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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1925
Page
1
Senator Hazelbaker left Saturday for Helena to attend the republican caucus meeting where he was chosen president pro tempore of the upper house. Pearl L. Smith will represent Beaverhead in the lower house and has moved to the capital for sixty days. R. C. Bricker was elected speaker of the senate by the Republicans, defeating Holt of Cascade.
Representative Hold will serve as speaker pro tem and William Ruffcorn of Valley chosen as floor leader for the Republicans. Democrats name Lester Loble as floor leader and F A Greybill of Cascade as president pro tem. Senate caucus designates Robert Pauling of Flathead, C C Consor of Fallon, and Charles Dowlin of Rosebud as leaders. Employment committee includes Senators Griffin of Blaine, Oliver of Carter, and Henderson of Garfield. Rev John Hoskins of Deer Lodge named senate chaplain. George W Gaff of Yellowstone chosen emergency officer. H J Mond of Granite named chief clerk. F Laurel as assistant. Other house appointments listed. enrolling clerk Roy Allen of Butte. reading clerk Ralph Edgington. (Continued on Page Eight)
Dillon’s Louis Anderson was elected as a commissioner of the Montana State Sportsmen’s Association. The Beaver Sportsmen’s Association backed him, and his role includes monitoring legislation and promoting game and fish conservation. Anderson praised the association’s influence and noted the secretary’s constant attendance at sessions.
J Hamill, Bozeman contractor in charge of the Normal College building program, says two of the three new buildings will be ready within a month. The heating plant has supplied warmth since Christmas. The gymnasium is finished and will be used for the first time next Friday when the college quintet hosts a visiting team. The library is nearly complete aside from two tile floors. The new gym seats 800 to 1000 spectators with a 99 by 16 foot hardwood playing floor. Basement includes bowling alleys and storage. a tunnel links to handball courts.
Delinquent taxes must be paid in Beaverhead County by January 29. A notice published in The Examiner for two weeks warns that unpaid taxes will be disposed of according to law.
An Omaha woman identified as sister of Mrs. Lacroix is linked to a fatal incident at the Hahne home. The report describes a body with twelve deep head wounds and a hatchet found near a plumber who had gone to the house to fix a leak. The Hahnes married in San Francisco in 1916, tying local figures to the case.
Babson Park statistician Roger W. Babson reviews extensive U S and Canadian data to outline a slower 1924 compared with 1923 and to forecast trends for the New Year. He notes lower commodity prices, mixed wages, unemployment in mining and textiles, and suggests cash and repeat‑order businesses fared better while the investment outlook remained buoyant.
A dangerous blaze in a Red Star garage machine shop threatened a block until extinguished with chemicals Monday. Harris Opp, welding a frame on a Main Brothers car, overheated the frame igniting the oil soaked structure. The fire caused melted tin ceiling and smoldering beams but was controlled before total loss.
New county officials were sworn in Monday following November elections. Fred Rife became district court clerk. Henry G. Rodgers joined the Fifth Judicial District bench with Lyman H. Bennett. George Baker and Walter Stamm were named deputies. Jos C Fuller moved to postmaster. Public administrator Mrs Frank Nelson succeeded George Banks.
National Rotary President Hill is due in Butte on the 13th of the month. Dillon Rotarians plan to travel to attend the session and meet him.
John B. Erickson was sworn in as Montana's seventh governor and fifth Democrat, taking the oath before Chief Justice Callaway in the governor's reception rooms. Retiring Gov. Joseph M. Dixon offered wishes for happiness, success, and prosperity as Erickson and other officers began their terms.
Justice Matthews starts a first elective term succeeding Rankin. W E B Harmon takes over as state treasurer. Leonard C Young becomes railroad commissioner with Lee Dennis predecessor. C T Stewart Secretary of State and George P Porter State Auditor begin third terms along with May Trumper Superintendent of Public Instruction. Sam Ross named railroad commission chairman with Young as vice chair.
Arthur Stolz fell fifteen feet from a tree limb over a newly built ice pond behind the Orr house on South Idaho street. He landed on his side and was unconscious for a time before being taken to a doctor where no bones were broken but internal injuries were feared. Emery Smith spent Monday in...
The annual ice harvest has begun at S. S. Patterson’s ranch pond one mile west of Dillon. Crews have cut a thick 14 to 20 inch ice layer that will be stored in Patterson’s ice house for the coming year. No artificial ice is used in Dillon, making Patterson’s pond the sole supply.
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