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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1931
Page
5
State commissioner I. M. Brandford announced that the year ending June 30 1931 marked the largest investment by the land department in its history. The rise followed heavy bond and warrant redemptions, yielding more than 5.64 million dollars deployed into investments.
Brandford asserts millions are safely invested and will be repaid as delinquencies are absorbed. He notes interest from state land department investments funds public schools and state institutions, replacing taxation. Investments for July 1 1930 to June 30 1931 include US bonds 97500, local bonds 1115354.57, school district bonds 631360.47, and state warrants 8219981.69.
Montana's five cent gasoline tax brought in 3,218,705 during the first ten months of the year. October receipts amounted to 311,755 while September reached 422,353. Other tax revenues included inheritance 2,815 use tax 7,803 corporation license 7,808 coal 13,309 and cement 1,239.
Ed Gleed, noted Lima sheep man, lies in Murray hospital Butte with a broken collar bone and several broken ribs from an auto accident near Lima last Friday.
Beaverhead County confirms The Examiner as its official newspaper and urges readers to consult the current issue for official notices and public information.
William Hayward Dillon longtime Montana resident died at his daughter in law Mrs. Walter Featherly’s home after a long illness. He was 78 and a Cedar City Iowa native who lived 43 years in Montana mainly in Great Falls where he worked as a railroad watchman. He is survived by his wife and three stepsons Lester Goodwin Dillon Harold Goodwin of Missoula and Charles Goodwin of Portland.
Montana reports a 22.75 percent rise in deaths from automobile accidents by September first, with 81 deaths this year versus 66 in 1930. Travel Insurance records show a similar uptick in the District of Columbia, and state health officials tested water supplies in Dillon Armstead and Lima amid a Beaverhead County high school connection.
Montana continues a child health and welfare effort linked to a White House conference. A Montana commission plans a two day conference inviting state department heads, unions, clubs, churches and the public to attend.
Governor Erickson issues a call for a state Child Health and Welfare conference in Helena on December 10 and 11. Regular child welfare commission members and representatives from various institutions and organizations will be invited to send delegates to the December meeting.
Bright industrious young man from Dillon Montana seeks to begin a livestock business with limited funds. He believes opportunities ahead exceed present bedrock values and aims to enter farming on a cautious footing.
A New York child psychologist predicts a bumper doll crop for Christmas with about twenty million American girls receiving dolls. Realism dominates with infant types and named nursery characters like “Toodles.” The American character infant doll features a soft body, skin-like texture, chest framework, and easy care routines.
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