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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1932
Page
6
The 1929 wholesale trade report for Montana shows 1,249 wholesale establishments with over 168 million dollars in net sales. Food, petroleum, grain, machinery, automotive and farm supply sectors dominate, with 256 conventional wholesalers and 566 assemblers and country buyers among the classifications.
Henry Seifken of Grant attended to business matters in Dillon on Friday, handling local concerns and meetings with community officials.
George M. Robertson, state superintendent of banks, submitted his resignation and Governor Erickson appointed Frank H. Johnson of Helena as his successor. Robertson, returning from the East, said he wished to reply to an appointment offer from an eastern banking concern. Johnson, a 32 year Montana banker and former vice president of the First National Bank and Trust Co. of Helena, will take the post.
Mrs Eber Badcon and her sons James and William Fergus of Seattle are visiting Mrs Badcons parents Mr and Mrs W M Fergus at 415 Third Avenue North. Mr Badcon returned to the coast. Mrs Badcon, formerly Marian Fergus, has a decade in coastal newspaper work including the Seattle Daily Times and Seattle Post Intelligencer where she was assistant city editor. She attended the University of Montana and is now with a news service. She will stay several weeks before returning to Seattle.
Nettie McPhail of Drummond travels to visit Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Andrus in town this week.
Local residents hosted guests from Great Falls Alder and Helena while visiting kin in Dillon. A Beaverhead Madison county rodeo builds on the new grand stand with outside parking and live entertainment.
The event opens Saturday night with a firemen’s balloon dance at city hall to crown the queen by popular vote, while the Orange Crush orchestra plays. Sunday features trapshooting with $500 added money and appearances by Ted Renfro and Gus Becker. A free barbecue at the fair grounds, beef from Beaverhead prepared by James Elmose, and drinks accompany the rodeo starting at 1 pm. Madison county rider Harry Drackett leads as arena manager with many events daily including broncho busting, bulldogging, bareback rides, steer riding, and various races, plus clown acts and pony and pig races.
Community in Dillon and Beaverhead County mourns H I Gilbert longtime rancher and prominent pioneer. He died at Home Park after a heart attack following recent pneumonia and strenuous ranch duties. Funeral at Dillon Masonic hall with Rev H N Tragitt officiating. interment Mountain View cemetery. Survived by sisters Mrs LeKander and Mrs Gosman and five brothers including J H and Fred Gilbert.
Frank Eliel outlines European conditions noting prosperity in parts of France, busy Swiss cities, and widespread public health focus in Italy. He describes Vienna as destitute with the Ringstrasse crowded by the hungry, warns of grave unemployment from large armies, and cautions Germany’s tense economy.
The program included Eddie Exum performing Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal and The Trumpeter with Marian Wahl on piano. Next week's Rotary dinner moves to Tuesday due to Labor Day celebrations.
Idaho and large delegations from Butte Anaconda Deer Lodge and other points are expected to attend. The Silver Bow drum and bugle corps will be present. A parade banquet and dance will follow the business meeting to be held Saturday afternoon at 3 oclock.
The Grand American event saw Lewis Seaborn of Youngstown Ohio tie for third with 188x200. Renfro plans to return to Dillon for Labor Day weekend events and, with Gus Becker, will present an exhibition for spectators in addition to competing in the regular shoot.
Picnic turnout across the county remained high despite unsettled skies. The event drew large crowds and was praised as a pronounced success despite the ominous forecast.
A two day rodeo drew good size crowds at Medicine Lodge with notable rides highlighted. A dance at Grant Saturday night featured the Orange Crush band Dillon, while Sunday road travel was slippery but roads remained passable.
The memorial service for H D Mayfield 18 at his home was led by Rev J A Meeke. Interment followed at Mountain View cemetery with Apollo lodge I O O F and Rebekahs present. Surviving are his widow Mrs Ann Coe and three sisters Mrs Robel McCoy Mrs Joseph Steel and Mr Arthur Bell all of Fort Lupton Colorado.
A 19-year-old Armstead youth Bayerd drowned in Lovell’s lake near Dillon. The tragedy occurred about 15 miles south of Dillon with many locals aiding in rescue efforts. Funeral held Friday afternoon at Armstead schoolhouse, officiated by Rev. J A Meeke, interment in Armstead cemetery.
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