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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1939
Page
3
The Montana Sheriffs and Police Officers association will hold its annual convention July 24 25 and 26 in Anaconda. More than 150 police officers are expected to attend the gathering.
State Treasurer Ray N. Shan reports receiving 3075 from the John H. Moler estate to be used for construction at the state home for orphans at Twin Bridges. The Moler estate was willed to the institution.
State Auditor John J. Holmes reports warrants showing Montana paid a total of 704 dollars as bounty for 352 coyotes in the first two weeks of May. The program pays two dollars per coyote for April May and June.
Montana farmers earned 10.208 million dollars in the first quarter, a thirty two percent rise from the same period in 1938. Washington led with fifty five percent gain while Montana ranked second. Western states total quarterly income reached 197.636 million, just under last year's 197.816 million.
The state board of health announced a spotted tick fever case in the Helena district. J. H. Woodley developed the disease and was reported very ill by his physician.
Attorney General H. J. Freebourn rules that a coroner may hold more than one inquest when two or more deaths occur from the same cause at the same time. The coroner is entitled only to the legal fee of $5 per day if one inquest covers several deaths.
Montana counted 963 births and 500 deaths last month according to a state board of health report. Notable deaths include 54 infants under 1 year, 17 stillbirths, 51 from communicable diseases and 50 from cancer, with nine lives lost in automobile accidents.
Production gains in Montana show butter output at 891 441 pounds, up 15 percent from 55 694 pounds in April 1938. Ice cream production reached 110 256 gallons, up 10 percent from 98 742 gallons a year earlier. Cheese output fell to 91 549 pounds, down from 105 704 pounds last year.
The state highway department is试 testing a night glowing center line from Helena to McDonald Pass. State Highway Engineer Don A. McKinnon says tiny glass crystals in the paint reflect headlight beams, outlining the line clearly without tire damage. If successful, the luminous line could be used statewide.
Montana members of Congress spoke with Interior Secretary Ickes who indicated favorable consideration for granting the Buffalo Rapids second unit valued at 1.1 million dollars and the Saco Divide Milk River project at 729 thousand dollars. Senators Wheeler and Murray and Representative O Connor pressed for allotments from a five million dollar water conservation fund in the coming fiscal year.
Freight cars loaded in Montana in March reached 17 725, up about 15 percent from 15 088 a year earlier per the state railroad and public service commission. Ore shipments climbed from 4 038 to 4 545, with coal wheat logs concentrates lime rock crude oil and other commodities also showing gains.
President Roosevelt approved a $10,769 Works Progress Administration project to improve the grounds at the state school for the deaf and blind in Great Falls. Senator James E. Murray notified Superintendent Ruth Reardon of the action from Washington, D. C.
Montana senators and representatives were informed this week that President Roosevelt approved several Works Progress Administration projects. Hill County roads receive 194,843 dollars, Judith Basin county roads 35,214, Silver Bow county courthouse grounds improvement 1,148, Kalispell water system extension 10.
The West Kevin Community Lease Inc and bondsmen with Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co were ordered by the state railroad and public service commission to plug an abandoned gas leak well or show cause before the board on May 24 why it has not been plugged.
The state board of examiners says Warm Springs asylum is overcrowded and urges counties to handle more patients. Superintendent Dr. B L Pampel reports 189 more patients than capacity. Officials are asked to place more alcoholism and senility cases in county institutions.
Helena police located a missing truck and its load of apples after a trucker hauled a man and his fruit from the west. The apple man began seeking grocer business on foot while the driver waited, then unloaded the apples at a garage and drove west. The garage alerted authorities, the apple man and apples were reunited, and the case was settled.
An opinion by Attorney General H. J. Freebourn states Havre’s city engineer is not liable for an alleged shortage in public funds or accounts. The ruling centers on official responsibility and the scope of the engineer’s duties.
State Examiner W A Brown told the attorney general there is a shortage in water accounts but city employees use a cashier instead of having the engineer collect as required by law. The report blames city practice for missing funds and notes improper procedure by city staff.
Local showers yielded little statewide moisture while winds increased topsoil moisture demand. Winter wheat advanced satisfactorily and spring grains showed good growth as livestock gained condition per Jay G Diamond, agricultural statistician.
