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White House Dogs

Recent occupants Of the White House have been
fond of dogs the Hoovers having the largest assort
ment of all, of which Patrick, an Irish wolf hound
may be said to be the "frs dog of the land" At any
rate he wears the District Of Columbia license tag
No. l.
President Hardings favorite was Laddie Boy, an
airedale; President Coolidge partial to Rob Roy
a white collie; President Hoover greatly attach
ed to King Tut but he died and has been succeeded by
Patrick.
Among other White House dogs of the present
are Inglehurst Gillette, Gordon setter; Mark, an
English setter; Pat, German police dog, and new
one of the same breed as yet unnamed.
1t nay be recalled that the oratorica fame of the
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Labor Day

Although Labor Day as we know it in America
was first celebrated less than halfcentuy ago, the
parade which usually accompanies its observance
might we'll be considered revival OF medieval pro
cessions of the craftguds in England and on the con-
tinent Of Europe.
While there is some differences of opinion among
labor historians themselves as to the exact origin OF
Labor Day it appears that it's first observance was
parade by the Central Labor Union of New York in
1882
The idea spread, and in 1887 Colorado passed h the
first law making the day a legal holiday: In 1924
Congress made Labor Day holiday in the District
of Columbia and in all Federal departments, since
which time nearly all states have given the day official
recognition.
Celebrated on the first Monday in September,
Labor Day has long been widely observed especially
in cities where trade unions flourish, with parades,
speeches. games and general picnics In which all cas-
ses take part
It is the nations annual tribute to it's vast army
of workers-a fitting recognition Of the dignity OF
honest toll.
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Dan Smith was here from Will
liams with several other Legion
naires but he wouldn't let you talk
about his race for state represen-
tative. "I am here for the Legion
meeting and not to talk politics" d"
said Dan, and he stuck to it.
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Snoopin' Around
By AL KIRK

From our observation, the two
most popular hombres at the Le-
gion Auxiliary banquet Tuesday
night were Congressman Lou Dou-
glaS and State Commander Hill
lard Brooke. They were all over
the Club Royal and as they went
from table to table they left ray
Of sunshine that was wholesome ano
enduring. 1t takes fellows like that
to put the finishing touches on q
happy affair.
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VISITING MOTHER HERE

Herbert Wood and his family were
in Nogales this week for the Le-
gion convention. They live on a
ranch in Cochise county. They
visited at the home of his mother,
Mrs. Lula r. Larimore, county
school superintendent.
Nogales international., 1930-08-29

Nogales was thrilled by a spec
tacular air circus Tuesday when
Trubee Dawson and Lewis Douglas
winged their way into town with a
squadron of seven army planes from
San Diego.
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James G. Kane, candidate for
constable on the democratic ticket
at Patagonia, was in Nogales We'd
nesday attending the Legion con-
vention and shaking hands with
friends.
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If you expect to be out Of the
city on September 8, don't forget
the absentee ballot You can vote
before you leave town. just call at
the county recorders office
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At least SO percent of the 300
men and women who were here
for the Legion convention were en-
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-09-18
Bicycle Tourist
Visits ia ON
$1,000 Mile Trip

Butte was visited by an ambitious
tourist recently. John Richardson, 20,
of Parsons, Kan, arrived in the Mining
city after travelling approximately 5000
miles this summer by bicycle. His trip
included seven national parks and the
principal cities of the Pacific coast
states.
Richardson, who will enter his second
year at college on his return to Kan
sas, left Parsons June IA, he said. His
farthest west was Tia Juana, Mexico.
His farthest north point, he said, was
Vancouver, B. G. From there he head
ed east and after reaching Montana,
spent a short time in Glacier park.
He went to Butte from Helena one
morning and left in the afternoon FOR
Bozeman and Yellowstone park. From
there he will travel on to the east,
expecting to reach Parsons about Oct.
l, he stated.
The youth says that cycling in the
mountains is hard work but he expects
to make rapid time when he gets out
on to the plains. Steep roads cut
down his speed and furnish plenty of
exercise, though he occasionally gets
a ride in a car over the worst places,
he said. Yellowstone park promises
to be a hard trip in places but after
that comes the plains and easy sail
ing, Richardson says.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-09-18

