Service Men's Welfare Board Forms Committee
Beaverhead post forms a service men welfare committee to run an employment bureau for veterans and assist disabled ex soldiers via three channels. The group seeks local cooperation to place maimed and jobless veterans, arrange government training, and locate work while promoting future club rooms and dance fundraisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead
War Compensation Fund
F. M. Poindexter
T. E. Gilbert
Hugh H. MacMillan
Frank Nelson
William A. Bucher
W.W. Hawkins
Minneapolis
Legion
Lima
Jackson
Pen Dom
Dillon
Funeral in Dillon for Chester Hanson draws Centennial visitors
A large crowd from the Centennial valley attended the Dillon funeral of Chester Hanson on Wednesday. Among relatives and locals present were J. A. Jones and family, Jeff Jones and family, Ben Hart and family, Matt Reece and family, and Mrs. William Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centennial Valley
Dillon
Chester Hanson
J. A
Jeff Jones
Ben Hart
Matt Reece
William Miller
Dillon Visit from Centennial Valley Mother and Infant
Mrs. Justin Brundage and her infant son stay with her mother Mrs. Jack Barrett in Dillon this week, traveling from the Centennial valley to visit family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justin Brundage
Jack Barrett
Dillon
Centennial Valley
Young Man Dies After Long Illness In Butte
Chester Merriweather Hanson died at Murray hospital Butte on October 18 at age 16 years 10 months 9 days from streptococcic septicemia. He had been ill since May and was hospitalized June 2. Funeral held in Dillon at Methodist church with Rev. T. W. Bennett officiating and interment at Mountain View cemetery. He leaves parents Fred I Hanson and Lou Emma Jones Hanson and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Merriweather Hanson
Fred I. Hanson
Brentwood Ranch
Centennial Valley
Murray Hospital
Butte
Elkhorn Hot Springs Highway Is Finished
H. Ketchum forestry engineer led a two month project at Elkhorn hot springs building two miles of sixteen foot wide highway from the forest boundary near Polaris to the hot springs. A crew of twenty five men and fifteen teams completed the road at an approximate cost of ten thousand dollars. Forest Supervisor Somers and Ketchum plan to survey another forestry service highway from Wise River to Wisdom to connect the Elkhorn mining district with the railroad under construction. Ketchum noted modern cottages near Elkhorn springs and said they contrast with the new road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Ketchum
Misgoula
Dillon
Elkhorn Hot Springs
Forest Reserve
Polaris
Hot Springs
John B. Somers
Ketchum
Forestry Service
Wise ‘River
Wisdom
Elkhorn
Elkhorn Springs
Greek Letter Chapter to be Installed at Bozeman
College fraternity men at Montana State College Bozeman plan the installation of a Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter, the first in the state. The ceremony will be led by Eminent Supreme Recorder William C. Levere of Evanston Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Montana State College
Bozeman
William C. Levere
Evanston
Illinois
Butte Central to Face Beaverhead High in Title Clash
Butte Central High meets Beaverhead High tomorrow for the second game of the season in Butte. The opener ended 20 to 0 in favor of the Butte aggregation. Dilton fans expect a closely contested tilt after last week’s scrimmage and a lone touchdown by the visiting team.
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Butte Central High School
Butte
Butte Public High
Dilton
Beav erhead County to Host Nineteen Census Districts
Missoula Oct 20 Beaverhead county will have nineteen enumeration districts for the 1920 Fourteenth Decennial census. James W Faulds supervisor of the First Montana district says districts will be carved from within the county with work starting January 2 and finished in thirty days except towns over 2600 in 1910 where two weeks suffice. Enumerators to be chosen soon. age limits 18 to 70. Schedules cover population and detailed traits for individuals and farms including birthplace nationality occupation literacy schooling and farm assets.
