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Bannack spooks set to rise again By Ellen Baumler, Interpretive Historian for the Montana Historical Societyand Tom Lowe, Asst. Manager at Bannack State Park At the annual October Ghost Walk, long-told stories of spirits shroud the ghost town of Ban nack, Montana. Vigilantes bestowed violent be ginnings. But dig deeper. The town's windswept cemetery where its spirits rest, or don't rest, is an indelible record of the lives and tragedies that will forever color the history of Bannack. Perry Meade, for example, whose parents ran the Meade Hotel, went to work at the Eugene Mine on August 18,1895, promising his wife that this would be his last shift underground. It was. Mud filled the south drift, suffocating him. Then a year later, Meade's little son died during a measles epidemic. Or consider Katherine Moore who, in May of 1916, took an ax and as her miner husband slept, bludgeoned him to death claiming abuse and mental illness. The judge acquitted her. And then there was sixteen-year-old Dorothy Dunn. In August of 1916, she, her cousin Fern, and Ruth Wornick waded into a dredge pond and stepped off a shelf into deep water. None could swim. Twelve-year-old Smith Paddock saved Ruth and Fern, but lovely, vivacious Dorothy drowned. See GHOST WALK on page A-3 Songs of the Heart Saturday, October 23, an evening of \beauti ful noise\ will be offered at this year's \Songs of the Heart VI\. The event will be held at the Old Depot Theatre a t 7.00 p.m. Tickets cost $10 and are available at the door. Proceeds from the evening of music will go to the Soroptimist International of Dillon Medi cal Assistance Fund. For more information, call Barrett Hospital a t 683-3006. Hildreth pleads guilty to soliciting for sex charges CLAYTON HILDRETH The man who was the stake president for the Butte Stake of the LDS Church and a Dillon businessman has now pleaded guilty for using the Internet to solicit sex from an Idaho police officer posing as a 14- year-old girl. Clayton Hildreth, 51, of Dillon, will be sen tenced Jan. 24 in U.S. District Court in Boise, Idaho. Hildreth pleaded guilty to interstate travel with intent to have sex with a minor. As part of the plea deal, Hildreth agreed to forfeit his 2000 Dodge pickup and his computer system, and he will be required to register as a sex offender. Hildreth sent more than a dozen electronic messages over a six-week period to a Boise of ficer who claimed to be a girl calling herself \boisejenni2008 court records said. Twice Hildreth sent sexually explicit images of himself from his office computer and eventu ally called to arrange to meet, documents said. On June 23, Hildreth drove to Boise and went to what he thought was the girl's home. Authori ties said Hildreth carried three condoms, a gift of lingerie and a digital camera. He was then arrested by Boise police. \The Internet is a wonderful tool, but like all tools it can be misused,\ U.S. Attorney Tom Moss said on Tuesday. \We will continue to work closely with law enforcement to protect our chil dren from those who prey on them.\ Art on a fence Heidi Hanscome, a McDonald's Restaurant employee in Dillon, recently completed a mural on the fence next to the restaurant. The art, featuring McDonald's characters, greets folks as they drive through to order. Heidi said the mural was fun to do and hopes McDonald's customers enjoy the whimsical artwork. John Barrows Photo Schweitzer continues statewide campaign By Elaine Spicer Democratic Montana Gubernatorial candidate Brian Schweitzer, visiting Dillon recently, noted he's 15 percent ahead in polls, but says, \polls don't win elections, people do.\ Schweitzer is on a whirlwind tour of the state, ex plaining his ideals to supporters, the undecided, and others. \I've been in all 56 counties and I've been listening to a lot of folks,\ he says. \Everyone I've talked to is unhappy with the way the state has been run. There are a lot of good ideas out there.\ Schweitzer points out that every one seems to genuinely like their legis lators, but when he asks how the legis lators are doing, they earn poor marks. \There are good people in Helena but they spend more time with taking sides, not in implementing progressive legislation,\ he remarks. \John Bohlinger and I send a mes sage that a Republican and a Demo crat can work together, we can bring people together.\ Citing their business experience, his own in running a ranch, and his run ning m a te's in owning a store, Schweitzer adds, \we bring small busi ness acumen to government. People all across Montana are concerned about the economy. They're also con cerned about the rising cost of health 'insurance.