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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1925
Page
11
Mayor Roscoe Cornell notes an unusually heavy hay crop raises need for many workers in Beaverhead county. He rebuts claims that unemployed men are vagrants, urges welcoming laborers, and notes ranchers offer good wages to fill a large seasonal workforce.
The Dillmont park dance drew a large crowd with candy prizes from Thomas Book Store for spot dances. Baxter Tonrey Orchestra provided music, and another dance is planned next Saturday. Merlyn Walker and her Helena jazz band will perform Friday night, touted as a state famous ensemble.
Local commissioners approved numerous petitions and claims at the session on Wednesday July 6 with allocations across Beaverhead Redrock and Big Hole districts. Items include labor payments, materials and supplies for Beaverhead Lumber Co, and insect pest fund disbursements totaling about 20 572 41 in various funds. The board adjourned after noting warrants issued during the month and approving totals around 26 956 59.
Happy Hawkins, superintendent of the First National Wool Warehouse, oversees Dillon’s large wool storage as Beaverhead county’s clip nears two million pounds. Through this year less than half a million pounds have moved, with shipments mostly bound for Boston and few bids yet offered.
I M Brandford, register of state lands, shows Montana farm income rising as state leases issued in the six months ending June 30, 1925, reach 970 compared with 636 in the previous year. Lease income climbs to 149 188.56 with interest payments doubling from 34 802.46 to 65 442.28, signaling a return to normalcy in farming activity on state land.
R. T. Ward and A. A. Schroeder visited Grant county seat on Monday to meet local officials and discuss county affairs.
A group led by W. D. Clark and Thomas J. Howard on a prospecting trip in the Big Hole Basin discovered a tunnel 50 feet long carved into a mountain by an ancient people. The six by four foot wooden-lined passage remains largely intact with no ore details disclosed. Optional notes mention Bannack dredging delays and various local incidents in Dillon and surrounding areas.
Burt Adams Tower arrives from Honolulu to handle business while Dillon hosts visitors from Butte Sheridan Helena Lima and Missoula. Local trips include baseball games and hotel stays with sign making and haying crew activity. several residents plan later travels to Spokane St Louis Idaho and coast points.
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