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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1936
Page
1
The Dillon public schools board adopted a resolution to refund $155,000 of outstanding bonds, two issues of $80,000 and $76,000 dated 1920 and 1921. Refunding bonds totaling $156,000 will bear 3.90 percent interest, with annual savings several thousand dollars and optional redemption on January 1, 1947. A full copy of the resolution is on file.
Beaverhead National Forest supervisors report the first stream improvement under the CCC crews. Sixteen to 26 enrollees worked six weeks to slow swift water and install 17 small dams on Birch Creek. The stream shows improved flow with irrigation storage from feeder lakes, offering strong summer flow and potential across a 12 mile stretch.
Beaverhead post of the American Legion announced a new membership milestone at the regular meeting at city hall. The post totaled 100 members, the largest early in the year ever recorded, with final 1936 numbers hoped to surpass the 1923 peak.
The Beaverhead and Silver Bow Farmers Union locals met Sunday at Odd Fellows hall in Melrose. Officers were named and an educational program contest conducted with four minute speeches, junior numbers, a musical selection and a debate. Reports from three attendees at a recent St Paul divisional meeting were given, Jardine Rife, Elwyn B Metzel and Sen J B Garrison noted. A covered dish luncheon followed.
St James parish held its annual meeting at the guild hall on Wednesday night where Eugene W Bond was elected treasurer replacing A I Cashmore. Dr H F Best was re elected senior warden and Fred Chapman junior warden. J F McBain was re elected secretary and C E Blinn named treasurer. Marjorie Foote of the high school faculty visited relatives in Butte over the weekend.
The Legion Auxiliary met at the city hall council room with Mrs. F. G. Lyon presiding. Mrs. Thomas E. Gilbert outlined legislative activities and, after the business session, a social hour was hosted at her home by Gilbert and fellow committee members.
The Water Users Irrigation Company held its annual meeting at Frank A. Hazelbaker's office. J H Gilbert was re-elected president and all other officers retained their posts. The Lima dam is owned by the company which supplies Beaverhead valley ranches. Beaverhead Madison Farm Loan Association stockholders met at Hazelbaker's office. directors will elect officers later. Governor Holt spoke at a noon luncheon for stockholders.
Miss Mary Lyle Innes, training school instructor and public librarian, spoke at the Dillon Rotary Club dinner last night. She described a Mediterranean cruise visiting Spain Portugal Italy Malta Dalmatia Greece Asia Minor and North Africa. She noted evolving local and nationalist traits toward modern equalizing ways and compared life in Greece to Montana’s rugged scenery.
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company announced a January 16 change introducing special Sunday rates for long distance calls and reduced rates for person to person calls after 7 p m each evening. Night station-to-station rates at 7 p m extend to all day Sunday.
A Sunday fire in Wisdom started in the Givogre home roof due to a defective chimney. Firefighters struggled with water supply and wind but saved neighboring buildings and most contents. the Givogres moved back into apartments behind their store with no insurance.
Mr and Mrs J Stanley Gordon of Dillon were injured in a car crash near Blackfoot Idaho last night. Mrs Gordon is hospitalized in Blackfoot. the details are not yet learned. The couple were returning from a trip to California.
Dillon Beavers open season with a 20-14 win over Butte Central, then beat Butte High 36-18 as coach Carl Ross’s squad asserts class in district Class B play. Normal Bulldogs crush Carroll 51-7, led by hot veterans while Carroll returns to action after a three year layoff.
Booster club officers announced include Henry Edwards from Silver Bow as general manager Marguerite Collins from Dillon Emory Rouse of Anaconda as business manager and Harry Miller from St. Ignatius as stage manager The club has operated for about a dozen years to secure extra support for the student annual.
Mike Mularski, 18, was arrested Wednesday by Chief Charles Nelson and Officer Bob Gordon near the river bridge north of Dillon and is held on a grand larceny charge. He allegedly took $16 from the shirt pocket of a man while asleep in a cabin at Ma North End. He will be arraigned in district court.
Dillon Gun Club ace Herman Peterson, a leading trapshooter over the past two years, added to his laurels at Reading Pennsylvania where the three day White Flyer tournament concluded at Twin-Pike grounds near Ambler.
The Beaverhead Sportsmen's Association will hold a meeting at the city hall council room at 7 o'clock Friday night. The discussion will cover acquiring more game birds and fish for the county, with a forestry department representative giving a talk. All community sportsmen are invited, members or not.
Beaverhead county begins its first agricultural discussion groups with a Dell meeting led by County Agent Bernard Williams. 8. BE Whitworth elected advisor to the new group as Farmers Union officials back the effort. Similar groups planned in five other communities including two in Dillon. Alma Hopkins of Dillon and John P. Carney of Butte wed January 6 at the Rose Parish House in Dillon by Rev. Father Lechner.
Beaverhead County may revive its annual fair next fall as local Dillon businessmen and county ranchers show support. The plan centers on a real exposition of county products with focus on exhibits rather than attractions. The Beaverhead board of commissioners will discuss the proposal at the February meeting and invites county citizens to confer on the idea.
State patrol officers booked 14 drivers last Friday night for highway regulation violations. Fines totaled $100, ranging from $8 to $30, with breaches including no license plates and driving without proper rights. One owner admitted not having a license and paid a $90 fine. Officers warned Beaverhead residents to display 1936 plates and carry permits by February 1, as patrols will expand to rural roads.
A large crowd gathered in the courthouse to organize a local Townsend club. J MacKenzie outlined the Townsend Old Age Pension plan which has broad national support. Rev J A Meeke of Dillon presided as chairman, with NLP Christiansen elected president and J Schonover as a officer.
Plans for the annual birthday ball honoring the President are announced by committee chairman Warren M. Stone. The event will be held at the city hall auditorium on Thursday night January 30. Funds and donors are referenced with several local names.
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