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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1933
Page
2
The Dillon Examiner lists its second class mailing status and address handling details, noting entry date September 20 1902 in Dillon Montana and directing editorial and business correspondence.
The record lists 1933 county deaths by month with totals and causes. February tops with 10 deaths followed by May and August with eight each. The list names individuals such as Mrs. Charlotte Lyons and Leroy Dotty among many, with causes including pneumonia heart disease cancer and gunshot injuries, plus several auto and accidental deaths throughout the year.
Firemen announce two dances to be held as New Year Eve frolics with Baxter Tonney orchestra at city hall. Event begins midnight December 31 and runs until 4 am with free punch and favors. tickets 25 cents. Doors open 11:30 pm.
The article notes CCC camps in Beaverhead forest completing roads in 1933 including Elk horn Springs to Wise River. Dillon hosted many visitors, with Montana Elks convention in August and Masons celebrating fiftieth anniversary in October. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs held a spring district convention. Legionnaires met in September, Rotary active in inter community affairs, mining activity rising, and wool prices up while other stock prices stayed low. crops were generally good.
A digest of holiday visits and local events in Dillon includes Frank Hazelbaker Jr from Missoula, several families spending Christmas with relatives, and various residents traveling to Helena, Butte, and Vancouver. Separate items outline corporate notices for water rights at Red Rock and Beaverhead Rivers, legal probate for Louis Molleur, and an Interstate Building and Loan stockholders meeting set for January.
The Bea verhead Auto Sales and Bergeson Motors merger headlines business notes. Montana State Normal rises in basketball, finishing second in state college standings and claiming the independent title as an independent. Brick Breeden resigns from both high school and normal coaching roles, withJimmy Harris and Herbert Kakuske named replacements. Dillon Gun Club claims multiple state titles as youths like Roy Forrester and Jack Gilbert excel in swimming and golf.
Dillon churches joined in holiday events with well attended services and a city hall dance hosted by the Dillon volunteer fire department. Baxter Tonney orchestra provided music for the American Legion post event and children hoped for a white Christmas as snow fell softly. Local fraternal groups continued charity work and miners near Dillon welcomed Christmas with joy despite regional storms.
A teacher from Washington state was killed when a truck wrecked and rolled over a slope to the Salmon river edge. Other occupants were thrown or jumped free. The teacher had moved to Idaho this fall. her brother from Clarkston was due here by plane this afternoon.
Derwood versus Warren Stone headlines a wrestling card at Warren High with Pete Cashmore facing Frank Hazelbaker and Jack Barrett meeting Clyde Brown. Admission charges are 40c 25c and 15c.
The Examiner positions itself as Beaverhead’s local paper serving the entire county with community updates, events, and local interests.
The Water Users Irrigation Company announces a special stockholders meeting for January 29, 1934 at 2 PM in the Dillon Montana courthouse. The meeting will consider amending Article Fourth of the Articles of Incorporation to authorize building and operating a dam on the Red Rock River in Beaverhead County and related reservoir and irrigation plans across specified land parcels.
In the District Court of Beaverhead County Montana notice to creditors and all persons with claims against Sophia Gleed deceased. Four months to present claims with vouchers to administrator at Gilbert Gilbert McFadden Dillon Montana. Dated December 11 1933. First publication December 20 1933.
The State of Montana notifies defendants in Beaverhead County a condemnation action has been filed to acquire 108 acres in Section 8 T148 R5W for a reservoir site to store water for irrigation and domestic use. Defendants include George H. Shambow and Mary Shambow among others. Court appearances set for January 20, 1934 in Dillon.
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