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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1929
Page
8
Mrs Harriet Tooley has returned home to Harlonton after visiting Dillon with her brother A. F. Waldorf. She is noted as the only woman wool buyer in the state, representing Cordingly & Co. of Boston.
Mr and Mrs Hart Fairbanks and their children arrived last Saturday from Iowa where Mr Fairbanks attended a summer session at the University of Iowa in Des Moines. He has begun duties as an instructor at the Normal Training school.
Dillon schools begin the fall term with 271 students enrolled at the high school. New principal W W Wahl, formerly of Jefferson County High School, will teach chemistry. New staff include Miss Irma Gill in foods and home science, John W Breeden in physics and math, and Walter Sales in animal husbandry and marketing.
The institute reports advertising lags in effectiveness despite business progress. It urges truthfulness and frank copy to attract customers, citing a survey where 45 percent find ads exaggerated and 37 percent misleading. Institutional advertising to popularize the store is favored by Mr. Tate.
The article lists moist filling recipes for picnic sandwiches including Egg and Olive, Ham and Tongue, Ham and India Relish, and Chicken varieties. It advises wrapping sandwiches in waxed paper, using boxes with tight covers, and layering with mayonnaise, celery, olives, pickles, tomato, lettuce, and salt for best flavor and freshness.
The document lists multiple teachers with assigned subjects and duties including Mrs P Willis as assistant principal and citizenship and art, W J Bierrum teaching economics and shop, Miss Julia Anderson world history and government, Miss Violet Eastman English and girls gym, Miss Faye Kirkpatrick English, Miss Mary Schoenborn languages and English, Miss Olive Scholz French and public speaking, Miss Lenore Thompson geometry and glee, James Harris shorthand and typing, Miss Genevieve Metlen typing and bookkeeping, plus other staff roles.
The Beaverhead county fair plans a three day program with livestock facilities upgraded and new buildings. The Beaverhead high school band will perform daily under L A Gregory with intermission acts run by local schools. Racing includes five daily events, a Beaverhead derby, pony express race, team pulling and a pig race with pari mutuel betting and 60 cent adult tickets.
The Dillmont fair will offer free stand and bleachers with a fee for arena care parking. Accommodations for hundreds of visitors are arranged for all three days. An evening carnival at city hall, games, dancing and prizes are planned, with the George Scott carnival at the fair grounds and nightly dances at Dillmont park featuring Baxter-Tonrey orchestra.
A new 136 by 200 foot barn under construction will open with the fair and handle six times the capacity of the old structure. The ram sale by the Montana Wool Growers Association runs on the fair’s third and fourth days, with over 1200 rams and ewes from Rambouillet Hampshire and Cross bred lines on display three days prior. The event is expected to draw the state’s largest gathering of sheepmen.
L D Kurtz reports Montana alfalfa seed crop improving with more acres and registered growers 376 this year up from 352. Yields steady though slightly lower per acre. harvest earlier by about two weeks. Emphasizes clean seed, recommending pea windrowers, avoiding dump rakes, and cleaning at seven plants to protect price and quality. Idaho Utah Montana prospects and frost risks noted.
Weather turns inviting for camp style meals with cold meats sandwiches fruit and cakes. The article lists simple options like veal cold cuts potato chips sardine sandwiches fruit pies and peach coffee carried for outdoor meals. It details recipes for egg salad and pineapple cream cheese sandwiches.
Assets of Normal College valued at 1 322 660 26 state assets are 60 000 000 It is highly encouraging that state funds are preserved and rising with total assets at 68 902 873 10 up from 68 226 786 40 an increase of about 676 000 This growth comes from permanent fund additions land sales above 10 per acre and a shift to high grade bonds as of June 30 1929 nearly one million dollars more in bonds than a year earlier High grade securities are seen as the ultimate form of the permanent trust funds for the Treasure state.
Field school announced by park naturalist Derr G. Yeager aims to expand nature study in Yellowstone. Following Yosemite’s lead, the program will offer top opportunities to observe flora and fauna in their natural state with headquarters at Roosevelt Lodge near Tower Falls.
Students will visit diverse areas of the park for field studies near the petrified forests. The school runs through the season with a university level program supervised by a director drawing staff from ranger naturalist ranks. Lecturing to tourists and contributing to Yellowstone Park Nature Notes are possible. No college credits awarded for park work.
Judgment in the sum of 1476.22 granted to Melvyn Wessing against Han Peterson by Judy Rodgers on Monday afternoon for work on an irrigation ditch. Roaches are described as ubiquitous pests with health risks, and promotional text for FLY-TOX insecticide appears in the piece.
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