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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1934
Page
3
Washington reports show easterners favor the Taylor grazing act more than other western legislation. The vast public domain, 1 173 000 000 acres, challenges eastern imagination and prompts talk of changes to the act before interior department policy is set.
The grazing control proposal linked to broader conservation plans prompts Western officials to warn of a potential shift favoring large stockmen over small operators. Debates focus on states rights versus federal reach, with plans to clarify and extend powers amid contested provisions.
The farm administration reported paying out 358,993, with processing taxes delivering 369,589, and expecting receipts to slightly exceed expenditures after a peak in payouts. In the next months, thousands of checks will go to farmers lowering acreage, while taxes continue to fund administration. A separate note mentions a surprise party for Mrs Henneberry and a Business and Professional Women's club meeting at St James guild hall.
The College Mixed Chorus performs two songs arranged by George Leipold Viennese Lullaby and De Camptown Races by Stephen Foster in a college choir program.
The ensemble roster includes Dennis Revere Leone Cashmore Ral Smith Schulz Grace Frost Wilda Plymale and a full section of musicians across strings winds and percussion. Notable players feature Leah Anderson flutes Jean Gilbert Adair Milne Melvin Mast Charles Ridgway Irving Andreasen violas Miss Jean MacGregor Miss A Smith Ann Doyle clarinets Waldron Jane Waldorf trumpets Mildred Taylor Eleanor Wheat Eloise Olmsted Hughlon Cole trombone Fred Lenning violoncello Eunice Panchot horn Myrtle Adams drums Bill Ballard and pianist and librarian Marguerite Collins.
Harold Woods left an eastern Montana sheep ranch after deciding life was too lonely without his wife. He rode freight to western Pennsylvania where his wife had already begun hitchhiking home. Both pursued reunion despite long, weary travels.
Chevrolet Motor Company reports record breaking retail sales in June 1981 the highest June total since 1929 and a gain of over 12 percent despite forecasts of a 12 percent decrease. Dealers credit new low prices effective June 2 for the surge.
The piece urges travelers to use telephones in the season to contact friends in towns ahead to notify them of plans, get road information, arrange accommodations, or stay in touch with home or the office. It notes long distance operators can provide rates to any destination.
Montanans spent 6,691,753 on theatres dance halls and amusements in 1933 per a U S census. Silver Bow county led with 1,122,771. Yellowstone 800,406. Cascade 738,317. About 2,000 establishments employed 1,700 workers with payrolls of 1,332,995. Employment ran 91 to 108 percent of normal June to December.
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