Beaverhead County Board Meets in Regular Session 1921
Beaverhead county Montana board of commissioners convened October 8 1921 with Chairman J E Shaw present along with O C Gosman and A L Anderson and Acting Clerk George R Baker. Items included plat work by Forest Bayerd and Carl Beecher renovations on Willis bridges with Madison county cost sharing, road obstructions removal, classification plat ink requirement, insurance on grain, Wise River road preparations, and various court and county farm matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
Beaverhead County
Montana
J. E. Shaw
A. L. Anderson
George R. Baker
Forest Bayerd
A. L. Beardsley
Beard
Carl Becher
Willis
Board of County Commissioners
Madison County
Beecher
Cashmore
Madison County Board
Lee S. Tower
Antone Bayou
County Board of Equalization
Baker
Montana Electric Company
J. O. Melton
Tower
Board of Commissioners
Gimble
F. A. Hazelbaker
County Farm
Engineer Chapman
Wise River Road
J. C. Smith
Blacktail Road
Dillon
Gosman
Gilbert
District Court
Lima
Chester Gilbert
Lee Tower
Power Dam Road
State Board of Examiners
J. C. Melton
Denny
Hich School Board
Poor Farm
Richard Hathaway
Triboe Publishing Co
Deca Hiowell Co
Pioneer Matron Mrs Schuler Dies at Home in Dillon
Mrs. Margaret Schuler a longtime Dillon resident born in Saxony Meininger Germany died at 435 South Washington Street after a months long illness. She was active in the Lutheran church and survived by three sons and four daughters with a son Fred deceased. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church with interment at Mountain View cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Schuler
Dillon
South
Washington Street
Brundage Undertaking Establishment
Methodist
Edward Smith
Mountain View
Schuler
Margaret Hoffman
Saxony
Meininger
Germany
America
Lutheran Church
Harry and
Clayt Schuler
Louis Schuler
Greeley
Colorado
Elizabeth Mikus
Er Cushing
Robert J. Bidstrup
Edgar Ferris
Leadore
Idaho
Fred
Tower Buys the Candy Factory
Lee S. Tower becomes owner of the Dillmont Candy Company after purchasing it from Jack Carney and Harry Geer. The plant undergoes full sanitation and renovation to boost candy making, packing, and storage with Tower personally supervising the overhaul. Carney will run sales and distribution under the new management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillmont Candy Company
Lee S. Tower
Max
Tower
Mr. Tower
Jack Carney
Harry Geer
Carney
Men Arrested Here Also Wanted in Butte
L. R. Erickson and D. L. Blackwell were arrested by officers Sam Ditty and W. E. Ross last Friday while attempting to sell two barrels claimed to hold whiskey but found to contain slough water. They face defrauding charges in Butte and were jailed in Silver Bow county after failing to post a $1,000 bail. Sheriff Duggan notified Sheriff Mooney that a warrant awaits their arrest if released. They will be tried in the fall term of the district court under the charge of attempting to obtain money under false pretenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Erickson
D. L. Blackwell
Sam Ditty
W. E. Ross
Butte
Duggan
Silver Bow County
Mooney
L. P. Phillips
New Messrs
Portland
Ore
Eldorado
Arkansas
de’ Mooney
Justice Court
Opening Grid Opener Impresses Locals as Blue and White Rally
Coach Knudson's grid squad crushed Twin Bridges 60 to 0 in a Monday scrimmage at Madison county. Quarter Rodney Foster led the attack, Clair Cosgrove kicked four of five goals, and four reserves added 26 points. The team prepares for a Saturday home opener against Whitehall at the fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knudson
Twin Bridges
Madison County
Merritt Owsely
Jay Cosgrove
Francis Cashmore
Tom Olmsted
Liston Dansie
Rodney Foster
Clair Cosgrove
Whitehall High
Fair Grounds
County Commissioners Return From County Road Trip
Commissioners J. E. Shaw O. C. Gosman and A. L. Anderson completed a several hundred mile tour of main county roads visiting Dillon Divide Ralston Wisdom Jackson Mill Point Bannack Grant Armstead Dell Lima Monida Lakeview and Dillon. They left Dillon Wednesday of last week and plan a road repair program for next spring based on the survey. The group noted some bad spots but overall the system was in better shape than anticipated and avoidable bog holes were not as extensive as feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Shaw
O. C. Gosman
A. L. Anderson
Dillon
Divide
Ralston
Wisdom
Jackson
Mill Point
Bannack
Grant
Armstead
Dell
Lima
Monida
Lakeview
Shaw
Beaverhead High School News Debuts A New Student Paper
