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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1918
Page
4
The War Industries Board announced wide scale relaxations as wartime limits ease. Industries with reduced peace time output may raise production up to 60 percent and many building and public works projects receive freedom from prior curbs. Passenger cars allowed at 75 percent of annual output with priority to shipping and key utilities.
A Montana case reports Mrs Flora B Armstrong of Armstead admitting hoarding sugar under food administration rules. Enforcer W S Hartman urged loyalty to the war effort, she donated 500 dollars to Beaverhead Red Cross and subscribed to the county war chest, case paused with ongoing monitoring of future purchases.
George Metlen resigns as highway bridge engineer and, with Dillon’s Jack Keenan, leases the 2500 acre Beaverhead ranch owned by Lewis Penwell interests. Metlen will inspect stock and equipment and arrange cultivation for the coming year while his family stays until next summer. The property, 1000 acres in tillage, well equipped and irrigable, will be run under mutually beneficial terms. The Highway Commission work by Merlin will be continued by the regular engineering staff.
Auto dealers and gasoline sellers announce the war industries board ban is lifted. They will operate day and night including holidays and Sundays and will sell gasoline automobiles accessories and supplies at all times.
The text outlines that repairs or alterations to existing buildings or structures may proceed if the total cost does not exceed $25,000. Written approval is required from the state council of defense or its representatives. It notes buildings begun before September 3, 1918 with substantial construction.
The United War Work drive in Beaverhead County trails other patriotic campaigns due to epidemics and bad rural roads. Officials extend the deadline to tonight to raise the $15,000 county quota, noting $7,600 in cash and $630 in pledges already collected and urging immediate contributions.
Elizabeth Harrison Smith, a 24 year old Dillon native and chief telephone operator, died last Saturday after a brief illness from pneumonia. She married Don Smith in December and he serves in France. Funeral was at the family home with Rev. H. G. Humphrey, and burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery. She left behind her parents, three sisters and four brothers all residents of the county.
Attorney Roy Stephenson was informed Monday of the death of his brother in the east, a solemn personal loss disclosed in brief notices.
Joseph Lyons died after six o clock last Monday at his mother s home on Kentucky avenue from influenza followed by pneumonia. The death follows Webb Lyons as the second family loss in weeks. He was thirty, born in the Centennial valley and survived by his mother three brothers and three sisters.
The Spanish influenza outbreak improves with Curtis hospital housing fewer patients and Magnus hospital nearly clearing its emergency caseload. Over seven days about thirty new cases appeared, half of them from out of town, and deaths total twenty nine with spread slowing across Centennial valley Jackson and Dillon. Jail cases prompt fumigation and strict quarantine remains until the disease is wiped out.
George Cockerall aged 46 died last Friday at the county poor farm after a tuberculosis illness. He was brought in from the Centennial Valley around November 1 after a period trapping in the area. The funeral was held in Dillon.
The cessation of hostilities eased building restrictions. Montana defense officials report revised War Industries Board rules allowing projects up to 25000 dollars without permits. Other construction under 10000 dollars likewise exempted. The revisions were approved in Washington by the WIB and state representatives.
Elna Peterson eighteen year old Dillon resident and senior at the high school died after an appendicitis operation and influenza at Curtis hospital. She was the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Berty Peterson and is survived by sister Velberg and brothers Elmer and Christian. Burial followed at Mountain View cemetery.
Washington dispatch reports the interstate commerce commission sets a daylight saving boundary along the eastern Blackfeet reservation to Pocatello. Helena Butte and Dillon will observe mountain time under the new line effective first of the year with schedules revised accordingly.
Earl Jones son of Mr and Mrs Jeff Jones of a ranch near Monida died last Wednesday evening at his home after several days of influenza. The entire Jones family was stricken but the rest are reported to be recovering.
Frank Hazelbaker the county food administrator reports a new sugar limit of four pounds per person effective after December 1. The notice outlines the per capita allocation and signals a tightening of sugar distribution in the county.
Frank Thompson traveled to Butte yesterday afternoon. The report notes his presence in the city, without detailing purpose or accompanying individuals.
Mrs. Charles Wilson travels from Maiden Creek ranch on Horse Prairie to visit relatives and spend the week there.
Hugh McCaleb finds about fifty pounds of cane sugar secreted in a damp damper beneath his home sugar bin. A small hole in the bin revealed a white sugar reserve, prompting neighbors to search other bins for similar hidden caches amid wartime shortages.
Hiram Brundage retrieved the body of Ed Finkledey a dry land farmer, who died of the influenza. The wife is seriously ill with the epidemic, and no funeral arrangements have been made yet.
Last Thursday Chris Hansen, local Moore dealer, unloaded a whole carload of the classy little automobiles. Several have been distributed and the stylish cars are drawing considerable attention.
William Humphreys known as Smokey Bill died in Salmon City last week from influenza after a brief illness. He had resided in the city for many years and was well known locally.
Washington nov 18 brief consideration was given by the senate today to a bill by senator myers of montana authorizing the secretary of the interior to make a survey of unentered public lands with a view to providing a place for discharged soldiers.
A L Stone president of the State Bank of Dillon was taken to Butte by Dr. G G Brown for acute appendicitis. He will undergo an operation at Murray hospital.
Mrs. Etta Shuck bought the Elk cafe last week and will run a full day and night crew. The cafe has been renovated with several changes and will be open to the people of Dillon at all times.
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