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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1951
Page
5
A terse notice lists pricing: one year in county or out of county options, six months in county or out of county, plus 2.50 for outside the continental U.S. and 5.00 for a year. The fragment provides no names or dates to anchor any entities.
The State Board of Equalization reports October revenue of 2,080,826.81 dollars, up 276,353.52 from 1950. Included is 115,469.10 from the Veterans' Bonus cigarette tax, bringing the fund to 1,249,653.12 dollars. Final 36,000 dollars of steel for 1953 license plates will arrive in Helena this month, with 150 tons purchased from Kalden Sheet Steel Corp of Detroit. Montana motorists will use decal stickers in 1952.
State Controller A M Johnson announces Remington Rand won the contract for special library equipment valued at 21 996 for the State Veterans and Pioneers Memorial Building in Helena. Over 75 Future Farmers of America attended a three day leadership school in the State Capitol to learn how government departments function.
Alan B. Kline of Vinton Iowa president of the American Farm Bureau Federation will be the principal speaker at the Montana Farm Bureau Convention banquet in Helena on November 9. Kline has served as president of the National Farm Organization since December 1947.
Hill County Extension Agent Robert F. Rasmusson received the distinguished service award from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents. State Extension Service officials announced the honor, presented at the national event.
The NACAA honors require ten years as county or assistant agent with notable extension work. A Billings man, John Kennicott Brenton, wins a national magazine letter contest advising Japanese editors on countering communism. Judges include Pearl Buck, Roger N. Baldwin, and Robert E. Cushman.
The Montana Northern Wyoming recruiting office will relocate from Helena to Butte on November 15. Lt. Cemmalaee Pierrepont Jr, commanding officer, says the main office has operated here since March 23, 1942. The new office will be in the Lewisohn building.
Glen C. Kellogg of Conrad was elected president of the Montana Hardware and Implement Association at its recent convention in Billings. He succeeds L. E. Cooper of Billings as head of the group for the coming year.
Fort Harrison Veterans Administration officials announce nurse openings at the 262 bed hospital. Positions available full or part time under age 40 with appointments based on qualifications, no civil service exam required. Inquiries go to the Chief Nurse at Fort Harrison VA Hospital.
At Great Falls, the first North Montana feeder calf sale grossed 218665.30 dollars from 1400 calves. Ralph King, manager of the sales yards, reported the top steer load sold at 43.90 dollars per hundredweight.
E Fink head of the Friends of the Land in Columbus Ohio will speak to the Montana Association of Soil Conservation Districts during the annual meeting to be held November 15 to 17 in Lewistown. Governor Bonner seeks full airline service in five Montana cities with CAB and Northwest Airlines urged to act. Airlines report service exists in Butte and Miles City and further service is temporarily halted due to equipment limits. The governor calls restored air service vital to Montana’s economy.
State Board of Examiners approves plans submitted by Agriculture Commissioner Alfred R. Anderson for a $30,000 grain testing laboratory to be built at 17th and 9th Avenues in Great Falls. The facility will replace 30-year-old Ford building space and was funded by the last legislature.
The State Board granted approval for three rate increases including Western Union intrastate telegraphic rates. Unanimous consent covered Community Transit Co of Helena route changes and higher exchange charges for Libby Troy and Eureka telephone service. Interstate Telephone Co had requested the revisions.
Society item notes Mrs J E Kelly hosts Shakespeare Club at 407 South Pacific at 2 30 Saturday afternoon November 17 Miss Genevieve Albertson reviews The Country Girl by Clifford Odets Birthday party for Robert McLaughlin ninth with 16 schoolmates at the home of Mr and Mrs Clifton McLaughlin Lutheran WMF hosts guest night at 805 South Atlantic street with Mrs I W Winsel inviting members and guests Thank You envelope offering collections due with chairman hoping for an average amount.
Hunters must attach regular deer tags to the carcass during special either sex seasons unless a five dollar permit permit is issued by drawings. State Game Warden H Lambeth warns areas and dates must be checked as these seasons are limited and not statewide.
