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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1933
Page
4
Beaverhead residents toast the return of 3.2 percent beer after a 13 year legal hold. Dillonites sample the new brew and approve the licenses as the Oregon Short Line train brings a wave of outsiders to town for the debut.
Dillon Lodge No. 1654 B P O Ey installed officers for the new term at the Odd Fellows hall. Exalted ruler E W Johnson succeeds J Leonard Innes. others include Francis Gelhaus as leading knight, W B Barry loyal knight, Lee Hoerning lecturing knight, E L Wheat secretary, W C Orr treasurer, B W Emerick trustee, Homer Faust tiler, Matt Kay esquire, Harry Banka guard, Ott Gordon chaplain, Melvyn Smith organist. Refreshments followed the meeting.
Members of Dillon camp Modern Woodmen of America traveled to Twin Bridges Saturday night for the initiation of a new class. The ceremony was led by Dillon officers including Evans Burrell Frank Lasich Clifton Carroll J Fred Kerr N C Calhoun N P Christian sen John Coppin Walter Stinson Louis Stahl Norman Nelson and William Angove with the local drill team aiding the event.
Dillmont park in Dillon announces its 1933 season opening Saturday night April 22. Owner James R. Jackson says special features will mark the opening and the Orange Crush Greater dance band will perform. Admission remains a dime per dance or three for a quarter with weekly Saturday dances and occasional mid week events. The pavilion has been renovated and is ready. Dancing runs 9:30 to 1.
Mrs. Harriet Tooley and Mrs. Sarah Waldorf departed Thursday for Lewistown and were escorted as far as Butte by A. F. Waldorf.
Otto Gosman, Lima resident and former county official, has opened a service station on the Sunshine trail, selling Lostening gas to attract motorists and tourists. The Beaverhead Federation of Women's Organizations plans its semiannual convention in Dillon next month hosted by the Shakespeare club with Miss Genevieve Albertson leading arrangements.
City council approved an ordinance regulating beer sales with license fees set at state levels. Retailers pay the same city license as their state fee, and any holder of a state license may obtain a city license. Fees due July 1. dealers get a grace period to assess the new industry. No changes to sale methods or other provisions from state beer law.
Beaverhead county commissioners met April 3 4 5 1933 in a regular session with all members present. They read approved the minutes of prior meetings and the county license board session from March 27 1933. Official bonds and depository securities were approved as filed.
Guy D. Combes vice-president of the First National Bank of Dillon spoke to the Beaverhead County High School Future Farmers of America about the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He explained its development and local operation, and compared credit agencies. A luncheon followed. The FFA stock judging team visited two ranches for state meet prep judging Rambouillet ducks Hampshire ewes at Morrison ranch and Jersey cows at Superior dairy. A supreme court remittit from Union Electric case against Lovell Livestock suspends the district court judgment and orders a new trial.
Beaverhead county Emergency Relief Board reports 9446.33 spent in March under W A Graeter. Employment reached 421 workers including 294 married and 127 single men, aiding 1220 people. Funds went to food 5043.72 clothing 1719.30 fuel 548.16 medicine 170.22 cash 520.55 printing 21.85 insurance 196.60 and misc 226.93. Red Cross flour 2225 pounds distributed. crews worked on highway projects in Wise River Lima Grant and other areas.
Guy D. Combes was the principal speaker at the Dillon Rotary Club dinner Monday, delivering an instructive talk on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and its operations. He explained the purpose of the corporation and its effect on national finance.
Sam Freeman of Beaverhead valley sold 17 head of Hereford bulls this past week signaling renewed confidence in the livestock market despite low prices. Bulls went to Will Garrison Frank Fidler Mike Rebich Joe Stefanic Leslie Standenmeyer Vineyard Ranch Julius Nelson and Jardine Rife. Freeman predicts higher cattle prices in the coming months.
The Beaverhead National Forest will host a Roosevelt era work camp under the Forest Restoration Bill. A press dispatch from Missoula announced the plan but provided no details on the principal camp location.
Widows pensions awarded to Mrs. Florence Gross Mrs. Addie Hodges Mrs. Lucille Hoyrup Mrs. Maud Hubbard Mrs. Agnes McGahan Mrs. Sarah Underwood Mrs. Tullia Mosely Mrs. Martha Pyeatt and Dillon residents. Old age pensions granted to D. B. Curtiss of Dillon. Continued on page.
The Beaverhead county high school debate team won a unanimous decision over the Butte high squad in a late Friday night debate at the Beaverhead high gym. The topic was Resolved that at least one half of state and local Montana revenue should come from sources other than.
A successful auction was held last Wednesday at Harold Murray's Stone Creek ranch. Ranchers paid strong prices for most livestock and implements, with Mr Murray noting the sale surpassed his expectations given current conditions. Luther Smith.
W. A. Colson, former Beaverhead county resident, is appointed state senator from Clark county Idaho and to the state highway commission. He succeeds the late E. K. Clark who died about a month ago. Colson resides at Argoria and was born near Dillon at the Sim Estes place.
Holy Week programs feature Easter music as Aul Dillon churches hold special services. Union services in Hartwig theatre begin yesterday noon with three meetings, the last tomorrow at noon. The Dillon Ministerial association sponsors the programs with city musical groups assisting. a union sunrise service is set for 6 am at the theatre.
President F A Thomson of the Montana School of Mines will send a geological survey party into the Bannack to Argenta area from June 15 to July 16 despite tight funds. Dr Eugene Perry reported the tract near the Ermont mine has economic potential warranting a survey. The Beaverhead Mining association supports cooperative, noncommercial exploration with broad local participation.
Four men identified as Ernest Cook Elmer Mangus Claude Vance and A A Mangus were jailed on robbery charges following arrests Friday by Undersheriff James A McCollum and Deputy W B Barry. Vance resisted but was captured. Mangus briefly fled through an alley near the Williamson house.
The Dillon Gun Club defeated the Butte Gun Club 73 to 66 in a telegraphic shoot led by Ted Renfro who shot a perfect 256. Emery Smith Ross W Emerick and Roy Forrester each broke 24 birds as Dillon posted a strong score in sunny but windy conditions.
Mrs. E. K. Miller of Butte the mining district Legion auxiliary president visited the Dillon chapter for its regular meeting Monday night A banquet at the L D B church honored the guest with vocal solos by Mrs. E E Hazel dances by Miss Georgia Metlen and a quartet performance Mrs Miller gave a brief address Continued on page 8.
John A. Schwarz, a well known Bannack mining man and native of Texas, died at Barrett hospital Saturday night after a long illness. He was 60 and had lived in Beaverhead county since 1915, with strong ties to local mining circles. He had no surviving relatives listed.
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