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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1925
Page
1
Special musical program planned in Dillon churches and Sunday schools. Churches and Sunday schools will host services and activities to mark Easter with music and communal observances.
The week features 7:00 a.m. Holy Thursday Good Friday and Holy Saturday services with 7:30 p.m. evening rites on Thursday and Friday. Good Friday services at 3:00 p.m. Easter Sunday masses at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. Confessions daily and Saturday 2–6 p.m. Vidi Aquam and Mass in G. Metzel with offertory Regina Costi and recessional Christ the Lord Is Risen Today. Soloists and instrumentalists named.
The Presbyterian service features Prelude and hymn Jesus Christ is Risen Today with invocation and anthem Hallelujah Christ is Riseney. Offering by Miss Myers soprano Open the Gates Knapp Violin obbligato Wayne Roberts scripture reading prayer and anthem Victory Monfort sermon The Credibility of the Resurrection hymn The Day of Resurrection Swart benediction and postlude.
Beaverhead county high school prepares a strong track squad under Coach Gunderson with nearly thirty athletes training. The Beavers expect to send representatives to the state interscholastic meet in Missoula in May and aim to challenge any entrant. A class track meet is set for April 25 with stars spread across four classes. Notable tryouts include A Henneberry Jack Yale Metzel B Gordon Doak OConnor C Anderson Hunsaker Kerr Wemple Watt Forsgren Wright R G Smith Yost Innes Hansen Meeds Light Brenner McLocklin Roger Cosgrove Richard Cosgrove Coiner O Anderson EH Sorengen H Soper T Soper and others.
Dennis Brennan age 66 died Tuesday morning at the county poor farm where he had been an inmate. He had lived in the county for years and worked on sheep ranches. No relatives were found. The Catholic funeral was held Wednesday morning with Rev. Father Leschner presiding. Interment followed at Mountain View Cemetery.
Auctioneer Smith will conduct a sale at the old Steve Davis place four miles north of Dillon on Saturday April 11. William Brown offers nine head of horses eighteen head of cattle household furniture and farm machinery. Marshall Field will act as clerk.
A group of Dillon instructors departed for Spokane to attend the Inland Empire Education association convention on April 8 9 and 10. Included are May T Hayden Elizabeth Shotwell Angeline Smith Bernice Bailey and Linden McCullough who will speak on education and participate in the program.
Roscoe Cornell wins reelection as mayor of Dillon by 275 votes over independent T B Luebben in a four ward tally of 448 to 173. L F Molleur edges A Carnutt for alderman in ward two by 80 votes. Unopposed treasurer J B Mayfield and police magistrate L P Phillips receive strong complimentary votes amid a high turnout of 621 ballots.
Four Rotary club members spoke at the weekly luncheon in the Andrus hotel dining room presided by T. E. Luebben. Tom Gilbert outlined a lawyer's code of ethics with illustrations. Father F. Leschner described gospel ministry. A T Peterson discussed school executive duties and aims. Dr R D Curry described the dentist's work. Monroe announced an upcoming board election and urged attendance. Joe Wedum attended as a guest. Charles Meine served as luncheon chairman.
The Public Service Commission of Montana filed its final report on the East Bench irrigation project in Project No 8. It plans dams on Grasshopper Creek and Red Rock River at the lakes to store water and convey it via Beaverhead River and ditch to land east of Dillon. The Grasshopper Creek dam is deemed workable and about 11 000 acres could be cultivated at $48 per acre.
Notices indicate John A. Peat estate land in Slader and Grandview additions, Lima, sold to Helen Burlingame pending court confirmation. Annie BE. Nelson seeks letters of administration for Dennis Brennan estate. Major trial set for Livestock Co. water rights case on Medicine Lodge Creek. county records refiling completed. local arrests and jail terms reported. muskrat and mink trapping season clarified with license requirements.
A special meeting of the Beav erhead Sportamens Association will be held Thursday evening at 7 80 at the office of the Union Electric Co. The meeting will be short and all are urged to attend.
The senior class selects The Admirable Crichton as the class play for spring. Elwyn Metzel plays Crichhton the English butler in love with Lady Mary, portrayed by Margaret Roe. Mrs. Josephine Con Verse and J. Gundersoz direct the production with April 24 performance.
The Montana state treasurer distributed 818 214 63 to 157 872 school age children from the public school income fund. The per capita allowance was 5 182 77 dollars and the funds go to counties by a superintendent report with Silver Bow Cascade and Yellowstone as top beneficiaries.
In Beaverhead county the winter beef supply is sold with prices from six and a half to eight and a quarter cents a pound. About 8,000 steers and 6,000 fat cows were fed for market, with Miller Development Company supplying the most cattle. Steers averaged 7.5 cents per pound, roughly $93 per head, totaling about $744,000 to cattlemen. cows sold near $40 per head, pushing Beaverhead beef toward the million dollar mark.
J. H. Gilbert and Hiram Brundage were elected trustees of District No. 10 which includes the Norman college training school at last Saturday’s election. A total of 131 votes were cast with Gilbert receiving 109, Brundage 92, A. L. Stone 40, and 20 scattering votes.
Rex Ingram’s Scaramouche starring Alice Terry Lewis Stone and Ramon Novarro previews for a Hartwig Theatre run next Wednesday and Thursday. Ad reports from major cities call it one of the greatest screen pictures, set in the French Revolution with a young noble siding with the people. Willis Goldbeck adapted the story with John F. Seitz on photography.
Gleed's pool hall on Montana Street was broken into last Saturday night for the second time in recent months. The owner, Henry Gleed Jr., had emptied the register into the safe, leaving only a few pennies. Entry was gained through a rear door. the safe remained untouched. Authorities are investigating and believe they will soon identify the criminals.
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