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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1951
Page
4
A Wednesday meeting of the 4 H Builders project committee at the city council rooms approved prizes for top fundraisers from Angus share sales donated by Bill and Ed Gleed. Prizes total 15 10 and 5 dollars for first second and third.
State Fish and Game officials report 65 violators paid a total of 1 725 dollars in July. Each offender paid at least 25 dollars for infringements including overfishing, lacking a class A license, or fishing in closed waters.
State Superintendent Mary M. Condon says office rulings end free market access to steel and other key materials, preventing any new school construction that relies on free markets from starting after October 1. This affects current and future school college and library building programs.
Harold Cooper a regional range specialist for the Soil Conservation Service spoke in Dillon to the Vet on the Farm class. He urged ranchers to identify 10 to 20 key grasses on their range and explained how grazing pressure and reserve forage influence range condition and winter feeding decisions.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics places Montana wool production at 15.85 million pounds, about 1.816 million more than 1950. Shorn from 1.634 million sheep this year, up from 1.493 million in 1950, the clip averaged 9.7 pounds per sheep.
Donald Frost, who confessed to killing 8-year-old Stephen Jones who vanished July 10, 1950, has a second continuance of arraignment with a new date set for August 27. Frost admitted to the slaying earlier this month in Billings.
Delegates were chosen to attend the State 4-H Club Congress in Bozeman August 27 to 31 following elimination contests and dress revue at Bagley Auditorium. Winners include Homer Simpson Riverside Rustlers beef and Baxter Brown Ronald Jensen from Armstead for sheep and swine respectively. Blue and red ribbon winners were named in foods clothing and home living with extensive demonstrations and a fashion show themed Around the Clock.
Montana highway patrol supervisor E H England will explain the modern motor vehicle safety responsibility law on statewide radio August 29 from Helena. The talks, first before Oct 1, inform the public about requirements penalties and benefits of the new law with a second broadcast planned for September 26 1951.
Lewistown Montana Kiwanis district elected H M Doolen of Billings as president and named Bozeman the 1952 convention site. The Yellowstone club of Billings earned a plaque for top club rating in late 1950 and Missoula Kiwanis won a similar award for early 1951.
Hungry Horse Dam on the Flathead river reports 2500 men employed this month on the south fork. Last August total workforce was 2400, with employment expected to stay high through most of September.
Montana's population reached 591,024 in the 1950 census, up 5.6 percent from 1940. Great Falls is the largest city at 39,214, followed by Butte at 33,251 and Billings at 31,834. Yellowstone County tops counties with 55,875. Cascade 53,027. Silver Bow 48,422. Lewistown shows 6,573 for twelfth among cities.
The state board of health offers laboratory help to diagnose malaria in Montana as a response to nationwide warnings about cases brought by returning Korean War veterans. Dr. Kenneth E. Markuson notes malaria is rare in Montana and few physicians have seen it.
Isabella Hartwig has been appointed clerk to the county clerk and recorder for Beaverhead County to succeed Mrs. Josephine S. Neal. The appointment is effective September 15.
Missoula reports Region One chief L M Stewart says airborne crews have logged 377 jumps aiding the forest service. They extinguished at least 16 fires early and then tackled larger blazes where initial action did not stop the fire. Visitors from Los Angeles called on the Casterlines in Missoula.
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