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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1931
Page
1
Dillon city government plans a leaner budget with about 2500 dollars less in the next fiscal year than last year's total. At Thursday's meeting the council appropriated 47775 for the year starting July 1, updating from last year's 50263.98 in expenditures.
The Beaverhead County Fair premium list is finalized for September 22 23 and 24 with new divisions and awards aiming to cover most local products. Bernard Williams leads the project with fair association members Harry Andrus and D A Galt assisting as officers.
Ted Harpe of Wisdom will host the American Legion gathering for the mining district next Saturday. Delegations from every post in the district will attend the quarterly convention in the Big Hole basin metropolis with a strong program planned and a business session scheduled for Saturday afternoon.
Joyce Birch, daughter of Mr and Mrs Emil Birch of Dillon, was struck by a car on the Union ditch bridge this morning while playing. She suffered minor injuries and bruises, with witnesses noting the vehicle moved slowly. The driver helped take her home for a doctor’s examination confirming no serious harm.
Four Dillon men including County Commissioner W B Hartwig and Frank Unangst recall the Reno boxing match where Paulino Uzcudun defeated Max Baer after a rough twenty rounds. Leonard Elfel, prominent Dillon merchant, celebrated his 84th birthday on July Fourth with family and friends at the Elfel residence on South Washington Street.
John Mailey, pioneer rancher of Blaine near Point of Rocks, died at his Blaine ranch aged 86. Born March 8, 1845 in Yorkshire England, he emigrated to the U S at 20 and moved west, working a Bozeman wagon shop before placer mining at Bannack and Victoria City. He located on a Blaine homestead in 1871, its ranch serving as Blaine post office for years. Survived by wife and children J H Mailey Twin Bridges August Mailey Blaine Mrs Harley Linder Laurin Fred Mailey Blaine Mrs Mark High Twin Bridges William A Mailey Blaine and Mrs William Lewis Twin Bridges.
A Union Pacific motor bus carried 26 Salt Lake City residents through Dillon on Monday en route to Cardston Canada for several days. They rested and sightseeing before returning by the fifteenth. The trip was led by Mr and Mrs John Feltzer for the Relief Society of the Latter Day Saints.
Friends fear for Harry Lane a Dillon resident who vanished last Friday evening after parking his car near the stock yards south of the city. A search along the streams and sloughs yielded no trace. Sightings near Elkhorn Springs Saturday morning raise a theory he may be with friends in the Big Hole basin. officials doubt an accident.
The college assembly featured a patriotic program with music and two brief addresses. Professor Miles C. Thomas, former high school principal in the Philippine Islands, contrasted U S educated education there with Java under Dutch colonial rule and argued Philippine independence aligns with American ideals.
The McCracken Brothers moved to the old First National bank building on Montana Street. Westwood confectionary will occupy the Andrus hotel site with a soda fountain and light meals. Dillon Wholesale Meat renamed to Dillon Meat Market under Wes Mares. J. W. Waiters bought Dillon Tire and Rubber plant and will run a tire shop with garage. Beaverhead wool prices topped Montana with lots sold at 18 14 cents and over half a million pounds traded in the county’s largest single day.
Montana State Normal college remains the least affected unit after the high court struck down the $3,000,000 institutional bond issue from last November’s election. Its $24,000 allocation contrasts with larger cuts borne by Eastern Montana Normal at Billings and Northern Montana at Havre.
The Dillon Elks Drum Corps with 17 members traveled from Dillon to Butte and then Montana for the national Elks convention in Seattle. They will perform publicly with Butte and Anaconda lodges, after a Spokane parade. Attending delegates include E L Poindexter and F G Lyons.
Fred Woodside, Dillon's prominent aviation enthusiast and pioneer licensed pilot, owns a new Curtis Wright air plane delivered last Saturday by Bert Mooney, who flew the machine from St. Louis in 16 hours. Woodside will use it privately and already owns a Waco machine he has flown for five years.
Julia E. Reddington a Lemhi county pioneer and respected citizen died at her daughter's home June 24 after a two week illness. Born November 1846 in Duquoin Illinois she married Milton L. Reddington in 1863. They moved to Lemhi county Idaho in 1886 settling near Junction with nine children.
Mr and Mrs J C Jeppson and Mr and Mrs Harold Warner motored to Anaconda last Monday to attend a conference of the church group D I B church.
Dillon Beone leads the holiday outdoors as residents mark a double break with picnics, fishing trips, and outings at Elkhorn Springs Browne's Lake and other resorts. Beav erhead county attendees skip Jackson rodeo while the Madison draws carloads of anglers citing good luck with streams nearby.
Big Hole Basin Lions reap triumph at district meeting in Missoula as Don Anson of Wisdom is elected president of District No. 37 covering Montana and Alberta Canada. Anson is praised for honesty, capability, and belief in Lions principles.
A few mishaps occurred during the double holiday in Beaverhead County. Abe Williams of Darby was brought to Dillon with a fractured jaw and concussion after a horse kicked him at the Wackeon rodeo while tending a chute. He was unconscious for an hour and is at Barrett Hospital with Dr. Routledge saying he is out of danger. George Butala of Dillon suffered minor cuts when his car collided with a state highway object.
Strong winds Sunday afternoon caused significant damage across Dillon County. Trees were uprooted and branches scattered over streets and lawns, disrupting motorists who struggled to navigate blocked roads near Birch Creek and Elkhorn Springs.
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