Dillon Examiner enters as second class matter
The Dillon Examiner records its mailing status as entered on September 20 1902 at Dillon Montana under the 1878 act.
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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1931
Page
2
The Dillon Examiner records its mailing status as entered on September 20 1902 at Dillon Montana under the 1878 act.
Local residents and visitors travel through Wisdom and the Big Hole valley. Bozeman ties appear with Mr. and Mrs. Dick Richards visiting and judging livestock at Beaverhead fair, while Hallie and Amy Stephens return home from Dillon. Community events include a surprise shower for Mrs Maybee and a trip to Butte for cabin materials.
The report lists numerous Wisdom and Big Hole area residents visiting Butte, Dillon, and Salmon Idaho for events, social visits, and hunting trips. It notes a duck season opening and a five hundred tournament with leaders Mrs. Martin Jackson and Stanford Shephard, plus a transfer of the Smith barbershop to Wisdom.
It will be of great interest to valley readers that Argyl Stephens won first prize on parsnips car rota and rutabegas at the county fair. He placed second on cabbage and turnips and earned first and second on Hampshire ram lambs and Hampshire ewe lambs, plus first on a Rambouillet ewe.
An Oct 7 1891 note reports Montana 42nd of 42 states in liquor dealers per population in 1890, with one dealer per 60 residents. Alabama tops with one per 1 488. Also mentions Bannack wanting a skilled shoemaker, a candy gathering at Capt Lamont’s, and potato prices at 38 cents per hundred pounds.
A description notes that the store was robbed and several hundred dollars worth of goods were taken. The report records the incident location and basic details of the theft.
In Trenton New Jersey Judge George M Bourquin presiding in a liquor law case estimated there are 10 000 speakeasies. He warned that without red handed raids the illegal booze trade could not be stopped and voiced the hopelessness of the effort.
Eastern Montana Normal opened its fifth year with 309 initial registrations by 6 p m and 242 completed enrollments, far above last year's opening day. Registrar H N Stuber says the first year class drives the rise while second year enrollments stay near prior year levels and many take fewer advanced courses.
The Silvertown Safety League, formed in the United States to reduce motor vehicle accidents by urging pledges to observe safe driving rules, studies international approaches including Japan. It notes Japan’s sidewalks gap, strict licensing tests, courteous drivers, and Tokyo’s high accident rate while marking efforts to reward cautious motorists with emblem incentives.
Notice of application for U S patent serial number 077665 by William F Williams of Dillon Beaverhead County Montana for twenty acres containing building stone known as the FB Williams Building Stone Claim located about a mile west of Dillon with details in Great Falls Montana October 2 1931 under acts of May 10 1872 and August 4 1892.
Public land notice records describe the south half of the southwest quarter of Section 13 in Township 7 South Range 9 West M.M. The Certificate of Location is dated October 10 1925 and recorded in Vol 86 Page 78. The Amended Declaratory Statement is dated May 12 1927 and recorded in Vol 86 Page 182. No adjoining claims exist for patent. M D Nicholson Register. First publication Oct 7 1931. Last publication Dec 2.
Department of the Interior notices Francis J. Bjorni of Grant Montana intends to prove up a stockraising homestead claim filed November 18 1926 for sections 2 10 11 township 10 south range 14 west principal meridian. Hearing before Fred Rife at Dillon Montana on November 9 1931 with witnesses Ralph Liggett Hiski Luama John Bjorni and Joe Denny all residents of Grant Montana.
Beaverhead county Montana is designated a Modified Tuberculosis Free Accredited Area by authorities. Cattle imports are restricted to accredited herds or those with a satisfactory tuberculin test by an approved veterinarian. Feeder cattle require a written permit and must be tagged or branded F and kept separate. Immediate slaughter cattle must be held apart and killed within ten days. The order becomes effective October 1 1931 and compliance follows federal and state rules. Shipment out of the county remains allowed.
In the Matter of the Estate of James R. Pinkerton Deceased in Beaverhead County Montana the administrator Leon Pinkerton notifies creditors and all claimants to exhibit their claims with vouchers within four months after the first publication to Gilbert Gilbert and McFadden law offices Dillon Montana. First publication September 30 1931.
George H. Guilliksen of Dillon Montana declares intention to make three year proof to establish his stockraising homestead claim for 8W% SEYNEY and related parcels. He will appear before Frank A. Haxel baker A B Commissioner in Dillon on the 22nd day of 1931. Witnesses named Bred Hennena Carlton Innes Berg Christensen Raymond Smith reside in Dillon.
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