been with the Tribune during prac-
tically its entire half a century of ex-
istence.
The first mayor of Dillon was B.. F..
White, who was to become the last
territorial governor of Montana. The
village became an Incorporated city in
1884.
The first brick buildings were con-
structed in 1882 by the Eliel brothers
and L. C. Fyhrie and they are still
used for business purposes. The pres
ent Beaverhead county courthouse was
erected in 1887. Construction of the
Montana State Normal college started
in 1895, the famous PoindeXter & Orr
company. Montana's oldest ranch firm,
donating the land which forms the
campus.
Dillon, in spite of the fact that it
has reached its fiftieth milestone, is
still linked TO the past by many men
and women who have witnessed its
growth from infancy. They are taking
an active part in the preparations for
the Semi-centennial celebration, and
their eyes kindle as they recall the
stirring events of their home towns
turbulent youth.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-09-18

men formed the Dillon City Lots COM
pany, for the primary purpose of over
coming the stubbOrnness Of the afore-
mentioned Deacon.
For many years following the COM
pletion of the first transcOntinental
railroad from Omaha to San Francisco,
the rail transportation companies
looked with enviouS eyes upon the rich
mining camps of Montana. Freighters
were growing wealthy, hauling supplies
over the long trail from COrinne, Utah,
the nearest railroad point, to the new
camps of the territory to the north,
but it was a tedious journey for the
huge, clumsy wagons and transporta-
ton rates were necessarily high. There
was a virgin country to be tapped, and
the rail men recognized the fact.
In the early '70's, Utah Mormons
built a narrow guage railroad from
Ogden north to Franklin, in Cache val
ley. There construction ceased, and it
was not until 1877 that the Union Pa
cific acquired the little branch line
and started in earnest for the gold
laden hills of Montana. The road was
appropriately called Utah & Northern.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-09-18
MISSING
SON HAS DIED
BUTTE MOTHER SEEKS TO COL
LECT INSURANCE ON BOY UN-
HEARD FROM SEVEN YEARS
Disappeared In Wilds of Northern Can
ada In Search of Mining Properties
and Has Not Been Heard From
Since, She Tells Court.

Her son must have been lost in
the wilds of northern Canada and is
now dead, Mrs. Mary Freshman Of
Butte charges in her suit against
the New York Life Insurance COM
Bow county, in which she seeks to
have him legally declared dead S
that she may. collect $4,000 in life
insurance policies.
Herman Freshman, a Butte youth,
left eight years ago for Quebec to fol-
low his profession of mining engineer.
For a year he wrote her regularly but
after a post card, dated July IL, 1923,
no word has been heard from him, Mrs.
Freshman asserts.
He wrote her at that time that he
expected to leave shortly for the Wilds
of northern Canada and from that day
to this she has not heard a word from
him, she AYERS. A painstaking search
by Canadian mounted police, made at
the request of the mother, had failed to
find any trace of her boy and she be-
lieves he persisted on his trip into the
wild, uninhabited country north Of
Hudson bay.
11tI SOIl WdS d KUN wy dliu WiOtC
her at very frequent intervals the
mother asserts, which is to her con-
elusive evidence that he persisted, she
declares. She gives it as her opinion
that he may have drowned in some one
of the treacherous streams On which
he was making a lone n trip far
from civilization in his search for rich
mining properties.
She asks that he be declared dead
and that she, as beneficiary Of the poll
cies, be paid the $1,000 that is due on
his life.
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YIELDS
RARE LETTER
is REMINDER OF TIME MRS. HER
BERT HOOVER, PRESIDENTS
WIFE, VISITED MONTANA
Is Signed Lou Henry" and Addressed
To Mrs. r. G.. Wight of White Sui
phur Springs Who Entertained for
Her Many Years Ago.