The first Beaverhead High School News appears this week as a four page student journal. Editors Frank Sweeney and Jack Leimert lead a staff rotating every three months with posts for Tom Olmsted and Edwin Whitworth. The paper aims to foster school spirit and keep patrons informed on activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead High School News
Frank Sweeney
Jack Leimert
Tom Olmsted
Edwin Whitworth
Christian Science Service Times in Dillon
Christian Science Society of Dillon on Yeaman block IE Center St hosts Sunday services at 11 a.m. with the subject Doctrine of Atonement and Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. A Wednesday evening testimony meeting is at 8 o’clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Society of
Dillon
Yeaman Block
Center St
Frank Beavers Found Dead on Lew Gilman Ranch
Frank L. Beaver a 66 year old ranch hand was found dead in the barn at the Lew Gilman ranch near Dillon last Monday after 6 pm by ranch crew returning from harvest. Coroner Jim Phillips said death likely from heart failure with no visible injuries. A close friend Nels Person of Butte was notified as directed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Beaver
Lew Gilmans
Here
Jim Phillips
Dillon
Nels Person
Butte
Ladies attend Foreign Mission conference in Butte trip
Mrs. Edward Smith, Mrs. Maggie Morse, Mrs. Van de Walker, Mrs. F. H. Garver and Mrs. John Forester left yesterday for Butte to attend the Foreign Mission conference of the Columbia river branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Smith
Maggie Morse
van de Walker
F. H. Garver
John Forester
Butte
Foreign Mission Conference
Columbia River Branch
Legion Snap Into Action At Beaverhead Post Meeting
Beaverhead post 20 Legionnaires met Wednesday night pledging recruits for the next gathering under the slogan Get a member by November. They discussed Armistice Day plans, appointed Walter Stamm as entertainment committee chair, and eyed a health resort project at Elkhorn Springs with national interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legionnaire
Beaverhead Post 20
Tocsin
Walter Stamm
Ed Ely
Lee McCracken
Adolph Paris
Morton Elliott
Elkhorn Springs
American Legion Weekly
National Legion
United States
National Executive Committee
Legion Weekly
Beaverhead County Tax Notices Prepare for 1921
County Treasurer Georgia Matthews is preparing tax notices for the 1921 taxes due in November. Beav erhead's real property value is $26,781,687 with an assessed value of $8,343,791 and taxes totaling $400,298.40. The county remains a sixth class with the possibility of dropping to fifth class next September if valuation criteria are met. Since last year real value declined by $8,415,828 and assessed value by $986,674, while total taxes levied are $31,936.63 lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Matthews
Beaverhead
Horse Prairie Man Draws Sixty Days
Antone Anderson a Horse Prairie rancher pleaded guilty to petty larceny and received a 60 day county jail sentence from Judge Ed Farnsworth after allegedly entering a Grant warehouse and rifling packages for Hughes Ranch Co and Alex Christie. Some stolen items were found on his person at arrest. The man, once of excellent reputation, is said to have a slight aberration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antone Anderson
Horse Prairie
Ed. Farnsworth
Justice Court
Anderson
Grant
Hughes Ranch Company
Alex Christie
Hunting Plans for Opening Season in Centennial Valley
Bernard Williams Bruce Christman Keith Lloyd and Justin Brundage plan a hunting trip at season opening. They will travel to the north fork of the Madison via the Centennial valley as friends prepare venison appetite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Williams
Bruce Christman
Keith Lloyd
Justin Brundage
North Fork
Madison
Centennial Valley
Unusual fraud arrest linked to old liquor plot unfolds
Two Portland and Eldorado men posed as bootleggers selling eight year old spirits for 25 dollars a gallon. Police surveillance, a dramatic car pursuit, and a staged exchange led to arrests and a bond set at 1000 dollars as the suspects pleaded not guilty in justice court.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sfangs
Whitehall
Christian Science Society
Frank Beavers
LEW Gilman Ranch
Legion
Arcusts
Prairie Man
Blacktail School House
Erickson
Barratt’s
Farmer Donlin
Willie
Donlin
Sheriff’s Office
Barrett’s Station
Willows
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