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present town of Dell. Finally it entered
Beaverhead valley.
Quick Action Necessary
1t wasn't long before far-sighted
men realized that Beaverhead valley
was the logical site for a town that
would be the distributing point for this
section. AS the railroad progressed to-
ward the valley the choice of the new
townsite became more and more i'm
portant
Richard Deacon, pioneer rancher,
raised the joker and presented OBJ
stacleS which at first made it appear
that the location of the town of Dillon
would be out of the question. Deacon
resisted all attempts of the railroad to
cross his ranch. Time was an important
factor. 1t was then that a group of
enterprising citizens stepped in and
4 purchased Deacons lands on Sept IA,
1 1880, for the sum Of $10,500.
The group was headed by Howard
Sebree and the lands amounted to 480
acres. The group gave the railroad
company the right-of-way and formed
a TOWNSHIP company. The railroad came
through and Dillon was established.
The company included L, j. Ruth,
Sim Estes, l. G. Fyhrie, B. F. White,
Charles Lefevre, Widen Pinkham, E.
M. Ratcliffe, Sebree, Ferris g. Holt,
@ICOA6C O4ilAkl O. w., KlOWhIQ GSGOACS,
John M. Lowell, William Wood and
others. Each man or corporation In the
group subscribed $875, the total sub
scription being $10,5O0. The townSite
was divided into lots and the lots were
sold from time to time at auction.
Dividends were declared for each share
as soon as a number Of lots were sold
BY Oct 10 there were 800 persons
in Dillon and the town was firmly es-
4.ta . L.. "a
Sidney Dillon, president of the Union
Pacific railroad The railroad arrived
in Dillon on Oct. is, 1880, and the town
became the terminus for the road dur
ing the following winter
One Of the first engineers Of the
road was Isaiah Cashmere, who eS-
tablished his residence in Dillon. The
road was equipped with small engines
that could scarcely pull six or eight
freight cars loaded to capacity of
between eight and 10 tons. Steep grades
were impossible and the engines fire.
quently stalled on moderate grades.
The early business men of the town
included Sebree, Ferris and White, who
established a store and bank. Leon
ard Eliel and his brothers established
another store. Mrs. L. Kupfer went into
business in Dillon. These people had
been established in Corinne and came
W QAOuJd4ld WlJtl Tile TdllIOdQ. 0COIBC
w. Dart, the Kirkpatrick Brothers, L.
c. Fyhrie and others who had already
been established In Beaverhead valley
moved their businesses into Dillon.
Kept Rough Element In Check
The pioneers of Dillon who had the
future Of the town at heart, the serious
minded businessmen and railroad men,
gained control OF the town from the
start The construction of the railroad
90 r,F
However, unlike many Montana pioneer
towns, the rough element did not gain
control
An example of the plans for the
future made by Dillon's pioneers may
be seen In the donation Of $500 for the
erection of a school. This donation was
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tee was organized that took the law
in its own hands after a grueSome muir
der committed in January, 1888. The
man accused of the murder was taken
from his cell and hanged in the Jail.
The mystic numbers, 3-7-77, of the
Vigilantes were still used as suf-
ficient hint to any character deemed
Objectionable.
Shooting trays were frequent and
the town had a saying with which they
announced shooting affair that ended
with a fatality. The term was, I'VE
have man for breakfast" On the
whole, however, Dillon was fairly well
behaved.
One of the most colorful scenes in
Dillon was the freight lines in opera
ton. Huge wagons, each having a ca
pacity of several tons, would be backed
up against the warehouse platforms in
an unbroken row the entire length Of
Montana street. When loaded these
wagons would be drawn by team of
from IL to 16 mules. A Jerk line" was
used to control the team.
Big Freighting Center
During the first years of billions ex-
istence, 1880 and 1881, the freighting
business was Dillon's largest industry
Bozeman, Deer Lodge, MiSsoula and
other points. In 1883 when the railroad
reached Melrose and Silver Bow, the
Importance Of Dillon as freighting
point declined. Today it is hardly
memory.
The first public school teacher in
Dillon was Miss L. A. Dodge. Two
teachers, Miss Mary Carter and Miss
McRoberts, were employed the follow
ing year and in short time the corps
of teachers numbered six or eight Tom
B. Miller, later of Helena, was prin-
cipal; Miss Hanks, Miss Reninger, Miss
Batterton and others were on the staff.
The Montana State Normal college
was opened for classes Oct. /, 1895, with
student body Of about as persons
Land for the Normal college was do
mated by Poindexter and Orr. Con-
struction started in the late summer
of 1895 with $4,000 available for the
erection and furnishing of the build
ing.
Today Dillon has grown into beau
tiful little college town and is one Of
the important agricultural centers Of
the state. The Montana State Normal
college is a major educational institu-
ton with a four-year course and a
large student body The only thing
is the enthusiastic plans Of
the residents as they look with opti-
mism toward the future.
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temporary affairs so that they were
virtually fire traps. A high wind was
blowing and the fire was beyond con-
troll from the start. Water was fur
niShed from wells equipped with
pumps. When the locomotive whistle
sounded the fire alarm practically
everyone in Dillon manned the pumps
and formed water brigade. The
women joined the men In fighting the
fire, but the flames were master of
the situation. The entire business dis
trict was swept as far as Center street
There the flames were checked and
further destruction prevented.
Following the big fire Dillon set out
to rebuild L. C. Fyhrie and Eliel
Brothers built brick stores at the cor
ner Of Center street. Sebree, Ferris and
White erected a brick building at the
corner OF Helena street. This building
was later used as a city hall and Jail.
1t has since been demolished.
In 1888 q brick school house was
constructed and stores were built by
Q. L. Thomson, George w. Dart and
Kirkpatrick Brothers. These stores
were also constructed of brick.
One Of the most interesting of the
early buildings in Dillon was the Cor
inne hotel. This flimsy structure was
built of thin lumber and lined with
ElObll. ~ Noo AfoEu Al OScAAA dIlu 40u4lO
and then in Montana, each time be-
ing picked up by the railroad and
transported bodily to It's new destina-
ton. It was constructed so that 1t
could be taken apart and placed on
flat cars. AS the railroad progressed
from its starting point and new term
mus sites were established, the Cor
inne hotel was picked up and moved
along with everything else.
Burns I'm Mid Winter
It was in Dillon that the Corinne
hotel finally met its Waterloo. One
afternoon In midwinter the structure
caught fire Although there was about
a foot of wet snow on the ground and
the building was wet, 1t burned like
finder. Years later, in 1893, the Metlin
hotel was erected on the same site
occupied by the Corinne. The Metlin
was constructed by Joe Metlin, a pio-
neer Dillon resident.
Other old-time hotels included the
Goodrich house or Valley house and
the Savage hotel. The Goodrich or
Valley house was conducted first by
Mrs. Goodrich, former resident Of
and later by Pete Anderson,
a pioneer stage driver. The Savage
hotel, at Montana and Sebree streets,
was a large two-storied structure
owned by George H. Savage. Both no.
tells were destroyed by fire.
Although the Vigilantes had ceased !
operations many years previous TO the /
founding of Dillon, vigilance commit
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Giunt SnOm Man OUerlOOkS
Ski Course cit Anaconda

