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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1931
Page
8
Butte reports a Ryan Fruit Company checker found a three foot baby python tangled in a banana stem during unloading from a New Orleans shipment. The snake, mistaken for a cord, struck the floor when released and was placed in a large glass jar by company staff.
A bold ad offers $1000 cash if testers find any impurity in Beverly printed silk sold at 58c a yard, boasting genuine silk at a fake bargain. It claims 32 inch wide washable material and urges customers to test thoroughly.
An old advertisement urges customers to buy fabric yardage for future use. It lists many color options Navy blue with small flowers Navy and white Black with colors White ground with color choices Tan with brown and orange Medium blue with design Red ground with bold patterns. The pitch emphasizes durability and a free silk thread spool with purchase.
Bozeman will host the Montana Stockgrowers Convention May 7 to 9 drawing about 1600 stockmen from across the state. The event, organized with help from the State College, will include live stock displays, educational sessions, a barbecue and meat cutting demonstration. Committee members include C. L. Aheeney, George Baxter, John Anderson, William Battleman, George Linton, Bert Armstrong, Basil Tindsley, Carey Quaintance, William Regen and Louis Vinke.
A chattel mortgage for 1,100,000 dollars to Woods Livestock Co of Spencer Idaho was filed in Virginia City by First National Bank of Chicago. County clerk Geo E Gohn says it is Madison county’s largest such mortgage. The company operates in Montana and Idaho with leases on Madison county range land. A prior 1,000,000 dollar loan to the same company was filed about a year ago. Security covers sheep cattle horses and swine owned by Woods Livestock.
Clara Kimball Young and Bryant Washburn reunite on screen for the first time in a long career in Kept Husbands, Radio Pictures production opening Friday at Hartwig theatre. Dorothy Mackaill, Joel McCrea, Mary Carr, and Ned Sparks also star in principal roles.
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness during our son and brother’s illness and death. Special thanks to those sending flowers and to Rev H N Tragitt Jr and the American Legion. also to Mr Joseph Poole Mr Frank Poole and Mr and Mrs C F Murphy.
A bygone cinema roundup notes Eddie Cantor authoring dialogue in Movietone’s feature and highlights “The Kiss” drawing demand for more. It discusses Louise Dresser rising in popularity beside Will Rogers in Lightnin and mentions Remote Control as a censorship claimant. East Lynne’s screen mob scenes swell the village population to 4000.
A brief comic quip echoes as two film characters react to a remark about Annabelle. One actress sighs for a man while another feigns shock, delivering a playful exchange in a lighthearted moment.
The article notes a potential shift as the Part Time Wife adapts to idle hours by seeking roles in films titled Other Women's Husbands, signaling a bold move into entertainment.
The Man Who Came Back is revealed to star Charles Farrell who has been transported by the magic of cinema from 7th Heaven with Janet Gaynor. Gaynor will next portray Merely Mary Ann in her upcoming project.
Redrock valley organization met with wide rancher attendance as Howard Morse outlined the Eat More Lamb club event set for Dillon on April 14. The meeting was moved from May 12 due to Beaverhead woolgrowers' lambing season, prompting broad participation.
A new service consolidates mail departures from early morning, with trains from the Oregon Short Line arriving in Butte nightly. Southbound trains, previously scheduled later, now depart earlier, reflecting two years of schedule changes.
Dillon residents had delayed daily mail after railroad schedule changes. The post office set up a new motor route so five trains' mail will arrive by 8 a m for box holders and by morning for carriers and rural routes.
Dillon High School contestants led by Argyle Stephens and Carl Hanson placed strongly at the stock judging event with 2114 points for the winner and 2090 for the locals. Teams from Deer Lodge Whitehall Cardwell Townsend and Manhattan competed. Deer Lodge won team title while Dillon finished second.
A detailed report lists Sunday morning events at multiple churches, featuring choirs, solos by Naomi Hildreth and Martha Featherly, and hymns such as The Strife Is O’er and Welcome Happy Morning. The Easter program includes a Bible drama Easter Eve ning, a sermon The New Creation, and a full liturgy ending with Benediction and a postlude.
Easter week services fill Altars, Baptist, Lutheran, LDS and Presbyterian churches with special observances. Readings, processions, choir and organ presentations. Holy Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday programs include Masses, confirmations, baptisms, and hymns led by local clergy and choirs.
The Montanomal staff led by editor Jane Herndon and sponsor Genevieve Albertson earned third place in a national contest. Fall term staff included Viola Lindberg Duane Taft and Bernadine Morris, with Albert Comer on men’s athletics and Dorothy Tirrell as business manager. Beaverhead county high school also won third in a Columbia university contest.
Butte post members and veterans highlighted the banquet with a roll call of past post commanders led by EH. L. Fairbanks. At the regular meeting a junior baseball league was organized for summer with James Whalen W D Ross and Harold Warner named to lead the effort. The Legion’s junior leagues are a major U S athletic activity with over 300 000 participants last year.
The post adopted a resolution thanking all who joined the Legion’s annual minstrel and vaudeville show. A sick call relief committee was named with J Jeppson Warren Suthe land and Dr F M Poindext. The post also backed state department efforts for Fort Harrison hospital improvements.
Tea served by society clubs for Barrette Hospital benefit attracted many attendees. The program featured the Dil on Choral Club led by W G Gilbert with vocal selections, a piano solo by Miss Marguerite Collings, Claudia Faust School dancing by Miss Jeanne Covall, and musical comedy routines by Miss Edytt Keniaon and Ebba Anderson.
William Pyle, who served one term and later lived in Canada and British Columbia before returning to the county in 1927, resided in Grasshopper valley and engaged in mining. He leaves a widow and daughter Mrs. Tom Walker of Beaumont Texas, two sisters Mrs Carl Knoll Polaris and Mrs Thomas Woods Lewistown, and two brothers Andy and George Polaris. Funeral services were held Monday at Saint James Episcopal Church with Rev. H Tragitt officiating. interment followed at Mountal View Cemetery.
Moh resigns as coach at the College of Montana State and the local high school track teams. Track activities will not be eliminated but will be curtailed, with two fraternity teams remaining.
The D A R intends to hold a state convention in Dillon next year. The site offers routes of the Lewis and Clark expedition and numerous historic landmarks. Nearby travel includes Bannack the first territorial capital of Montana and other notable spots within easy car travel.
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