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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1937
Page
3
Wisdom Montana August reports many visitors including Rev and Mrs Johnson from Jordan and family, Miss Helen Anson returning to Mayo Hospital Rochester, and guests from Logan Utah and Wisconsin. Ranchers finish haying with Harray first, crop about 50 percent. Local socials include bridge club delight and guests at several homes.
Miss Elaine Hunt and Miss Betty Hunt of Spokane vacation with relatives in Big Hole. Clarence Greenwood suffers a broken collar bone from a horse fall. Ralph Huntley helps injured man and another to Butte. Dinners host Fay Myrtle and Margaret at Mr and Mrs Walter White. Mrs Adah Hyatt meets sister Edith Jorgensen in Butte. Mrs Donald H Palmer and two daughters visit Ralph Jorgensen’s. Mr Eddie Van Houten returns to Wisdom to ready school for fall. Frank McDowell and son Sammy, C W Francis visit Dillon. Wis dom Library receives gifts from Doctor and Mrs Morrow Dillon Mrs Mary Shaw and Mrs Lee Hansen. Misses Jean and Shirley Clark of Butte visit Jack Miller. Miss Louise Givogre arrives from Chicago for vacation. formerly PT instructor there.
Los Angeles August 1937 prices for beef cattle and hogs rise to best levels since the late 1920s. Open competitive bidding at major stock yards keeps values visible to growers, with strong demand expected for fat cattle and hogs into fall. Intermountain grass cattle are poised to arrive in the next weeks, boosting receipts through October and November.
The article lists visiting relatives and travelers including Fern and Ruth Ogden of Great Falls staying with the Williamses, Mrs Doyle in Dillon from Centennial Valley, Mrs Judge and Esther en route from Centennial Valley to Missoula, Mrs Lasich and daughter from Twin Bridges, Mrs McFadyen called to Denver, and others returning from trips to California, Colorado, Utah and Yellowstone. It also notes property purchase by Joe D Mautz, visitors Hilda Williams and Margaret Spencer, Swartz and Swanstrum visiting, ladies club dinner at the Dillon Country Club, Lutheran Ladies Aid a meeting, Ernest Pewe returning from Minneapolis, and regional social activity plus guests Hoffland of Seattle and Mrs Brearley of Rockford NL.
Many visitors stop by the Big Hole area including Mrs Betty Nordstrom and Mrs Frank Spearman of St Paul Minnesota Rev and Mrs William Johnson and sons from Jordan Montana and Miss Dorothy Husted with Dave Hirsty from San Francisco Several local residents host guests at Dillon Madison County schools headliners and area families including Lenox Waldorf Farley and Nelson plus a Wisdom Legion dance draws Jackson district attendance and plans for September Indian braves visit.
Andy Pyle and Contact Charlie lease Blue Bird mine from Geo Cole. Dan Turner shipped from May Day. A rock discovery near Magpie Spring caused a mild stampede. Petrified wood in the area may resemble quartz. Tom Folkes and Louis Hoffman take Bannack property to start a large mill. some custom work planned. William Dunn Sr. camps five men at Watson Gulch for development. Hurley Leach and D W Erwin moved a small compressor on Badger Mine for testing ground with drill.
The Lesson Sermon in Christian Science Churches centers on Spirit as God and the believer’s relation to Him. It cites John 4 24 and 1 John 4 12 13 and includes Eddy's Science and Health assertion that material sense never helps mortals understand spirit and that true comprehension comes through spiritual sense.
Extension agronomist Ralph D. Mercer says weeds can help hold soil on Montana dry land this year due to recent drought. He warns fluffy surfaces risk wind erosion and suggests allowing weeds to grow while moisture improves. If conditions allow, a conventional clean fallow may resume, avoiding pulverized soil surfaces.
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