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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1926
Page
1
Regular Beaverhead County Commissioners session May 8 1926 in Dillon. Items include road and bridge work oversight and building inspections. Nurse Hazel Kingsley reported April duties caring for needy children, earning high board praise.
Girls from fourth to eighth grade at the Normal College training school will compete in a Friday event on May 21. Contestants are split into three groups and will run track events roller skating and various throws plus a potato race and a relay, with awards for each group and event.
The district court opened Monday for the regular spring jury term with Judge Henry G. Rodgers presiding. Alf Ellingson pleaded guilty to possession of intoxicating liquor and was sentenced to 60 days in county jail and a $300 fine, suspended until Oct 16. The Felt vs Brown and Marchessau civil suit opened yesterday and continued. Callow vs Haltoney set for today. A regular jury panel was chosen, listing jurors such as George Bott and John Brock among others.
Tom Olmsted son of Mr and Mrs T D Olmsted of this city is completing his third year at Ann Arbor. He is chosen business manager of the Michigan Daily and has led the advertising staff to unprecedented funds while also directing makeup. He is a member and this year president of the Sphinx honorary society at the university.
Mrs. Otto Schulz of Sheridan was struck by a heavy truck near the Finlen hotel in Butte and dragged several feet. She suffered cuts, bruises, and a gash above the eye, was hysterical at the hospital, but is recovering at Murray hospital.
Dr F H Garver representing Beaverhead county joined six other Montana cities in presenting claims to the Lewin and Clark memorial site commission in Helena. Each city argued historical importance and visitor potential with Dillon Armstead as a contested location, while plans for new offers continue.
Beaverhead county high school will be represented at the state scholastic track meet in Missoula starting tomorrow. Contestants Tom Clemon and Frank Little proceed in track events, Grant Kelleher in declamation, and Jane Boone in journalism while the student association slate nominates officers for next fall.
Among the Dillon residents registered at the Leggatt hotel in Butte during the past week were Tom O Keefe Walter Grimes Aston Lloyd Mr and Mrs W A Graeter Mr and Mrs H H Bates Mrs Mary Judge Val Judge Mrs B W Emerick Mrs Fred Critz Mrs J B McLaren Mrs R W Chow and child Robert Clark and A D McDonald.
Beaverhead reports show ranges and crops in excellent condition after a week of steady precipitation including rain and snow. Grass is abundant due to warm spring and moisture, with crops earlier than usual. Snow fell six inches in Elkhorn Springs district, and lambing remained robust despite cold spells.
Dillon's first collegiate dual track meet occurs Friday May 14 at the local athletic field as Montana State college and State Normal college cinder squads clash. The next day the two institutions run a cross country race over the Normal college course with both squads featuring strong rosters and promising new track stars.
Another hundred laborers arrived Monday afternoon on the Short Line from the South and have gone to work for the railway company. The Oregon Short Line plans extensive improvements, spending a quarter of a million dollars on roadbed and construction near Dillon. Five hundred men will be employed in the project.
Beaverhead county is poised for the largest wool clip in its history as shearing nears. Dillon shipped two and one eighth million pounds last year, about a tenth of Montana's total, and growers expect more this season despite England strike disruptions. National Wool Growers' officials say market fundamentals remain sound and the drop in foreign purchases from the strike should rebound soon.
Barrett hospital marks National Hospital Day with a afternoon tea and public reception for executive wives. A special program features musical numbers. Babies born in 1926 receive a one dollar savings account from the State Bank of Dillon if brought to the reception. Boy Scouts collected books for the hospital library.
The city organized for the year naming committees by Mayor Roscoe Cornell. New councilmen A G Williams and Albert Featherly, elected last month, took seats. Bills audited show salaries and supplies totaling 2077.85 with Water Fund freight on pipe 668.60 recorded.
Helena May 6 Range growth in Montana is well ahead of normal with sheep and lambs at 104 percent and cattle at 105 percent of normal on May 1 1926 Moisture reserves have dropped due to high temperatures and winds and rainfall is needed to prevent burning of the new grass Calving has started favorably as part of the latest cattle report from the state federal crop and livestock reporting service
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