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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1947
Page
4
Lima residents share travel, family, and social news from January events. Calls, hospital visits, and farewells mix with church notices and upcoming meetings, while Dillondistrict updates and a memorial mark community memory.
Gilbert Hilde of Dillon, a representative for Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York, ranked sixth among company underwriters nationwide for paid applications in 1946, per Ralph H. Smith, manager of the Billings agency.
About 75 dentists from Montana Wyoming North and South Dakota and Idaho will attend a four day clinic opening in Billings Wednesday. Dr Herman Becks of the University of California will preside at meetings. Dr W J Romers of Dillon left Tuesday to join the gathering.
Week of trading showed slower tone for cattle with cows dropping $1 to $2 and some buyers pushing prices down. Top cattle values ranged with steers up to 24, feeders 18 to 20.50, hogs steady to higher with barrows 24.5 to 25, sows 18.5 to 19.5, lambs to 21 22. Prices reflect lighter receipts and varied demand across species.
Beaverhead Valley Fire Protection Association Dillon Montana invites sealed bids by 10 00 am February 14 1947 for a standard cab and chassis two ton or 15 ton with 150 inch wheelbase and 96 or 100 horsepower motor plus heavy equipment including 1300 gallon tank and booster pump 2 stage centrifugal pump 500 GPM 120 psi two stage booster and more with Hale Model FZZ and extensive hose reels ladders and fittings. Bids addressed to Secretary Beaverhead Valley Fire Protection Association Dillon Montana.
Mr and Mrs William Roland welcome a daughter born in San Bernardino California on January 9. Dillon residents W E Talent and Alma Carlson joined a group traveling to the Gardiner firing line last week but elk were scarce and retreat to Yellowstone boundaries followed. W S Tash of Polaris attended to business in the city yesterday. Mr and Mrs W O Smith left for San Francisco to handle business matters. Mr and Mrs Jack Hirschy of Wisdom visited Dillon Tuesday. Beaverhead county residents attending the National Woolgrowers convention in San Francisco include Mr and Mrs S E Whitworth Mr and Mrs Berg Christensen Mr and Mrs Sam Ditty and Mr and Mrs William Wyatt. Mrs Dan Piccona and Mrs Mary Adders of Reichle visited Dillon Friday. Mr and Mrs Gary Fraelich are parents of a baby daughter born at an axrelt hospital on Tuesday January 21.
Allan C. Hanson, VA regional chief of vocational rehabilitation and education, said World War II veterans receiving subsistence under the GI Bill and in education or training need not report national guard drill pay in their VA quarterly earnings report.
Montana will lift liquor rationing about January 27 as announced by the state board of liquor control. Liquor permits remain required but per person quantities will not be limited. In 1946 Montanans bought 170 574 liquor permits for 83 866 75 dollars in revenue, with about 26 000 whiskey cases sold monthly last year, up from 18 138 monthly in 1942.
Gov Sam C Ford urged modernizing state administration in a message to a joint session warning of rising costs and near balance with expenditures. He proposed a separate department of labor requiring a constitutional amendment and said the plan should go to voters in 1948. The Legislature opened with the house passing the feed bill and committee appointments in both chambers.
Gov. Sam Ford named I. W. Choate 64 as associate justice replacing Hugh R. Adair who became chief justice. Choate arrived in Montana in 1908, practiced law in Bozeman Manhattan Miles City and Helena, and helped recodify Montana statutes in 1921 while serving as attorney for the State Board of Equalization.
Beaverhead County Montana registry books close at 5:00 p m Friday February 21 1947 for the Dillon city election to be held April 7 1947 Electors may register with the County Clerk or deputies by the closing date to qualify vote must be 21 years old reside in state one year and in city 30 days prior to election voters who did not vote in the 1946 general election must register before eligibility Dated Dillon Montana January 21 1947 C W Buckingham County Clerk and Ex Officio Registrar of Electors Lee County Montana
The administrator Hubert L. Smith Sr. calls all creditors to present claims against Margaret L. Smith deceased. Claims must be shown with vouchers within four months after the first publication to the administrator at John Collins law offices Poindexter Block Dillon Beaverhead County Montana. First publication January 15.
The Beaverhead County Commission announces a public auction for a 1939 D-6 Caterpillar Tractor serial 2-H5608 with dozer blade. View at Westmont Tractor Co Missoula. Auction Feb 4 1947 at 3:00 pm at courthouse steps. Reserve 90 percent of appraised value 2600 and any repairs costs announced then. Board may accept or reject bids.
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