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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1937
Page
3
Wisdom Mary N Cottrell reports on events in Wisdom Montana including attendance at the Panyon funeral in Butte and visits with Ward Thompson. The Wisdom Woman's Club library cards for 1937 are issued and duties noted. Social visits, bridge games, All Star party results, and local travels are described along with church services and Arbour Williams wedding in California.
The Averhead game group reports suffering from a long drought and heavy snow that left birds underfed in the Beaverhead valley. Ranchers and locals urge notifying Lindley Phil, president, or other officers to address the feed crisis and present their bills to the fishermen’s group. Also noted is a 1936 US Navy claim of 318 ships in operation at sea.
Los Angeles editors report a campaign to house the Great Western Livestock Show in permanent quarters. Assembly Bill No. 648 seeks state funds to build an amphitheatre and stock show complex, backing California’s leading breed improvement program and 4 H youth training in a growing western industry.
Bozeman January 26 authorities announce staff changes and program updates. Hurschell D Hurd resigns as Park county extension agent to become state supervisor of agricultural education and will assist the new county agent later. J C Taylor notes the 1937 agricultural conservation docket is in force and approved, enabling early planning. An eight percent rate increase for 1936 conservation participants is approved. Dr O E Sheppard explains a copper tarnish removal method. Cascade county dairy herd improvement leads December averages with 106 cows producing 40 pounds butterfat and 790 pounds milk across nine herds.
The Farmers National Grain corporation announces its plant nearly complete for selling and distributing seed supplies of adapted varieties. Distribution will be through local elevators and seed merchants as stated in the announcement.
A federal egg purchase program to remove surplus eggs and distribute them through relief channels, and to encourage a normal chicken hatch for the current season, was approved by the secretary of agriculture.
Union Pacific announced a major expansion of its locomotive program adding 25 Challenger type engines, bringing total new orders to 60 engines valued around 8.5 million dollars in under a year. The 4-6-6-4 articulated engines house 100000 pounds of tractive power with 69 inch drivers and 110 foot length, while 20 high speed 4-8-4 combi engines with roller bearings and 300 psi steam will support fast freight and passenger runs.
A Navy overview notes one chaplain per 1250 sailors, with Catholic Protestant and Jewish services aboard ships. Navy recruiting focuses on selecting capable youths, not urging enlistment, and only about one in sixteen qualify. A historical note links cuff buttons to British naval attire amid tales of homesick boys at sea. The text closes by reporting $36,000,000 spent on new freight and passenger equipment and maintenance over eight months.
Beaverhead County commissioners meet in a special session to memorialize Fred Rife, late Clerk of the District Court. The resolution notes his public service and life, records his birth in Dillon July 6 1882, and details his career from County Treasurer to Clerk of the District Court. The board recessed after memorials and later reconvened to consider successor appointments.
Jackson welcomes barber W Nothingham and Mrs Nothingham as they establish a home and reopen the shop closed for almost a year. Local notes report residents Fred Hirschy and family traveling to Butte Anaconda and Bozeman, and other visits among Wisdom and Jackson residents amid community events. The Royal Neighbor lodge installation was postponed due to illness, heatrola for the community church arrives for installation, and Norman Milton Giles is named Clerk of the District Court with term to 1939.
The United States Navy destroyer became the first foreign vessel to dock in Yokohama after the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923. Earlier in World War I, American destroyers arrived for active duty at Queenstown Ireland on May 4 1917 marking the first U S forces to report for duty.
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