Beaverhead County Votes With Seven Ticket Ballot
Beaverhead county residents will receive live election returns on November 3 via Dillon Tribune and Dillon Examiner with a large precinct totals chart in the courtroom. Radio will carry national results and voters can listen to the presidential and state polls as county results are announced. The county ballot features seven tickets Republican Democrat Socialist Union Prohibition Communist and Independent due to a ruling by Attorney General Nagle.
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Beaverhead County
Dillon Tribune
Dillon Examiner
Everone
Albert Baker
Nagle
Tea Planned for Mrs Hazelbaker in Beaverhead
A Beaverhead county tea to meet Mrs F A Hazelbaker wife of the Republican candidate for governor will be at St James guild hall from 3 to 5 pm Friday. The program includes brief talks and music by the Dillon Choral club with a nurse available to care for small children. All local women are invited.
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Beaverhead County
F. A. Hazelbaker
St. James Guild Hall
Dillon Choral Club
Bennion Brothers Injured in Auto Accident Near Lima
Fred Bennion secretary of the Montana Taxpayers association and his brother Bes were returning from Helena to Salt Lake City when their car skidded and overturned near Lima. Fred suffered severe facial wounds and shock. Bes escaped with minor injuries and continued by train to Salt Lake City after hospital treatment at Barrett.
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Fred Bennion
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Bes
Helena
Salt Lake
Barrett Hospital
Lima
Democratic Meet Draws Beaverhead Residents
A large Beaverhead County turnout filled the training school auditorium Monday evening to hear Jerry OConnell for Congress and Harrison J. Freebourn for attorney general. The candidates outlined vital campaign issues and were warmly received by a cordial crowd, with Chairman C. E. Blinn noting strong interest reflected in high registration and absentee voting.
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Beaverhead County
Training School
Jerry O'Connell
Congress
Harrison J. Freebourn
Butte
C. E. Blinn
Democratic Central Committee
Republican Wisdom Rally Plans in Big Hole Basin
A delegation of Republican candidates visits Wisdom in the Big Hole basin for an old-time political rally on Oct 30. Dillon orchestra will play as county office candidates speak. Chairman Sam Ditty says Frank Hazelbaker will speak over KGIR Butte from 6:45 to 7.
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Wisdom
Dillon
Sam Ditty
Frank Hazelbaker
KGIR
Butte
Well Known Dillon Resident Dies After Illness
J A Conover longtime Beaverhead county ranch hand died Sunday at Barrett hospital after months of illness. He lived near Poindexter and Orr ranch most of 50 years and was born 1865 in Siska California. Survived by a California daughter and son John Conover of Dillon. Funeral Tuesday at Brundage chapel, Rev H N Tragitt officiating, burial Mountain View Cemetery.
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J. A. Conover
Barrett Hospital
Beaverhead County
Poindexter & Orr
Sheep Canyon
Siska
Calif
Montana
Flo
California
John Conover
Brundage Chapel
H.N. Tragitt
St. James Episcopal Church
Mountain View
Big Beaverhead dam project approved for Point of Rocks
Government approves Montana docket 1049 for Point of Rocks dam and reservoir near Dillon. Public Works Administration allocates 515,454 grant and 630,000 loan to build a 75 foot high dam creating a 75,000 acre foot lake spanning 5 to 6 miles and serving Beaverhead Madison and Jefferson counties. Local surveyors expect federal supervisors soon and jobs for area workers.
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M. W. Mitchell
Burton K. Wheeler
Point of Rocks
Dillon
Washington, D. C
Dillon Daily Messenger
Montana
Public Works Administration
Wheeler
George Metlen
Beaverhead Rock
Whitehall
Beaverhead
Madison
Jefferson
Lima Dam
Beaverhead Valley
Record broken for absentee votes as applications top 200
Over 200 voters have applied for absent voter ballots at the office of Albert Baker, clerk and recorder. The clerk noted this is more than 30 above previous records and that interest in the upcoming election is strong as applications continue to arrive.
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Albert Baker
Beaverhead High Students Vote in Mock Election
Beaverhead county high school students conducted a mid week mock election using real ballots to vote for national state and county races and four measures with precincted voting, appointed judges and clerks mirroring a real election. A mid week Baptist service led by Rev Willis Loar will feature preaching mission highlights at the Baptist church Thursday October 29. Mrs John Bourquin travels to Shelby to visit her mother Ben Davis and spend a vacation with northern Montana cities.
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Beaverhead County High School
Tainer
The
Baptist Church
Willis Loar
Billings
John ‘Bourquin
Shelby
Ben ‘Davis
Montana
Republican Rally Draws Large Crowd in Dillon
Tom Larson, running for United States senator, and Charles Sheridan, seeking railroad and public service commissioner, drew a warm reception and large audience at the training school auditorium. An odd-fashioned torchlight procession led by Sam Ditty preceded the rally as supporters marched through Dillon.