What might have been appropriately named after has s
OF the who ~
skis" astOnshed expressions from chill
Of ice titled
public recently the
site of Anaconda
ice Of several
student upOs entered IN interesting contest
included "Od Winter his hands
his blowing cold wind At his feet were arstcay
fashioned and q rabbit
visitors to inspect
the gigantic SKIER latter the spectators
the Of a
Wrath hin with and red
lights the which
him the effect worlds fair statute bathed in many lights
instructor the public schools Anaconda
tatuay high school students
similar the
added TO the material
harder thansn AMI work with
art
portion Models and built first In the
working ssatua After subject
the statue into solid
club much
win be made part Of The annual aAi carnival Plans
already are undeF IN iS40-
wa
decegasAom shee amng the carnival
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ture for articles Of incorporation. These
articles were granted and Dillon be-
came city.
Indians, gamblers, freighters and
other early-day characters made Dill
lon a colorful city during its pioneer
era. The Indians frequently came from
the Lenhi reservation or from Fort
Hall near Pocatello Their lodges were
erected on the lower slopes of the
nearby hills. 1t was common sight
to see them padding along the city
streets, the squaws carrying papooSes
and peering into windows. Tendoy,
the dlgnified chief Of the Bannacks,
frequently visited the town with his
retinue Crow, Blackfeet and Sho-
shone Indians often dropped In and
many of them we're accustomed to
participate In the towns early-day
Fourth Of July celebrations. Horse
races among the Indians and a war
dance In the evening were major part
Of the celebration.
Included among the types TO be seen
from the Big Hole basin and surround
ing Beaverhead valley. Dillon was the
'big town" and the boys from the
range frequently rode in to celebrate.
Faro was the favorite game and
gambling was wide open.
Two years after Dillon was estab-
lished fire swept the entire business
district. At l o'clock on Aug. l, 1882,
locomotive whistle began shrieking the
fire alarm Near the corner of Ban
mack street, smoke was pouring from
the millinery store of Mrs. Hanson:
Soon other buildings were mass OF
flames.
Blaze Beyond Control
Most of the buildings were log or
frame and had been constructed as
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-03-18
By EDWARD B. REYNOLDS