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Missoula
Beaverhead County
James W. Faulds
Flrst
Montana
Faulds
Beaverhead
United States
Will Conduct Sheep Ranch in the Imperial Valley
Robert Waddell, a former Selway Sheep company associate and Oregon Agricultural College graduate, heads to California to ranch in the Imperial Valley. He departs Dillon after a farewell dinner at the Andrus hotel, while guiding a trainload of sheep to winter in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Waddell
Selway Sheep Company
California
Imperial Valley
Waddell
Dillon
Oregon Agricultural College
Andrus Hotel
Death of Mrs Henry Thompson Shocks Dilllon County
Mrs Henry Thompson died suddenly from apoplexy at the Kidd ranch last Friday night. She was born in Ireland almost 60 years ago and came to America as a girl. Survived by her husband, sheepman Henry Thompson, and by friends across the county. Funeral services were held at the family home, then Lima for a double service with Mrs Barney Hammond. Fathers Foley and Clifford officiated, interment in Lima Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Thompson
Thompson
Kidd
Dillon
Ireland
Sheame
America
John A. Peat
Montana
Lima
whatSeihey
Peat
Mr. Thompson
Barney Hammond
Anaconda
Foley and
Clifford
Billings Pleads Guilty Then Placed on Parole
Bird Billings, worker on the Pahnish ranch in the Grays hopper, admitted burglary of the George Gray road house at Millpoint last spring. He stole a gun 135 dollars in cash and 250 dollars in checks. Arraigned in district court before Judge Jos C. Smith he pled guilty and was sentenced to one to three years but placed on parole due to extenuating circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bird Billings
Pahnish
Grayshopper
Dillon
Dan Mooney
Billings
George Gray Road
Millpoint
Billing
Jos. C. Smith
State
Third lamp post toppled after new lighting install
A lamp post was knocked down Tuesday when Frank Wilson backed off the scales in front of Beaverhead Lumber company. Replacement costs amount to about 125 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wilson
Beaverhead Lumber Company
Report Killing of Tame Elk in This County
Fred Rife and Dan Mooney, in Medicine Lodge district, bagged elk last week. Hunters seek tame animals shipped by Horse Prairie Medicine Lodge Grasshopper ranchers, now scattered across the hills and causing conflicts with ranchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Rife
Dan Mooney
Medicine Lodge
Lodge
Spectacular Butte vs Dillon High School Gridiron Clash
A dramatic game last Saturday saw Butte High School defeat Dillon 7 to 0 on a snow heavy field. Butte used a clever second quarter trick play for the lone score while both teams delivered hard, clean play amid wet conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Dillon Mae
Livestock Sale Opens at Dillon Horse Sales Yard
About five hundred horses and as many cattle pass through the ring at the Dillon Horse Sales company yard for the final fall sale. Indications point to brisk trading with higher prices than prior sales while many out of town buyers attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Horse Sales Company
Drive for Roosevelt Fund Seeks Local Contributions
A nationwide Roosevelt memorial drive sets up state and county organizations for free will gifts. Beaverhead County appoints Frank A. Hazelbaker as chairman and Mrs. Pearl J. Smith as county chair, with local volunteers in Dillon Wisdom Jackson Grant Lima Lakeview Argenta Apex Armstead Dell and Monida coordinating efforts to collect funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Wasington
Frank A. Hazelbaker
Beaverhead County
Pearl J. Smith
Dillon
Wisdom
Chas. Quist
Jackson
A. W. Wilson
Grant
Anna Stocker
Lima
Ed McNinch
Lakeview
A. L. Forsythe
Argenta
Warren Graeter
Apex
Thomas Dubois
Armstead
Lottie Kimmel
Dell
Clay Patterson
Monida
J. B. Egan
Theodore Roosevelt
Dillon Plans Large Armistice Day Celebration
Beaverhead post aims to mark November 11 as American Legion Day with a citywide holiday in business and schools, a parade with high school and normal college participants, a drill by a former infantry unit, pyrotechnics at dusk, and a park ball if weather permits, seeking city funds for a strong band and full participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
American Legion
Beaverhead
Normal College
No Man’s Land
Legion
Census supervisors named from ex service men
Sixty five former soldiers and sailors were appointed supervisors for the Fourteenth Decennial census. Three women were named, the first time women hold such posts. The list includes lawyers, editors, farmers, physicians and business people, all chosen after strict tests of fitness and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of the Census
Census Bureau
Sam. L. Rodgers
New York
Texas
Nevada
Sam
Rogers
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H Service
Men's Welfare
Butte Central
Beaverhead High
Fl. Thompson
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