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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1941
Page
2
The 1940 WPA recreation report shows 62 126 people engaged in programs across 124 communities. Facilities included 172 athletic fields 152 playgrounds 85 tennis courts 23 pools and 85 wading pools. Eighteen new programs started 28 agencies assisted.
A Farm Electrification Bureau article explains that proper wiring, sizing of service entrances, sufficient circuits, and expertly planned outlets ensure safe economical and dependable electricity for farm homes. It urges planning for present and future needs and recommends consulting multiple electrical contractors for estimates.
Montana State University will offer a civil service training course during the summer session from June 16 to August 15. Associate professor Brenda Wilson says the class prepares teachers and graduates for government job tests, aiming to equip applicants with necessary test skills. The course, once held two years ago, led to many requests for its return.
In a Montreal Star dialogue, Simms questions saving by nightly household accounts with his wife. Grant responds that savings come from balancing early, noting it leaves too late to go anywhere.
E M Birely state director of selective service urges new soldiers to take only essentials to army induction stations. He says one suitcase suffices for clothing toiletries and personal items until outfit by the army. Do not bring bags boxes or loose articles to avoid inconvenience and extra costs for returning prohibited items.
Poultry sale ad from Inman Hatcheries Aberdeen South Dakota offers 100 chicks free with 100 bought including pullets males or unsexed. 30 day guarantee and strong vigorous chicks. Reserve yours.
Fragmentary OCR notes attribute a role to Pisistratus in Athens introducing a library or related public collection. The readable text is unclear on dates or extent, but signals a link between the tyrant and a public learning resource in ancient Athens.
Mrs. Francis Joseph Adams 73 longtime Great Falls resident died recently in New Haven Conn. Her body returned for burial beside family in Great Falls. She was widow of Dr. Adams pioneer physician who helped establish Great Falls hospital training school for nurses and served as a brigade surgeon in the Spanish American War.
Malcolm Gillis, 79, longtime Butte resident and civic figure, died after a prolonged illness. He came to Butte in 1889 and lived there ever since, with hundreds of friends attending his recent burial services.
Charles H. Carpp 88 a once noted Indian fighter and buffalo hunter and former mine operator died at his family home from old age infirmities. He prospected hunted buffalo in western states befriended Buffalo Bill and fought at Adobe Wall Texas before moving to Montana. He established a trading post near Fort Benton 1870 moved to Granite County in 1887 and operated the Carpp mine near Bald Mountain. Surviving are Ina Mae Carpp his wife and a son and daughter in law with two more relatives listed.
Samuel Palmer, longtime border district resident born in Missouri in 1867, died recently in Lethbridge after a life that included homesteading in St. Kilda Alberta and serving as the district’s second mail carrier. He moved to Milk River last year. John J. Fitzgibbon, 69, prominent in Hamilton business life, also died recently in Hamilton after illness following a paralytic stroke.
Automatic instruments embedded in the concrete of Boulder Dam monitor stresses and strains.
A wildcat drilled by R. G. Parrent about 24 miles NW of Sunburst in section 2-36-3W shows a 41 gravity high grade crude from a sand between Sunburst and Ellis horizons. Depth about 1900 feet with little gas pressure. surface extraction uses boiler. Not yet commercial but promising for deeper drilling or nearby wells. Nearest production is Border field seven miles NW on the Alberta Montana line.
Leonard Eliason, county extension agent, reports to Montana State College that dairy club work is favored by 4 H members in Flathead county and significantly improves the dairy stock quality in the county.
Montana county governments have reduced net indebtedness about 40 percent from 1938 levels, with 1938 debt less than half the 1933 amount. Dr. R R Renne of Montana State College notes continued gains in fiscal health in a circular on county expenditures produced with Montana Work Projects Administration support.
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