IN ILLON, THE quiet little col
lege town that is the seat of
Beaverhead county and is
known throughout Montana as the
alma mater of most of the states
school teachers, owes its existence
to the quick action of a group of
enterprising men. The first trans
continental railroad, the Union Pa
cific and the Central Pacific, had
been completed from Omaha to
San Francisco. Further extension
of railroad lines were being
planned. The west and Montana
was being opened up. Virginia
City had a population of more than
10000 and the inhabitants Of Last
Chance gulch (Helena) exceeded that
of Alder gllch. Food and supplies for
these gold seekers had to be freighted
by wagon team from Corrine, Utah, a
city on the Central Pacific railroad. 1t
was slow and costly work and made
quate for the needs Of the time. Better
transportation facilities was a genuine
necessity
Railroad builders planned a branch
line from Utah to Montana. A start
was made in the early 70's when a
narrow gauge railroad was built from
Ogden to Franklin, in Cache valley
The hackers of this railroad enterprise
were Mormons. The road ended at
Franklin, but the tonnage was so large
and the project was so promising that
greater railroad organizations were in
terested.
After the panic of 1873 the Northern
Pacific railroad resumed its building
activities which we're delayed by the
economic recession. The Union Pacific
magnates cast their eyes on the new
territory being opened up by the North
ern Pacific They decided that they
wanted to get a slice of the anticipated
business. About 1877 the Union Pacific
railroad gained control of the Utah 81
Northern narrow gauge railroad They
commenced pushing the line north
ward.
Soon the new road reached Oneida,
near the present town of Pocatello, I
Idaho, then Eagle Rock, now Idaho /
Falls, was reached. Beaver Canyon, now I
Spencer, was the next terminus. Then
the road reached Red Rock, near the .
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-03-18
FGlls Eagles Plan
Big New Building

Plans for the construction of
a 500, 900 Eagles home In Great
Falls, when membership in the
Falls aerie of the organization
reaches the 1000 mark have
been announced.
Aerie membership is now 1882.
1t Is expected that the member
ship goal of 1000 will be reached
i'm about 80 days. In January, the
aerie enrolled 149 new members,
more than any other aerie in
the nation, with one exception,
and dozens of new members are
being signed each week, lodge
officials reported.
The structure planned by the
lodge will be situated in the
business district, win OCCUPY a
space so by 100 feet, and will be
either two or three stories in
height, lodge officials disclosed.
During the next 80 days, the
membership drive of the organ
izatiOn in the Great Falls area
will center at Belt, Fort Benton,
Geyser, RaynesfOrd, Brady,
Sand COuIee and StOckett, ac-
cOrding to a campaign which
has been mapped in order to
reach the 1000 goal in the next
three months.
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made Oct. 20, five days after the rail-
road reached Dillon and q little more
than a month after the TOWNSHIP COM
pany was formed. The school was erect
ed near the present courthouse. The
Dillon City Lot Co. also donated land
for church organizations as well as for
educational facilities.
On Oct. / a total of $4,000 was
taken In from the receipts of an auc-
ton sale of town lots. The highest
priced single lot brought $3.50 and was
paid for in gold. The Kupfer Drug store
occupies this lot at present.
Cabins and houses we're hurriedly
thrown up as temporary residences for
the incoming people. The Hotel Cor
inne, a two-story frame building, was
the largest structure in the town. It
was situated near the present site of
Hotel Metlen. In 1882 the Eliel Broth
ers and L. c. Fyhrie erected the first
brick buildings In Dillon. These build
ings are still In use for business eStab-
lishmentS.
On the west corner Of what is now
Helena and Montana streets, Sebree,
Ferris and White constructed a small
brick building that housed their bank.
The Dillon Tribune, first newspaper
IN the town, was owned by Mr.. Brund-
age. 1t was situated near the present
site Of the Dillon Examiner. The build
ing was later destroyed by fire.
Valley Developed Rapidly
In the year following the founding of
Dillon, the Beaverhead valley developed
rapidly. BY 1881 the production of
wheat had increased so that $4,000
bushels were harvested. In May, 1881,
the county seat was moved from Ban
mack, first capital Of the Territory Of
Montana, to Dillon. In 1884 the village
Of Dillon applied to the state legisla-
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Sun RiUer Angler
Captures Nations
Biggest '3S Trout

