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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1927
Page
1
The President of the State College outlines a future agricultural program and calls for development of lands. He emphasizes expansion of farming education and practical initiatives to boost local agriculture.
A local agricultural panel speaker argues the industry is in a transitional era and that farmers must assess assets and strategies before accepting new settlers or policy shifts. The remarks emphasize caution and modernization.
A jury found Gribnau guilty after nine hours of deliberation and sentenced him to a term of two to four years in prison.
Nicholas J. Gribnall was found guilty of a statutory offense against a 16 year old girl and received a two to four year state prison term after a two day district court trial. The judgment was to be formally pronounced by Judge Henry G. Rodgers with J E. Kelly for the defense and County Attorney T E Gilbert for the state. Gribnall was arrested by Wenatchee authorities in December following sheriff's office information. The convicted man had been married since leaving Dillon. The civil suit Butala vs Union Electric was continued for the term, and the docket next case involves Carrigan et al v Dixon Brown. Ranchers from Southwestern Montana attended a Beavorhead high school program with President Alfred Atkinson of Montana State College. The speech urged identifying Montana's assets and promoting high grade agricultural products to compete with distant markets.
Miss Maureen Desmond wowed audiences at the University Little Theatre in Missoula as Donna Teodora in The World and His Wife. A senior, she began university dramatics as a freshman and will graduate in June leaving the campus circle with a strong impression from the latest production.
Beaverhead County Junior Red Cross received sixty cartons of currants from Greece last week. County Superintendent May Sprinkle distributed the berries to county schools in the junior organization. The currants were a return gift in an international exchange, following last Christmas when Beaverhead children sent gift boxes to Greece.
W E Sontag of Casper Wyoming contractor plans a new rig setup in Crowley Field. The rig will be installed in a few weeks with equipment already shipped and lumber en route from Seattle.
Montana Stockgrowers association schedules its annual meeting in Miles City for April 7 and 8. Local committee head Henry Sawtell says events include a barbecue at Fort Keogh grounds. Headquarters will be in the Elks home as the program outline is finalized.
Wise River, Feb. 26. A local youth captured the fifth mountain lion this season after tracking in heavy snow with lion trailing dogs. Fred Gill and Charles Ferguson aided in the pursuit, finding the animal in a brush pile under fallen timber at night and securing the kill.
North Montana street sees several business relocations this week as City Baking Company and Cash Meat Market remodel for new locations. Mrs. Myra Koontz has moved her grill to a larger site previously Porter & Knotts, with upgraded booths and expanded counters promising increased business. The City Baking Company will occupy the former Cash Meat Market building after extensive improvements including a brick oven and new hardwood floor. The Cash Meat Market will take the City Baking space plus Mike's grill area, with partitions removed to create a premier, well equipped market ready within days.
The Dillon Rotary club held its weekly luncheon program with Ralph Mc Fadden as chairman. The Rotary quartet performed two numbers, McFadden played two more piano pieces and Miss Marjorie Stevenson sang several solos. Francis Tonrey is a news member.
Dillon prepared for the seventh annual American Legion minstrel and vaudeville opening tomorrow at 8:16 p m The ensemble features seventy five Dillon participants with Toota Pad docks as manager and Montana star At the event expected to deliver standout performances.
The Examiner contracts Meyer-Both company to offer exclusive world class news service for this territory. Meyer-Roth service is hailed as the best of its kind with top advertising experts and artists on staff.
Eliel's fast quintet captured the city league championship by defeating the Modern Woodmen 20 to 10 at Normal gym. The final capped a tourney run that included two hard victories over Waldorf and a college fraternity team. Barry & Hopkins upset McCracken earlier, while Waldorfs beat DeMolays and Rotary fell to Woodmen.
Livingston Montana taxidermists Jonas Brothers gift away hundreds of dollars worth of tiger, wolf, and mountain lion skins for high school act costumes. John Jonas recalls a yearlong expedition to Africa and India for wild animals for the Smithsonian, including a tiger shot four times with an elephant rifle and killed at point blank range.
Expert geologists say the Crowley dome near Dillon has a formation like the Kevin Sunburst field. W. E. B. Sontag of Casper Wyoming holds the sinking contract and plans to drill to 3000 feet with a standard rig. Preparations start after his arrival. lumber is in transit and hauling contracts will be let.
Montana is estimated to have 637,904 residents in 1925 according to the Financial Statistics of States issued by the U S department of commerce. The state spans about 147,000 square miles of land with 866 miles of water. assessed property value totals 441,274,763 dollars and taxable property 423,423,024 dollars. The total levy amounts to 1,995,164 dollars, equivalent to 4.52 dollars per capita.
Clerk Fred Rife reports Beaverhead county district court averaged 174 cases per year from 1922 through 1926. In 1926 the court heard 143 cases including 25 criminal filings with liquor and other charges. Civil filings reached 118 with most decisions by plea or jury. Probate matters totaled 41 uncontested filings.
Beaverhead county high basketball quintet lost by two points 24 to 22 to Missoula in a close district tournament game. They had earlier beaten Butte Central 17 to 11 and Butte high 18 to 13 before meeting defeat. Robert Finch led the Beaverhead team in the final week of the season with strong passing and guard play.
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