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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1939
Page
3
Capital Montana will participate in the annual meeting of the National American Mining congress in August at Salt Lake City. H C Bacorn of Jardine serves as chairman of the Montana committee in charge of the program.
United States wheat sold for export from July 1 1938 to May 31 1939 totaled about 112 500 000 bushels with roughly 108 298 000 bushels shipped. The federal Surplus Commodities Corporation also reports a purchase of 6 474 000 bushels in wheat products for distribution to unemployed persons.
Two thousand eight hundred and thirty out of state cars were registered at Montana port of entry stations in the first three days, a gain of 74 cars from the prior year. Most arrivals came from the east as D A McKinnon notes. Montanans Inc projects tourism revenue of 40 million dollars, ten million more than last year.
E. K. Bowman state hail commissioner says farmers insured through the federal crop insurance program can also insure against hail losses with the State.
State Treasurer Ray N. Shannon, chairman of the retirement board, reports 15 more Montana teachers were placed on the state teachers retirement list, bringing the fiscal year total to 285. He notes 4,400 active members participate out of 5,200 teachers statewide. Placement is for advanced age and disabilities.
State board of health reports a Lake County patient with spotted tick fever, bringing this year’s statewide total to 17. Deaths reach four, one higher than last year, compared with only 12 cases in all of 1938.
Attorney General H. J. Freeberiin rules that a person sentenced to pay a justice court fine cannot be rearrested to serve jail time if released before paying the fine. The opinion states that a fine is a separate judgment from any jail sentence.
A jail sentence discussion notes that the term ment cannot be equated with two separate legal aspects. The text emphasizes distinctions between related charges and how sentences may reflect different underlying offenses.
State Superintendent Ruth Reardon appoints George W. Finley of Bozeman as state high school supervisor to replace Rex Haight of Grass Range who has been ill. Finley, a Major in the 163rd infantry, is a Montana State College graduate and former city school supervisor and school principal, with three years as a CCC educational adviser.
Montana doctors reported 466 deaths and 873 births last month per the state board of health. Infant deaths included 48 under one year, 18 stillbirths, 46 cancer, and 50 from communicable diseases. Car accidents claimed nine lives during the month.
The state supreme court may not hear arguments in the W. Lee Simpson case until October. State prosecutors must file briefs by August 1, but the court will be in summer recess then. Simpson was sentenced to hang for the April 1938 killing of Deputy Sheriff Arthur Buford at the Simpson ranch.
B O Holzechuh once an advertising salesman for a Montana sheriffs magazine is held in Sheboygan Wisconsin at Helena authorities request. He is charged with keeping about 800 dollars collected for the magazine and will face grand larceny charges. Extradition efforts are under way.
A renewed campaign against grasshoppers in western infested areas gains pace with a new 1.75 million dollar congressional appropriation. By early June 180000 tons of bait have been laid across 24 states, with the Agriculture Department coordinating purchase, mixing, and distribution through local centers. Early floodplains along the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers show control as wet weather slows egg hatch and slows spread.
A four year test may eliminate stoop labor in sugar beet farming via a new machine. E M Melvine and S W McBirney of the federal bureau of agricultural engineering described the revolutionary procedure.
Four years of experimental thinning show mechanical devices can match hand produced beets. They reduce stoop labor and, with proper planting, can space knives to leave single plants while removing few seed bunches with a hoe. Progress in seeding thinning and harvesting suggests beets could be grown without stoop labor.
Four thousand Chippewa Indians in Great Falls organize to press a land indemnity claim dating back to prior to 1892. A three member committee led by Joseph Paul coordinates meetings to pursue settlement for lands they say were taken after forced northward migration from North Dakota.
Great Falls police officers save costs by casting leads and reusing brass casings for weekly target practice. Officer Tom Chamberlain handles most loading, with casings collected after each shoot and new primers and powder added before assembly.
Suits filed to limit ASCAP authority in Montana ask a court to permanently bar the society from collecting five percent of station gross revenue on programs with copyrighted material. A temporary injunction had blocked ASCAP licenses for Montana stations, pending July 12 show cause. In Helena, an opinion requires itinerant drug vendors to pay the $3 store tax for their mobile operations as vehicles used as stores.
At Yellowstone Park Montana Bankers Association collected opposition to federal lending agencies and any extension of government into banking. President Philip A. Benson warned of political control of industry while urging that private banking is adequate and government funding should not expand.
