Modern Woodmen To Celebrate Here
Modern Woodmen from Southwestern Montana communities invade Dillon for their annual Labor Day picnic. Senator James J. Murray and Congressman Jerry J. OConnell will speak at Dillmont park on Sunday. Events include a free street dance on Bannack street, log rolling, dances, fireworks, and baseball games. Dillon hosts various Woodmen camps with competitions for prizes and room rentals listed.
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Dillon
Montana
Earl Roe
James J. ‘Murray
Jerry J. O'Connell
Dillmont Park
Washington
Congress
D. A. Galt
Bannack Street
Butte
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Twin Bridges
Ennis
Harrison
Butte Woodmen
Ennis Woodmen
Roe
Dillon Royal Neighbors and Neighbors of Woodcraft
Fred Kerr
Birch Creek Man Injured In Accident
Edgar A. Sanders of Birch Creek and Mrs. Anna Baker of Homedale Idaho were injured in an automobile crash near LeGrand Oregon caused by a tire blowout en route to Elgin Oregon. Sanders suffered a broken collar bone and left thigh while Baker sustained four broken ribs and possible internal injuries.
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Edgar A. Sanders
Birch Creek
Anna Baker
Homedale
Idaho
LeGrand
Oregon
Elgin
Milo Sanders
Hood River
Martha Mortensen
Sanders
N C C W Diocesan Convention Held in Dillon
Dillon hosted the sixteenth annual Helena Diocesan Council meeting of the National Council of Catholic Women with 110 delegates and visitors. Officers elected included L A Malone Bozeman as president and J P Miller Anaconda first vice president Catherine Doherty Butte second vice president. Helena will host next year’s conclave. The gathering featured high mass by Rev John Sullivan and the Rev James Tougas as well as social events, talks by Rev F X Lechner Mrs J E Kelly Mayor D A Galt and others. A youth session included Very Rev Monsignor J C Willging and Rev E P Gilmore.
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L. A. Malone
Bozeman
J. P. Miller
Anaconda
Catherine Doherty
Butte
Thomas M. Robinson
Helena
R. H. Sheehan
Missoula
J.C. McCarthy
St. Rose Church
John Sullivan
James G. Tougas
Dillmont Park
F. X. Lechner
Park to Be Dedicated September 12
The Sacajawea Park dedication will occur Sunday September 12 with Beav erhead Chapter D A R Beaverhead Mining association and the Lemhi Mining association hosting a public ceremony at the new monument on Highway 91 north of Armstead. Music talks from Dillon and Lemhi speakers highlight the Lewis and Clark history and Sacajawea’s role. A noon basket lunch funded by the Beaverhead Mining association will be served. The park aims to draw residents and tourists to Beaverhead county.
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Sacajawea Park
Beaverhead
Beaverhead Mining Association
Lemhi Mining Association
Highway 91
Armstead
Dillon
Lemhi
Idaho
Lewis and Clark
Sacajawea
Missouri River
Mandan
North Dakota
Beaverhead County
Rebekah Judge To Resume Meeting Schedule
After a two month break the Rebekah Lodge will resume its meetings, issuing a note that sessions will continue with regular cadence and planned activities restarting for the season.
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Dians
Rebekah Judge
Southwestern Spud Growers Fix Schedule
Potatoes from Madison Jefferson Beaverhead Silver Bow and Deer Lodge counties form a marketing group in Butte to set a price of 1.00 net per hundred for U S No 1s. A Sept 9 Dillon meeting will seek 75 percent write in approval before referral to the railroad commission for final pricing.
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Madison
Jefferson
Beaverhead
Silver Bow
Deer Lodge
Butte
Martin Thompson
Dillon
Eliason
U. S
Historic Ruins Of Old Smelter To Become Park Landmark
Beaverhead Mining association aims to turn the ruins of Montana’s first 1860s smelter near Argenta into a national monument with support from the Anaconda Copper Mining company and Beaverhead county commissioners. A 100 foot square area may be donated to establish the site on ArcticACM land for clear title to the monument. Mrs Charles Shipman of Rollins Wyoming visits with her aunt Mrs Mary Hauser and two children.
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Argenta
Montana
Swansea
Wales
America
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Beaverhead Board of County Commissioners
Anaconda Company
Charles Shipman
Rollins
Wyoming
Mary Hauser
Astonishing Washington session ends 75th Congress
The March of Time notes the 75th Congress adjourns after a 229 day first session. Despite a Democratic majority, major work remained undone including crop limits, wages hours rules, child labor shipping bans, administrative reorganization, and new cabinet proposals. Some observers predicted a possible fall special session.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
U. S
Ident
T.V.A
Schools Set to Welcome Children on September Seventh
Beaverhead county schools prepare for a new year with the high school unit and rural schools opening Tuesday September 7. Training School resumes September 18 and Montana State Normal College starts September 27. New instructors include Miss Mary Castles and Harold Babcock as teacher vacancies arise.
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Beaverhead County
Montana State Normal College
PWA
Mary Castles
Harold Babcock
Charles
Alice Olmstead
Montana Breeders to Consign Bulls at Dillon Sale
More than twenty Montana Hereford breeders plan consignments for the Dillon bull sale set for October 4 at the county fair grounds. Organizers Bernard Willams and H. B. Sager expect stock from Beaverhead and other counties with buyers and breeders anticipated in large numbers. Local Beaverhead participants include W. S. Tash, George Harrison, and Frank Pendleton alongside numerous named breeders from across the state.
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Montana
Dillon
County Fair Grounds
Bernard Willams
H. B. Sager
Beaverhead County
W. S. Tash
George Harrison
Frank Pendleton
Myron L. Beatty
Bozeman
Becker Hereford Ranch
Wilsall
E. H. Bodley
Hobson
Jesse Bradley
Cline Bros. Belgrade
John Gilbert, Jr
Hover
Gallatin Gateway
Alfred. Nikles
Oscar Sales
Lester Schulz
Sheridan
Mrs. Stole and Sons
Big Timber
Lester Thompson
Tom Watson
Belle Curtis Wright
Stevensville
Dorothy Lentz Honored Before Departure for Wichita
Mrs Morse Waldorf entertained two bridge ken o tables Monday evening honoring Miss Dorothy Lentz who will resume work in Wichita Kansas. Miss Lentz received many lovely handkerchiefs and guests enjoyed delicious refreshments at the close.
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Dorothy Lentz
Wichita
Kansas
Morse Waldorf
Bridge Keno
Dairy Ranch Blaze Destroys Cantrell Chicken House
Early Monday fire at Cantrell Dairy farm north of town destroyed a large chicken house. The Dillon volunteer fire department saved the house, barns, and other buildings with the new rural fire truck. About 85 chickens died in the blaze as flames spread from a dry grass patch near the structure.
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Dillon Volunteer Fire Department
Cantrell
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Jennings Mayland
Dillon Chamber of Commerce
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Dairy Ranch
Cantrell Ranch
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