22 Aug 1928
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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1928
Page
1
Republican and Democratic county central committees met in Dillon on Thursday night to map campaign plans, discuss local races, and coordinate messaging ahead of upcoming elections.
Four city districts prepare for a competitive floral display to win honors. Friday noon marks the opening of the exposition in the spacious show building packed with thousands of local flowers arranged for beauty.
Resolutions favoring purchasing an airport site to meet government requirements were adopted by the Dillon Rotary Club at a luncheon. W. B. Hartwig presented the airport committee report and outlined plans for a field that would place Dillon on the Great Falls to Salt Lake air mail line with backing from Senator Hazel baker, Captain W. S. Kenyon, and local members.
The show building hosts a two night Flower Show program with music, solo dances, scarf dance and a mixed double quartet. Pupils of Miss Georgia Metlen and Miss Georgia Mellon perform with Rainbow Girls and a male quartet featuring Dr. W H Stephan Dr E E Davis Lawrence Price and A T Peterson. Friday and Saturday evenings present varied acts and a Rainbow Girls contingent.
Republican and Democratic county central committees met in Dillon to plan for the next two years. Republicans chose E. D. Selway as chairman with Hazelbaker as state committeeman and Morse as vice chairman. Democrats named D. W. Paddock as leader but he could not serve due to civil service rules. A new chairman will be chosen by the executive committee.
Beaverhead county high school and Normal college training school announce openings on Tuesday September 4 with vacancies filled and renovations completed. A T Peterson and Charles Ienty head the high school and training school respectively while nearly all rural county schools also reopen September 4.
Beaverhead county fair in Dillon will run October 3 through 5 with at least five races daily including two harness events each day and a pace trot. Exhibitors may enter free of charge by submitting blanks. $300 purses for the harness races dominate the program along with running and pony events.
Two civil suits to foreclose mortgages were filed in Butte district court by the State Bank of Wisdom. One action targets W G Le Montgomery for 4003.20 principal and 240.84 interest from a note dated August 13 1925. The second suit seeks 2628.66 from H C Rutledge after a partial payment of 2035.66 on October 3 1925 with 693.10 interest due since November 6 1926.
One of Beaverhead county’s top small dairy herds will be auctioned on Saturday September 1 at C E Barnes dairy farm half mile west of Dillon. Registered Jerseys include 6 cows 2 bulls 4 calves while grade Jerseys total 7 cows and 6 heifers. Also to be sold are work mares wagon rack harness disc centrifugal pump and a De Laval cream separator. Sale starts at 1 o clock Col Luther B Smith acts as auctioneer.
The Beaverhead county area discusses establishing a Dillon airfield meeting requirements of the commerce department. Rotary luncheon speaker W Kenyon cited need for a larger better equipped landing field for the Great Falls to Salt Lake air mail route. Local business leaders and citizens express genuine intent to proceed with the airport project.
Holders of the sixteen low qualifying scores meet next Sunday at the Dillon Country club course to determine contestants in the championship and first flights of the annual tournament set for September 2 and 3. Sixty six entrants are listed. the sports committee is chaired by Bruce A Risley and T Hart.
Mrs. J. R. Hobbins of Butte chairs the Montana Sponsorship committee overseeing state youths in the second national radio audition. The Atwater Kent Foundation offers 17 500 in cash scholarships and 120 medals for winners. Local contests will lead to the Montana state audition broadcast in October with silver medals and advancement toward district and national auditions.
Montana public schools will begin enrollment for 120000 children from September 4 to 10. Of these, 20000 are high school pupils. Miss May Trumper, state superintendent of public instruction, reports 2500 one teacher schools 125 two teacher schools and 340 school systems in towns and cities. About 5800 teachers are employed.
Lambert Eliel became the first Dillon resident to fly the air mail on the Salt Lake to Butte route. Accompanied by pilot A. W. Stephenson, the former Dillon aviator, he called the trip wonderful. They left Salt Lake on time and made up an hour en route to Butte where he was greeted by his wife and her brother George Holling.
Five booths rise in the Bishop building on South Idaho for the second annual Dillon flower show. Thousands of blossoms showcase the city’s gardening talent with no admission. exhibits open Friday afternoon after a floral parade and run through late Saturday night with entertainment and judges at work.
Helena August 31 Improved road conditions in Montana lead to a rise in automobile numbers in the annual tax tabulation by the state board of equalization. Thirteen of sixty six counties show an increase of 2555 autos for taxation with the assessed rise totaling 246 672 dollars as equalization proceeds.
A parade of flowers will open Dillon's second annual flower show with children in a procession through the main streets. Prizes for best decorated juvenile vehicles include pony carts bicycles doll buggies baby buggies kiddie cars and toy autos. Prizes also for bathing beauties comic characters and impersonations of movie stars. Children assemble at city hall at 11 o clock Friday.
Montana distributes 94 356 to 56 counties from auto license plate receipts for June and July. The board orders warrants mailed to counties. Total license plate receipts since January 1 amount to 1 005 761. Larger counties receive varied sums such as Cascade 5 864 and Yellowstone 62.
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