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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1928
Page
4
State tax board reports August revenue totaling 371 019 03 with gasoline at 248 265 73 and oil at 20 071 26. Inheritance, metal mines, corporation, car line, and cement taxes also listed. Refunds approved reach 58 864 51 for 3 642 claims.
Sept. 12 in Fergus county Montana the 46 000 acre Don Albee ranch near Winifred was sold for about 265 000 to the Carsteens Packing company of Tacoma. The firm plans to run the cattle operation from the ranch, including 2000 head of cattle and improvements. Ownership transfers October 1. Albee had owned the property for ten years after buying it from Powers Brothers of Helena.
Edgar Rife of Armstead was elected chairman of the democratic county central committee at a meeting last night at the court house. Roy Herndon will continue as secretary while D. V. Paddock had been replaced due to civil service connections.
Mrs Anna Brule of Idaho Falls suffered facial and head injuries when the car she rode in turned over on a Melrose curve. Her son, driving, was with her as they returned from a visit in Butte. They were brought to Dillon last Thursday evening for treatment.
Montana enjoys relatively low railroad passes with the Northern Pacific crossing the Continental Divide at Mullen Pass and the Great Northern peak at Summit reaching 6,202 feet. Donald, a high point on the Union Pacific line, sits at 6,332 feet, reflecting Montana’s favorable position among mountain states.
Plans for a practical wool marketing program and possible formation of a national wool pool were presented to the executive committee of the National Wool Growers Association in Salt Lake City. The plans were accepted by the committee.
The president of the association forecasts that if accepted the pool will total more than 50,000,000 pounds and will be marketed by either the national association or the national wool marketing council.
In Miles City Montana a dog in front of the drug store at Main and Sixth swallowed a live hornet after a hornet nest foray. Onlookers watched as the Airedale’s dramatic reaction included acrobatics and a bowed, neck-twisted pose, while the hornet crawled away.
Premiums totaling about 300 dollars will be offered in the new wool division of the International Livestock and Grain show in Chicago next December. The awards, added to state prizes, stem from Montana growers' suggestion and Northwest Wool show rules. Division one pays 61 dollars first and 36 dollars second in market wool. division two offers 141 dollars total for registered sheep fleeces across listed breeds.
Chief Ray Gaunt reports from Boise convention that the Association of Northwest Sheriffs and Police Chiefs condemns hitch-hiking as dangerous and linked to robberies. Gaunt and Patrolman A L Anderson studied traffic systems in Salt Lake City and Ogden and urge better street markings and through streets.
August collections of the state fish and game department totalled 26165.88. Of this 23195.58 goes to the state fish and game fund and 2970.25 to the biological fund for Flathead lake experiments. Resident licenses accounted for 21216, non residents for 4361, reflecting strong fishing activity.
Investment and insurance commissioner George P. Porter warns Montanans about unadmitted life health and accident firms, mail scam promotion stocks, and fake insurance offers. He urges inquiries, license checks from the state, and to avoid rapid, unlicensed deals with strangers to prevent losses.
Collection of ore samples from Montana producing mines started Friday as part of the state fair mining exhibit. George B. Conway, Helena Commercial club mining committee chairman, coordinated the gathering and display planning.
Two Montana breeders H C Gardiner of Anaconda and O A Schultz and Son of Sheridan sold about 200 head of purebred rams at the national ram sale in Salt Lake City. The four day sale drew about 1 000 head with Hampshire rams up in price to 241 a head. Gardiner, president of Mount Haggin Land and Livestock Co, is cited as the largest Hampshire breeder in the United States.
A Department of Agriculture report estimates that cattle shipments from 17 western states between August and December are about 6 percent lower than the same period in 1927. Direct shipments to feeding areas are thought to be the largest ever, while calf movements remain very strong and cow and heifer shipments expected to be lighter.
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