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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1938
Page
4
Aug 1 to Aug 6 1938 features seven horse races daily with pari mutuel betting on every race. A big night show titled Parade of Stars runs with midweek program changes. A featured day highlights a head on collision of two airplanes. Admission price stated as low.
Montana state departments and institutions earned $11,882.17 more in the past fiscal year than the previous year, with 13 departments rising and nine showing decreases. The report excludes regular appropriations and lists 1938 earnings for each unit, totaling $652,766.75 versus $640,884.58 the prior year. Also notes visitors from Livingston and Wisdom.
Hatton and Gene Blinn were involved when an old model truck forced a pass and the car veered off the road, tumbling down an embankment. Hatton sustained a wrenched shoulder and cuts. Blinn suffered body bruises as the car was badly damaged. The truck fled the scene. both men were taken to Butte by Sheriff Larry Weir and Deputy Amor Nelson.
Anaconda Elks anticipate more than 1,000 Elks and guests from across Montana for the annual state convention. Edward A. Wenger chairs arrangements with sightseeing trips, dances, drum corps, band contests, and a president’s ball.
Professors and students gathered as Prof. O. K. Moe chaired the Art Department Conference. A badminton conference led by Miss Marjorie Hamer was set for Tuesday at four in the gym, with game play and equipment explained.
J. Ford McBain chaired the meeting while T. Lee McCracken was slated to chair next week with Theo F. McFadden as club speaker. The discussion centered on challenges of citizenship in the community youth group.
Mrs L C Stocker and daughters Ann and Eva returned from Grant after a week away. Mr and Mrs Marielle Leake of Lakeview welcomed a daughter born Saturday at Barrett hospital. Mr and Mrs Walter Foster welcomed a son Stephen Hall born Friday at Barrett hospital. Miss Vera Smith vacations with her parents Mr and Mrs Albert Smith at Twin Bridges. Ernest Pewe and William Konecne plan a North Dakota visit to relatives. Tommy Hawkins of Helena, ex Dillon printer, travels through Dillon to California. J Kenneth Lewis of Port Angeles was a guest at Roscoe Cornell Jr residence. Mr and Mrs Albert Gelhaus visited friends in Butte Sunday.
Voters cast fewer wagers on the sheriff race as turnout lagged. The Examiner and Tribune compiled precinct returns at the courthouse counting ballots from 21 precincts and praised outside reps for fast efficient work.
Contour farming on ridges uses far less power than traditional up and down hill plowing, making field work easier and more efficient by following the land’s contours.
Plans for a state mining conclave are taking shape as publicity materials reach mining journals nationwide and two in London. The event is expected to draw more than 300 mining professionals from around the world.
Sunday lesson-sermon across Churches of Christ, Scientist centers on Life as divine and eternal. Bible citations from Luke 7 12 15 echo Jesus raising a widow’s son, while Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health asserts God is infinite Life and death has no dominion.
J. A. Ace Ross appeared in Judge Louis Stahl's court Saturday and pleaded not guilty to breaking into the state liquor store. Bonds were set at 2000 dollars and he remains jailed in the county jail.
Great Falls Montana hosts the National Hereford Show with exhibits in 20 departments. Competing for 40,000 dollars in prizes the fair features educational displays fireworks music parades clowns and spectacles at the Northwest's biggest fair.
Latest returns show Thorkelson winning the county for the Republican congressional nomination while Davis led the long term railroad commissioner race with 883 to Koerner's 161. Anderson 332 Erickson 297 Howard 227 Hurd 225 O Donnell 177 Stewart 588 appear in the associate justice tally. Middleton leads Democrats for the same race. Ross is the Republican short term choice and Smith the Democrat. Hog counts for six months old on June 1, 1938 barely differ from a year earlier.
The June pig crop report from the federal bureau of agricultural economics shows a sharp upswing in hog production. The spring pig crop is estimated 13 percent larger than 1937 and fall sows to farrow are 9 percent higher, yielding total farrowings in 1938 up 10 percent from 1937.
The article explains that crop insurance programs allocate portions of existing surpluses instead of generating new ones, outlining how subsidies and reserves function within agricultural risk management.
The Montana state board of health reported 55 new measles cases, the highest among communicable diseases last week. Whooping cough had 26, chicken pox 19, tuberculosis four and meningitis one.
James Kelly of Dillon receives an advanced scholarship for 1938 39 at the Montana School of Mines. Eight other students share the award based on scholarship character and promise as announced by registrar W M Brown of the Butte institution.
A dense OCR listing shows candidates for Congress District One including Dr J Thorkelson and Maggie Smith Hathaway with party affiliations. numerous state and county races outlined such as Railroad and Public Service Commissioner with multiple contenders. county positions for sheriff attorney clerk treasurer assessor and others appear with party designations and names. The fragment includes election numbers and stray letters, preserving a snapshot of a multi race ballot page.
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