Jackson area notes and community notices mix of travels and local events
The column tracks visitors and departures among Jackson area residents including Mr and Mrs ToWe Robbers moving from Los Angeles to Butte and many others. It notes school assignments, agricultural work, and local committee guidance on debt adjustment and Federal Farm Relief procedures with names such as Hazelbaker and Blinn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ToWe Robbers
Los Angeles
Butte
John Jackson
M's
Harry Japham
Belleview
Idaho
Anna’ Lee
James Scofield
Mr. Shepherd
Ray Bowers
Sheridan
Mr. Bowers
Loretta Bowers
Rentin
Wash
Jim Woody
Federal Land Bank of
Spokane
Frank Hazelbaker
Dillon
Blinn
Social Roundup in Grant and Dillon Visits
Mr and Mrs James I Blair spent Wednesday in Dillon with Mrs W G Blair visiting on the prairie. Rex Ward Roy Stocker and other visitors from Dell Butte and Lima called on Grant residents. The Grant school opened September 10 with 14 enrollment as locals travel to Armstead Leadore and Dillon for shopping and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James I. Blair
Dillon
W. G. Blair
Prairie
Rex Ward
Grant
Roy Stocker
Mr. Cantrell
Dell
Harry Pierce
Butte
J. H. Shefer
Lima
Agnes Pierce
Christensen
Big Hole Basin
Leadore
Idaho
James N. Mansfield
Grant School
George P. Hughes
Dillon Lodge Plans Social Meetings Start Sept 25
At the regular Dillon Lodge 1554 meeting the group outlined a year of social events beginning with a smoker on Tuesday evening Sept 25. Frank Lasich was named chairman of the entertainment committee with Jack Keenan and Dave Hier as members. J Leonard Innes, past exalted ruler, was chosen as contact man to confer with District Deputy Wilbur Hanley on the order’s national program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Lodge
Frank Lasich
Jack Keenan
Dave Hier
J. Leonard Innes
Wilbur
F. Hanley
The
Order
Bundled Nevada districts vote on consolidation
Sheridan and Brandon school districts faced a consolidation vote. Sheridan approved with one dissent and Brandon failed by one vote. Sheridan kept the same staff with minor changes as schools reopened. A veteran journalist Jack Lorton is profiled, detailing a life across wars, oil booms, and worldwide reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Brandon
Bratalon
Branden
Amos Purdon
Frank Cisler
Cisler
Montana
Frank Ryan
Earl Noble
Portland
J. A. Karn S
Martin Connelley
Boone Rossiter
O. \. Crumbaker
Hazel Wilson
Sigrid Benson
Gertrude Spuhler
Charles Murray
Eignth
Jack Nen
Whkl
Globe Trotter
Jack
South Africa
Alaska
Rand
Globe
Lord Kitchener
Jim Thompson
Tex Rickard
Rex Beach
Backward Glimpses From 1885 County
Tribune notes from September 5 1885 recount colorful town life red white and yellow inmates in the county jail. It mentions Lou Fuhrie’s birthday joke, fall fashion stockings on city streets, Dillon’s coal oil and moonshine use, buckskin masks worn by visiting Dillon girls at the National park, and new railroad agent O M Best from South Bend Indiana arriving in Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Lou Fuhrie
Butte
Dillon
National Park
O. M. Best
South Bend
Indiana
Edison phonograph arrives in Dillon and large gold nugget found
Forty years ago the Tribune notes Arthur Judges installing an Edison phonograph, the first this town has seen, with loud clear reproductions. Charles Watson brings a 40 ounce nugget from Argenta, quartz included, valued at about $600 after 25 percent ore deduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Arthur
Dillon
Charles Watson
Argenta
Home News From Dillon Area Highlights Local Visits
Sunday visits to the Joy home by Miss Genevieve Great and Mrs. Pearl Mittlemeier and son Karl of Dillon. Miss Evelyn Polish underwent appendicitis surgery in Dillon hospital and will miss school at Reichle until healthy. The Buhrer school opened September 4 with Miss Harriet Schuler in charge and trustees delayed replacing a teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biss Estelie Lenox
Dillon
Mty
East Fox School
Bred Hirschey
James Dood
Clemon
Fred Hirsely
Bozeman
Federated Women's Club
Frank Hazelbaker
Jackson
Anna Drake Spencer
Port Angeles
Wash
Big Hole Basin
William Christensen
Missoula
Lucy Jardine
Heden
Miss Jardine
Idaho
George ‘Smack
Genevieve
Pearl Mittlemeier
Karl
Evelyn Polish
Miss Polish
Reichle
Margaret Bryan
Hidden Treasure
McCarthy Mountain
Henry Hertz
Virginia City
Buhrer
Harriet Schuler
Wanted: Spokane Woman Seeks Husband for Money and Help
A Spokane woman seeks a husband aged about fifty five to sixty with roughly two thousand dollars. She mentions her rental due soon and says the man should have a light truck and be willing to move to help her. The sender signs Lea Van Kirk at 916 KE 2nd Ave Spokane Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Dillon
2Nd Ave
Wash
Lea van Kirk
Montana Waterfowl Season Rules and Violent Incident Note
Opens October to December with daily hunting from sunrise to sunset on most days and special baited area rules. Ducks bag limit 12 daily with species caps. geese 4 in total. Possession limits set per species with ten day carry after season. Federal $1 waterfowl stamp required for 16 and older. Also a local shooting incident in Philadelphia and unrelated notes on Samoa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
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Mary McDonald
Jules Wenger
Gral
S. J. Johnson
Plen O'Neil
Middlewest
Chicago
W. S. Tash
Pearis
Helen Taylor
Aileen Brady
Jackson School
Wendell Jardine
Kensmoth Peterson
Minneapolis
Joseph , Hutchins
Rockmart
Wegro
Omer
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
Butte, Mont
Shippers
P. O. Box
Beaverhead Abstract Company
Title Association
Pearl I. Smith
Dillon, Mont
Grant News
Gertrude Foster
Robbers Roost
Louie Steiner
Wisconsin Creek
Mary Flannigan
Duncan
Robert Julan
Republian County
Flora McNulty
James Duncan
Julian
McNulty
Walter Harmon
Betty
Jane
Missouri
Vernon Clarke
America
Billings
Northwest O °l
Silver State
Dempsey-Gibbons
Shelby
Scripps
San Antonio
Rough Riders
Legion of Death
England
Villa
Chinahua
Sandino
Lloyd
Colorado
Leadville
Florida
Rio Grande Valley
Fort Peck
Cutbale
Center Street
Ben. Hager
Frank Buhrer
Washington
Messenger
Spokane, Wash
Philadelphia
James Corcorn
C. E. Steel
Pomeroy, Wash
Samoa
United States
Kathleen
la Paloma
Faust
Liebestraum
Hudson
Traumerer, Humoreske
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