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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1927
Page
5
D P Thurber heads the high school agricultural department and reveals a week by week schedule for a farmers short course starting January 17. Each module lasts one week covering farm shop mechanics and auto work daily 1 15 to 4 00.
The Water Users association held its annual meeting in the courtroom nominating and electing J. H. Gilbert as president and J. E. Keller as vice president. RF A.7racelbaker was named secretary and treasurer with a full board including Roscoe Cornell Theo Nelson B. B. Roe E. M. Martinell Henry Thompson J. D. Brandenberg and B. F. Price. Interstate Building & Loan elected Gilbert Hughes and Blinn with Regscoe Cornell and F. A. Hazelbaker on the board. Down from Butte Roy Murray Jack Nemick Arthur Perham visit Dillon for fishing. John Halligan and Maggie Halligan visited from Lima. Thomas Mokler died last Thursday at Barrett hospital and was buried the next day. Norman Giles undergoes appendicitis operation at Barrett hospital. Barry Hopkins install gas tank and pump for Ethel gas. Ed Adams travels to California for winter. Frank Kellum becomes a Barry Hopkins salesman.
The remedy claims to be free from narcotics and alcohol and suitable for all family members. It emphasizes clearing the bowels to reduce fever and relieve a stuffy feeling.
Annual midwinter trip to California offered by Union Pacific at 60 dollars round trip with return by April 15. Los Angeles direct at 50. via San Francisco 57.50. Sleeper trains. Riverside stop for orange packing plant tour and distribution of locally grown oranges. Reservations advised.
Henry Thompson, a noted stockman, spoke in Dillon about his success in raising sheep cattle horses and mules. He recalled starting in Iowa with 38 hogs branded from corn crib waste and rail car losses and selling his hogs for 500 to settle his board.
Mr and Mrs Mike Stepants and family thank neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy after the death of their beloved son and brother. They also express gratitude for floral offerings and support.
The article traces trends in the cattle industry from horn removal to leg shortening to improve beef yields. It notes rail and shipping shifts reduce long drives, cites the Texas cattle trails era, and explains with modern transport the focus is on meat value over leg length. It discusses packer demand for quality meat and the premium for higher beef yield benefiting producers, packers, distributors, and consumers.
Tom Mulaney recalls a Fourth of July greased pig contest from his youth near Southeastern Wisconsin. He tells how a white Chester sow inspired him to start in the hog business, building a 160-head herd before selling at $2.50 per hundred pounds as prices and money were tight.
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