16 Mar 1927
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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1927
Page
1
The county board met March 9 and authorized commissioners to oversee road matters within their respective districts. The fix aims to streamline maintenance and prioritize urgent repairs locally.
Be aware the Beaverhead county commissioners met to discuss county road and bridge work and property maintenance. They authorized inspections in each district and directed work on county buildings including the courthouse, machine shed, and poor farm. They also addressed waste removal, quarantine care in Lima, and the Armstead dump removal plan.
Promoters J.S. Butner and Chuck Staples announce a premier Lima show with Gussy Rondo and Butte welter Howard Ball in the main event. Flyweight title bout Thor Olsen versus Leonard Vincent will headline before a free dance and midnight lunch. Special Oregon Line rates, tickets at Mint Pool Hall, Dillon locals urged to attend.
Fred Woodside owner of Montana Auto Supply leaves for Berkeley California by car with Mrs Woodside. They travel via Missoula and Spokane to Portland with a Buick Sedan for Mrs N M White. Return planned by train through Portland after meetings with Chevrolet dealers.
The regular district court term, begun Feb 28, closed Monday under Judge Lyman H. Bennett. Final case dismissed involved attorneys fees in a criminal action. Jury panel excused and left for home. 14 cases were set, only 3 went to trial, others dismissed or continued. The state case against Nicholas J. Gribnal for a statutory offense continued.
Eight students from Dillon's Beaverhead County High School will travel to Livingston for the state music meet on April 1 and 2. The quartet includes Kenneth Wheat Grace Ewing Edward Boger and Frederick Crouse with Miss Hal Stephens on piano. The trio features Wheat Sewell and Helen Hoffman.
Jonathan Hildreth and Clarence Koenig acquire Clifford Ewing's dairy farm two miles north of the city. They plan immediate take over with a concrete dairy, pasteurizing plant, milking machines and Jersey herd upgrades to create one of the state’s finest dairies.
Undersheriff Carl Hartwig buys a Star six coach from Barry & Hopkins and plans to test it against fleeing criminals. The Star six is praised by Van Buren police after bank robbers escaped in a Star six touring and pulled away through the mountains, proving the car’s usefulness.
Twenty nine students of the class of 1927, second division, will receive diplomas at exercises to be held at Montana State Normal College next Wednesday morning March 23. C W Grantley will be commencement speaker, and diplomas will be conferred by Chancellor Melvin M Brannon. The Rev Howard B Ricketts will give invocation and benediction. The winter quarter ends March 24 and spring term opens March 28 continuing to June 16.
Dillon will host the mining district interscholastic basketball tourney for the first time in 1928. Beaverhead High to possibly play on local floor at Normal College gym with capacity to draw the crowd. Estimated cost about 1200 dollars, fundable by Dillon season ticket sales. decision due by December 1.
United States marshal James Callahan based in Helena spent two days in Dillon to padlock doors of business houses previously abated by the federal government. Two of the three sites remain open after owners filed a pond. New odedpiints exist in both new buildings.
Dillon Rotary Club discussed a plan to host a local flower show next summer with support from D P Thurber head of the high school agricultural department. Enthusiasts in Dillon note the city’s strong flower culture including Senator Frank Hazelbaker J F Wyatt and many residents with dahlias crocuses and sweet peas already thriving. A summer show could showcase Dillon grown flowers and spark broader interest in floriculture.
Ranchers are promised a sale at the Lee Mantle Beaverhead Ranch next Thursday March 24. Buyers will find 24 broken work horses and nearly all farm implements plus 15 milk cows six saddle horses and several unbroken stock. Walter Brown ranch manager and Luther Smith will preside as auctioneer.
Mr and Mrs J W Deputy return from Pocatello after visiting Francis Staudaher brother of the lat ter He is a young business man in Idaho City now operating a new meat market described as one of the finest in the West The plant includes a five ton ice making machine a 25 foot iced wall cabinet a 35 foot enclosed refrigerator counter and an ice box with capacity for 25 head of cattle Readers learn of his prosperity and progress
John Mayfield remains a patient at the Murray hospital in Butte after an operation and is reported to be getting along nicely.
The oil rig in the Crowley field near Dillon, contracted by L F Sountag, will begin drilling operations. Equipment and lumber have arrived, and a building gang is expected to arrive soon. If no obstacles arise, construction should start in the first week of April and the well may be completed early April.
The Montana State Normal College women's glee club, directed by Miss Vivian Robe, performed in Whitehall Twin Bridges and Sheridan after a Dillon audience enjoyed a January show. The troupe, aided by the college orchestra under Miss Thomas, featured members Francis Thompson Thelma Holliday Genevieve Whealon Gertrude Foster Joseph McCoy and others with accompanist Bessie Kittinger.
Buyers moved quickly in Beaverhead over the past two weeks with more than a thousand head shipped from county points. High quality beef and hay fattened steers fetch strong prices as the region enjoys an easy winter and ample feed, with county stockmen reporting prices around 8.00 to 8.25 per hundredweight and forecasts of higher prices ahead.
The Montana Wool Growers Association announces pre-shearing loans of $1 per head at a stated annual rate to help growers with cash flow. The group lobbied for a new state land bill and a bear-killing law to aid sheepmen. They oppose a 15 cent shearing wage and discuss sliding scale tensions as meetings across Montana address wages and market strategy.
Beaverhead post announces committees for the coming year and thanks pad dock for his work on the 1927 show. More than seventy five participated in a Dillon event praised as one of the best of its kind. Commander George Baker introduced the new committees at a Legion meeting.
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