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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1927
Page
8
The Southern Montana Woolgrowers association will meet next Saturday at 2 PM at the city hall to perfect its organization and discuss plans for the coming year. The meeting is called by President J. E. Morse. The group organized last fall at a Montana Woolgrowers district meeting.
Co N Purcell district engineer for district No 1 with headquarters in Portland Oregon conferred with the state highway commission on state funds to match federal aid on projects. Purcell was joined by A C Clark senior highway engineer and E M Hulce field man and L F Martin bridge engineer. Purcell announced the bureau plans to assign A F McCoy to Montana to establish an office with the highway commission to stay in close touch with the state program.
Woolgrowers from across Montana converge in Butte for an annual convention. A Silver Bow club smoker precedes the banquet at Temple theatre where over a thousand will dine, with Secretary Jardine and Governor Erickson set to speak. Senator Williams urges adjournment to suit the industry.
A Dillon resident recalls being dragged from a car by robbers who beat him and left him on Mill Creek road. They stole a diamond ring $80 in cash a $12.50 check his overcoat hat and Buick coach then abandoned the vehicle at Alder and Front streets with lights on and gas empty.
Clara Bow and Percy Marmont star in Mantrap a two man one woman love triangle drama with Ernest Torrence as the third party at the Hartwig theatre rendering Sinclair Lewis novel adaptation. Critics hail it as an unusual love story noted for its departure from satire and its bold handling of romance.
Desirable modern six room residence on Kentucky avenue with big lot and room for a cow, chickens and garden. Price 2700 with terms. Contact Co C Newman Dillon Mont.
Provides practice details for Dr A H McFarland an osteopathic physician with a Medlen block listing office phone 245 and residence phone 203 W.
The county fair board considers a 100 feet square livestock pavilion as part of a larger plan to join one of the two biggest western fair circuits. A three day county fair with running and relay races is planned for late next summer or fall, with a generous premium list being prepared. If approved, a delegate will attend a Billings meeting on February 7 to pursue circuit entry.
A Serbian man named Smith, sought for a Green River murder in October 1923, was nabbed in Dillon after City Officer Slim Sutherland identified him from a sheriff circular. He denies the crime. a $260 Sweetwater County reward circulated. Smith, said to have worked on Beaverhead sheep ranches, was brought to the county jail pending deputies’ arrival.
City council accepted W A Graeter offer to deed the alley right of way between Idaho and Montana streets behind the State Bank of Dillon. Mayor Roscoe Cornell and Aldermen Waldorf Anderson Eliott Featherly Williams Woodside Lloyd were present at the meeting.
Reports of condition as of December 31, 1926 reveal First National Bank resources at 3,768,779.68 with demand deposits 1,456,904.98 and time deposits 1,839,233.36. State Bank of Dillon holds 1,059,770.19 in resources with checks 207,864.77 and time deposits 591,650.19. Wisdom shows 78,675 resources, 22,608.54 checks, and 5,933.33 in time certificates.
Farmers advertise Milking Shorthorn cows with bull calves at side for sale. Contact A. F. Waldorf of Waldorf Co. for details. Also promotions for Vecto and Cabinet Duplex Parlor Furnaces available at Dart Hardware & Imp. Co.
Dr R D Curry practices dentistry in the Telephone block with offices in rooms 3 4 and 5 and a listed telephone number 355 including a residence line.
The article notes Hagenbarth and others will drill in the Frying Pan area near Section 2, Township 7 south, Range 10 west after a suspension since March 6, 1926. It describes Crowley Dome as a distant parallel feature and outlines major oil producing domes, types, and notable fields including Salt Creek in Wyoming and Spindletop on the Gulf Coast.
Dillon observes 88th birthday of Craig Cornell, longtime Beaverhead Valley settler and pioneer. Dinner at the Cornell ranch honors his 61 years in residence as Dillon grows from prairie to city and his son Roscoe Cornell serves as mayor.
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