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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1928
Page
4
Local names from Lima Dillon and surrounding areas visit the county fair with residents and out of town guests. Notables include J E Keller E W Smith the Smiths Shesers and Blairs Jacksons and Tope families alongside visitors from Wisdom Greybull Jackson Big Hole basin Grasshopper and Butte.
Circulated by the State Republican Central Committee Helena Montana attributes ten years of service to Jos M Dixon including Glacier National Park creation multiple U S land offices and irrigation projects. It contrasts his list of achievements with what Wheeler has done for Montana while noting bills and public buildings and a 340000 Fort Missoula rebuild appropriation.
County Republicans plan seven meetings with national and state speakers including Rankin Wheeler Walsh with receptions for state guests. Democratic leaders also speak locally as a county fair closes after three days of racing exhibits and festive events drawing thousands.
Col Luther 8 Smith will be the auctioneer with Bert Williams as clerk. The sale lists 8 head of broke work horses 6 broke mules 2 wagons and farm implements including a 5 section harrow tandem disc header and header boxes soil packer weeder grain drill disc plows hay rake and a potato digger.
The funeral for Wesley Wynes was held Saturday at the family home with Rev. R. C. Shannon of the Baptist church officiating. Interment followed in Mountain View cemetery. Wynes, 27, a Beaverhead county native born at Bannack, had lived in Dillon 15 years and was widely known and mourned by friends. He is survived by his mother, a sister Mrs. Elmer Dunn of Palo Alto, California, a brother Norman Wynes, and two half brothers Arthur and Warren Contway.
Feeder cattle are scarce across the county as buyers pay high prices, draining herds. Most ranchers sold at market tops with good prices for steers and lambs, but overall winter feedlots will be smaller than last year. Heavy buying and shipping from Short Line points continue, with 1050 head shipped by Portland Feeding from Divide fetching near 100000 dollars. James Dodd reports nearly 2000 head shipped this week, much of it to Colorado.
Thousands attend a county fair display where the high school exhibit section shows uniformly high quality across nearly all classes. Grain and vegetables are presented in profuse quantities and awards attract keen competition.
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