1t isn't every little girl who can
rummage through her grandmother's
attic and find a letter from who
has become the first lady Of the land.
But that is what happened to Betty
Lee Anderson at White Sulphur
Springs. Betty Lee is the daughter
Of Mrs. Lee b. Anderson Of Lake
Hamilton, Fla. With her f0ur-year-
Anderson is spending the summer at
her girlh00d home, visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. r.. G. Wight.
Twelve-year-old Betty thinks there
is no place in all the big house like
the attic, with its half : forgotten
treasures. There she spends hours,
hunting out curious things and teasing
for their history: and SO the letter
came to light.
Lou Henry In Montana
1t is signed Lou Henry" and its
writer, Miss Lou Henry. is now Mrs.
Herbert Hoover.
The occasion of its writing touches
the early social life of White Sulphur
Springs, after the romance of r. G.
Wight and Miss Mary Rice had cul-
minated in their marriage.
r. G. Wight came to Montana In
1873. He is a native of new York City,
Of English-American parentage. His
common school and high school edu-
cation had been followed by training
at the Polytechnic institute, Of Troy
N. Y. He wa graduated as a drafts
man and civil engineer, and decided to
come to Montana to practice his pro-
feSsion.
He spent the summer of 1878 at Cow
island with an engineering crew in
charge of William H. Woods. The
chief engineer was H. E. Stevens. Mr..
Wight returned east in the fall, and
was engaged in similar engineering
work on the Mississippi, with head
quarters at st. Paul. In 1880 he re-
turned to Montana, and has made 1t
his home ever since.
He came by steamboat to Cow island,
In 1880, then by stage to Fort Benton.
In 1881 he was in Parker, employed
by Col. Geo. C%endenin, Jr., as foreman
for the Clendenin Mining and Smelling
company. With A. M. Henry he estab-
lished the firm OF Henry g. Wight, as
savers and surveyors, OF Neihart, IN
1884. They located the Florence mine
at Neihart In 1883, and took q fortune
from It before the slump In silver
changed their holdings from an asset
to . liability. The mine was named
for Mr.. wight's youngest sister, now
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-09-18

Progress, considering the construc-
ton facilities Of those days, was fairly
rapid. Thrusting its iron pathway ever
northward, the road reached, as sue
cessive terminals, Eagle Rock, 0
Idaho Falls; Beaver Canyon, now
Spencer, and Red Rock, near the pres
ent town of Armstead. At last, in the
summer of 1880, the construction crews
reached the Beaverhead valley.
At the valleys gateway, naturally
and picturesquely formed by the tower
ing Rattlesnake cliff and the rugged
promontory now known, though pos
sibly enormously, as Beaverhead rock,
Ryan's canyon suddenly ceases and
the broad, smooth floor Of the valley
spreads out from each side Of the river.
Here, it seemed to the discerning mer-
chants and business men who had been
following the railroad construction
from the south, wa the logical site for
a town, a distributing center.
In the meantime, though, repre-
sentatives of the Union Pacific COM
pany had made the acquaintance Of
Richard Deacon. The meeting gave
them a common bond of fellowship as
of mariners who have crashed on the
Rock of Gibralter.
The gentleman in question owned a
ranch in the Beaverhead valley and TO
continue construction toward the north
the railroad must pass across his land.
But Mr. Deacon gave the representa-
tives to understand that he cared little
or nothing for railroads, the Utah &
Northern in particular. He further adj
vised them, in the corresponding YER
nacular of that day, mot to hold their
breath" until they secured the desired
right of way.
Deacon Was Firm
He was firm. So firm that all the
offers, and Establishments, and reason
ing, and finally, downright threats, of
railroad officials had no effect. The
Beaverhead valley rancher and his 49,
acre farm stood like a range of noun
tainS across the path of the iron high
way.
1t was then that the group of bust
ness men stepped in and formed the
dividuals and firms subscribed 1915
each. With the total sum of S10,50
they purchased the entire farm of the
obdurate Deacon and their first act
was to give the Utah & Northern its
desired right Of way. A difficult stu
alton had been met and conquered.
Their primary purpose accomplished,
the stockholders in the new company
settled down to the job Of founding a
city. The task was not too formidable.
The railroad had already decided that
its winter terminus would be in the
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-09-18

