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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1918
Page
12
The local draft advisory board nears final action as records are sealed around December 9 and the exemption board winds down. No new questionnaires for men 37 to 46, while 18 year olds continue classification. Clerk Fred Rife filed Beaverhead county’s final draft report.
Soren Bodum aged 27, born in Germany and employed by H. T. Hendricks, died Friday night of pneumonia. He leaves parents and siblings in Germany New York City and in the valley. two Jackson deaths in the past fortnight are noted. Gus Swanson leaves for California with wife and child. Emmet Douglass buys Dresden Shields stake in Charley Lawrence ranch. Shields buys Thompson ranch from George Francis.
Dillon residents recall a lucrative cattle year with Western range steers averaging 30 cents per 100 pounds higher than 1897 and cows and heifers up at least 50 cents per 100 pounds. Top range steer price reached 5 dollars, while mining news reports a rising ore body at the Hope mine near Basin with ore valued at 18 dollars per ton.
The state hail insurance fund will cover only about 50 percent of farmers' claims this year due to widespread losses. A pro rata $325,000 paid for 40 percent of losses, with about $25,000 more to be paid before funds exhaust, leaving around $400,000 unpaid. Premium this year was 60 cents per acre with liabilities at $12. last year 4 cents collected and all liabilities met. No reserve fund.
A recent Salt Lake meeting with game department representatives from two or three states discussed adopting uniform or partially uniform game laws across Colorado Montana Idaho Wyoming and Utah. The plan includes unifying laws and reciprocal agreements to resolve conflicts. Attention may also turn to preventing regulatory clashes at shared fishing and hunting grounds along state borders. Game Warden De Hart notes Montana was not represented and he only knows what he read about the gathering.
Anaconda National Bank sues Lew Horuop Hildegard Jones and Jones Land & Cattle Co. for sale by sheriff at the Dillon courthouse on November 30 1918 at 2 PM. Properties include multiple described lots and tracts across townships 1–4 south range 14–16 west totaling 320 acres with cash terms. Sheriff O C Gosman supervises.
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