The nations largest native
trout was caught In 1888 by
Cascade county resident-Frank
TakaIa Of Sun River.
This became known when it
was announced by the magazine
Hunting and Fishing" that
Takala had won the $50 cash
prize awarded by the magazine
to the angler netting the largest
native trout during the year.
Takala's trout, which he
caught while trolling with a
daredevil in Bean lake, weighed
III pounds. In addition to win
ming national hOnOrs, TakaIa
took first place in the contest
sponsored by the Great Falls
Sporting Goods Co., thereby
winning S35 In fishing tackle.
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EXTREMES

Wife-Really John, you are the shah
best man in the whole town. Cannot
you dress better?
Husband-No, I can't afford 1t.
Wife-Why not?
observation-disclosures you are the best
dressed woman in the town.-Humor-
isticke Listy, Prague.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-20
26 miscellaneous for Sale

WESTCO PUMPS are better. Ask
Fred R. Bright. He uses three
Westco water systems. Phil Jones,
Imperial highway. Phone 271.
7-19tf
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Is Houses for Rent

SMALL furnished house, electri-
cally equipped, cooler. Inquire
1922 Broadway. 7-19TF
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Used Cars
Imperial alley Press

Established Apfn 20. 1901.
Published every afternoon except
Saturday and Sunday (Saturday
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by The Post-Press Sunday, les
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Valley Publishing company, 625
State street, Ell Centre. Calf
Faul Jenkins, publisher: A. c.
Johnston. vice president and
general manager; E. A. Fitz-
hugh, secretary and managing
editor. West Holiday Co, Inc.
National Advertising Represent
atives.
Entered at Ell CentYo, California
post office as second class mat
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Subscription rates, &c per copy.
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SOC; paid in advance; 8 months.
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Cards of Thanks

WE WISH TO THANK our many
friends for their kind words and
beautiful floral offerings during
our recent bereavement.
S. M. BAILEY and Family.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-20

SMALL unfinished 2-bedroom
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Solve the Problem Of Needs!
Houses FOR Rent

SMALL furnished house, electrically
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Inquire BAT Brighton. 7-21
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10 Help Wanted
Id Apartments for Rent

VACANCY
Air-cooled, two-room apt. with
refrigeration and lights furnished.
Close-in. Sc per week. Mission
Apartments. 235 No. 9th.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-20

FURNISHED 3-room and bath
Cooler $25 month. C. A. Irving,
831 Main, phone 974.
Evening star., 1939-06-25

Mr.. .WARDMAN--Where it is cooler PLEASE
ant 2nd-f. front. bay windows. large closet,
bath near: S25. Adams l342
Evening star., 1939-06-25

At lowest prices Complete assortment
Nationally advertised brands Also rem.
nants in all sizes Open evenings Free
parking
WOODBRIDGE RUG & CARPET CO.. INC
l7l5 Rhode Island Ave Et Dupont $3.50
Evening star., 1939-06-25

Wirs s.I. Fox Terriers. SIS and $50.
Scotties, $50 and S25.
All a; K. 6; Reg. and 1noculated.
DOGS Boarded. $50 Per Week
Defense Highway Kennels. 2 miles from
Blaoensbure on the Defense highway.
Phone Greenwood lS44-W
Evening star., 1939-06-25
cash fnr unlrc ckMERA
AEROPlANES.

START PAYING for used or new plane
while you learn to dy at Capitol Airport.
between KenilWorth. D c., and Bladens-
burg. Phone Greenwood 3771.
Evening star., 1939-06-25
POULTRY 3 EGGS.