Mrs. Henry H. Harmon OF Summit, N.
J.. 1t employed from so to rs men be-
tween 1884 and 1910, and has been OPP
Grated internationally since then.
While Mr.. Wight was In Barker, in
1884, Miss Mary Rice came to visit her
uncle, David Rice. The young people
met, and their interest in each other
continued after Miss Rice went back
east. In 1888 they we're married.
Marries Illinois Girl
Miss Rice was born in Charleston,
ILL.,, and received her education in
Middlesbury, Va. Her uncle, David
Rice, founded Riceville, and Mrs. David
Rice served as its postmistress for As
years. 1t was she who applied for
papers as postmistress, and at the time
of her death she was the oldest in
cumbent in the state in point Of service.
Commenting on Mrs. Rice's devotion
to her work, Mrs. Wight SAYS: THE
little old kitchen postoff1ce was a pas
sion with her. She would neglect
everything else to run it. Even after
she became i'll, and her son did the
work for her, she grieved so and missed
it So"
The Office was discontinued in 1923,
at the time of Mrs. Rice's death, since
its operation seriously infringed on time
needed for ranch work. Her son, Wal
ter Rice, with his wife and family, live
at the old ranch David Rice estab-
lished. Two other children survive the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Rice; a son, Charles
Rice, who manages the poor farm at
Great Falls, and daughter, wife Of
Frank M. Tenny of the Great Falls
Leader.
In 1885 Mr.. and Mrs. Wight went to
White Sulphur Springs to live. They
lived across the street from their
friends, M. and Mrs. A. M. Henry. The
Henrys lived in what was afterward,
for many years, the c. w. Cook resi-
dence. Not long after Mr.. and Mrs.
Wight arrived, Miss Lou Henry came
to visit her uncle. In the round of
parties that we're given for her enter
tainment, 1t was natural that Mrs.
Wight, an intimate friend Of her
hostess, should extend hospitality. After
Miss Henry left, her bread and butter"
letter duly arrived: and this letter,
saved by chance, is now something to
treasure for its associations.
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Beaverhead valley, and to the new tent
city which Sprang up almost overnight
on the erstwhile Deacon ranch fell that
distinction. The town was named for
Sidney Dillon, president of the Union
Pacific.
The original stockholders in the Dill
Ion City Lots company were l.. j. Ruth,
Sim Estes, L. c. Fyhrie, B. F. White,
Charles Lefevre, Widen Pinkham, E.
M. Radcliffe; Sebree. Ferris & Holt;
Howard Sebree, George Smith & Co.,
John w. Lowell, and William Wood.
A sale of lots was held the day the
land was purchased and other sales
followed. The lots were sold to the
highest bidder and dividends were de-
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-09-18
Perfect dyeing
50 easily done!

DIAMOND DYES contain the
highest quality anilines money can
buy! That's why they give such true,
bright, new colors to dresses, drapes,
lingerie.
The anilines in Diamond Dyes make
them SO easy to use. No sporting or
streaking. Just clear, even c%olors,
that hold through wear and washing.
Diamond Dyes never give things
that re-dyed look. They are just 15c
at all dealers. When perfect dye
ing costs no more-is so easy-why
experiment with makeshifts?
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clared following each auction.
The new town sprang up with the
prOverbial speed of the mushroom.
Many of the first buildings were NOV
able structures, which business men
had carried along with them as the
railroad rushed northward, erecting
them at each successive terminus. The
Hotel Corinne, Dillon's most preten-
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yOn, nine miles
south of its pres
ent site.
Dillon will cele-
brate its semi
centennial ami
versary Sept. "a,
the opening day
of h e annual
Beaverhead u
ty fair. But its
actual birthday,
if any one day
may be desig-
mated as such, is
Sept. IA. 1t was
on that date, in
1880, that a group
of public spirited
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-09-18
(By HOMER FAUST

TlHE city Of Dillon, county seat OF
historic Beaverhead county, owes
its present location to the obstinacy
OF a man. Had Richard Deacon been
lenient, or even susceptible to logical
reasoning, the town would have been
founded at the gateway to Ryan's can
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tious building in the fall of 1880, was
One such structure.
The firm of Sebree, Ferris & White
established its store and bank in Dill
lon 1t once. Eliel brothers, who had
followed the railroad, also started in
business Immediately. Other merchants
already in the vicinity-GeOrge w.
Dart, L. G. Fyhrie and the Kirkpatrick
brothers, to name a feW-remOved
their quarters to the new town. Mrs.
L. Kupfer established a jewelry store.
Had 300 Inhabitants
BY Oct. 10, Dillon had 300 inhabitants
and was thriving. From then on,
things moved rapidly in the little city.
The railroad reached the town Oct.
Is, and construction ceased for the
winter. On Oct. 20, a little over a
month after the townsite company had
purchased Deacon's ranch, the same
company held a meeting whose OBJ
ject was ito establish a school at Dill
Ion City" The stockholders donated
$500 for the purpose Of erecting a school
building, and passed a resolution ac-
cepting the donation of a similar
amount by G. Y. Reeder. Construction
started at once.
In thus manifesting it's faith in the
permanence of the new city, the town
site company was not rejecting the
sentiment Of the entire community, by
any means. Many good citizens be-
ljeved that Dillon would suffer the
same fate as other temporary terminals
of the railroad. When construction
moved north the following spring, the
town would follow it.
But the Judgment of the city's found
ers was o 0 indicated. Dillon grew
steadily through the winter and, when
the railroad nee more resumed its
progress northward in the spring, a
permanent town was firmly established
in the Beaverhead valley.
SO firmly established that in May,
1881, the county seat of Beaverhead
was removed to Dillon from Bannack
by action of the legal voters. The trans
fer, though, followed a bitter fight.
Old Bannack, first territorial capital
of Montana, protested with the right
eous dignity of its years against the
ambitions Of the presumptious upstart
in the valley, and it's Indignation was
shared by Trapper, Glendale and other
pioneer mining camps of the county.
Beaverhead was split in twain by the
dissension, but the valley held the ad-
vantage of population, and when the
votes were counted Dillon was the new
county seat. The actual count was
671 to 497.
During that first winter, Dillon, as
the terminus of the railroad, was the
principal shipping point of the entire
territory. Freighting outfits departed
daily for Butte, Helena, Missoula,
Bozeman and other of the more popu-
lous communities. Warehouses lined
the entire length of Montana street,
the principal t~horoughfare, fronting
the railroad. With the construction of
the road to Melrose and Butte the fol-
lowing year, however, the city's i'm
portance as a freighting center de-
clined.
The first newspaper, the Tribune,
was established by Hiram Brundage,
who brought his press from Sheridan,
and it is celebrating its 50th ami
versary this fall along with the city.
F. E. Foote, editor of the paper, has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-10
Washington Produce

