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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1942
Page
2
The Montana Taxpayers association reports an immediate favorable response to its push for re examining city county and school district budgets. Officials and groups indicate cuts in expenditures as a wartime measure with more support expected from other municipalities and districts.
The state hay insurance board cut mustard seed insurable value to 10 per acre from 12 due to price drops and ample supplies. Austrian peas will carry a rate 3 percent above wheat because of uncertain success in Montana. Farmers insuring these crops must share equal risk on wheat. Some grain rate changes were postponed and appraisers reappointed for the year.
Montana pays 88.4 percent of its job insurance claims within a week, ranking near the top nationwide behind only five states. Barclay Craighead of the unemployment compensation commission notes a federal survey showing the strong performance versus a 62 percent national weekly payment average. A light anecdote about courting echoes the message of prompt action.
The article profiles Alexander Henry a Northwest Fur Co. trader who kept a diary from 1799 to 1814, detailing life along the Missouri and Lake Superior to the Pacific. It notes his harsh view of Indians and rivals, his posts on the Park River, Mandans, Gros Ventres, and his death attempting to reach a ship at the Columbia River.
Anaconda Copper Mining Co officials said zinc output would rise by 25 percent once a 2 million expansion at the Anaconda and Great Falls smelters is finished. About 1 million is planned for each plant with completion slated for September. The expansion supports the Metals Reserve Co war program. Zinc concentrates from Mexico Canada and other sources will be finished in these plants. Changes include electrical converters to convert AC to DC for the electrolytic process.
William J. Batten, 64, died suddenly of heart failure while chatting with friends in Virginia City. A resident of the region since 1884, he had been in poor health for over a year. Born in South Wales, he came to the United States in 1884 to live with relatives at Nevada City and later pursued mining.
The shah of Persia intends to make Argentina his residence, signaling a shift in diplomatic or personal ties with South America. Details on timing or official arrangements were not disclosed in the available text.
The Montana Apprenticeship Council, created in 1941, approved apprenticeship agreements in auto mechanics, plumbing, steam fitting, carpentry and machinist trades in Butte and Great Falls and auto mechanics in Anaconda. It requires a minimum 4000 hours plus trade school training and will gradually stiffen requirements while coordinating with state and federal agencies to establish trade schools and improve employer labor relations.
Pauly J. Sechena, 23, Montana state amateur golf champion from Missoula, enlisted in Butte as a leatherneck in the U S Marine Corps. He left Butte with eight other recruits and joked his clubs were left behind. Sechena follows two prior Montana champs Lloyd Skedd and George Sarsfield, now in the army.
O. C. Lamport state director of the United States employment service says efforts are underway to ensure enough farm labor this year and that farmers should plant full crops. He notes a real shortage is unlikely and federal and state agencies will provide sufficient workers. fewer migrant laborers are expected, but local recruitment will cover most demand.
Vitamin research is incomplete but home gardens rank first as an economical source of life supporting elements. R E Patterson of Western Seed Co argues to double vegetable intake, add variety, and include vitamin rich or overlooked vegetables in gardening and cooking. He notes leafy vegetables are generally rich in vitamins and minerals.
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