union
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Denver
California Gulch
New Mexico
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