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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1940
Page
5
Tom Sullivan shot in the wrist during an attempted robbery near the Rockies where engineer Frank Clow was killed. Sullivan later became an engineer on the same route, while witnesses recall the dramatic gun play and ongoing amateur bandit activity across the state.
In the 2:50 am May 6 1907 attack near Whitehall two masked robbers fired on the North Coast Limited. Engineer Frank Clow died, Fireman Tom Sullivan was wounded, and the bandits fled as officers pursued. Several suspects were arrested. Tower and Gruber confessed, Hastings and others faced trial with lengthy sentences.
Great Falls poundmaster E J McKenzie finally captured and exterminated one of two alley cats after months of trying. He credits Jack Smith of Portland Oregon for a novel approach using rubber hose and fish heads near an exhaust pipe to emit gas that overcomes the cats. The system, McKenzie says, works and has eased subsequent captures.
In Santa Fe at the New Mexico state museum of art, Joseph Henry Sharp paintings depict Montana Indian life. One large work from the Crow reservation near Billings shows an old chief dragging three horse heads tied to his back as a grief ritual. The note links it to Crow Sun dance and compares to Penitente self-torture customs, noting experts disagree on origins.
Montana pioneer Philip Conrey died in Virginia City about 25 years ago leaving a ranch at the mouth of Alder Gulch with gold-bearing land. Prospects led to Conrey Mining Co. and dredging for $3,000,000 in values, all left to Harvard via Will.
The Chicago Saddle and Sirloin Club hung an oil portrait of Dr. W. J. Butler state veterinarian honoring about 25 years of service. The club has previously honored prominent veterinarians including Dr. J. R. Mohler Dr. Dorset Dr. Law Dr. Salmon and Montanan cattle and sheep pioneers such as Henry Sieben Senator Williams A B Cook Robert Ford and Conrad Kohrs.
The WPA sets aside 60495 dollars for Montana to combat grasshoppers in 1940. Funds cover mixing and distributing bait to localities as needed. The project is run by the state entomologist’s office and is at the discretion of Joseph E. Parker of Butte, Montana state administrator.
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