Thrills at Legion's 3 Day Roundup and Race Meet
Beaver head Post of the American Legion staged a three day Pow Wow with broncho riding horse races and aerial stunts. Crowds packed the grandstands as close finishes highlighted each day. Beavers topped City league baseball, while multiple bucking horses and runners competed for prizes and honors across events led by riders such as Claude Lay and George Ditty.
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Beaverhead Post
The
American Legion
Dave Carruthers
Tash
Carruthers
Slim” Talbott
Beavers
Bunnies
Gophers
Buckaroos
Claude Lay
Dale Case
D. H. Linabury
Loren Frederickson
Norman Mason
Montana Buck
Roy Peterson
Howard Durand
Harry Rodgers
Lyman Warren
Roy Bird
Denver Slim
C. G. Clarke
Donald McFarland
J. O. Greene
J. A. Warden
Everett Turner
Curtis
Immelman ‘Tam
Bowman
Atchey
Brown
Pat Flynn
Flynn
Livia
Sivia
John Knapp
Knapp
Nelson
Rebich
Chas. Cowdrey
Walter Siria
George Ditty
Claude Layup
George Tash
Odell Greene
Bernard Williams
Greene
Siria
Geo. Ditty
Todd
Cowdrey
George Todd
Edwin Martin
Wm. Tash
Atchey’s Bay
Ford
Bud
Galt
Bea
Tash's Blue Mystery Horse Wins Races at Dillon Meeting
The blue nine year old horse known as The Pride of Beaverhead, bred on Henry Paddock's Bannack ranch and owned by Vorhees, astonished crowds by outrunning thoroughbreds. Ridden by Bill Tash after a summer mower job, Blue proved a dash horse excelling in an eighth mile with strong quarter runs.
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Tash
Beaverhead
Cayuses
Blue
Henry Paddock
Bannack
Vorhees
Dillon
Bill” Tash
Dillon Visits by State Examiner in Health Return
R N Hawkins first assistant state examiner was in Dillon last week for his annual county records inspection and books audit. Friends were glad to see him healthy again after a recent Helena hospital stay for surgery.
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R. N. Hawkins
Dillon
Helena
Hand Cranked Start Line Tire Race Yields Ford Tire Prize
A quirky motors race uses hand cranked engines at the start line. Competitors complete a lap, remove a tire, place a new tire, inflate to 45 pounds, and drive a second circuit. First day James Fay wins with 3 minutes 18 seconds. Second day ends in a tie between Al Lohr and another entrant.
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Ford Tire
James Fay
al ~ Lohr
Big Elks Initiation Set at Dillmont Park Saturday
Terry Browning announces Oro y Plata lodge will stage an elaborate initiation for thirty candidates at Dillmont park after a street parade and a grand ball. It is the first initiation outside Virginia City, aided by a Grand Lodge dispensation. Delegations from nearby towns expected. Ralph Cushing leaves for Bozeman to join football camp before school opens.
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Dillmont Park
Oro Y Plaza Lodge
Elks
Oro Y Plaza
Ralph Cushing
Bozeman
Hunting season Opens with Waterfowl Blast
Biting dawn marks opening of waterfowl season with bans lifted on ducks geese and brant. Beaverhead county allows grouse sage hens and pheasants protection all season while elk hunting is illegal this year. Deer season runs November 1 to December 1 with one buck limit.
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Beaverhead
Leading jockey fading after false starts in Sunday race
Cowdry led his mount to the line before the race began and after several false starts he faded from the lead and finished in fourth place.
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Cowdry
Change Location of Tourist Camp
Two organizations will move a tourist camp from the Orr homestead rear area to a new city grove site west of Washington and south of Idaho streets. Officials say the new location offers city water and sewer connections, easier access, and planned bath houses with showers. The move follows a 5 pm Monday gathering with members armed with rakes and shovels to prepare the site.
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Orr
Idaho
Washington Streets
Unconscious Foreman Sustains Base Skull Fracture
John Anderson, foreman for the P. and O. Livestock Company, lies unconscious with a base skull fracture after an alleged fall or being thrown from his horse. He was found Sunday morning near Dillon and cared for at Magnus hospital. recovery is uncertain.
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John
Anderson
P. & O. Livestock Company
Dillon
F.M. Poindexter
Magnus Hospital
Parke Ory
P. & O. Home
Bagdad Shriners to Parade and Banquet in Dillon
Bagdad Shriners with band, parade, and two clowns will visit Dillon October 7, with 150 members and their ladies arriving by special train from Butte. They will parade, banquet in the evening, and dance at Dillmont Park after arrival. The event was moved from September 20 due to state fair conflicts.
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Rise
Dillon
Butte
Dillmont Park
Miss Marchesseau Visits Po laris Friends This Weekend
Miss Marjorie Marchesseau of Polaris spent the weekend with Dillon friends, enjoying social visits and local gatherings.
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Marjorie Marchesseau
Polaris
Dillon
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