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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1925
Page
1
The Montana State Normal College hosts its annual May festival next Wednesday evening on campus. The pageant features more training school children, a May queen chosen by students, and a series of dances from kindergarten through fifth and sixth grades plus performances by the Normal College girls.
Dr. W. H. Stephan spoke to the Rotary Club at the Andrus hotel on Cults Cures Facts and Quacks. The address, previously presented before the State Medical Association in Missoula, discussed the mind’s influence on physical illness and drew interest from attendees. Tom Gilbert chaired. visitors included H. Scarborough of Idaho Falls with highway talks, plus Fath Alkire and Milton Nay of Grasshopper Valley.
Robert Waddell visits Dillon friends this week from the department of Montana cell, sharing time and stories with local acquaintances as part of a regional outreach.
Twelve seniors participated in a third annual table setting by Huber Brothers at Dillon Furniture. Three tables for a bridge luncheon showcased Pickard china Lansdowne silver and etched crystal centerpieces. Winners Mil dred Curnutt Norah Paddock Blanche Pilon Dorothy Stephens received sterling silver flatware. second and third place teams also earned teaspoons.
Fifty new members were initiated into Dillon camp Modern Woodmen of America raising total local membership to over 130. The ceremony featured the Butte camp drill team and drew nearly all members, signaling growth for the order in Dillon and anticipation of stronger fraternal ties locally.
The Big Hole road opened for automobile traffic Sunday as 8 A Wheeler C E B Anson and Theodore Reinbold crossed the divide in a Ford sedan to Wisdom. Earlier groups of Darby citizens had cleared and partially opened the highway with horse and wagon teams. Workmen continue shaping the road.
Fred Pilling of the state game commission arrived from Butte last Thursday with 20,000 eastern brook trout placed in the rearing pond south of town. The shipment is among several to be received this spring and later moved to Rite pond by local sportsmen.
The Montana Fish and Game Commission plans prizes for a predator drive this year. Club points rise as Jack Rees brings in ten coyote pups, boosting totals toward the campaign’s 500 point goal set between May 10 and November 16.
The district court opened with Judge H G Rodgers presiding as a long session looms with many new cases added to the docket. Monday featured naturalization proceedings admitting Nells Larithsen of Grant and Joe Pace of Apex. The day’s sole trial, Montana v Mihiliach for unlawful whiskey manufacture, ended in a guilty verdict after a short jury deliberation. Sentencing is set for 9:30 AM May 29. Continued on page five.
A morning fire at the Red Star Garage was caused by oil burner leakage heating water in the basement. Dense smoke filled the basement and vented to sidewalks and manholes, hindering initial assessment until the oil pipeline was disconnected. Minor damage resulted, with most loss from smoke.
The Montana State Normal College celebrates Mmn day as students hike to the hill west of the city and splash whitewash on the big M shining anew in a spring coat. The annual tradition marks the holiday with campus festivity and student participation.
Market reports indicate wool prices may rise after a bottoming. Current bids run from 36 to 40 cents with buyers in the area hoping for higher offers. Local wool men anticipate better prices despite many sales likely on consignment amid ongoing field interviews.
Marcellus Pyle a prominent Grasshopper valley rancher and Civil War veteran died at his Polaris area ranch last Thursday after several weeks illness. He was born in 1841 in Ducoin Illinois and moved to Missouri with his parents as a youth. He enlisted in the Union army and later ran a sawmill at Mar Missouri before settling in the West Coast region.
Public campground at Bar Rack and Pacific Streets opened last Friday afternoon. Tourists have used the site despite cold nights. Improvements are planned for the campground this year.
The geological survey and interior department announced April classifications of public lands. Ninety thousand acres in Colorado and Utah are valued for power site purposes, plus 25 thousand acres reclassified as non irrigable for entry as 320 acre homesteads in eight states including Montana and Washington.
James O'Neal had a narrow escape when his Ford went off the grade on Orr hill south of Red Fork last Sunday. Quincy Little and Joe Mulky, who happened by, freed him from beneath the pinned vehicle. He was shaken but not seriously hurt.
Patty Sullivan, a well known Butte sportsman, will visit Dillon next Tuesday to stage an exhibition at the Hartwig theater. His class of young men will perform several sparring events to raise funds for the state convention Legion drive next week.
Anglers in the area are preparing for an open fishing event at Madison with interest high. Organizers expect participation from many local fisherman and urge proper permits and adherence to rules.
A complaint filed in Justice Silha's court names John Doe as the dynamiter of a large irrigation ditch in the Big Hole. Ranchers Andrew Anderson Percy Storey and P. Paddock report overflow from the ditch washed out other ditches. They found traces of powder and set the incident between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Prior disputes over irrigation ditches in the same region are noted, including Calvert v Anderson and a supreme court appeal pending.
Early Sunday a fire broke out in the Chealey place in Apex destroying the postoffice store pool hall living quarters and personal belongings. A freight crew passing by woke Mrs Chealey and others as the blaze spread through the kitchen area and threatened a gasoline tank. Partial insurance covered the building and contents.
Beaverhead high school sent a sizable contingent to the state interscholastic track and field meet in Missoula. The Beaver published second in its class for schools under 500 enrollment, with Coach Gunderson and students such as Tom Clemon Elwyn Metzel Ambrose Henneberry Ott Gordon plus declamations by Dolly Lacey among others.
The Montana Supreme Court reversed the Beaverhead County District Court ruling in the Car Borgaes versus Oregon Short Line Railroad Company and Dr W H Stephan case, directing dismissal of the action. The plaintiff laborer, who fractured his thigh on a ranch near Apex, had been awarded 35 000 in a hospital contract suit, a verdict now set aside. The decision was handed down today andTributes to the verdict sparked considerable comment in Dillon.
Mrs A M Lester of Miles City is visiting at the home of her daughter Mrs L B Morand.
Sheriff Mooney arrested Alvin Lindgren after a Wednesday pickup near a Dell area ranch. He seized two bad checks one forged for 40 dollars bearing John Tessier’s signature and another signed by Henry Thompson inflated from eight to eighty dollars. Authorities say Lindgren carried checks to create worn appearance to hide alterations and suspect the practice across Spokane Great Falls Sand Point and St Marys Idaho with warrants outstanding.
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