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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1939
Page
4
The North Montana State Fair runs August 7 to 12 with a thrilling rodeo and a full horse racing program. Night shows promise striking magnitude and score of variety acts for six days of entertainment each night.
Montana deputy game wardens will survey native upland game birds to help the fish and game commission decide at its next meeting whether to allow an open season on prairie chickens sage hens and grouse. The commission will also review recommendations from sportsmen clubs amid long standing opposition due to declining bird numbers. In agriculture news demonstrations in Richland Yellowstone Big Horn and Phillips counties show weed control success with spring to early summer plowing and repeated cultivation to keep weeds down.
Since the Smith Lever Act of 1914, seven million five hundred forty eight thousand nine hundred fifty nine youths have joined 4-H club work in 48 states plus Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Except for wartime and downturns, enrollment has risen every year.
A report notes that keeping eggs in a darkened basement is the most satisfactory method during the hot summer months.
The C-Bar-D ranch in the Big Hole basin, once owned by Frank A. Hazelbaker, is featured in the current Western Livestock Journal. The Los Angeles published issue includes pictures of the C-Bar-D Hereford herd.
The story notes a son left his father to transact business at the Montana Auto Supply company when the older man was stricken. The body was shipped Friday to Huntington, Indiana, where a daughter resides.
The federal bureau of agricultural economics forecasts smaller slaughter supplies of lambs and poorer finished quality due to dry weather and green-feed shortages. Western lambs will be mostly feeder flesh, and ewes on hand will rise, offsetting part of the anticipated drop in the lamb crop.
The $10,000,000 state property policy, twice approved by the state insurance commission, was settled by two court orders last Saturday. Judge George W. Padbury Jr dismissed a suit by P. O. Davidson of Anaconda to invalidate the policy. Judge A. J. Horsky ordered State Auditor John J. Holmes to issue a warrant for $56,415.48 to pay the premium, with a follow up appearance set for July 26 to show cause for noncompliance.
Apparently unhurried, the burglars sat at the counter and ate several candy bars before making their escape. Sheriff Paul H. Temple motored to Missoula last Thursday to take charge of A. J. McCaslin, wanted here on a larceny charge and arrested by Missoula police at the request of local officers. McCaslin was wanted for questioning in connection with the theft of a saddle from the B. J. McMenomey ranch near Armstead last September.
May results show class A led by Brooks Poultry Farm Chateau with 348 hens averaging 26 eggs per hen. Class B winner John J. Vargo Trout Creek with 75 hens averaged 26.5 eggs. Class C breeder flock Mrs. George McHees Plevna with 38 hens averaged 26.4 eggs.
The report notes a spacious gymnasium with plastering begun in some compartments. Only the auditorium walls remain to be erected, expected to be in place by week’s end. The building should be ready for occupancy late this fall.
The Dillon Gun Club plans a trap shooting event next Sunday at Gough's Corner. It features 20 16 yard targets 20 handicap and 5 doubles pairs with optional signups. Valuable prizes are offered and the Dillon aces aim to be in trim for the competition alongside usual practice shoots.
The Butte smeltermen announce a day of free activities for Sunday July 30 including hundreds of ice cream treats, races, water carnival, fireworks, and the Future Miss America contest for girls under six. A baseball game, tug of war, first aid exhibits, and a dance at Washoe park close the day with an eight piece orchestra and a big lighting show.
REA wiring plans advance as construction begins with priority given to early signed contracts. Funds through the association available for loans to wire homes. C J Slatt of Washington visited Dillon on project matters. Pole holes may start next week. Project needs 50 carloads of poles 432 miles of wire and 159 transformers for 173 miles of line. Suppliers include L D McFarland Sandpoint Anaconda Wire and Cable and General Electric. The build will create about 28000 man hours of direct labor.
Madison County Forum announces a Sunday picnic by the Madison Sportsmen with horseshoe pitching softball foot racing tug-of-war and other small sports. Prizes will be awarded in events with free entrance for all. trapshooting requires shells and target fees. Attendees should bring lunch. coffee and refreshments supplied by the committee.
The Dillon volunteer fire department arranged three weeks of swimming at the Normal college pool. Sessions run each Monday and Friday at 4 o clock with lifeguards and recreation leaders on hand. Boys should report to Robert Holloran or Robert Lee.
Beaverhead county commissioners met in regular and final sessions in July 1939. Budgets were examined and tabled for investigation while a WPA emergency fund budget was tentatively set. Bid results favored Westmont Tractor for a diesel machine at 7913.94, and appraisers were named for Jackson county machine shed tract. The article notes soil fertility via legumes as a crop note.
The Sportmen's Picnic offers substantial prizes across events including trapshooting dog trials fly casting and more. Dillon entries historically win many prizes as six to ten thousand attendees gather with local committees led by Mr and Mrs Jack Keenan Lindley Phillips and Pete Westergaard. Local firms from Butte Anaconda and surrounding communities donate prizes while Dillon's junior baseball team joins the program and residents with spare seats are urged to help the team by contacting C M Casterline or Vic Westergard.
A man brought to Dillon faces forgery charges after a fictitious signature used at a local establishment. He admitted the crime when confronted with a torn and recovered check found under a car running board.
A community stage dramatization features a large cast led by Rosanne Miller Beth Harwood Edward Cebull Sterling Schlagel Lois Gilbert Florence McBain Alma Johansen Loretta Grills Alice Butka Margaret McCracken Lorraine Forsyth Edith Ruby Lucas Harriet Freedle Mildred Glover James Veltkamp William Boetticher Doris Gerdrum Emma Milne Gertrude Oliver Alfred Graham George Johnson Jean Godwin Dorothy Derry Desta Fisher Winifred Frederickson Nadine Kuss John Donaldson Lora Mae Willis Pearl Susag Irene Rivard Ruth Pravda Irma Honkala Beth Harwood and Helen Doyle in a period presentation.
The article argues young job seekers need specific training and a proper mental attitude. It cautions against selfish aims, urging applicants to prioritize the company’s good and contribute to its progress over personal advancement. It notes executives lack time to coach beginners and assumes basic business knowledge.
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