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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1946
Page
6
At a Kutztown grange meeting 17 men shared why they stay on farms. Most said they were born on farms and prefer independence, outdoor life, and the chance to grow and provide for others.
BERKASIE PA Perkasie Sportsmen's organization authorizes Lester Frederick to buy 6 000 transplants for a forestation drive. Sell Park high school's agricultural class under D Ker Endslow will assist in planting. The club began with 3 000 trees in 1938 and has planted similar numbers annually except 1944. this year 6 000 trees balance the program.
Jacob John Hasler died in Livonia aged 101, just short of his 102nd birthday. A Swiss-born immigrant, he arrived at age 20 and worked as a gardener for two families, nine and 43 years respectively, before retirement.
Cannon City report says Frank Day aged sixty had a weed burner explode while strapped to his back. He ran two blocks to a watering trough and jumped in to extinguish the flames.
A rubber covered steel wire basket designed to guard potatoes from bruising. It holds five eighths of a bushel and is intended for use during field harvesting.
In Lusk Wyoming the mechanical manure loader was used to clear snow drifts from streets. Councilman Joe Kuhn, a farm machinery dealer, operated the machine to load snow into trucks for removal, cutting the job to a quarter of the usual time.
Colorado officials recount how the Ute tribe retained title to western lands when the state was formed. The federal grant gave sections 16 and 36, but payment required for Ute lands shifted state ownership to Rio Blanco, Garfield, and Mesa counties. The Rangely oil field sits on land the state does not own, impacting school finance. Authors question ownership of 170 acres under White River bed potentially worth millions.
In Dawson Georgia a black setter named Smoky earned praise from his master T. J. Donovan after the car they rode in plunged into a rain swollen stream near Macon. Smoky grabbed Donovan by the neck and swam to shore keeping guard as state patrol arrived. The dog was unharmed after an animal hospital check and later reunited with his master.
Elias Brownfield, aged 101 in Glendale, California, still plays the accordion and looks back on more than a century with one regret his opposition to Abraham Lincoln. He dismisses smoking or Aquor as factors, saying longevity comes without a fixed prescription.
Decorah Iowa reports Washington Prairie church members quarry limestone for a $30,000 parish house. Two thirds are grandsons of workers who built the church a century ago. Hand work, no dynamite, two hundred tons needed, rock donated by Oscar Bruvold. Parish project aims to match the existing limestone church and honor Rev V Koren, founder of many Norwegian Lutheran churches.
Grandfather John A. Burton, 82, rode with grandson Capt. Robert B. Alexander on a first plane trip and enjoyed it despite the aircraft hitting a snow drift and flipping. He asked if there is a better way to land, while hanging upside down in his belt.
The article notes a surge of airlines similar to 19th century railroad expansion and projects pilot demand rising from 5,000 to about 50,000 in ten years. It reports Gates County’s first private plane bought by John Rountree with a public demonstration. It details pilot pay from co pilots at 220 dollars monthly up to 380, with captain progression to 600 base and 700 to 800 with extras, and higher for four engine aircraft.
Washington columnist notes Congress will reshape the housing plan with subsidies and price ceilings, citing Taft's unlikely support and CIO backing. He warns homelessness may rise without a national housing policy and reflects on America's sovereignty amid postwar internationalism and Holy Scripture parallels.
The piece notes the term collective bargaining first used in London in 1891 by Beatrice Webb and popularized in the U S by Samuel Gompers. It mentions plastics from coal used for linoleum and jokes about striking designs. The author recalls lunching with Marshal Montgomery who explains color meanings: red for blood brown for mud and green for the fields of Normandy after the breakthrough.
A home sewing notice promising budget balance by reusing old curtains. It cites Instructions 829 detailing six curtain patterns and notes high demand causing longer filling times for popular pattern numbers. Orders should be sent to the provided address.
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