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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1926
Page
1
Local displays in Dillon’s stores promote Public Health Day on May 2 as part of national Better Homes Week. Committees urge home cultivation, books, music, and a child friendly space, with library visits encouraged and perennials suggested for lasting beauty.
County Clerk John Baker notes a surge of late claims against the county after board meetings. He asks all claimants to file on the Saturday before the first Monday of each month so payments can be processed without delay. The May session begins next Monday. all claims should be in by Saturday.
A defective roof flue started a fire that totally destroyed Leroy Gilbert’s two story frame ranch house about two miles east of Dillon. Mrs Gilbert and her young daughter were home but could not stop the blaze with limited firefighting. Loss set at about 2000 with part covered by insurance. Nearby flames also consumed a small poultry house owned by James Patrick on North Pacific street.
Beaverhead county officers moved toward nominations with John Baker seeking reelection as clerk and recorder on the Republican ticket Dan Mooney will run for sheriff and T E Gilbert pursues reelection as county attorney All three cited long records and the 91 day primary date law change as factors in the campaign timeline Other potential filings are anticipated in coming weeks
Beaverhead Post of the American Legion to hold Memorial Day exercises with Vorhees Paddock in charge and R. R. Price as assistant. Plans include services at the city and cemetery with Rev. Carl Knudsen to speak. A fund to cover 10 cent pool admissions for needy Boy Scouts was established, Scout master W D Ross in charge. Resolutions endorsed Harry M. Johnson of Anaconda for state commander.
The Beaverhead location Armstead is urged as the strongest Montana site for the Lewis and Clark memorial. A rotary club committee will present the claim to the state commission meeting Monday in Helena. The Beaverhead proposal is backed by the Dillon D A R Shakespeare club Wranglers club and others.
Judge Henry G. Rodgers sets the spring term calendar in Dillon. May 10 starts at 10:15 a.m. with Alf Ellingson on the docket and three criminal cases. the rest are civil suits. A 75 jurors panel was drawn and notified.
The Beaverhead Sportsmen's Association held its annual predatory bird and animal drive last Sunday. Scores were solid but not as high as in prior years. C. A. Blackways, state superintendent of fish hatcheries, attended with a Dillon angling party to scout a site for a proposed rearing pond near Armstead on the A. E. Scott ranch. Superintendent Jackways spoke at the Barshaw cafe banquet about hatchery operations and other sportsmen topics.
Beaverhead county veterans of the world war have been reinstated for nearly 40000 dollars worth of war risk insurance, according to B A Risley appointed to lead reinstatement work. Many applications are pending and the deadline is July 2. Vets who have not acted should contact Risley.
Dillon welcomes Beaverhead county girls for a two day vocational congress at Beaverhead County High School and county Federation of Women’s Clubs. Dr. Caroline McGill of Butte will address delegates Thursday at 8 PM in the high school auditorium. Public invited to attend the session and the Thursday evening entertainment by local girl students.
The Pearl I Smith spelling contest lists a 99 percent average for Wisdom lower grades winning $10 and a 97 percent average for Wisdom upper grades earning $5. Individual winners include John Woodworth Frank Torney Anna Lee Helming Jessie Hopkins Audrey Gross Dorothy Simmons Peter Rasmussen Ellen Rasmussen Dorothy Oliver Patrick Torney Edward Torney Walter Simmons Alice Pendergast Jessie Holman Eunice Tovey Danny Pendergast Edith Rasmussen William Rasmussen Della Woodworth Frank Anderson Victor Girogre Grace Priestley Myla Lovey Joe Woodworth Ernest Frey William Knudsen Hans Rasmussen Herbert Treece plus Riverside John Laden and Gosman Rita Birrer Dorothy Duck Adelaide Birrer.
The county grade schools track meet will be held next Saturday afternoon at the athletic field with participants from across the county. Beaverhead county high school sponsors the event. A separate triangular meet among Dillon Twin Bridges and Lima public schools will run at the same time and place with anticipated strong competition.
Helena April 23 The Montana Automobile Association outlines expected funding from the initiated gasoline measure for 1927 and beyond. Estimated revenue 25 million with 15 million federal aid. average county spend 720 thousand over 11 years for road work. Under current law counties would gain 172 thousand. Five counties hold 417 federal aid miles. 32 built, 353 remaining.
The Montana Public Service Commission ordered lower electric rates after a March hearing in Dillon. Union Electric must file a new tariff effective May 1, charging 10 cents per kilowatt hour for the first 25 kWh for residences and 10 cents per kWh for the first 100 kWh for hotels and stores, with rates decreasing as usage rises. The monthly minimum remains $1.50.
Over five hundred laborers arrive this week to start a 200000 dollar improvement program on the Oregon Short Line. 200 will work from Armstead and the rest from Dillon. A spur will be built four miles north of Dillon for housing in box cars. Work began and will continue indefinitely as rails are laid and ballasted between Dillon Barratts Apex Melrose and Reichle.
The Anglers club will hold a meeting at the city hall council chambers next Monday evening May 3 at 8 o clock. It seeks to select a site for a fish rearing pond and elect officers for the year. All interested are urged to attend.
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