Mrs A W Owsley dies after years at Montana State Normal
Mrs Anna W Owsley, longtime dormitory matron at Montana State Normal College, died in Whitehall after a heart attack. Funeral in Butte featured Rev Walter M Jordan and an honored roll of pallbearers. She was born 1846 in Missouri, married 1869, moved to Montana in 1889, and leaves 11 children including Nellie Hoey of Whitehall and William Owsley of Butte.
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All Dillon
Anna W. Owsley
Montana State Normal College
Nellie Hoey
Whitehall
Butte
White Chapel
South Main Street
Walter M. Jordan
The
Christian Church
Owsley
Mount Moriah
Dillon
State Normal College
Herman Strasburger
Bert Adams Tower
MacMillan
Monroe
R. Clark
William Owsley
State Normal School
Great Falls letter confirms wheat quality at Gallatin Mills
In September 1917 a Dillon Montana reader received test results on turkey red wheat from Gallatin Valley Milling Co. The laboratory report labeled the sample as number one hard winter with 61 pounds per bushel weight and gluten content 31.24 percent wet and 14.5 percent dry. The letter notes government prices around 2.24 dollars per bushel in Chicago and 2.21 in Minneapolis.
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Great Falls
Mont
C. L. Worth
Dillon
Chicago
Minneapolis
Gallatin Valley Milling .Co
D. R. Fisher
Mer
Prisoners Held Ninety Days After Jail Fire Attempt
Deputy Sheriff Mike Moran arrived with three inmates in Wisdom on Wednesday charged with attempting to burn the Wisdom jail. Moran's timely action saved the building and the prisoners. The inmates will be confined in the county jail for ninety days.
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Mike Moran
Wisdom
Moran
War Not Hurting Montana Business Says Dun Co Official
Philip S. Rush, Montana state manager for R. G. Dun & Co, reports business in Montana growing. Nationally, failures through mid 1917 are modest despite war readjustment, with 7488 failures and $94.7 million liabilities from Jan 1 to July 1, 1917, down from 1915 and 1916 levels and lower than 1914.
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Montana
Philip S. Rush
R. G. Dun & Co
Dun
United States
Market conditions in Portland stock yards show active week start
In North Portland on Sept 4 the Portland Union Stock Yards opened with strong cattle demand and rising prices. 1400 cattle 1000 hogs and 1500 sheep traded with best beef steers $8.00-$9.00 and top hogs near $18.00, while sheep commanded $9.75-$13.50 for various grades. Mrs. H E Potter returns to Chicago after visiting Dillon.
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North Portland
Portland Union Stock Yards
Stks
War Credits Bill Passes the House in Unanimous Vote
The war credits bill authorizes up to 11.64 billion dollars in bonds and certificates with 7.54 billion in convertible bonds and 2 billion in wartime certificates. It authorizes new allied loans and conversions of existing issues including Dan ish West Indies and Panama canal bonds, with taxes set by the treasury secretary and protections on bond exchange terms.
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Washington
House
Moore
Pennsylvania
McAdoo
Cannon
Illinois
Kitchin
Secretary of the Treasury
Thrashing Under Way on Dillon Beach Lands
Thrashing began on the beach lands near Dillon the first of the week with farmers surprised by the returns. A large number of outfits will soon run in full blast and thrashing will finish earlier than usual.
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Dillon
Wartime Goodbye Brings Melvin and Elliott to Laurel and Red Lodge
E H Melvin and Morton Elliott drove to Whithall Sunday. The latter, among Beaverhead county’s first conscripts, then went to Red Lodge to lead the high school. Elliott met Miss Fanny Forrister of Laurel, formerly of Dillon, as they bid a war time farewell. Forrister works for Northern Pacific as chief clerk at the Laurel yard office.
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E. H. Melvin
Morton Elliott
Whithall
Red Lodge
Mr. Elliott
Beaverhead County
Fanny Forrister
Laurel
Dillon
Miss Forrister
Northern Pacific
Patriotic Demonstration Honors Local Conscripts
A large wartime demonstration drew families and veterans to honor conscripted local men bound for American Lake Washington. The Dillon Brass Band led a mile long parade past flags and bunting as Gov. White and speakers urged support for the mobilization.
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T. J. Murray
Dillon Brass Band
Scotts
Montana
Elkhorn Springs to Become Montana Summer Resort
The Forestry department and Beaverhead county residents plan extensive improvements at Elkhorn Springs to rival Montana’s top summer resorts. The project will cost about half funded by the department and half by local subscriptions. Work on access roads has begun and blueprints show a bath house with plunge baths and lounge. Additional land plots are sought for a modern clubhouse and summer homes. Frank Felt completed a five room bungalow with more homes planned.
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Forestry Department
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Elkhorn Springs
Montana
Frank Felt
Dillon Defeats Pocatello Twice in City Series
The Dillon baseball team won two straight games against Pocatello in Dillon. Sunday’s tilt ended 8 to 2 after a decisive middle, while Monday drew record attendance as Weiser Dell held Pocatello scoreless and Dillon tallied ten runs.
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Dillon Baseball Boys
Pocatello
Dillon
Weiser Dell
Pocatello Boys
Soldiers visit to Fort Harrison from Dillon crowd
Last Saturday afternoon a party including W. F. Drummy John Wyatt Raymond Swartz and Paul Owen drove to Helena in Owens car to see the Dillon soldiers at Fort Harrison. Another group planned to go but could not after lacking a tire. Cars from home were sent to the boys.
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W. F. Drummy
John Wyatt
Raymond Swartz
Paul Owen
Helena
Owen
Dillon Soldier Boys
Fort Harrison
Dillon Public School Opens With Record Enrollment
The Dillon Public School started the term Tuesday with 452 pupils, a new record for day one. Despite prior expansion, all rooms are in use, with expected total enrollment near 500 as pupils arrive. several teachers list class counts from 88 in the grammar room to 24 in Miss Day's class.
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Dillon
Beaverhead County
Tattersall
Bert Short
Danish Drafted Men Honored Tuesday Evening
A large crowd of Danish descent gathered Tuesday evening for a patriotic celebration honoring their countrymen drafted into the new army. The program included a street parade a city hall address by Judge Smith and a dance with a basket supper for the draftees.
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Judge Smith
Death of Thomas A Hungate in Melrose 1917
Thomas A Hungate died at Melrose on September 1 1917. Funeral held September 3 at Melrose Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev Walter M Corrl. Born in Illinois June 27 1850 he moved to Montana in 1882 and settled in Glendale then Melrose. Survived by wife son James and siblings Oscar Newton Mrs John Peterson Mrs W J Shick. George Nance of Bellevue Idaho attended the funeral.
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Thomas A. Hungate
Melrose
Melrose Presbyterian ‘Church
Walter M. Corrl
Dillon Baptist Church
Mr. Hungate
Illinois
Montana
Glendale
Miss Becker to Fill Public School Position Incoming
Miss Becker arrives Monday to take a position in the public school. She comes from Minnesota.
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Miss Becker
Minnesota
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the Normal College
Bryan
John
Seattle
William
Cora Owsley
French Ferguson
Missoula
France
Republic
Carter
Philadelphia Press
South Central and Western
Pacific Coast
Bill
Cates
Montana Street
Dr. Finch
American Lake
Theodore Antone
Alexander McLean Morton Elliott
Smith Ray Maurer
Archie McIntosh
Dillon Public School
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