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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1929
Page
8
Randolph Virginia, mining district oratorical champion, spoke on the Constitution before the Dillon Rotary club. His delivery earned unanimous praise and is expected to win state contest top honors in Great Falls on April 29.
Buick four door sedan from 1926 fully reconditioned with new Duco paint and balloon tires. Price $900. Demonstration by Montana Auto Supply Company, call 300.
Walter and Chris Rannemose, sheepherders for Berg Christiansen, were found not guilty of trespassing on the S. B. Howell ranch on Horse Prairie. The jury trial before Judge George Opp lasted the longest justice court case in years. Fourteen alleged Hobos were fined 20 dollars each for stealing a ride on an Oregon Short Line freight train, choosing jail over fine due to finances. BE H Wakeman, the line’s special agent, arrested them.
A baby clinic for infants and children up to five years will be held in Dillon next Tuesday afternoon April 23 from 2 to 4 o clock. Mrs Bertha Lamberton, county health nurse, will conduct the clinic. A pre school clinic will be announced for a later date.
The text analyzes a bridge hand with hearts and diamonds, detailing bids by Z Y B and A, then proposing play to set up a diamond trick and trump requirements. It concludes the hand is pretty and pliant for demonstration.
Marion Massachusetts Tabor Academy announced its honor list for spring cruises sending 33 boys in four groups to Guatemala Porto Rico Honduras and Mexico Markus Young of Weiser Idaho qualified for the Porto Rico trip He will sail from New York May 21 The program rewards scholarship and citizenship with a tropic cruise and cadet training on board Young the only boy from the far west to win this honor He is the son of Fern Scott Young and grandson of Mrs Laura Tolman Scott of Armstead
Thelma Victoria Hand and Lars Kalsta were wed at Esther Hall Ogden at six this morning. Sister and brother Nette Hand and Iston Kalsta attended. Rev. Lester P. Eagan officiated with Grace Matthews singing solo numbers. The couple plan a home in Reichle Montana after May first.
Miss Hyde comes to the Normal college after training and experience. She will teach education classes during the summer term beginning June 10. Miss Duboo has served as county superintendent for two terms across Iralia and Kalispell and will depart for a year of study and service.
The Montana Stockgrowers Association, formed in Miles City in 1885 by Eastern Montana and Montana Stockgrowers, with secretaries and presidents named, will convene in Butte on April 27. Ex-President Roosevelt was a member of the organization.
The West Wind arrives here next Friday powered by three Wright J-6 motors with a top speed of 150 mph and a cruising speed of 115 mph. Its 570 mile range suits its air service under Bergeson Motors Inc, local Ford dealers. O A Bergeson manages the garage and A W Hall from Seattle will lead the shop as foreman.
Mr. Loughran stated the overpass construction across railway tracks near Nissler will not be let at the April 26 highway commission meeting and will be deferred to a later date. The Melrose Nissler Road project will be built as a federal aid project.
A new project in Silver Bow County will match federal funds to replace a narrow twisting road. The new route climbs Moose Hill at a six percent grade, down from the current road’s twelve to fifteen percent grades.
Stamm of the cemetery committee announced the Legion will erect 10 government headstones on veterans graves at Mountain View cemetery. Dillon veterans donated 24 dollars to the Legion child welfare rehabilitation fund and to a fund for medals for students in the Citizens Military Training Camp at Missoula this summer.
Contracts call for two concrete bridges on a main Dillon route. One is a three-span 66-foot T-beam bridge across Frying Pan Creek, the other an eight single-span 29-foot T-beam bridge. Funds to be allocated for the Dillon project.
Dozens are scattered along the route of the new highway. Brush and trees have been cleared away from the path and grading has commenced in the vicinity of Van Camp's bridge.
Lodge and Whitehall schools will compete in a triangular meet with about twenty contestants from each school. The annual county grade schools meet runs May 3 and 4, likely the largest entry since 1926. Most track events occur Saturday while educational contests begin Friday.
The college drama class presented a Children’s Theatre premiere directed by Mrs Mary K Sands with student production members assisting. Sponsored by the Dillon Parent Teachers association, the Saturday show featured L A Gregory training school orchestra performing several selections and a cast led by Alice Lillie and Savion.
Dorothy Langdorf and Dorothy Smith present the second play The Bubble Ped dler. Shot guns lanterns and blank shells for the lambing camp at Hughes and McCaleb's. Paint for lambing at Hughes and McCaleb's. Get your eyes right with Dr H H Scarborough at Andrug hotel on April 23 and 24.
A fragmented article credits American scientists with recovering King George. The text is garbled, but references a medical context and a discovery linked to the king. Further details are unreadable due to OCR corruption.
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