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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1922
Page
9
Final figures from the secretary of state show the pari mutuel measure for fair use secured 1,624 more signatures than needed to place it on the ballot. All other initiatives failed to reach the required threshold. Friends of the measure praise the result and expect strong voter interest for the county and state fairs. Signatures by county are listed.
Washington reports a survey showing 15 states paying or planning veterans bonuses from World War I, eight awaiting referendums, and 26 with no provision. Ohio draws attention for large sums and a $7.5 million, plus $25 million authorization, amid a bond-issue avoidance. 23 states have $331.739 million in appropriations, mainly bond funded, with varied forms from daily stipends to education aid and cash bonuses, including payments up to 1 dollar daily for service.
The Commercial Bulletin reports wool trading remains dull overall but prices stay firm due to replacement costs. Trading in the West is limited while foreign markets are steady. Anticipation builds for lightweight goods from the American Woolen company next Monday as price lists detail Michigan and New York fleeces and washed varieties with precise cents per pound.
The Literary Digest reports the first 100000 ballots indicate strong wet sentiment two to one, with 62412 for repeal or amendment of the Volstead Act and 2445 for strict enforcement. Bonus for soldiers roughly even, 46609 for and 47469 against. California shows wetest sentiment, Kansas driest, Illinois second wet, Montana light but leaning wet.
Missoula experts Dr. O R Spencer and Dr. R R Parker spoke to a large crowd at the chamber of commerce about a year of work on spotted fever. They reported ticks can confer immunity under certain conditions and that Rocky Mountain goats may help maintain the virus in nature. The period saw about 60 cases, mostly in eastern Montana, with less virulence than in the Bitterroot Valley.
Helena July 16 Wool producer Matt Staff president of the National Wool Warehouse and Storage Company says a global wool shortage and low carryover stocks will push domestic wool prices to a new high in the fall. He returned to Chicago after weeks among Montana Wyoming and Utah growers noting strong consignments to the warehouse and expected higher prices through year’s end.
Readable lines show fluctuating textile prices with figures such as $1.35 and 85 to 90 cents for various grades. Mentions of spates and mohairs indicate commodity listings and trade terms, though fragmentation obscures full context and item names.
A party from Dillon spent last Sunday as guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Thompson. The group included Mr. and Mrs. Henry McElwain, Mr. and Mrs. Lee McElwain and their children, Harry Hugh Joseph of Deer Lodge, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Bishop of Dillon, Reynolds Thompson, and others connected to the Normal College program.
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