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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1941
Page
8
A lighthearted column notes random observations and quips from May including deferment talk, streetcar humor, political letter writing, and signs of wartime sentiment. It mentions a Japan tourism sign in Los Angeles, a tax on “Economic Poisons” in Oregon, and Germany vegetable prices, reflecting the era’s public mood.
A collage of quips and anecdotes spans history and modern life. Notes reference 356 B C philosophy, zipper invention, Hess incident, wartime mood, and light social satire. Jests cover bombs, cows, Derby hats, and newspaper trends amid a stream of humorous vignettes.
A compiled Q and A list covers Dillon civic topics including franchise, taxes, water testing, street paving costs, and liquor stores. It lists respondents such as R M Barrett and Margaret Sweeney, notes the county assessor tests the water, and compares Dillon electricity to New York prices.
Saturday visits bloom across towns as Mr and Mrs Weston Strasser stop with Mrs Strasser's parents en route to Bellingham. Wilford Rolph and Pearl Crowns wed in Missoula with Justice Louis Stahl. A stream of relatives and workers head to summer jobs with the forest service and other family visits stretch to Lewiston Salt Lake City and Chicago as local officials and residents update paths for boating travel and duty.
Montana Power employees will review each customer's bill under the new rates with personalized pamphlets and badges for identification. The rate reduction, combined with the November 1939 cut, promises an annual savings of 649000 dollars for customers.
A Monday deal transfers ownership of the Eagle Bar from Frank Unangst of Dillon to John W. Mountjoy former Jefferson county sheriff with Boulder and Missoula ties. Unangst has run the Eagle for years and Mountjoy’s family will join him here soon.
Dillon Gunners aim to break six straight losses in the state open tourney to be held in Dillon within six weeks. Otto Sassman led the weekly rifle club shoot with 272 of 300, followed by Seybold 268 Hignight 264 and others scoring in the 251 257 range.
Mrs W O Kern spent Sunday in Salt Lake City accompanying her husband who is a patient in a hospital there.
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