\ Schweitzer's plan is to pool indi viduals and small businesses to offer affordable health insurance options to those faced with the high cost of insur ance. He also believes in the right of Mon tanans to access inexpensive Canadian pharmaceuticals through their local pharmacists. Schweitzer notes he is an advocate of ethanol, the remains of which also provide a high quality animal feed, say ing, \if we can feed them here, we can pack them here.\ He also comments on the issue of higher education, saying, \higher edu cation is like capitalism, it works bet ter with competition. [The University of Montana] Western is creating a niche with their new block program. The leadership at Western understands that you have to create a niche to get an edge on your competition.\ He also Brian Schweitzer, Democratic candidate for Governor, stopped off in Dillonlast week as part of his campaign sweep across Montana. Elaine Spicer Photo 'is in support of the Montana Youth ChalleNGe Program, housed at the Uni versity of Montana-Western, saying it's a \good investment for Montana\ to give youths a \second opportunity\. GOP on the • \ • ■ .rv/-*- Y* ^ move... The Montana Lead ership. Express-¡iS'' making its way across ' the* state with GOP I tedders and hopéfulà;f including Lt. Goiter. 1 ’ Candidate ; Dave, Lewis and U.S. Sena- tor. Conrad Burns. Thk bitS'Stepped in DiUon Tùesday^ràght teùàkwiìhlocals and helpbwfd up'support, for the;coming elèe », tion...- less . ihan twof weeks away. • ' John Barrows Photo Land swap, accident are county priorities By Elaine Spicer Due to the recent property trade allowing Beaverhead County to take ownership of the former National Guard Armory, as of October 15, the county now owns a house located near the armory, said Commission Chair person Mike McGihley. The county will now take bids for the house and its garage, both separately and as a package. Both must be moved from the property by the successful bid der. County Attorney Marv McCann and his office assistant have worked to organize work taken on by Deputy County Attorney Wally Congdon, fol lowing a horse accident which has left Congdon in the hospital in intensive care. McCann has prioritized Congdon's projects so they may be addressed while Congdon is unable to complete the tasks. One such project is the finalization for the Sheriff's Of fice of a grievance process relating to a personnel issue. County Road Manager Richard Miller has been working to place signs in the Jeff Davis Road area to ensure motorists know where they can drive. Miller has been working with the Bu reau of Land Management, talking with property owner Mary White, and working on easements for the Drag ging Y cattle company, according tó McGinley, \on the theory of signing public accesses through private prop erty.\ I Commissioner McGinley has se cured members of the Anaconda Job Corps to perform work on the actual building of a restroom facility follow ing engineering of the sewer lines. The Jeremy Bullock Memorial Trust Fund and Atlantic Richfield Company have provided the specifications to Beaverhead County for the engineer ing of the facility. Miller also informed the commis- See COUNTY on page A-3 Clark Canyon still has low inflow rate By Elaine Spicer It appears that record low inflows are being seen this October at Clark Canyon Reservoir, though the lake el evation and storage level are higher now than last year at this time. Inflows are averaging 100 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 30 percent of average in the first ten days of the month. Last October's inflows aver aged 118 cfs, 36 percent of average--a record low at the time. Dennis Miotke of East Bench Irri gation said September inflows were measured at 5,623 Acre/feet (A/ft), averaging 94 cfs per day, which is 30 percent of average. September 2003 inflows measured 6,719 A/ft, and 113 cfs per day or 36 percent of average. At the end of September 2004, the reservoir was at an elevation of 5501.23, and storage of 24,729 A/ft. Last year at the same time, elevation was at 5494.81, with storage of 15,825 A/ft. The total gained in storage over September was 3,502 A/ft. Present elevation is 5502.23, with storage being marked at 26,343 A/ft— 21 percent of average. Released from the reservoir in September 2004 was 2,121 A/ft; Released in September 2003 was 2,077 A/ft. Presently, releases from the dam are at 28 cfs. T h e G r e a t D e b a t e ! 7 p.m. Thursday • Oct. 21 • Old Depot Theater MIKE KLAKKEN (I) v. 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