Butter = One pound prints, Sa1aa
1914; tub, 36a37.
Eggs-Hennery, 2Sa24; current re-
ceiptS, 22a23
Poultry, alive-Spring broilers, large,
38a40 small, 32a35; Leghorns, 28a30;
fowls, 23a24; Leghorn fowls, 17a18;
ducks, 15a18; geese, Is; capons, large,
35a37; small, 30a33. DresSed-Spring
chickens, large, 45a48; small, 40a42;
fowls, 27a28; capons, large, 40a42;
small, 30a33; ducks, 24a25.
Meats, fresh killed-Beef, 20a23 veal
20a22; lambs, 25a28; pork loins, 28a32;
fresh hams, 25a27; fresh shoulders, %;
smoked hams, 81; smoked shoulders,
%; bacon, 81; lard, in packages, Is; in
bulk, IL.
Live stock-Calves. sa1O1a; Spring
lambs, 8a101s.
Fruits - Apples, box stock, 325;
oranges, California. 800a8.50; lemons,
$50; pineapples, 3.50a4 90; watermelons.
LOCAL So cantaloupeS, jumboS, 4.00a
425; standards, 3.50a3.75; ponyS. 2.75a
800; honeydews, standards, 3,50a4.00;
flats, 275a3.00; Strawberries 3.50a4.60;
huckleberries, 500a9.00; blackberries,
400a6.00.
egetables-Potatoes new, 5.0Oa5 IS:
old. l50-pound sacks, $50; l20-pound
sacks, 3.50a400; asparagus, 1.0Oa4.00:
caulif1ower, 2.75; lima beans, 500;
string beans, 100; cabbage, SOC bushel
basket; peppers, 500; squash, LOCAL so;
tomatoes, 200a2 so; beets, 400a6.0O per
100 punches; carrots. 3.00a6.00 per 100
punches: spinach, 1.75a2 90; kale, 1.00a
1.25; corn, 800.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-10
CURB ISSUES RALLY
AFTER EARLY DROP
Market Turns Upward Near
Close, Following Period
of Heavy Selling.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, June 10.-The Curb
Market turned sharply upward in late
trading today after four hours of SELL
ing pressure.
Although part of the selling came
from margin holders who did not care
to put up more cash, some originated
with holders who bought at November'S
low levels and now see an opportunity
of employing their funds in commodi-
ties or trade.
Utilities, investment trusts, trading
corporations and recently bulled indus
trials met the most pressure. Natural
gas shares were relatively strong, be-
cause sales of that commodity have in
creased and such issues are not held
on margins Oils, too, were fairly firm
Utilities, investment trusts trading
corporations and recently bulled in
dustrialS met the most pressure. Nat
ural Gas shares were relatively strong,
because sales of that commodity have
Increased and such issues are not held
on margins Oils, too. were fairly firm
Electric Bond and Share near the
close was up about 2 points. Ameri-
can SuperpoWer was up about half that
amount, Cities Service was near its
opening level and Goldman Sachs.
Transamerica and United Founders
partially recovered
Three new Issues were admitted to-
day. They were Intercontinents Pow
er warrants, which opened at as;
Carolina Power and Light preferred
and Union Minere Corporation of Haut
Katanga