Voting registration deadline nears as campaigns push turnout
With a little over a week left, both parties press to register voters. Efforts focus on mobilizing supporters and expanding registration at key locations ahead of the election.
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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1932
Page
1
With a little over a week left, both parties press to register voters. Efforts focus on mobilizing supporters and expanding registration at key locations ahead of the election.
Beaverhead county officials announced agents in all precincts to assist residents not on the electors list to register for the November 8 general election. Registration books close Friday at 5 pm September 23, with Clerk Albert Baker noting agents are fully qualified to register voters near Dillon.
Judge Joseph B. Poindexter, once attorney general of Montana and district judge, was elected president of the Bar Association of Hawaii, defeating the vice-presidential candidate 35-81. A former federal judge in Hawaii, he recently left the bench for private practice.
With autumn in the air Dillon fraternal lodges resume meetings including Mizpah Chapter Eastern Star and Dillon Elks. State rules set a three day sage and blue grouse season starting Sunday, with migratory waterfowl opening Oct 1 for 60 days and sunrise to sunset shooting hours. Hungarian partridges and Chinese pheasants are plentiful this year as birds move south.
Regular monthly session of the Beaverhead board of county commissioners opened September 6 1932 with all members and the clerk present. Claims for John Laden and Hall Perry Machinery Co. were disallowed for unsatisfactory work, while the D A Lubricant Co. claim was reduced to 676 83.
The Agriculture Department announces a 5 million emergency forest highway grant for 34 states and territories in fiscal 1933 approved by Secretary Hyde. Montana receives 480 381 to speed new highways in national forests to relieve unemployment and protect against fires as part of a 322 million public works emergency measure.
Thirty men from the Bonus Army part stopped in Dillon on a Wednesday and held a mass meeting at the Oregon Short Line depot lawn. B R Green of California spoke on the bonus army that invaded Washington. Beaverhead chapter D A R announces a season of Great American Generals programs with a schedule of meetings, hostesses, and speakers.
The upcoming issue of Educational Administration and Supervision will feature a review by Wendell S. Brooks of Intermountain Union College about Sheldon Emmet Davis of Dillon State Normal College and his book Teaching the Elementary Curriculum. The review discusses Davis's ideal curriculum designed so that each pupil would get a tailored educational experience.
County laboring on the Armstead Monida highway this week at the mixing plant near Armstead advances a 46 mile section of state and federal road. The project will complete the north south arterial route across Beaverhead County linking Idaho to Butte. Nolan Brothers of Minneapolis hold the contract for a plant mix job similar to the Dillon Armstead section. Work aims to proceed before cold weather halts operations with a spring restart.
Sixty seven students on the normal roll are named for the summer quarter at Montana State Normal College. Virginia Randolph of Dillon ties with Bess V. Stone of Butte for top honors with three grade points per credit, followed by Ruth J. Nicol of Butte and Gertrude Vanderark of Manhattan. William Schleder of Sumatra closes the top five, with twelve Dillon students listed overall.
Fred Gray of Dillon was among contestants in the Atwater Kent audition contest held at the Finlen hotel in Butte last Sunday. His accompanist was Miss Catherine Bates of Dillon.
Preparations continue at Montana State Normal College for the autumn quarter starting Monday September 26. Repairs and renovations are nearly complete as class schedules are distributed. The term offers many upper division courses for juniors and seniors, with more advanced courses in winter and spring. Registration is available September 24 or 26. Professor R. E. Albright spends this week in Helena researching Montana history after previously studying at Stanford University.
More than 750 pupils are enrolled in Dillon schools this year excluding the Normal college which opens September 26. Beaverhead county high notes 300 plus in week one, similar to last year. Dillon public schools total 448 with 128 in junior high 160 in intermediate and 176 in primary. The same staff is on duty at both institutions.
Beaverhead County high school gridiron team, after two weeks of practice, meets Whitehall at home next Saturday at 3 pm in what promises to be a strong early season clash. Coach Brick Breeden notes the Beavers have five veterans ready and several promising subs but warns the squad still needs time to gel. The Jefferson County eleven also has holdovers from last year aiming to snap Beaver victories from the valley.
Fashion notes describe the 1890 sleeve and shoulder line as puffed above the elbow creating a widened shoulder. The trend spans evening and day wear with wool dresses and formal costumes showing the same shoulder emphasis.
Presbyterians begin work on their Glendale and Pacific streets church converting the single story structure into a two story building. The basement will be outfitted for classes and church groups, a new Pacific street entrance added, and interior renovations undertaken under W. T. Morrison. Services will be held in the court during alterations.
District Governor Knew K. Matson of Lewistown addressed the Dillon Rotary Club, outlining the organization’s aims and ideals. He stressed that modern progress via communication and travel requires greater cooperation to advance collective and individual life, noting local, national, and international issues demand sympathetic understanding.
Beaverhead ranchers finish the second cutting as weather cooperates. Fields buzz with activity as stacks rise across valleys. Output trails the first cutting but surpasses last year, ensuring ample winter feed for cattle and sheep within the county.
Beaverhead post of the American Legion will hold an important meeting tomorrow night at the city hall. All members are urged to attend as the session will discuss matters from the national convention in Portland and other business. C. T. Callahan represents Beaverhead at the Portland convention. The post recently organized an employment committee to supply eligible Beaverhead laborers to highway contractors.
Dr Carl B Taylor, Dillon optometrist, will travel to Missoula next Saturday for a session in a Western Montana optometrists study group. The group formed a year ago to meet regularly and discuss methods, problems, and latest developments in optometry with nationally noted lecturers.
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