Arranging for the 1910 Fair
Frank A. Hazelbaker, executive agent for the Panama-Pacific commission in Montana, returns from Hamilton and Plains with reports of excellent county fairs and strong grain collections. He plans continued surveying of Montana crops to build a premier 1915 San Francisco exposition display featuring grains grasses and fruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Hazelbaker
Wweek
Hamilton
Plains
Hazelbaker
Panama-Pacific Commission
Montana
San Francisco
Lewistown
Bozeman
Livingston
Miles City
Whitehall
Missoula
Billings
Frank Hazelbaker
Dillon
Butte
Sam V. Stewart
Wisdom Masons Entertained In Storm Toured by Dillon and Anaconda
Wisdom Lodge No. 61 hosted a hospitality banquet for about 160 attendees from Wisdom, Dillon, Anaconda and other parts of the state at the Wisdom hotel. Traveling groups faced a severe blizzard with many routes blocked yet the Dillon party, led by John T. Orr and others, made the trip in high style, with eight advancing from Anaconda due to storm delays. The return trip included Jackson stops and a long drive back through the blizzard, described as remarkably fast given conditions.
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Wisdom
Wisdom Lodge No
Wisdom Hotel
Wisdom Lodge
Dillon
Anaconda
John T. Orr
John S. Baker
R. R. Price
C. W. Scott
Byron Toan
Ed Hollingsworth
Chas. Ledebur
Adolph Parish
A. Jardine Rife
George Jewell
Lodge
Snowstorm Halts Threshing in Dillon Region
A severe snowstorm hit Dillon over the weekend, dumping about ten inches of snow. Threshing was slowed but little damage reported as most grain was already cut. Cattle and sheep herds faced small losses, while hunters took advantage of calm weather to pursue deer, with some predicting increased mountain lion activity.
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Dillon
Beaverhead Elevator Directors Convene Meeting
Beaverhead Elevator board met at Pearl I Smiths office last Tuesday with Manager Schain in Minneapolis negotiating machinery and building plans. I F Hunsaker elected vice president replacing Craig Cornell. Fred S Hathaway completed site survey on the Orr property south of town. Oregon Short Line engineers to verify survey before work begins. Bids for elevator construction have been requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead Elevator Company
Pearl I. Smith
Schain
Minneapolis
I.F. Hunsaker
Craig Cornell
Fred S. Hathaway
Orr
Monida man C W Jones visits Dillon this week
C W Jones of Monida spent a few days in Dillon this week, staying for a brief visit and returning home afterward.
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Monida
Dillon
Morning Passenger Service Considered On Oregon Short Line
Last week the Dillon to Butte route discussed adding a morning service, possibly a motor car, to boost business. Officials recently tested a motor car between Dillon and Butte with a favorable result, prompting plans for either a morning train or motor car run from Butte to Dillon and back.
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Butte
Dillon
Oregon
Dilon
Lima
Montana
H. A. Roberts
Motive Poetr
Henry McGonigle
A.H. King
Bridge and Building Department
Salt Lake
E. A. Shewe
Hazelbaker named Montana delegate to Tulsa exposition
Frank A. Hazelbaker of this city is appointed as Montana delegate to the International Soil Products exposition and the Dry Farming congress in Tulsa Oklahoma from October 22 to November 1. He has received the premium list and entry blanks but has not decided whether he can attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Hazelbaker
Montana
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Hazelbaker
Holt’ Manufacturing Company
Peoria
Lightning, Jr. Hay Press
Kansas City Hay Press Company
Kansas City
Miller Bean
Harvester
Leroy Plow Company
LeRoy
N.Y
J. DD
Tower Company
Mendota
O'Neill Haystacker
O'Neill Manufacturing Company
la Salle
Best wheat and farm equipment prizes listed for fair
The notice lists top prize awards for various grains and farm gear with values from 30 to 1230 dollars. Awards include threshing machines, grinders, engines, cars, plows and seed drills from manufacturers in Indiana Michigan Illinois Ohio and Pennsylvania among others. Local entries include dry farming participants Norman Holden Henry Crittenden and others sending wheat potatoes flax and vegetables. A Beaverhead district court jury list for October is released with many jurors from Dillon and surrounding towns.
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Dry Farming Congress
Norman Holden
Mr. Holden
Montana
Henry Crittenden
District Court
Beaverhead County
J. B. Poindexter
FP. G. Bassett
Dillon
Henry Baker
Grants
L. Badeon
Dell
Ruby M. Boatman
Lakeview
Zene H. Bucy
Monida
Alfred I.cashmore
Charles FE. Calvert
Lima
W.T
Nick’ Spehar
Dillons II
Summer
Joseph Feneaen Jackson
Charles ‘Orp
Mioanda
Willam Thomas
W. B. Thompson
Polaris
W.H. Vroom
Dewey
Richard Wadah Lima
Gen. Webber
Jackson
Deal Wetmore
George Whitworth
Dull
A. G. Williams
Beaverhead County Fair Cancelled by Snowstorms
Beaverhead County fair officials in Dillon canceled the event due to heavy snow over the weekend. The directors and secretary T. J. Murray coordinated notices to exhibitors while awaiting weather to clear. several contracted features will return next year with earlier planning.
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Beaverhead County
Fair Association
Dillon
Beavershead
Murray
Fair Board
Gilbert
T. J. Murray
Association
Mr. Murray
Madison County
John Forsythe
Columbia Gardens
Butte
Clock Prize Exhibit At Helena Fair Shown In Bozeman Store
A mahogany clock with gold mountings and quarter hour chimes, presented by the Northern Pacific Railroad to Beaverhead county for the best 20 sheaves of oats at the Montana State Fair in Helena, is on display in Huber Brothers jewelry store. The Commercial Club organized the prize stripping and assembling the winning sheaves, and the clock remains the property of the local organization.
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Beaverhead County
Northern Pacific Railroad
Montana
Lenkersdorfer Family Moves to Dillon for Winter
Mr and Mrs John Lenkersdorfer and their children arrived in Dillon this week from the lower Big Hole country and plan to reside in Dillon for the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lenkersdorfer
Dillon
Big Hole
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Wisdom Masons
Dillon Masons
The
Beaverhead
Pal
Evans
Baltimore
Ann Arbor
H. P
Ann Arbor Machine Company
Ann Arbor Midh
Tulsa Commercial Club
Tulsa Board of Control
Agricultural College
Chicago Association of Commerce
Spokane
Wash
M. Reumley Company
la Porte
Ind
North America
Chatham
Manson Campbell Company
Detroit
Mich
Independent Harvester Company
Plano
H. P. Ward
Montgomery, Ward & Company
Chicago
International Harvester Company of America
Best, Peck
Linseed Oil Consumers
Philadelphia
Penn
Woods
Woods Brothers Thresher Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Best
Farmers’ Manufacturing Company
Rock Island Plow Company
Rock Island
Moline Plow Company
Moline
Superior
American Seed Machine Company
Springfield
Ohio
John Deere
Kiln City
Dunham Company
Berea
J. D. Tower. Company
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