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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1941
Page
2
North Dakota dairy farmers who keep low producing cows will likely lose money as 1940 ends, says Don Murray of the NDAC extension. He urges replacing weak cows with a few high producers to cover feed costs and turn a profit. A note on herring catches mentions full moon timing in October.
Chief Mountain near Glacier Park in Montana stands as a historic sentinel with Blackfeet legends. The narrative recounts a brave chief’s war, a grieving wife’s suicide, the Thunder-bird myth, Brave Dogs rite, and border-stage escapes by outlaws and tribes. The mountain’s role as sanctuary for fugitives continues into modern times with lingering mystery.
Montana agricultural economists analyze tax policy as farm lands revert from private to public ownership. The study notes over 2 million acres moved to county ownership via tax deed foreclosures in two years and urges re classification of lands for fair taxation to fund local governments. Community grazing districts and conservation areas emerge as tools to manage lands delinquent on taxes.
Montana State College entomologist Dr. Harlow B. Mills notes a statewide granary insect problem amid record grain storage. Cooling grain in cold weather kills insects, either by shoveling or elevating grain to let it run through cold air, with faster kills in colder temperatures.
Experts advise installing an electric hot water heater near the kitchen sink to cut operating costs, noting most use occurs there. Basements or out of the way spaces are common locations since these heaters are automatic and low maintenance. Copper pipe is recommended for long runs to maintain flow and reduce the volume of water wasted waiting for hot water.
Fifty five of Montana's 56 counties along with 31 other states and regions including Alaska Hawaii and Canada sent students to Montana State University in the fall quarter. Petroleum county was the only county not represented in the student body.
The annual convention opens at 10 a m on February 22 in the Memorial Temple Alexandria Virginia with activities scheduled by the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association Inc.
A report notes a vehicle driven by Biles streaking along a highway toward Glacier National Park. The incident intersects with Montana residents en route to a favored fishing spot, highlighting local travel and recreation.
In Montana communities from Red Lodge to Kalispell brief items report fund raising by Brownlie troop Girl Scouts, Army Air Corps graduation, Laurel Rifle club meeting, Northern division class B basketball prep, Hitchcock’s granary weevil survey, Browning co operation with British War Relief, BPW donations for a mobile kitchen unit, Legion post defense questionnaires, Vandalia dam fish deaths, and Intermountain Transportation service discontinuation hearings.
State editors report William H. McReynolds a veteran 35 years in government service is named administrative assistant and loaned to the Office of Production Management to clear red tape. He will guide plans to industrialists and manufacturers, aiming to simplify production efforts.
The American Guernsey Cattle Club reports 1940 public auctions showing Guernsey cows with Advanced Register records averaged £6,135 more per head than cows without such records. At 75 sales, 4,003 Guernseys sold for an average of $225.18, a 28 percent rise in head count and 15 percent higher average price.
Old timers recall 15 to 17 foot alligators once common in the southeastern swamps and Gulf coast. Now 14 feet is rare and average catches run 5 to 7 feet as large specimens were killed for their hides.
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