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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1933
Page
1
Beaverhead residents toasted the first 3.2 percent beer after 13 years of legal storage and unanimously approved licenses for new county dealers. A crowded Dillon depot scene drew locals and travelers as an Oregon Short Line train arrived with anticipation.
Dillon Lodge No. 1554 B P O E installed officers at Odd Fellows hall last night. E W Johnson became exalted ruler, with Francis Gelhaus Leroy Lee Hoerning HE L Wheat W C Orr B W Emerick Homer Faust Matt Kat Harry Banks Ott Gordon and Melvyn Smith among those taking new terms. Refreshments followed and plans were made for a dance at Armstead next Saturday night.
Members of Dillon camp Modern Woodmen of America traveled to Twin Bridges Saturday night for the initiation of a class into the Twin Bridges camp. The Dillon officers conducting the initiation included Evans Burrell, Frank Lasich, Clifford Carroll, J. Fred Kerr, N. C. Calhoun, N. P. Christian sen, John Coppin, Walter Stingon, Louis Stahl, Norman Nelson and William Angove, with the Dillon drill team assisting. Additional trip participants included Ivan Speddin, George Christiansen, Glen Stinson, Raymond Megquire, George Kurtz, Harold and several others.
Dillmont park in Dillon begins its 1933 season with Saturday night dances on April 22 under owner James R. Jackson. The Orange Crush "Gerater" band is set for the opening, with no admission and tickets at a dime per dance or three for a quarter. The pavilion is renovated and hours are 9:30 to 1. Manager Jackson will rotate Dillon's leading orchestras throughout the summer.
Mrs Harriet Tooley and Mrs Sarah Waldorf departed Thursday for Lewistown and were joined to Butte by A F Waldorf, who accompanied them part of the way.
Otto Gosman opens Lima service station on the Sunshine trail expected to draw motorists and tourists. The Beaverhead Federation of Women's Organizations will hold its semi annual convention in Dillon next month with the Shakespeare club as hostess. Genevieve Albertson leads planning and a committee will arrange the program.
City council meeting last Wednesday approved an ordinance regulating beer sales with license fees aligned to state rates. Retailers with state licenses will pay a corresponding city fee, due July 1. Dealers may begin operations for a grace period to gauge the industry. No changes to sale methods or other provisions were added.
Minutes of Beaverhead County Commissioners regular April meeting record approval of prior minutes and licenses. The board notes official bonds held by the treasurer and clerk and approves depository securities as part of the April 3 4 5, 1933 session.
Guy D. Combes vice president of First National Bank of Dillon spoke to Beaverhead county high school Future Farmers of America on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation outlining its development and local methods. A lunch followed. The FFA stock judging team visited Rambouillet ducks Hampshire ewes and Jersey cows as they prepare for the state meet in Bozeman later this month. A supreme court remittitur in the Union Electric case against Lovell Livestock remands for a new trial.
Beaverhead county Emergency Relief board reports $9,446.33 spent in March under W. A. Graeter. The aid supported 1,220 people with food, clothing, fuel, medicine, cash, and misc services. 294 married and 127 single men found work. 2,225 pounds of Red Cross flour distributed.
Guy D. Combes was the principal speaker at the Dillon Rotary Club dinner. He discussed the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and its operations, explaining the corporation’s purpose and its effect on national finance.
Sam Freeman of Beaverhead valley ranch sold 17 head of Hereford bulls this past week signaling rising optimism in the livestock industry despite a low market. Bulls were bought by Will Garrison Frank Fidler Mike Rebich Joe Stefanic Leslie Staudenmeyer Vineyard Ranch Julius Nelson and Jardine Rife. Freeman predicts higher cattle prices in coming months.
Beaverhead National Forest will host a work camp under President Roosevelt's Reforestation Bill. A Missoula press dispatch announced the plan last night, but no location for the principal camp has been provided.
At a recent board meeting the county approved widow and old age pensions. Listed widows include Mrs Florence Gross Mrs Addie Hodges Mrs Lucille Hoyrup Mrs Maud Hubbard Mrs Tullia Mosely Mrs Agnes McGahan Mrs Sarah Underwood and Mrs Martha Pyeatt. Old Age Pensions amount to $186.00.
Beaverhead county high school debate team won a unanimous decision against Butte high at the high school gym last Friday night. The topic was Resolved that at least one half of all state and local revenue in Montana should be derived from sources other than.
The Harold Murray ranch on Stone Creek hosted an auction last Wednesday with ranchers bidding up strong prices for livestock and farm implements. Murray said, given current conditions, the sale surpassed his expectations.
W. A. Colson, longtime Beaverhead county man, has been named state senator from Clark county Idaho and a member of the state highway commission. He succeeds the late 8. K. Clark and resides at Argoria. Colson was born near Dillon and is a native of Beaverhead county.
Aul Dillon churches plan special Easter services with prominent Easter music. Union passion week events run at Hartwig theatre starting yesterday at noon, with three sessions and a union sunrise service at six. Local musical groups assist as Dillon Ministerial association sponsors the programs.
President F A Thomson plans a geological survey in the Bannack to Argenta area from June 15 to July 15 despite tight funds. Dr Eugene Perry reported economic potential and urged the Beaverhead Mining association to proceed, noting gold values and proximity to the Ermont mine. The Beaverhead group is nonprofit and cooperative, serving both amateur prospectors and mine owners.
Four men identified as Ernest Cook Elmer Mangus Claude Vance and A A Mangus were detained at the county jail as suspects in robbing Grant postoMea and store and Tex Kellner pool hall in Armatend. Undersheriff James A McCollum and Deputy W E Barry arrested them Friday afternoon. Vance and A A Mangus attempted to flee. Mangus escaped briefly before being recaptured.
The Dillon Gun club scored 73 to Butte Gun club’s 65 in a telegraphic shoot held Sunday amid bright sun and snow. Led by Ted Renfro with a perfect 26, Emery Smith, Ross W Emerick and Roy Forrester each posted 24s to boost Dillon’s standing as the season opens. Butte faced high winds and the overall performance was praised as creditable. Dillon seeks a repeat of last year’s Montana Standard telegraphic title amid a strong lineup of leading trapshooting artists.
Mrs. E. K. Miller of Butte, leader of the mining district Legion auxiliary, visited the Dillon chapter at its Monday meeting. A banquet at the L D 8 church honored her with vocal solos by Mrs. E. E. Hazel of Anaconda, dances by Miss Georgia Metlen, and the auxiliary quartet. Mrs. Miller spoke briefly.
John A. Schwarz a well known Bannack mining man died Saturday night at Barrett hospital after a long illness He was 60 native of Texas and had lived in Beaverhead county since 1916 He was widely known among mining circles
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