More than 61,000 sheep have been shipped into Montana this spring to fatten on abundant grass before market. State veterinarian Dr. W J Butler says 150,000 more are expected. Most sheep come from Washington and Oregon and are inspected at the state line, branded disease free, and quarantined on leased land.
Winter wheat increased in condition in the last week, with Jay G. Diamond noting an estimated 17,808,000 bushels from 1,113,000 acres. May 1 crop guess up 100,000 from April 1. last year, winter wheat reached 24,581,000 bushels on 1,046,000 acres.
E. B. Thompson A. W. Hawkins on and H. H. Hazen, Great Falls businessmen, testified to lifelong wildlife conservation work. A Helena justice of the peace fined them 25 dollars each and ordered their fishing tackle confiscated after deputies found 150 trout and perch in their baskets near Holterdam.
Barclay Craighead chairing Montana unemployment compensation commission announced the board will start paying benefits promptly to covered workers when the state act becomes operative July 1. He noted some states lag in implementation but Montana will pay on the due date.
State Purchasing Agent I. S. McQuitty bought 59 pieces of equipment for the state highway department at a total of $57,942. He plans contracts this week for about $21,000 more to repair oiled road surfaces. The purchases include 25 one and a half ton dump trucks 16 half ton pickup trucks six panel body survey trucks nine motor graders two Chevrolet sedans and a Buick sedan.
Lloyd Williams of Missoula scored 689 of 700 to win the 4-H stock judging championship at the Inland Empire Junior Livestock show in Spokane. Gallatin High School Future Farmers judging team members Floyd Shellhan Tom Shane and James Daniel placed third in the judging competition.
Attorney General H. J. Freebourn reasons that police judges and justices of the peace lack power to permit installments on fines or to defer payment. Those who pay in installments may be rearrested and forced to pay or jailed, the opinion states.
The Tongue river project in southeastern Montana, the state's largest water conservation effort, cost more than $1,000,000 and was formally completed on Saturday. The federal government granted forty five percent of the cost, with the remaining funded by revenue bonds to be repaid by water users.
Reports describe Helena preparing for a July Diamond Jubilee to celebrate Last Chance Gulch gold discovery with mentions of bearded local men and a parade atmosphere. A stranger in E town comments on prosperity among well dressed bums while sampling cafes across town.
The Mountain Sportsman announces new space for its hunting section with expanded coverage and improved features. The move aims to boost reader access to field reports, gear notes, and regional hunting updates.
Forty two day programs by the Dairy Division across Montana completed a campaign to explain the new egg law. Seals for grade and size will be used on cartons and retail packages with enforcement starting soon. Merchants urged to inform producers on best handling practice to improve flock quality and prices.
About five percent more young chickens were reported on hand in farm flocks on May 1 this year, suggesting larger laying flocks for next season. With bigger numbers and heavier production, egg and chicken prices are lower than last year, yet favor feed costs. May 1 egg production was between four and five percent higher than a year earlier.
The Montana edition of a Denver fishing magazine will carry two pages monthly about state sportsmen groups. L R Babb, State Publicity Director, will edit or write the news from Helena. Club secretaries may send notes by the eighth of each month for forwarding to Denver. The publication serves over 4800 Montana subscribers.
The Montana grass conservation board granted permission to open temporary offices at Billings and Chinook. H. M. Montgomery of Chinook will serve as secretary and Carl M. Weslington will be assistant secretary in charge of the Billings office. Both are commission members.
Col H P Kayser of Helena head of the seventh reserve district reports Montana has 490 reserve officers, about one per 500 male persons, roughly half of whom are adults, excluding regular army forces.
Montana agricultural briefs highlight practical farm aids. Notes cover a homemade centrifugal pump, fire losses in 1937, wheat crop insurance payouts, safe uses of grasshopper bait, corn production guidance for Montana, and a domestic water supply bulletin for farms.
Local beef producers watch a dispute sparked by President Roosevelt's order to the navy for 48,000 pounds of canned beef from Argentina. The piece notes South American beef imports exceed 80 million pounds yearly, barriers include a six cent tariff and a sanitary ruling against live cattle from hoof and mouth disease areas, and urges higher domestic production and promotion to raise U S beef consumption from 140 to 250 pounds per person.
Miss H. E. Cushman, extension poultry specialist, recommends one pound of salts per 100 hens for certain cases. She says salts can be given in drinking water or a moist mash. If added to water, provide fresh water around 4 p.m. so hens can drink their full quota.
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