P. J. Stewart of Dillon has been accepted for enlistment in the U S Marines at Butte and has been sent to Salt Lake City for induction.
Mr and Mrs Andy Williams of Alder arrived today for a visit in the city.
Montana oil output in September reached 757001 barrels led by Cut Bank with 223014 barrels. Elk Basin produced 155373 barrels and Kevin Sunburst 124789 barrels. Palmer Hoyt of the Denver Post will speak at the Helena Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and dinner January 31.
J F G Cook of the Rocky Mountain division says the tunnel eight miles west of Livingston will have its roof removed and be replaced with an open fill within days. This marks another tunnel on the main line through Montana to be eliminated.
Shell Oil officials said electrical logs are being taken at Northern Pacific No. 2 near Richey after a Sept. 13 oil discovery sparked lease activity. Logs are also being run in Pine Unit No. 1 at 9,745 feet in the Baker Glendive anticline southeast of Glendive, with a drill stem test showing oil signs.
Misso ula, UP wire Western Montana Exploration and Development Co announces talks with the Defense Minerals Procurement Agency to sell the federal government thousands of tons of ore zinc concentrates. The company plans to spend 66500 dollars and expects to deliver 200000 tons of ore or 13000000 pounds of 50 percent zinc concentrates southeast of Hall.
Pfc Leroy J Owen visits parents during a 20 day delay en route to Topeka Kansas with current assignment at Randolph Field Texas. Dillon residents and visitors from Bannack Jackson Alder Lima Wisdom and Helena are noted with social calls and travel plans. St James Guild to meet Thursday at 2 with hostesses named.
Patients admitted to Murray hospital include Mrs. Clementine Else and Walter Pitcher from Twin Bridges plus Elmer Alder. Dismissals feature Mrs. Lucille Norris Melrose and Mrs. Marian Hyatt with daughter Wisdom, and Mrs. Joe Carroll and daughter Dillon. At St James hospital, admissions include Mrs. James Ferguson Sheridan H Sneed Dillon Carl Salmon son also of Sheridan and Mrs. Herbert Wheat Dillon. Dismissed are Sidney W Smith Twin Bridges Harry S Tash Polaris Rose Ann Clemon Jackson and L Jones Dillon.
Dillon shooter Ralph Ovitt placed second with 370 of 400 as Montana State University riflemen defeated South Dakota State 1847 to 1806 in the second postal match. The top five ROTC scores are sent weekly for comparison with rival schools.
A Dillon city hall round-table on unemployment compensation explained eligibility rules and benefit calculations. Speaker M. Joe Miller of Helena outlined waiting weeks, earnings bases, and limits while stressing the program’s aim to protect workers idle through no fault of their own and sustain commerce.
Butte on November 12 saw cattle receipts of 2575 with prices for grass fat steers at 31 to 32.50 dollars, heifers 29 to 31, cows 25 to 26.50, cutters 20 to 22.50, bulls 25 to 28, veal calves 35 to 37, feeders and stockers ranging from 18 to 38 depending on class, with dairy calves 20 to 25. All classes of good quality cattle steady 10 cents over for common cattle.
Mrs. Davison of Deer Lodge recently visited at the home of her daughter and son in law, Mr and Mrs Waldron Boger.
Certificate certifies Leah O B Rife and Tom McGovern as partners in The Oasis business in Dillon Beaverhead County Montana. Notary Leonard Schulz witnessed the signing on October 24 1951 with commission expires February 4 1952.
FOR SALE Hampshire and Columbia rams contact 98 1 or writer Harry Bennetts Sheridan 19 21. HOME MADE MINCE MEAT FOR SALE at the Snack Shack and DeLuxe Donut Shop. Dillon Soroptimist Club 19 11. FOR SALE Two gentle saddle mares three buckskin pack mules well broke one brown pack male green broke Inquire daman Wise River Montana a13t.
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