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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1938
Page
2
A man recounts shooting an elk in the Lincoln district and cleaning the animal at camp. He hung the elk, returned with a horse, and found three grizzlies named Flopsy Mopsy and Topsy had eaten most of it, sparing only hide bones and horns. He did not pursue the bears.
nationwide 357 independent Montana stores saw a five percent drop from August and a sixteen percent fall from September 1937. Lewistown rose six percent while Missoula fell thirty six percent. Governor Ayers signed 427 bonds totaling 427000 for Upper Musselshell water storage financing.
The Montana Fish and Game Commission announced that the elk open season in the Teton county area draining into the north fork of the Sun River will close the night of November 8. The early closure allows elk in the southern Sun River area to migrate northward for better winter quarters and reduces pasture losses for ranchers in the Augusta district.
The state board of education will meet in Helena on November 15 to open bids for a 200000 library and museum building at the state school of mines in Butte. Public Works Administration will grant 90000 of the cost and loan the state 110000.
Andy Preputin, acting at the federal building, becomes central to Helena's developing prize hunting tale as new details emerge. The narrative tracks escalating stakes and local interest surrounding the competition and its official oversight.
One hundred thirty five student nurses from across Montana gathered in Helena to take licensing examinations. Edith L. Brown, secretary of the state board of examiners for nurses, said the group was the largest class in the board’s history.
State Treasurer Ray N. Shan reported depositing $300,000 collected by the unemployment compensation commission with the federal treasury. The deposit brings Montana employers’ total contributions to $3,600,000 as the unemployment act nears implementation next year, enabling workers to receive benefits when unemployed.
Navy Army and Marine officers and enlisted men may buy resident hunting and fishing licenses before six months residence but their wives are not granted the same privilege per Attorney General Harrison J. Freebourn.
The Montana internal revenue bureau reported collections of 376,762 last month, up from 346,733 a year earlier. The Montana office ranked eighth in efficiency among state offices in the first three months of the current fiscal year, according to Washington bulletins.
The Deer Lodge state penitentiary reported inmate counts fell from 553 to 538 in October. Warden Ted Bergstrom noted 28 inmates were paroled in October, bringing total paroled to 5,572. Parole violation returns stood at 3.71 percent.
Work on the $900 000 Broadwater water irrigation project near Toston will begin November 21 as announced by the State Water Conservation Board. Bids will be opened at a meeting in Helena on November 21.
Plans are set for the 13th Annual Great Western Live Stock Show at the Los Angeles Union Stock Yards during Thanksgiving week. The event emphasizes fat stock, breeding, and youth programs with 4-H and Future Farmers involvement. features include Hereford, Shorthorn, and Aberdeen Angus exhibits, auction sales of nearly 200 registered Hereford bulls, educational talks, and a two day rodeo staged by Paul Hill on November 19 and 20.
Public works plan envisions a dam on the Missouri River with canals to divert stored water to over 21,000 acres in the Toston Townsend district. The Public Works Administration would fund 45 percent of the project cost and loan the remaining 45 percent. Water users would repay the loan.
The state board of equalization collected 723037 dollars in October, similar to a year ago, from 17 licenses and taxes. The breakdown includes gasoline taxes 559265.81, oil production 20018.09, income taxes 82205.52, corporation license 4041.70, natural gas 59004, electrical energy 8579.40, and other items such as theater 4841.72 and inheritance 2.32.
Gallatin county turkey growers anticipate shipping about 10 tons of Thanksgiving birds this season. The Gallatin turkey pool reports most birds will grade prime due to abundant feed this year.
In the District Court of Beaverhead County Montana the estate of Mary A Flynn deceased. Creditors and claimants must exhibit their claims with vouchers within four months to the executor Leonard A Schulz at the White Building Dillon Montana. Dated October 24 1938.
The First National Bank of Dillon sues P M Sweeney's estate for 4820 claim with 8 percent interest since 1937 and seeks foreclosure of described lands in Beaverhead County Montana. The notice orders the defendant Sarah Sweeney and heirs to answer within twenty days or face default judgment.
Beaverhead County High School District in Dillon Montana will on December 2 1938 at 2 p m sell to the highest bidder for cash either amortization or serial bonds totaling 165000 to finance a new school building and equipment and to demolish existing structures. Bonds bear 4 percent interest semiannually repayable over 20 years with bid options and right to reject bids.
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