Two attorney general opinions from Helena hold that bank stockholders may waive publication of notice to reduce capital stock and that fire department relief associations may keep time deposits in banks. Also reports of continued rains boosting ground moisture with some hail damage near Glasgow, aiding crops for harvest.
The Army will station a detachment from Fort Missoula’s first battalion at Big Timber for an encampment in July to spur enlistments. The campsite location has been chosen.
Paul Wollersheim and tractor mechanic Gordon Jodrey rig two tractors in tandem with a single driver. The rear tractor lacks front wheels and is connected to the lead machine. A new equalizer hitch pulls two nine foot plows, claimed to save gas and oil while doubling power.
Commissioner Nick Mariana calls for umpires to work the Missoula state semi pro baseball tournament. Applicants must file with him at Bonner and hold membership cards from the National semi pro baseball congress.
Denver operators report progress as manganese mines closed since World War II may reopen after President Roosevelts signs the strategic minerals bill. talks indicate potential restart plans and market interest amid federal action.
A resolution introduced by Rep. Robert G. Allen of Pennsylvania would void a one cent per ton sales tax on the disposal of bituminous coal in the United States.
Art Pardue completed a second well in the south producing area of the reservation last week. Oil rose 2200 feet as sand was punctured, signaling a deeper productive interval for the operation.
The Crowley No. 2 well, first hole to strike oil from the Sunburst sand in the North Cut Bank field, was reported producing 40 to 50 barrels today.
The Industrial Machinery Company of Great Falls reported salvage operations at the old Philipsburg smelter after its sale. Machinery was being sold, and the remaining balance was to be sold.
The federal census bureau reports Montana's 1937 per capita revenue at 41.67 dollars versus 25.50 in 1932. Per capita operating cost rose to 20.59 dollars from 13.85. Total receipts were 22,291,809 and expenditures 20,895,331 with a net debt of 9,850,125. There is an additional 1,267,000 dollars cost for the water conservation board.
Montana state livestock sanitary board reports an Ovando rancher lost 24 of 68 hogs after eating gophers poisoned with strychnine. Dr. W J Butler, state veterinarian, says danger to other hogs or humans is not present.
The state Republican central committee chose Great Falls as its permanent headquarters and will open an office there with Jack Benjamin of Stillwater County as secretary in charge. Dan Whetstone of Cut Bank, a Republican national committeeman, said an intensive 1940 campaign will start soon and continue through the general election.
The deal includes mining and milling equipment a railroad spur the Riverside placer claims Elmont quarry and other properties including a Whitehall lime quarry to be operated commercially.
Great Falls Montana school district trustees honor the late cowboy artist Charles M Russell by naming the Sun River school after him following a student and parent survey that showed unanimous support for the plan.
A Belt mail to Cascade County commissioners contained three one dollar bills from children signing as Friends, guessing who, to mark Father’s Day and offer thanks for help and support. City council considers granting Great Falls Gas Co a Montana gas franchise with a mandatory Montana/ Cascade County supply condition and a poll on Oct 16 before final terms are set.
A flurry of calls and visits marked a Dillon weekend as locals and guests arrived from Minot Havre Sheridan and Butte. Notables included Mrs Rita Johnson Mrs Marie Carlson and four families with trips to New York City Philadelphia and Denmark planned or underway.
State examiners heard petitions from the Montana Council of Public Welfare urging the public welfare board to exceed the last legislative appropriation to boost relief grants. AG Freebourn and Sec. Mitchell did not act and continued the meeting to July 10. The petitions seek an emergency declaration authorizing overspending to aid needy persons.
The state highway department tests sand stone as a gravel substitute in a three mile bituminous section between Mosby and Jordan. If successful, road construction costs could fall by about one third in gravelless areas with sandstone available. Don McKinnon notes past satisfactory results and a longer trial was required.
Montana retains its free status from cattle tuberculosis after reaccrediting six counties Deer Lodge Granite Liberty Ravalli Sheridan and Toole based on tests conducted by the federal Bureau of Animal Industry and the state livestock sanitary board testing all breeding cattle and at least ten percent of range cattle.
District teachers and staff report back from professional meetings and college work. D L Johnson of the high school faculty returns from Bozeman after attending a vocational agricultural meeting for teachers. The note mentions Montana State Normal college and Fairbault Minnesota as places connected to recent study. The subject plans a Montana visit with relatives this summer.
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