31 Oct 1956
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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1956
Page
1
Washington column argues AFL-CIO COPE uses out of date voting records to label members as right or wrong. It notes inaccuracies and misclassifications, with many votes from years past and errors like confusing school construction with a federal school funding bill.
Political chatter fills the air as Sam Rep and Joe Demp clash over farmers' fortunes and who lifted farm income. A doctor’s note adds calm, urging readers to avoid worry about yesterday or tomorrow and focus on today as the day to act.
County Clerk Dora Schmittroth reported brisk progress in 176 absent ballots issued up to Saturday, with ballots voted or mailed since printing. To count, mailed ballots must reach the precincts before polls close at 8 p.m. on election day.
Lt Governor Gosmaniaw charged Congressman Metcalf with politicizing the East Bench irrigation unit in Beaverhead County. He cited nonpartisan local support and cited Region Six director J F M Clinton praising progress. He noted incorporation efforts by landowners forming Clark Canyon Water Supply Company and emphasized irrigation's economic importance.
Walter Stine of Enterprise Oregon paid the top price of 1500 for Futurity Champion bull from Lewis and Jarboe of Bozeman at the Hereford bull sale. Open Class Champion also from Bozeman sold for 875 to Boney Creekmore of Alder. Attendance weak with 31 of 50 sold for 13769.90 total and 444.19 average. Reserve Champion from Clyde Park brought 560 to W. J. Garrison. Open Class Champion from Becker Hereford of Wilsall not sold.
Dillon banks state and county offices bars taverns and the state liquor store will be closed next Tuesday for election day. Bars reopen after polls close at 8 pm. The post office and federal offices and Dillon business houses will operate as usual.
Beaverhead county Democrats held a Thursday rally at City Hall with Lee Metcalf Arnold Olsen Paul Cannon and others denouncing the GOP platform and criticizing Governor Aronson. Metcalf warned against reclamation cuts while Olsen attacked gambling law and off lease oil issues amid a question period and social hour with coffee and doughnuts.
Beaverhead County High School held a student straw vote awarding eight of ten state and national offices to Republicans, led by George M. Gosman for lieutenant governor with 204 votes to Paul Cannon's 62. Democrats Metcalf and Murray won the two contested offices, while 28 of 298 ballots were discarded for improper markings. the results reflect a student-led, nonbinding election.
The Examiner notes general election hours shift next Tuesday. Precincts over 100 voters open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.. under 100 voters 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. List covers ten Beaverhead precincts with poll locations and seven smaller precincts with polling sites.
Kenneth W. Barry, a former Dillon student, conducts a 13 week half hour TV course on KQED Channel 9 for elementary aged children across ten Bay Area counties. He directs and teaches music fundamentals in a live telecast featuring a different Bay county pair each week.
Beaver football travels to Anaconda Central on Friday for the season finale with Saints leading the Southwest Division. The high school basketball program plans three squads A B and C under Coach Pat Curran with openers looming against St Ignatius and Sugar Salem. Reserved tickets are on sale at the high school.
The Westminster Fellowship of the Synod of Montana met in Conrad last Thursday through Saturday with 125 young people and advisers from Montana and Mississippi churches attending. Dr. Clifford Earle of Philadelphia delivered the keynote on Evangelism Without Limits, discussing relief and rehabilitation materials used worldwide including Asia.
Winter conditions hit the Dillon area with heavy snow in some locales and frigid air. Western Montana College station logged a low of ten above, morning readings near 26 to 31 as snow and melting occurred. days listed from Oct 24 to Oct 30 show varying precipitation and temperatures.
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