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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1939
Page
3
Public Administrator Mr F C McFadden faces costs deductible totaling $7.50 with $2.50 credited by Ac ry. The item notes a deduction and referenced amounts.
The June 19 1939 audit notes overdrafts of 5511.79 in the County High School fund and 1351.50 in the Lima High School fund. It cites an apparent $2.00 overpayment on Claim No 37803 and notes unpaid fines in County Case No 171. The report urges proper levies for sinking funds and records a neat general ledger since prior examination. It concludes bonds approved and funds verified by bank correspondence.
Miss Marie Boger and Clarence Holter were married recently in Las Vegas Nevada. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs F E Boger of Dillon. The bridegroom, a former Dillon resident, works at the Ermont mine and they will live in Dillon after a California honeymoon. Guests at a progressive dinner included Mr and Mrs W C Hardy and local residents. The Dillon Country club hosted a luncheon for ladies with bridge and golf as the afternoon’s diversions.
A Montana report shows 11 percent more tourists visiting state wonders in 1939, with 53 566 cars counted since June 11 and 9973 from U S customs at the Canadian border. Visitors include many headed for a world’s fair or national parks, spending nearly 30 million dollars. Farmers’ gross income rose to 9 22 million in 1938 from 10 35 million in 1937, with 1925 38 low at 5 56 billion in 1932. A new Montana Extension Service bulletin on irrigated pastures outlines benefits plans and mixtures, available free from county agents or the Extension Service.
The Wise River column chronicles visits by Judge and Mrs. John Lindsay to their summer home, shows guests from Dillon Manhattan Butte and elsewhere, and notes haying progress and a few mishaps. Local roads receive maintenance, hospital news mentions Dr. Stanchfield and nurse Miss Gill, and several residents share meals and bridge games amid summer life.
The farm population on January 1 1939 is estimated near the all time peak, totaling 32 059 000 persons. It rose from 31 819 000 in 1938 while the 1910 high was 32 077 000. From 1910 to 1927 a drop of about 2 million occurred, with a gain of about 2 million since 1927.
In 1938 the U S forest service delivered 55 359 728 seedling trees to farmers across 41 states plus Hawaii and Puerto Rico Heber Briggs of Idaho Falls visited his uncle and aunt in Dillon as a guest author unknown.
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