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for breeding. Wisconsin 5531
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75c each. 2s0s 33rd st. Sc. Lincoln
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REUPHOLSTERING

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Evening star., 1939-04-26
Rockville Church Supper

ROCKVILLE. Md. April 26 (Spe-
ciaD.-Under auspices of the Ladies'
Aid Society of the Rockville Chris
tian Church a chicken and ham
supper will be served in the church
tomorrow. Mrs. Frank H. Karn
heads the committee in charge.
Evening star., 1939-04-26

but one directed at improving ad-
ministration Of the Labor Act. AS
chairman Of the National Media
ton Board, which has jurisdiction
over railroad labor relations, DR.,
Leiserson has added to the prestige
and experience accumulated through
many years Of active participation
IN labor relations problems.
When 1t was learned two weeks
ago that his appointment was being
favored at the White House, it was
likewise learned that the principal
obstacle at that time was the opposi-
ton Of railroad labor and manage
nent to having him removed from
the Mediation Board. Spokesmen for
both sides in the labor field con-
firmed this attitude yesterday in
remars!ng with regret at his trans
fer to another field.
At the same time, 1t was indicated
by President Roosevelt at his press
conference yesterday that no plans
to appoint former Representative
David j. Lewis to the Mediation
Board in place of DR.. Leiserson.
Administration favorite In Mary
lands Democratic SENSATIONAL pri-
mary last fall.
Mr.. Lewis came to the White House
today and informed the President he
would be willing to accept the ap-
pointment.
Evening star., 1939-04-26
Bailey
Continued From First Page \

having been severed from that Of
his alleged co-conspirators in tax
ovation, his brothers, Charles and
Leo and Gordon L. R. Sadur, a tax
accountant.
Emmitt's new attorneys. Mr.. Dono-
hue and Myron G.. Ehrlich, fought
hard to exclude certain state
ments which the gambling chief
made to agents of the Internal
Revenue Bureaus intelligence unit.
They contended that these state
ments could not be used as evidence
OF conspiracy before it had been
established by other evidence, as
suming one existed.
In overruling the defense and ad-
mittlng the statements. Justice Bo-
litha J. Laws instructed the Jury:
There must be evidence inde-
pendent Of admissions to prove
guilt. These statements will be re-
ceived with the reservation that II
the district attorney does not sup
port them with other evidence they
cannot be considered"
The Government set up in the
indictment an item OF $4,000 in
police bribery on which taxes alleg-
edly were evaded. This sum, accord
ing to the Governments evidence,
was concealed in the hit" column
Of the numbers books during 1885, so
that it could not be taxed.
May Hinge on Emmitts Testimony.
Whether the prosecution will get
any further at the present trial in
its year-old effort to smoke out"
this protection angle probably de-
pends largely on whether Emmitt
takes the stand. He did not testify
at the first trial, and the second
trial ended before the Governments
case was completed.
He did take the stand at the con-
tempt hearings that followed the
disclosure early in February that
jurors had been approached, but he
was questioned only about the tam
pering plot to which he confessed.
Whether, now that Emmitt has a
stretch of two years to serve at
Lorton, he will open up and talk
about his former business is some
thing that remains to be revealed.
1t will be a matter for his attorneys
to decide.
Mr.. Leese said Emmitt had told
an intelligence agent of the protec-
ton money.
$1,000 Month Reported Paid.
II asked him about It," the reve-
nue. agent added, "and he said yes,
he realized that was true. He said
he paid $400 a month in 1884 and
$1,000 month in 1885. He said he
took care of it himself, that 1t didn't
appear on the books"
Evening star., 1939-04-26
Benjamin {. f|ournoy
Rites 10 Be Tomorrow

Funeral services for Benjamin
Courtland Flournoy, 81, architect,
who died yesterday from a heart
attack at his home, 1922 P street
NV, will be held at pm. to-
morrow at his residence. The Rev.
A. j. McKelway of Pinehurst, N. c.,
will officiate. The service at the
home will be private. Burial will be
in the Rockville (MdD Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be William B.
Maugher, J. R. Durnell, Walter
Perry, Mangum Weeks, Robert
Willoughby and Francis De Wolf
Mr.. Flournoy, prominent archi-
tect and member of the firm Of
Flournoy & Flournoy, designed
buildings at Washington and Lee
University and at the University
of Maryland, in addition to the
Presbyterian Church of the Pill
grims at Twenty-second and P
streets NV. numerous Govern
ment buildings and private resi-
dences. For the last few years ne
was senior architect in the Office
of the supervising architect of the
Treasury Department.