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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1939
Page
7
State Treasurer Ray N Shannon reports Montana's cash balance August 1 at 10 123 803 up from 7 495 762 a year earlier. July receipts totaled 5 689 237 with disbursements at 4 691 041 and the report notes tax and other data for the state finances.
Measles dropped to a yearly low last week with 12 new cases reported to the State board of health. A few months earlier more than 200 cases a week occurred during the epidemic, and officials say the illness typically reaches a low point at this season.
Attorney General H. J. Freebourne rules an order creating a horse herd district takes effect 30 days after issuance with notice publication permissible at any time after the order. The opinion was prepared for John M. Comfort, Madison County attorney.
The state fish and game commission approved spending 850 to repair the Lewistown hatchery. The decision was made by the board during last week’s meeting in Billings.
John W. Schofield state superintendent of fisheries and hatcheries will tour Washington California Idaho Utah and Oregon inspecting hatcheries to gain information for Montana's system. The state fish and game commission approved sending him on the trip.
State employment records show Montana could muster 556 machinists and mechanics with aircraft experience in a national emergency. Many of the men can fly planes in addition to repairing them.
The Milwaukee railroad asks the state railroad and public service commission for permission to run a passenger bus line looping from Three Forks to Morrison Cave Virginia City Gallatin Gateway Norris Anceney and Bozeman Hot Springs back to Three Forks via Bozeman. The petition was considered after a public hearing.
Montana saw an 11 percent increase in tourists last week from a year earlier as 61,145 out of state cars entered via ports of entry, up from 54,662. Glacier National Park traffic drove much of the rise, with California, Washington, Minnesota, Illinois and North Dakota leading in visitor counts.
The state board of equalization collected 665 785 in July. Five cent per gallon gasoline tax on highways contributed 576 138 of the total. Other receipts include oil production 22 401 coal production 18 995 corporation licenses 12 009 natural gas production 11 957 electricity licenses 9 248 cement production 5 897 and income taxes 4 876.
President Roosevelt signs the bill creating a term of federal court to be held at Kalispell with accommodations provided at no cost to the government. The measure also provides court rooms at Livingston Havre and Lewistown to be furnished without expense to the government.
Montana Mining association wraps up and East Helena plant manager John D. MacKenzie retires to run El Paso and Hayden smelters with successor R. D. Bradford after a two day convention in Bozeman.Washington backs a special law for Martha Austin to receive a homestead patent despite marriage.
Guests at the North Montana fair view a life like mine drift exhibit complete with drills tracks water and air lines. Ore samples sit at the mouth of the tunnel as observers learn how a mine operates without going underground.
The Farm Security Administration announced a 38 million dollar loan program under the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act for 1939 40. Some 7 068 tenants sharecroppers and laborers are expected to buy land in 1 300 counties. Montana receives 148 407 for 16 farmers at about 9 000 each.
Frank Davis 28 and his bride Adeline Anderson of Great Falls were married in Roundup and injured in a chai vari when Davis rolled his bride in a wheelbarrow down Main Street. He fell unconscious after his bride was knocked out as she fell from the barrow. Dr. S A Crouse treated Mrs Davis for minor injuries.
A select group of Montana pioneers who entered the state before 1869 will meet in Butte August 17 to 19, with about 400 descendants expected. Will Cave of Hamilton will lead the Montana Pioneers Society, which has held annual meetings since 1884 in Helena.
The U S travel bureau reports Montana welcomed tourists in 1938 who averaged 67.54 dollars per resident. Montana’s tourist total reached 36,405,248 dollars, about eight million more than the highway department predicted. Transportation accounted for 58 percent, recreation 22 percent, and food and lodging 20 percent of spending. Montanans, Inc. foresees a 40 million dollar season, likely boosting highway fund revenue from gasoline taxes.
Nine Montana legislators send letters to fellow lawmakers urging Gov. Ayers to convene a special assembly under the fair trade practices act. The aim is to obtain appropriation for relief. In Lewistown the 1939 Montana Typographical convention meets August 19–20 with delegates urged to report on union and labor conditions.
