Garden Club proposed in committee report for Dillon show
A Dillon Montana Flower Show committee report praises improvements in exhibits variety and interest. It notes increased exhibitors and an outreach to new growers, with 50 participants this year versus 18 last year. Preparations expanded seating and organization, suggesting a permanent garden club or improvement society. Donations from local firms aided the event, though the financials show a modest net cost.
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Dillon
Mont
Rotary Club of
Flower Show Committee
Pople
Argu
Central Committee
Montana Auto Company
Dillon Examiner
Electric Shop
Union Electric Company
Standard Lumber Company
Waldorf Company
Examiner, Tribune and
Message
Car Runs Amuck Hits Lamp Post on Montana Street
A driverless Studebaker coupe owned by Martin Sorenson moved while being started by jacking. It rolled across the pavement, struck a lamp post in front of the Dillon Examiner office, and narrowly missed two children. Glass from the globe scattered. no injuries reported.
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Montana Street
Dillon Examiner
Studebaker
Martin Sorenson
Correction on county office appointments involving Baker and Risley
A correction clarifies that George R. Baker is a clerk in the clerk and recorder’s office, not deputy to county assessor Bruce Risley. Ben J. Brown of the Oregon Short Line handled official business in the city last Tuesday.
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Tribune
George R. Baker
Bruce Risley
B. W. Emerick
Baker
Ben J. Brown
Oregon Short Line
Death Claims Frank J. Barbour Known as Ike Moorehouse
Frank J. Barbour 76 died Wednesday at the county farm after weeks of illness. He had lived in Dillon over 35 years and left no known relatives, with friends bearing funeral costs. Born January 12 1853 in New York City he came to Montana 52 years ago, worked in Butte before settling in Dillon, and was buried at Mountain View Cemetery under Catholic rites.
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Frank J. Barbour
Ike Moorehouse
Dillon
Butte
New York City
Montana
California
Catholic Church
Mountain View Cemetery
Montana Free Press Welcomed in Dillon
The Montana Free Press debuted in Dillon last Tuesday and drew strong interest from Beaverhead County residents. Its modern design and comprehensive news service, features, sports page, and state correspondence impressed readers and secured many local subscribers.
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Montana Free Press
Dillon
Butte
Beaverhead County
Dillon Reads Senator Curtis Visit Attracts Large Depot Crowd
Senator Charles Curtis Republican VP candidate plans a ten minute stop at Dillon next Sunday morning. Local leaders hope he speaks during his private car layover at 11 39 AM. Senator F A Hazelbaker will accompany him from Hardin and press for a brief talk.
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Dillon
Harding
Charles Curtis
F. A. Hazelbaker
Hardin
Kansas
Community Confidence Is A Valued Asset
The piece argues that local people's confidence in the community and its future drives growth and prosperity. It emphasizes trust in neighbors and local merchants to provide reliable goods at fair prices and urges everyone to take actions that maintain this mutual confidence for a thriving home town.
Rotary Plans Float for Opening Parade
The Dillon Rotary club met at the Andrus hotel with Rev. T. J. Simons as principal speaker urging clear religion and idealism. New member J. C. Whitham joined Beaverhead National Forest. committees were named to arrange a Rotary float for the Beaverhead fair opening next month.
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T. J. Simons
Presbyterian Church
Dillon Rotary Club
Andrus Hotel
Old Bill Victim of Machine Age in Dillon
The familiar Dillon figure Old Bill, longtime American Express employee famed for begging candy, lost his job last Tuesday and was replaced by a new truck. Bill, loved by locals, is sold to G. C. Linsons to work this winter in his dray business and next spring on a truck farm. j A Louk and Harry Hopkins of Wisdom visited Dillon Wednesday for business.
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Bill
Dillon
American Express Company
Murph
G. C. Linsons
J,. A. Louk
Harry Hopkins
Wisdom
Beaverhead Wool Clip Surpasses Prior Year Totals
Beaverhead’s 1928 wool output soared with a 2,634,618 pound clip sold at about 40 cents a pound, yielding $1,004,567.80. The gain over 1927 tops 300,000 pounds, and the year’s total marks the greatest since 1919, all processed through the First National Wool warehouse.
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Beaverhead
Helen Bulger
First National Wool Warehouse
First National
Montana
Final fair plans made on Saturday
Beaverhead county commissioners met with the Beaverhead Fair association in Dillon on September 15 1928 to finalize plans for the October 3 4 and 5 fair. They authorized stables and advertising on county bridges and approved a holiday for October 5 to allow school children to attend.
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Beaverhead
Opp
Baker
May Sprinkle
Metlen
Tom Flynn
Gates
P & Q-Flynn Road
Fair Association
State Fair Board
John
Albert S. Baker
Beaverhead Responds to Red Cross Appeal
B N Stevenson chairman of Beaverhead County Red Cross received a telegram from national headquarters requesting aid for West Indies and Florida damage. The chapter promptly sent 50 dollars from on hand funds and may issue further calls as in 1926.
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B. N. Stevenson
Beaverhead
American Red Cross
West Indies
Florida
Georgia Matthews
Mr. Stevenson
St. Louis
B.N. Stevenson
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Montana
Coolidge
Red Cross
Prominent Beaverhead Resident Jasper Nelson Dies
Beav erhead county mourns as Jasper L. Nelson, longtime merchant and community figure, dies at Barrett hospital after a brief illness kidney trouble listed as the cause. Born in Denmark July 15 1865 he naturalized in 1899 and built a varied career from ranching to grocery stores. Survived by wife three children and two sisters funeral Friday at 2 pm from the family home with burial in Mountain View. Gilbert named county membership drive head for American Legion in Beaverhead post. he is the Republican candidate for county attorney.
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Beaverhead
Jasper L. Nelson
Barrett Hospital
Nelson
Beaverhead County
Odden
Denmark
America
Montana
Cgmcter
California
Montana Street
Alfred Holven
Crockett
Calif
William and
Howard
S. P. Nelson
Dillon
Holven
South Washington Street
H. B. Ricketts
Mountain View Cemetery
Gilbert
Thomas E. Gilbert
Charles L. Sheridan
American Legion
Legion
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Rick
Mit. Dempsey
Estelle Taylor
Senator Curtis
Rotary
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Jasper Nelson
George Zinn, Jr
Rydal, Pa
New York
Los. Angeles
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