Beaverhead County Health Case and Local News Roundup
JOCALS William Pettinger, Beaverhead county's first spotted fever victim of the season, is recovering at Barrett hospital after contracting the malady on the Cook Sheep company ranch on Sage creek. Mayor and Mrs. D A Galt returned from Berkeley where their son Bill earned a UC College of Commerce degree and will join the California Packing company accounting staff.
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William Pettinger
Beaverhead County
Barrett Hospital
Cook Sheep Company
Sage Creek
D. A. Galt
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Bill
College of Commerce
California Packing Company
H. B. Baumberger
Union Pacific
Dillon
Santa Monica
A. M. Jones
First National Bank of
Montana Bankers Association
Whitehall
Beaverhead
Silver Bow
Jefferson
Madison
Powell Counties
Anna Patterson
B. N. Stevenson
C. Stevenson
Platt
Kansas
Marjorie Stevenson
Gertrude Whipple
Billings
Spencer Patterson
Helena
Arch Fay
Brady
Anna Thompson
Bertha Huber
Los Angeles
America
Panama Canal
Europe
Ed Ferris Genet
Barett Hospital
F. M. Poindexter
Chicago
Northwestern University
Elon F. Bacon
Maylizabeth Cipriani
Pocatello
George Gop
B. J. McMenomey
Aureta
Armstead
Hayes] Baxter
Tonney
Billie Baxter
Pennsylvania
State to Continue Sewing Room Plan Across State
The state public welfare board will press ahead with the sewing room program for the coming year beginning July 1. The Works Progress Administration covers about 90 percent of costs, with counties and the state sharing the rest. Counties agreeing to fund half the housing and facilities will receive materials and work time for local women. Nearly 1,500 people statewide have been employed this year on the sewing room project.
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State Public Welfare Board
Works Progress Administration
Sportsmen to Seek Statewide Wildlife Conservation Bill
Montana Wildlife Federation directors in Helena urged Sen. Wheeler to sponsor a bill for 100000 dollars to fund federal reclamation projects aiding fish and wildlife. They also urged a Brown and Kleinschmidt lakes migratory waterfowl refuge in Powell county and called for a governor appointing process for the state fish and game commission.
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Montana Wildlife Federation
Helena
Sen
B. K. Wheeler
Brown and Kleinschmidt Lakes
Powell County
State Fish and Game Commission
State Commission
Men Rob Passenger After Ride Near Helena Mine
Frank Dinar tells Helena police two men gave him a ride in the capital city then halted near a local mine three miles from town and robbed him of 120 dollars. The robbers, described as “Good Samaritans” in reverse, were not captured.
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Helena
Frank Dinar
Dinar
Good Samaritans
Dillon Man Interviewed at Golden Gate Fair
Judge Louis Stahl a Montana elder statesman tours the Golden Gate International Exposition at Treasure Island with his wife. He praises Montana exhibits, signs the Montana register, and shares West history tales as girl scouts crowd around. The couple plans to spend several days at the fair.
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Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
Dillon Examiner
Air Mail
Louis Stahl
Montana
Stahl
Montana Register
Girl Scouts
Montana Counties Receive 4525 Relief Grants in June
Twenty four Montana counties were granted 45 625 for direct relief work in June after a Helena meeting. Grants from the board general relief fund aid counties with depleted poor funds. Counties include Silver Bow 15000 Cascade 11000 Missoula 4350 Yellowstone 2000 Madison 475 Ravalli 975 Lake 1200 Deer Lodge 1100 Gallatin listed among others.
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Montana
State Public Welfare Board
Helena
Carbon
Cascade
Chouteau
Daniels
Deer Lodge
Fallon
Fergus
Flathead
Garfield
Jefferson
Lake
Lincoln
Madison
McCone
Mineral
Missoula
Musselshell
Ravalli
Richland
Roosevelt
Sheridan
Silver Bow
Valley
Yellowstone
Livestock Price Tale Emphasizes Central Markets
J A McNaughton argues based on U S Bureau figures that hog slaughter under normal levels and shift toward direct purchases hurt Central Market pricing. He notes 1925-26 versus 1938 differences in direct hog buying and steer slaughter, warning that non Central Market sales dilute supply demand signals and hurt producers.
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Los Angeles Union
United States
Bonds Open for Road Fund Debentures Bid
Bids on 1 500 000 dollars in highway debentures will be opened June 17 by the State Highway Commission in Helena. The first 1 500 000 dollars was issued this spring. The second half funds federal aid matching 56 cents for each 44 cents from the state for the year beginning July 1.
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State Highway Commission
Helena
Don A. McKinnon
Alder Visitor Earl English Traveled to Dillon
Earl English of Alder visited Dillon yesterday for undisclosed reasons.
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Earl English of
Alder
Dillon
Unemployed to Get 31 to 5 Million in Year
Montana expects unemployment benefits from the commission fund totaling between 3.5 and 5 million dollars for the year starting July 22. Chairman Barclay Craighead says the amount depends on business activity with higher employment reducing payments. Benefits mirror half-pay during unemployment, with no pay for the first two weeks and coverage from weeks three through seventeen. Registration with the state employment service is required.
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Montana
Unemployment Compensation Commission Fund
Barclay Craighead
Commission
Fire departments share $42 650 from premium tax
Ninety Montana cities with fire department relief associations receive $42 650 as their share of the fire insurance premium tax. Each city or town with a relief association gets the tax on fire insurance within its boundaries. premiums on property without a relief association go to the state treasury.
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Montana
John J. Holmes
Spotted Fever Hits Montanans At Record Pace
Health officials report spotted tick fever in Montana matches last year’s yearly totals in cases and exceeds it in deaths. Twelve Montanans were stricken in 1938, and already this year the same count has been reached with four fatalities. The disease, once concentrated in the western third, has moved eastward since 1921.
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Health Board
Delinquent Taxes Figure in Budgets
Attorney General H. J. Freebourn rules county commissioners may include estimated tax delinquencies in budgets and levy taxes accordingly. The 1937 law prohibiting this practice is deemed unconstitutional. Deferring payments by deferring the tax levy increases the tax burden.
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State Board of Equalization
H. J. Freebourn
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