Atty Gen Harrison J Freebourn rules that bonds of closed school districts cannot be collected when the district land has been sold and tax deeds issued. Land Commissioner Nanita Sherlock sought the formal opinion from the office in Helena.
Articles of incorporation for a million-dollar prison construction company were filed with Secretary of State Sam W. Mitchell. The firm with a Texas home office is licensed to build jails and prisons in Montana.
Helena U P reports the Montana Supreme Court heard a challenge to a county injunction that barred cash prizes in theaters under Bank Night. County Attorney Edward Dusault argued the practice violated state lottery laws and appealed the Missoula County ruling.
The 1939 Montana wool crop is estimated at 26.6 million pounds, about one million more than 1938 and below the 10 year average. The federal Agricultural Marketing Service notes better prices this year than last.
Secretary Henry O. Weare announced the 54th annual Montana State Press convention in Helena from August 24 to 26. The event will focus mainly on publishing problems and related industry issues.
Park rangers trapped a mother bear and three cubs along a Yellowstone Park highway and moved them 30 miles away. The next morning the bears returned to the same spot, blocking cars and causing traffic chaos again.
Havre city council approves an ordinance banning saloons and beer halls from selling liquor to habitual drunkards in an effort to curb chronic intoxication.
Fragmentary text references a weekly agricultural section in a county examiner publication. The readable bits hint at local farming topics and community updates, but concrete names, dates, or events are not evident in the fragment.
The world’s largest air conditioned big top brings Gargantua the Great and a European imports lineup to Butte on Saturday August 19 with 2:15 and 8:15 pm shows. Terrell Jacobs leads 50 wild animals, 2000 performers and animals, including the Flying Concellos and Riding Cristianis in a lavish arena spectacle.
The Montana attorney general ruled that a federal felony conviction does not strip citizenship or voting rights under the state constitution. The opinion, requested by Mineral County’s attorney, states James Hiller, a county commissioner, remains eligible to vote and hold office despite a 1929 violation of the national prohibition act.
The Aug 13 1939 Christian Science weekly lesson sermon highlighted the golden text The Lord is my portion saith my soul therefore will I hope in him. Bible citations include Enoch translated by faith and Heb 11 5 6. Eddy text stresses walking with God beyond material senses.
Montana's Burton K Wheeler, longtime Senate Agriculture Committee member and chair of the Interstate Commerce Committee, is credited with pushing major farm and transportation legislation. He sponsored the crop insurance amendment aiding 18 000 Montana farmers and advocated funds for grasshopper control reclamation farm roads and dam projects while eyeing new cost of production and farm debt bills.
Miss H E Cushman warns poultry handlers to apply lice killing paint half an hour before roosting to use fumes effectively. Sodium fluoride should be distributed in specific feather areas to combat lice. Wheat farmers benefited from the 1938 AAA loans totaling over 49 million dollars from nearly 86 million bushels. Chouteau county 4 H team Agnes DeBruin Betty Johnson led by Mrs Carl DeBruin excelled at the World Poultry Congress in Cleveland. Americans drank 80 million gallons of canned fruit juice and over 50 million gallons of tomato juice in 1937 38. Registered alfalfa growers must file yield affidavits and comply with seal requirements before seed leaves possession.
In the Helena district near the Bald Butte mine, six cows disappeared and were later found with brands removed. The sheriff linked the deaths to a mine operator who killed them by poisoning water with cyanide, buried the carcasses, and then settled with the owners.
Montana liquor and beer system earned 1,592,177.38 in the first seven months, a gain of 9,506.10 over the same period in 1938 despite lower sales. The liquor department netted 1,194,431.80 and beer 397,745.58 with liquor licenses 298,640 and excise tax 243,922.95 contributing to profits.
Mrs. Lona Farhin visits Dillon to see brothers L. M. Holloran and Lawrence Holloran. She travels with Mrs. Lawrence Holloran Miss Margaret Holloran and Bernard Holloran who were visiting in New Hampshire.
Foundation stock is needed for greatest profit with all livestock. Butter consumption in April was seven percent higher than a year earlier. Rain patterns are unpredictable, so flood irrigation systems and stock water reservoirs remain prudent investments.
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