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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1931
Page
8
The Dillon circus announces a grand season opener highlighting a dramatic spectacle and new acts. Performers promise vibrant costumes, high-energy stunts, and family entertainment to attract crowds.
Announcement lists the Al G. Barnes circus coming to Dillon on June 15 with over 200 acts and a prelude spectacle Persia and the Pageant of Pekin. It details summer vacation plans of primary grades staff with departures to states including Washington, Wisconsin, Idaho, Illinois, New York, Colorado and foreign trips, with many staying at home in Dillon or Melrose.
Memorial Day events occurred on the depot grounds with "America" and "The Star Spangled Banner" sung by assembled crowds. The Dillon Choral Club conducted by Mrs. W. G. Gilbert performed, Rev. R. O. Shannon gave the invocation and benediction, and Professor R. E. B. Albright spoke on universal peace.
The article highlights the Al G Barnes circus with acts from Europe and Mexico. It lists The Great Gretona Troupe of equilibrists, Belmont Family of English Riders, Griselle Belgian riders, Alex Acvedo, and the Jordan sextette. It notes 1,080 performers, 18 foreign countries, and 22 tents on 12 acres.
W. T. Morrison has returned from Seattle where he was summoned by the death of his daughter Mrs. Margaret Flummerfolt.
Bannack mines announce staff layoffs for cost cuts marking the fourth reduction since operations began. Charles Hancock, with Kennecott and Black Rock experience, takes new duties. Harold K. Boysen serves as consulting engineer for mines and mill. Salt Lake City and Butte engineers join the consulting team, adding extensive practical mining expertise.
Jay Holts, longtime Dillon resident born March 29 1884 in Riverside Iowa, died after leaving a ranch house during a May storm and becoming lost in a swamp. His body was found Wednesday morning by Joe Jones a Peterson cowboy. undersheriff Carl Hartwig chief Charles Nelson coroner James E Phillips and H M Brundage investigated.
A German veteran guest spoke about the conflict and veterans organizations since. Delegates Thomas H. Gilbert and J. C. Fuller were named to the Beaverhead post state convention in Miles City in August with D. W. Paddock and Earl Fairbanks as alternates. Ted Harper post members and other ex servicemen attended the Wisdom dinner. J. C. Millichm urged attendance at the district Legion convention to be held in Wisdom in July.
The board invites bids for a wooden grandstand with a shingle roof. Construction will begin after contract approval at the next meeting and finish in time for the county fair in September.
Forty training school pupils received diplomas Thursday at the training school auditorium. Dr. W. H. Stephan spoke on Values in Life. Most of the graduates plan to enter high school next fall, according to instructors.
The annual fair committees are named with B Hartwig and George M Gosman as other members. The parade committee is led by J C Wedum and includes Chester Hale J C Jeppson Lambert Eliel J C Fuller J W McCarthy T Lee McCracken J Anson Baxter William Logan and W W Wahl. The advertising and publicity group comprises Warren Stone Homer Faust and T D Caverly.
It will be unlawful to fish in streams and lakes in the Big Hole from March 15 to June 30 each year inclusive, until further order of the fish and game commission.
A salesman helped by two men was robbed in minutes. The men fled with $38 after threatening him with a pistol held to his face. The good deed ended with the stalled car speeding away.
In a continuation of a stone page, the article discusses plans to provide Montana agriculture with access to more stream flow during flood periods to reduce annual losses.
The article reports a U S Department of Labor Women's Bureau survey of Hawaii's canneries finding modern, clean facilities with good sanitation, uniforms, and gloves. It then presents several pineapple based recipes including Orange Flower Aalch, Pineapple Pistachio Rice, Chocolate Pineapple Slices, and Baked Pineapple with Rhubarb.
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