This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1937
Page
4
Funeral services for Chris Cocoanaugher, longtime Madison County resident, were conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at the Brunage chapel. The Rev. H. N. Tragitt of St. James Episcopal Church officiated, with burial in Mountain View cemetery.
Fred Wilson, a Bozeman architect, inspected the newly constructed Normal College dormitories this week to assess design and safety features.
The document lists payment rates for nurse crops and various seedings including perennial legumes, biennial legumes, perennial grasses, crested wheat grass, grass mixtures, and sweet clovers. It also outlines soil-building practices with payments for weed control, plowless fallow, cover crops, green manure, reseeding non-crop pasture, and restoration to native grasses, noting conditions about nurse crop harvest and stand quality.
Montana range building plans require advance county committee approval and adherence to specs. The schedule lists payments per activity including contouring 50 cents per acre, springs and seeps 50 dollars per site, earthen pits 15 cents per cubic yard, wells 1.00 per linear foot (4 inch casing) and 0.50 per linear foot (2 inch), water spreading 0.10 per 100 feet, range fencing 0.30, reseeding 0.20 per pound, fire guards 0.03 per 100 feet, prairie dog control 0.744 per acre, ground squirrel control 0.06 per acre, with stockman earnings tied to a ranch allowance of 1.50 per animal unit based on grazing capacity.
The report notes stronger demand for heavy flesh feeder steers and fat cows while in-between cutters dragged sales. Ex breeder George Condon bought several cars of heavy feeders at Chalco Nebraska. hog prices held near last week with Pacific northwest buyers present and bulk fat hogs selling 9.40 to 9.50.
Wetzel led the winners with 13 points while Scully paced the losers with 20. M. S. N. C. missed 11 attempts before finally scoring a field goal. Bulldogs shot 28.5 percent from the floor and 44.44 percent at the line, with key averages listed for Kruzie Wetzel McGinley Dyche and Weger.
The phone number of the Dition Examiner office changed from 34 to 55 effective February 1. Use 55 for highest quality job printing and fast service.
January 1937 brought Dillon its coldest month in 41 years with 22 subzero days in 1930 and five consecutive freezing days in February 1936. Prof J F McBain reports daily highs and lows for January 1–31, including record lows of -36 and -35 at times. Nell Doyle, county superintendent, attended official duties in Lima Monday.
Gosman’s and Eliel’s remain atop the City League standings as three close games unfold at Normal gym. Van Degrift led scoring with ten points. Gosman’s beat High School B 17 to 14 with Bay and Thompson each at six. Coast-to-Coast tops the Pup squad 9 points from Kerr helped seal a neck and neck battle.
Frank Stine pleaded guilty in justice court before Judge Op on Monday afternoon for assault and was fined $100. The complainant was a woman.
Motor traffic on the Butte Dillon highway navigates a half mile of water and ice as workers direct vehicles. The Beaverhead river floods across the road, creating hazardous travel conditions and frequent passable flow. The Montana Standard credits the photo.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.