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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1927
Page
4
George Hopkins of Barry and Hopkins reports the new Star Sixes combine beauty, style, and quality at a low price. The Star line adds crown fenders natural wood wheels full balloon tires and a refined dashboard with remote door handles and cowl lamps while matching higher priced rivals in appearance comfort and power.
Dr. R. D. Curry operates a dental practice in the Telephone block with suites 3 4 and 5. Office contact numbers include the telephone line 355 and a residence phone.
The thirty fourth annual Montana State Sportsmen’s Association tournament will be held at the Helena Trapshooters Club grounds July 7 through 10. The Helena club, organized July 25 1925, marks its second anniversary during the shoot. A new clubhouse, storehouse, and lunch room are in use. Practice on July 7 starts at 10 a.m. Four traps will operate under a factory representative. A capital prize donated by Montana Power Company valued at over $100 will be awarded at the banquet July 10 following the association meeting at the Placer hotel grill.
The Moroni Olsen Players presented A. A. Milne comedy Mr Pim Passes By at Normal College on June 27 and 28. The production offered a spirited English farce style with strong performances and period wit.
A large ancient Indian medicine wheel has been discovered on rimrocks north of Billings Montana about 400 feet from the Bill Hart monument site. The wheel spans about 99 feet with a sandstone inner circle and a surrounding eight foot wide ring of small stones laid clockwise on the relatively untrodden rimrock.
The article notes a wheel shaped artifact attributed to the Sheepeater tribe, predating Sioux and Crow presence in the area. Dr. Will Allen and Dr. W. A. Allen found a copper square earring buried within the wheel, with sinew remnants and beads older than Hudson Bay varieties.
Miss Freda Knoll and Earl Tash wed at the Presbyterian manse with Rev. Ernest BE Loft officiating. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Knoll of Bannack, has lived in Dillon and worked at the telephone exchange. Tash is the son of rancher W S Tash of Grasshopper valley.
The subject has long been noted for his Dillon ties and for the past several years has worked alongside his father in the ranching enterprise.
Dick Marmon piloted a Paige high speed car from Tulsa to Oklahoma City, clocking 141.5 miles in 140 minutes at an average of 60.8 mph with a peak of 82 mph. The run faced a five minute delay due to a stalled car and mud.
The state board of education will meet July 11 to decide a method for distributing state school funds among districts. A special committee was formed by the 1927 legislature to equalize financial burdens on common schools. The session will also cover plans for the fall term at seven institutions including Billings Normal under President L B McMullen.
Montana placed second in copper and silver production in 1926. Figures released by the state board of equalization show more than 6,000,000 tons of ore mined that year, with total metals value at $54,703,904.01 and by products adding $177,175.27. Copper led with 258,067,707 pounds valued at $35,600,439.17. silver totaled 12,202,356 ounces worth $7,578,517.06.
Montana had 401 manufacturing establishments employing 12,182 workers with total wages of 16,979,109 and a factory output value of 181,989,357. Butte had 63 factories employing 538 with wages of 84,065 and output 4,108,478. Great Falls, with 19 fewer factories, employed 952 and paid 1,417,668 in wages, with output 10,675,972.
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