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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1938
Page
3
A weekend snowstorm dropped about eight inches on the Big Hole valley causing downed roads and stalled mail routes. A rescued traveler’s snowmobile was deployed to Wisdom, while the Jackson mail reached Carroll ranch late Saturday. Residents ski and community clubs hosted meetings and social events amid lingering drifts and high winds.
The state health board reports 56 scarlet fever cases and 53 chicken pox cases. Otherwise the state remains healthy.
William Miller jr of Monida attended to business in the city Monday. The Masonic Fraternal society met Monday night. Dr. R. D. Curry was elected to the board, replacing Dale Tash. Lewis Ford of Lima made Montana State College autumn quarter honor roll as a freshman in electrical engineering with 2 percent per credit. Mr and Mrs John Bourquin and several others left for Logan Utah for medical treatment.
Mrs John Jackson visits during a weekend at the ranch after returning from New Hampshire. The group travels via border states to California before Montana. Ten tables host a firemen pinochle party with prizes to Mrs Sanford Shepherd Mrs Phil Murphy Harold Lowman and Servantes Kerr. Jill Hirschy visits with her parents while attending Missoula high school. Mark Clemon injures his knee while timber work and is treated in Dillon. Mrs A W Wilson spends days in Dillon returning home to Jackson. Elvin Peterson and wife visit Butte for medical care. Friendship club meets at Mrs Alfred Petersons home where she suffers rheumatism and serves as secretary.
E A Dye chairman of the state tax board said stores have paid 35000 in license fees since January 1. Many payments were made under protest while a suit tests the act's legality. The sum is about double the per store fees collected last year.
Governor Roy E. Ayers spoke at the Montana Wool Growers convention in Great Falls predicting farming will shift to irrigated areas while dry lands revert to grazing. He urged sheepmen to back the state water board in reclaiming grazing lands and securing irrigation water.
A historic photograph of Diamond City showing the Confederate Gulch reveals a $2,000,000 haul from a two acre area. John B. Ritch, historical librarian, received the image from Postmaster Harry Hendricks of Helena and donated it to the historical society. Ritch notes one pay dirt shovel yielded $180. The gulch was found in 1864 by three Confederate soldiers banished to the northwest after capture at Lexington, Missouri.
Montana officials report Ira Gabrielson agrees states may set the duck hunting season. James Weaver and Jack Carney note the federal agency will allow time framing and possibly a longer season up to 45 days if the duck hatch improves. Hunters protested last fall over season timing.
Valley County tax collectors must appear before the Montana Supreme Court on January 31 to show cause why state taxes on personal property at Fort Peck Federal Reservation are not being collected. If no valid reason is found they must begin taxing immediately. The show cause order was issued last week at the request of Valley County commissioners directed to the sheriff and assessor.
Meteorologist W. E. Maugha reports Montana soils are better stocked with moisture this year due to heavy rains and quick-melting snows last fall. Fall precipitation west of the divide reached 6.43 inches, 103 percent of normal, while east of the divide measured 3.91 inches, near normal. The moisture retained by freezing is especially valuable for crops.
Miss Ruth Reardon sends Rex Haight to the national association of high school superintendents meeting in Atlantic City from February 25 to March 4 with board of examiners consent. Major Clarence H Olson will attend the 41st division staff midwinter meeting in Seattle on January 29. Harriet Adams will attend a vocational school group meeting in New York City on February 14 and 15.
An instructional excerpt explains getting balance on skis, using poles, and progressing from easy slopes. It describes the stem technique, weight distribution, and turning by shifting weight to the opposite ski, noting the pedals of movement resemble riding a wheel rim.
H. J. Freebourn, attorney general, ruled last week that Sanders county commissioners who levied more than needed for school transportation, by missing the state fifty fifty contribution, may refund the excess to taxpayers. The ruling also states that children of board members are entitled to free transportation the same as other children.
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