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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1937
Page
3
Wisdom Montana November 30 Special reports on social life at the Armitage ranch and nearby homes. New house for H S Armitage and W A Armitage legacy events. Thanksgiving dinners, entertainments, and local travels feature numerous named residents and area households.
The Dillon Business and Professional Women's club executive committee met last night with President Elizabeth Winn presiding. They discussed a Christmas party and appointed Fern Schuyler Frances Sewell Alma Pyeatt and Berthana Koontz to organize the arrangements.
The article extols commercially prepared strained foods for babies and invalids. It notes modern methods provide varied flavors and textures, high vitamin content, and convenient storage in resealable glass jars, with physicians and dietitians recommending these products.
National parks of Montana remain closed as harsh winter weather grips Yellowstone and Glacier. Heavy snows and sleet driven winds strip foliage and leave icicles, while officials note autumn colors were unusually brilliant before the freeze.
Gov. Roy E. Ayers joins thousands promoting Christmas seal sales in Montana to fund the Anti-Tuberculosis association. Seals proceeds support varied statewide tuberculosis programs and related activities.
Montana railroads plan to petition for within state increases on intra state shipments of petroleum products and sugar. The move follows national I C C increases approved recently and mirrors broader rate requests within state borders.
Warden Theodore Bergstrom received permission from the State Board of Examiners to construct a new plate factory at the state prison in Deer Lodge. Current facilities prove inadequate and the project will cost about 15000 dollars with inmate labor. Groundbreaking is planned for this fall with construction starting early spring.
Wild creatures will lure a fast diminishing group of trappers who will contribute about 250 000 in the next four months. State Game Warden James A Weaver estimates licenses for approximately 500 trappers will be issued. The harvest includes muskrat mink fox coyotes wolves mountain lions lynx weasels skunks ferrets and bobcats. All trappers need licenses and shipments must bear official state permits.
The state board of examiners awarded certificates to 96 student nurses after recent exams and granted reciprocity licenses to 60 out of state trained nurses to work in Montana.
State officials will pay interest coupons totaling 77 470 on the 1933 Funding Bond issue. State Treasurer Ray N. Shannon made the sum available to Auditor John J. Holmes. To date 690 607 has been paid in interest. The issue of 4 237 000 has been reduced to 3 800 000.
Attorney General H. J. Freebourn ruled that all teachers receiving benefits must contribute five percent of monthly salary to the Montana Teachers Retirement Fund. Only retirees at age sixty on pension are exempt. A one dollar annual expense fee applies. Credits for service in other states are not granted.
The Montana Railroad Commission will file a formal protest to the nations railroads plan for a 15 per cent freight increase. A formal brief is on file with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington as the ICC reviews the request.
Production of butter increased 5 528 pounds to 901 661 pounds during October from a year earlier. Ice cream output grew 6 999 gallons to 82 343 and cheese production declined 17 236 pounds to 89 050.
Montana reports a statewide snow storm increases illness with influenza at 172 new cases and 68 chicken pox. Columbia Falls remains in influenza crisis with meetings barred. Bozeman adds 30 chickenpox and Great Falls 13 whooping cough. Glacier county records 22 measles and 32 scarlet fever. total smallpox 17.
Governor Ayers refused extradition papers for Louis Robinwitz after he was accused of defrauding a Sublimity clergyman. Robinwitz had been acquitted in a similar case at Great Falls due to lack of identification.
The compressor and equipment were moved to begin development on the Shaffer property at French Creek under Henry and Ernest Shaffer. The Golden Leaf mill at Bannack will start operations December 1. George Gosman and Elza Patrick plan extensive development on Blue Moon in Montana. Golden Gate mine south of Ermont drifts west at 180 feet. Hartman and associates report good ore drifting Ferdinand north of shaft. John Hand shipped a second car of ore from Midnight. W. J. Corbett shipped a second car of ore from Charter Oak in Blue Wing district.
Jackson fluently records Thanksgiving gatherings and family dinners across Jackson Wisdom and Dillon. Families such as the Petersons Rasmussen Clemon Nelson and Neidt share meals and anniversaries while a large funeral procession for Nels Nelson draws Big Hole relatives to Deer Lodge. Thelma Nelson was hospitalized in Dillon with peritonitis.
The Railroad and Public Service Commission requires all trucks buses and taxis operating under certificates of necessity to display license plates with the certificate number. Plates are manufactured at the Deer Lodge state factory and will be provided free. They must be affixed by January 1.
Feature on milk as a daily dietary staple and its value in home cooking. Emphasizes milk for growth, tissue repair, energy, and low cost. Includes a tried recipe for bread pudding with variations and serving ideas, plus home care rules for milk preservation.
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