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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1937
Page
1
The Beaverhead county board of commissioners met July 6, 7 and 8 1937 in regular session at 9:00 a.m. Present were W B Hart wig Martin C Jackson and Edgar B Rife with Clerk Albert S Baker. Last session’s minutes were approved and bonds and securities received quarterly approval. A petition for abandonment of a public road from Big Hole Road District No 3 was presented.
Edwin E Holder a Reichle resident died Friday morning at his son Earl Holder’s home in Ellis Kansas while visiting. He was 79, spent most life in Kansas and the central states. Survived by son and two daughters Fay Gransberry and J C Ferguson Reichle. Body brought to Dillon for funeral held Sunday at Brundage chapel with Rev Willis J Loar officiating. Interment Mountain View cemetery.
Beaverhead post of the American Legion elected Alvin M. Jones as commander at city hall, to succeed T. Lee McCracken. Other officers named without opposition were C. J. Hovren, E. W. Bond, Luther Smith, C. A. Bechler, Parker Scott, and T. Lee McCracken. Delegates were elected for the Lewistown convention, and members urged Congress to pass the Universal Service act. The legion also reported progress in juvenile baseball in Dillon with the ward team series providing experience.
Dillon merchant E I Eliel presided over Associated Merchants of Montana sessions in Butte and K J Otis Mudd succeeded him as president while H B Markus became treasurer. The meeting discussed fair trade laws and forming a Dillon chamber of commerce with a planning committee chaired by Mayor D A Galt and Including H M Warner and others. Participants saw strong local support for a civic group to aid development and projects in Dillon.
A bold thief entered Dr. R. D. Curry's dental office in Dillon, took $14 from a desk cash drawer, then escaped. Dr. Curry spotted the man as he exited and shouted, but the suspect fled down a stairway and into an alley between Montana and Idaho streets, last seen by several witnesses as officers swarmed the scene.
City council voted to repeal the passenger loading zone ordinance in front of the Andrus hotel citing frequent violations and unenforceability. A request to reenact the wholesale license ordinance was rejected. The report also notes the death of James H. Hall a longtime Halligan ranch employee buried in Lima.
The Dillon Ellis drum and bugle corps hosts a final community dance at Dillmont park this Saturday. Prizes include door grand and Elks prizes with a music program by the corps orchestra. Proceeds fund the trip to the state convention in Red Lodge July 22 to 24. Exalted Ruler L Ott Gordon attends the Denver national convention along with Mr and Mrs Dave Hier.
Alva Pat Conley a well known Lima resident died at Barrett hospital Thursday morning after a brief illness. He had lived in the county for several years and was remembered by many in the Lima district. The funeral was held Monday afternoon from the L D S church in Lima with interment in the Lima cemetery. Miss Addie Baldwin left last week for eastern points on her annual buying trip. Mr and Mrs Loren Curnutt have returned from a month’s honeymoon trip to Pacific coast states.
Captain Leo C. Wilson and his Birch Creek CCC company hosted the Dillon Rotary club and their wives for a Monday dinner at the camp. Dr. R. E. Albright led a Montana history program, examining Indian troubles and the so called Custer massacre. He cited Fort Laramie treaty terms that allowed government use of trails and provided annuities, with promises of hunting grounds for Indians.
Former employee Mrs. J. H. Cunningham of Oklahoma City visits Reichle home the brother J. C. Ferguson. She spent Friday in Dillon and stopped at the Examiner shop where she worked as a printer over 30 years ago when type was set by hand. She recalls fellow worker Miss Clara Adams, later owner of the Examiner.
Duncan Waddams, a Beaverhead county native born Feb 22 1866 in Bannack, died Saturday in a Butte hospital after a brief illness. He was the son of Willson and Mrs Waddams early Beaverhead settlers who mined near Bannack before ranching in Grasshopper valley.
Thirty Dillon Girl Scouts will attend the summer camp at Castle Rock near Butte in July, announced by local commissioner Mrs. Harold M. Warner. The first group departed today, led by Dorothy May Asbury and others. A second group leaves July 21 with Betty Barry Judy Ann Chapman and additional scouts.
Catherine Boyer ten of Anad cond a treated at Barrett hospital Saturday for a lacerated knee from a car wreck just north of Dillon. Her mother Kennedy Boyer and two other occupants escaped with minor injuries after a front tire blew causing the vehicle to leave the road.
The Normal college summer school hosts students from numerous higher institutions. Attendees come from the Universities of Wisconsin, Minnesota, California, Washington, Utah, Idaho, Nebraska, and Hawaii. Teachers' colleges in Eau Claire, Bellingham, San Jose, Minot, Mayville, Dickinson, Valley City, Mankato, Bemidji, Winona, Albion, Idaho, and Greeley are represented, alongside Stephens, St Olaf's, Ottawa, Brigham Young, Graceland, and the Chicago Art Institute. About half the students are juniors, with seniors making up about 20 percent and freshmen roughly 7 percent. The shift in teacher-training requirements becomes clear when comparing the figures.
Pete Westergard of the Dillon Gun club led the weekly trapshoot at Butte Gun club last Wednesday night with a 50 straight. He also won the doubles with 22 of 12 pairs, besting Emmett Simmons and Bob Poore who each had 49. Simmons won the handicap with 22 of 25 from the 23 yard line. Westergard shot 20 in the handicap. The club will resume weekly shoots tomorrow at 6 PM.
Dillon Elks last week filed a deed to the Hartwig theatre adjacent property on North Idaho Street purchased from Edward Cushing. The 44 by 115 foot site backs to the alley and will hold a two story building with two storefronts front, a lodge hall that can serve as a dance floor, a 300 person dining room, recreation rooms, a kitchen and possible two or three upstairs offices after lodge members voted unanimously to approve the project.
Big Hole basin residents held their annual Old Timers picnic in Wisdom last Sunday with hundreds from Beaverhead and nearby counties attending. The event promoted a proposed highway through the basin, supported by the county board of commissioners. Dillon residents joined about 50 travelers touring the basin. A noon lunch was held in the Masonic hall and KGIR radio broadcast urged highway construction.
Monte Melton son of Mr and Mrs George M Melton came home last Thursday after months of cycling through Europe He traveled with Rupert Mee of Toronto Canada whom he met in France Melton bought a bicycle in London and toured England France and the Mediterranean witnessing coronation preparations upon his return and plans to tell his family about the trip
The State Mining association will hold its next annual convention at Virginia City August 6 and 7, 1937. The program committee plans events for quartz and placer mining, with entertainment for all. Miners in Beaverhead County are urged to attend to ensure a grand success.
Twenty one Dillon Cub Scouts came back from Camp Lowlands near Butte after a week with Cubmaster Rev. Willis J. Loar. They defeated a Butte team in softball four times 22-9 25-3 23-7 and 35-24. J. W. Mc Cracken was named most popular with George Bowring in second place.
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