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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1923
Page
1
An auction sale of horses will be held Saturday afternoon June 30 at the yards of the Dillon Horse Sales company. Five hundred head are listed, all grass fat in good condition and well broken. Demand is brisk for work horses suitable for hay fields and the Dillon sale is expected to attract a strong market.
Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit offers free treatment to disabled World War veterans from Michigan. Over fifty veterans are already admitted on the same basis as private patients and distributed across hospital units. The plan runs through December 31 1923 with possible extension.
Announcement from Dillon states Harold Boyd Poindexter son of P. E B Poindexter of Los Angeles California married Anna Grace Key daughter of Mr and Mrs John Patterson Key of Corona California. The ceremony occurred Tuesday afternoon June 12 at St Johns Episcopal Church Corona California.
Helena June 19 The Montana Public Service Commission announced acceptance of a plan to reduce power rates by Montana Power and allied companies. The revised tariffs, effective July 1, save about 288 000 to 300 000 dollars for roughly 40 000 customers, averaging a 4 to 24 percent cut across residential commercial and combined lighting heating rates. The commission notes no reductions for retail wholesale irrigation municipal or industrial rates and omits prompt payment discounts.
The Normal college started its summer session Monday with over five hundred students and registration nearing six hundred by noon. Attendance includes teachers from across Montana and other states, with dormitory housing limited and many staying with families. A training school and kindergarten operate alongside, led by Violet McDonald of Butte and instructors Hagland Knowles and Albertson. The kindergarten runs eight weeks and the training school six weeks, with the college ending mid August.
Montana and other wool states join bankers and Farm Bureau officials in Chicago to map a national wool pool. States will run separate units selling through grower owned agencies with plans for 1924 wool clip and imports to meet demand. Aaron Sapiro and Walton Petee of the Farm Bureau attend the meeting. Wool consumption in the U S nears 220 million grease pounds in three months, with imports likely to rise.
Dr. J J Carroll and his family moved from Butte to Dillon and will establish a surgeons’ office in the Blake building. Carroll has opened his practice here and plans to reside in Dillon.
Dr. W J Butler state veterinary surgeon reports Montana’s first test under law found 10.68 percent dairy cattle reactors. He notes TB persists, survives in damp places, and that combination testing helps catch cases that react to different tuberculin tests. The state’s progress is highlighted with 1911 10.63 percent and 1922 data showing Montana second in tests and few reactors. March tests: 8,282 cattle with 29 reactors. Economic losses from TB cited and urgency of continued eradication efforts.
Shelby Montana in June hosts a July Fourth Dempsey Gibbons championship mood with numerous cabarets dance halls and jazz shops opening daily. The male population greatly outnumbers women as booths and booths spill into every available space while a wall collapse reveals $1700 in sawed cash.
Five carloads of wool were received last Friday at the local warehouse then weighed and stored for shipment. Thousands of pounds have arrived at the Dillon warehouse from Madison and Lemhi counties. The Montana livestock sanitary board urges public dairy and cattle testing to aid tuberculosis eradication and dairy sanitation through occasional visits to dairies. Dairymen across Montana compare favorably with peers, and patron visits encourage cleaner operations.
Government census bureau figures for 1923 show Montana with a death rate of 8.6 per thousand, well below the U S average of 11.9. Idaho is close at 8.1, while Maine leads with 14.7. Births in Montana run 18.3 per thousand, near the bottom nationally, with North Carolina and Wyoming highest.
Virgil McKnight, a former Dell resident and father of five, was shot through the jaw last Wednesday by a bank robber who had earlier robbed a Plains bank. McKnight was part of the posse pursuing the fugitive and was wounded when the robber fired back. the extent of his injuries was not disclosed.
Whitey Williams was arrested Sunday evening at Grant by Sheriff Mooney and brought to Dillon where he was charged with unlawful possession of moonshine. A half a gallon of moonshine was brought in as evidence. Williams was arraigned Monday and released on a $250 bond.
Inroads against the grasshopper pest are progressing. a week of continued effort may eradicate them and save crops. Local business leaders and farmers back the effort, with volunteers aiding mixing of poisoned bran under Fred Crouse. Eight thousand dollars of materials, including bran, grain, banana oil, arsenic, and makasses, were secured by the county through W F Cashmore, highlighting statewide demand.
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