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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1929
Page
1
The Beaverhead county fair will host a Viglante Days carnival by the Dillon Volunteer fire department September 18 to 20. Nightly prizes include a $35 bridge lamp, a $75 silverware set, and a $300 motion picture camera, with dancing featured each evening.
Illon council okays a levy of 15 mills for the current fiscal year, a 14 mill increase over last year. The move keeps Dillon among Montana's lowest taxed municipalities despite the hike.
Dillon prepares for its third annual flower show August 23 and 24 at the High School Gym. Plans emphasize district booths with a separate children's exhibit, premium lists by Rev H N Tragitt, and many varieties of local blooms.
EE Carter longtime Dillon resident dies at home after six years of paralysis illness. A prominent Beaverhead County pioneer with many friends, his death comes as a great shock to the community.
Twenty Girl Scout members from the royal patrols camp at Elkhorn Springs Beaverhead resort for a week of hiking swimming and outdoor life. The outing is led by Mrs Lambert Eliel and Miss Dorothy Cloke with helpers Mrs Dysart Gowan and Miss Mary Shields.
A rear window at the Dillon Oil service station at Idaho and Glendale allowed a robber to steal 88 dollars from the cash register Monday night. Attendants failed to lower the window, enabling entry. no clues were left and police were investigating. A forger had nine checks stolen bearing the firm’s imprint.
The first tombstone tournament in Dillon is underway with thirty Dillon Country Club members opening rounds. Several strong scores posted by golfers believed dead sparked talk as matches continue this week with finals expected Friday at the country club course.
The Baverhead county commissioners fixed the present year levy at 34.75 mills and set next year’s levy 4.5 mills higher. General fund and road fund allocations rise, with specific increases across multiple funds. School District 11 gains 3 mills. Three special sessions were held to finalize budgets and levy decisions.
Toby Nord and his company of players bring a seven day run of new comedies with music and vaudeville to Dillon starting Monday. The company comes for their third Dillon visit, promising clean wholesome plays and a comfortable cushioned chair aboard. Opening night features The Country Boy with Toby Nord, and ladies enter free Monday with each paid adult for general seating.
Mr and Mrs Diggle Emerick returned home from a business trip visiting Cheyenne and other points in the eastern region.
Gakel Nelson headlines a local ranch event on the Northside County scene with community note abbreviations and brief updates.
A Dillon resident, Jack Porter, owns a copy of the Ulster County Gazette dated January 4, 1800, containing an account of George Washington's burial. The issue, bordered in black for mourning, includes late news from Europe dated October 19, 1799 and detailed messages from President John Adams. It notes early advertising styles and a poetic ad for Luther Andres and Company accepting farm commodities in payment.
Rangers of the Madison National forest will assemble at Wisdom to learn about the mountain pine beetle. Entomologist J. C. Evenden from Coeur d Alene Idaho explains the beetle infests timber lands by burrowing galleries under the bark and hatching grubs that girdle and kill the tree.
Beaverhead County Montana board of county commissioners met in Dillon for the regular monthly session on August 5 1929 at 9 00 A M Commissioners O C Gosman Martin C Jackson and A L Anderson with Acting Clerk Albert S Baker present The report by W J Bierrum was submitted and the session continued on page 2.
Beaverhead county publishes its premium list for the September fair with broad awards for all county products and manufactured articles. The wool pool sold for 83 1/4 cents, weighed about 70 000 pounds, purchased by L. W. Rand of Boston. some wool rejected, buyers now bid up to 30 cents for fine lots as growers hold for 35 cents. Premiums unchanged from last year in most divisions with livestock additions. fair runs September 18 to 20. Superintendents named for horses, beef cattle, sheep, wine, farm produce, dairy, culinary, and houseplants.
NACONDA Aug 7 Mrs Robert Hughes a pioneer matron famed for her Big Hole basin ranch and long cattle heritage died yesterday at 9 am at her son Warren Hughes home in Fish Trap. She and her husband kept cattle after open range era faded and were well known for hospitality to fishermen and hunters for 35 years near the ranch.
Funeral services set in Minneapolis for Mrs Mathew Edward Larry who died after a long illness at her home. She had resided in the city for several years. Surviving her husband and child, the obituary notes the death occurred at eleven o'clock last night with arrangements to be announced.
A caravan of twenty two Boy Scouts left Dillon for West Yellowstone and a Yellowstone park tour. Led by Scout Master George Farrell, two trucks carried scouts and gear, stopping at West Yellowstone, Old Faithful, Mammoth, and returning Saturday. Accompanying as chef and chauffeur was C. M. Hansen. scouts include Bill Ballard, Bill Bates, Waldron Boger, Fielding Graves Jr, Walter McGann, John McGann, Thomas Holtz, Jay Ditty and others.
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