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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1942
Page
2
Northwestern National Life Insurance Co warns wartime frauds thriving as phony charities, fake services, and misleading policies surface. Editors urge scrutinizing donations and insurance terms, noting older standard policies often still cover military risks and can be a better bargain.
Unemployment compensation for the nine months ended March 31 totaled 1.308 million dollars, down 40 percent from 1941. Barclay Craighead of the Montana unemployment commission said weekly benefits peaked in February, with 6,500 claimants at the high point this year, compared with 11,000 last year.
The record mentions field seeds including alfalfa corn cane crested wheat grass and sweet clover from Lakin Seed Company Miles City Montana with free samples. It notes Carlsbad Cavern New Mexico bats hibernate around October 15 and migrate to feed at dusk by May 1 and their summer flights thrill observers. It also cites Phi Beta Kappa founded December 5 1776 as the oldest Greek letter fraternity in the United States.
Albert Strong aged 66 of Sun River died in a Great Falls hospital. Born October 23, 1875 in Vaughn, he worked on Sun River stock ranches, drove a Sun River to Great Falls stage, worked for the Great Falls Livery, led the Flowerree ranch as foreman for 17 years, and drove a Sun River-Simms school bus from 1930 until recently. He helped found the Montana Cowboys association and belonged to the A. O. U. W.
A playful domestic scene features Tommy asking about washing his face while a parent suggests powder as camouflage. The dialogue captures a lighter moment of family life with a child seeking ease and a caregiver offering a humorous solution.
Prices paid to Montana farmers on March 15 rose 3 points from February 15 and 34 points from March 15, 1941. The all group index stood at 129, with miscellaneous products up 11 points and fruit and chicken egg prices up 8 points each. Specific levels: wheat 96¢ a bushel, corn 72¢, oats 44¢, barley 57¢, rye 53¢, apples $1.10, beef cattle 9.80 per hundredweight, veal calves 11.50, sheep 7.30, lambs 10.20, hogs 12 per hundred.
The article notes that baby chicks consume the majority of produced cod liver oil and other vitamin bearing fish oils, reflecting industrial feeding practices.
Elmer Phillips state superintendent of hatcheries announces a major restocking effort for 1942. First plantings of four to six inch trout will come from Great Falls Hamilton and Big Timber units and be distributed to nearby streams and lakes. Fry will be planted midsummer. Aimed at rapid return, larger trout will be placed near big cities, helping fishing early in the season. The watershed distribution system, begun last year, is now complete and ready for use, saving thousands of miles of travel.
The Montana insurance department reported March collections of 283,061.43 in fees and taxes, well above March 1941. Principal income was 222,154.69 from premium tax. license fees reached 24,125 and agents licenses 23,895. Of the total, 221,063.43 went to the state general fund and 60,000 to the firemen's disability fund. Also noted: Trail Ridge road, linking Estes Park and Grand Lake, Colo., is the highest continuous auto road in the United States, 12,000 feet above sea level, open June to October.
A Pathfinder quote frames chaos as an elusive concept son asks about and father replies that chaos is something they are always bringing or destroying, hinting at human uncertainty and activity shaping disorder.
A Minneapolis bond firm reports Montana tax delinquencies fell from 15.98 percent in 1938 to 9.1 percent in 1941. Improvements are linked to moratoria and better business and agricultural conditions, with county variations noted among Carter with 31.3 percent and Mineral at 1.9 percent.
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