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Tom Larson
United States
Charles Sheridan
Railroad
Dillon
Training School
Sam Ditty
Beaverhead County
Republican Central Committee
Normal college faculty active in Montana Education association meetings
The State Normal college faculty play a leading role in the Montana Education association meetings this week in Helena Great Falls Kalispell and Billings. Graduates of the Normal college occupy offices in the association and contribute studies and reports. Names of several graduates appear on the Helena program and several present papers and preside at sessions.
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State Normal College
Montana Education Association
Helena
Great Falls
Kalispell
Billings
Normal College
Charles Henry
Earl L. Fairbanks
Ralph McFadden
Arnold Clair
Ole’ Kay Moe
Herbert P. Kefuske
Marjorie Hamer
St. Louis
Montana Physical Education Association
Nell Doyle
Beaverhead
Beavers Triumph In First Six-Man Football Match
Dillon fans witnessed their first six-man football game as Dillon defeated Lima 32 to 19. Beavers scorers Wheat two McCulley two and Schuler one, with 24 players participating. Fans praised the speed and skill of the new system.
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Dillon
Lima
Beavers
Dillon Boys
Wheat
McCulley
Schuler
Dillon Aggregation
Wedum Speaks at Dillon Rotary on Legionwork and Spain
J oe Wedum, Dillon businessman and Beaverhead American Legion member, addressed the Dillon Rotary Club on the American Legion and the soldiers bonus. Dr. W H Stephan and Ralph McFadden provided music as Dr. Robert H. Albright analyzed the Spanish civil war situation and warned that even Madrid’s fall would not end the conflict.
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J. €. iWedum
Dillon
Beaverhead Post
The
American Legion
Dillon Rotary Club
George Gosman
W. H. Stephan
Ralph McFadden
Robert H. Albright
Madrid
Great Britain
France
Spain
Joe Wedum
Legion
Wedum
Canadian Visitor Describes Ducks Threat to Crops
Paul Owen of Lloydminster Alberta visiting with Quitman Owens reports Canada slaughters thousands of ducks to protect grain crops. He notes local farmers differ from Montana hunters in limits, and that ducks moving through the northwest face similar pressures in winter havens south. Local sportsmen debate federal restrictions and fairness.
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Canada
Bedrock Lake District
Paul Owen
Lloyd Minster
Alberta
Quitman Owen
Montana
Northwest
Armistice Day plans outlined by local veterans group
The American Legion committee led by Post Commander T Lee Mc Cracken completed Armistice Day plans. A 10 30 a m patriotic program at Hartwig theatre features Orr the high school principal as speaker and the band directed by L A Gregory. A moment of silence comes at 11. An afternoon football game is planned, with a veterans banquet at Andrus Grill at 7 followed by an Armistice ball in the city hall auditorium. A veterans dugout will host discussions all day.
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American Legion Committee
T. Lee McCracken
Hartwig Theatre
Orr
L. A. Gregory
Andrus
City Hall
Legion
E. W. Bond
Louis Schmittroth
Parke T. Scott
Emil Conger
D. W. Paddock
J. C. Fuller
George R. Baker
Walter Stamm
Former resident writes of trip from Dillon to California
Mrs. Mabel Mayfield longtime Dillon resident reports an optimistic view of conditions seen on her route to Fullerton California. She notes rising building activity good crops active sawmills hiring and highway signs reading Men Wanted. She traveled with Miss Gertrude Lanner Culver City Calif Miss Iva Hayward Hamilton and Steve Mgaser.
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Mabel Mayfield
Fullerton
California
The
Tribune
Dillon
San Francisco
Gertrude Lanner
Culver City
Calif
Iva Hayward
Hamilton
Steve Mgaser
LDS Missionaries Visit Dillon For Week Of Calls
Elders Leon H. Flint district president and J Weldon Payne missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are in Dillon for the week making personal calls and will attend Sunday school at the L D S chapel Sunday morning.
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Leon H. Flint
J. Weldon. Payne
Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints
Dillon
Dillon man injured in warehouse fall
Joe King an employee at the seed pea warehouse on Montana street suffered torn ligaments in his back and legs Monday evening when he fell through a trap door at the plant. He is a patient at the Barrett hospital.
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Joe King
Montana Street
Barrett Hospital
Suspect Held Here Wanted in Missouri
Sheriff Mc Collum received a wire from Lebanon Missouri seeking extradition of John Deberry alias James Norris. Norris, arrested here on shoplifting charges, is wanted in Missouri for burglary and jail breaking. Fingerprints and description were sent to Washington DC revealing a prior Missouri record. An officer from Lebanon arrived and took Newt into custody.
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McCollum
Lebanon
John Deberry
James Norris
Norris
Eliel
Washington, D.C
Missouri
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James McCollum
Fred Rabine
Anna Thompson
Rabine
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Bennett
Don Albee
Rae Panes Car CN
Pecerare
Cart
Fred L. Peterson
East Helena
Bozeman
Hapner
Emma Williamson
Willie
May Sherwin
County
Avalli
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