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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1936
Page
8
Governor Holt designates Thursday September 17 as Constitution day in Mostans and urges citizens to contemplate the immortal document. The Lewis and Clark county district court denied the petition for an injunction. The ballot measure certification deadline is October 9.
The state board of examiners adopted a resolution to end legislators restoring their seat to accept appointive jobs on the state payroll at higher pay. The measure took effect September first.
The state liquor board accepts the new liquor warehouse at Helena from contractors and says the October price list will feature reduced liquor prices at state stores. The board also authorizes a liquor store for Custer in Yellowstone County.
The state board of examiners announced that per diem claims from state highway department members will not be accepted unless regular meetings are scheduled. The action came after a review of per diem claims and expense trimming at a recent board meeting.
Governor Holt and state agriculture commissioner A P Bruce conferred on plans to reopen the Montana State fair in Helena next year. A Works Progress Administration project has spent 45000 in the last 11 months to recondition fairgrounds buildings and clean the premises.
The state textbook commission will hold its biennial meeting at the state capitol Sept. 19 to consider proposed changes in texts used in the public schools. Montana law limits the commission to no more than three text changes per session.
Three cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever were reported to the state board of health by epidemiologist Dr. B K Kilbourne. Ravalli county contributed two cases and Missoula one. Nine mumps cases followed, seven from the Blackfeet Indian reservation.
The state board of examiners directs contractors to inspect damage from the Helena earthquake last fall and assess rehabilitation needs for the state girls vocational school in the Helena valley. Estimated repair costs range from $3,000 to $4,000.
State Treasurer James J. Brett reports the Aug. 1 cash balance stands at $7,197,957.61 with receipts of $3,621,769.44 and disbursements of $3,321,769.29. An unfinished business item of $231,876.29 is added, bringing total cash in banks to $7,429,933.90.
Gov Elmer Holt granted a reprieve to Clarence Cates until January 12 1937. Cates, convicted of killing federal prohibition officer Paul Read, has received his eighth reprieve. The governor said the case should be handled by the incoming administration.
A planned appeal seeks to stop the secretary of state and the governor from certifying the initiative to raise chain store taxes for the election ballot. The action targets certification of the measure and asks a court to halt further steps toward including it on the ballot.
Orning Fjelstad treasurer of Chou tea county was bitten on the leg by a rattlesnake during a fishing trip near White Sulphur Springs. He killed the snake after stepping near it but later felt a sting and noted fangs. Unable to cut out the bite he drove to White Sulphur Springs and Helena for treatment.
A right eye was ripped from Steve Stevenson head in an automobile crash. The Melrose rancher, in his 60s, lies in a critical condition at a Butte hospital. The driver was an elderly man riding in a truck when a tire blew and the vehicle overturned.
The game and fish department designs a wooden floating rack that submerges when ice hits the lake and rises after passage. Thirty racks are being built for the Loch Leven stripping season which starts in late October.
Frank H. Johnson reports to Governor Holt that eastern Montana banks expanded resources this summer as stockmen reduced herds due to feed scarcity and deposited funds. He cites crop disposals and increased business by merchants as additional factors boosting bank resources.
Montana counties reduced their bonded indebtedness by nearly 16 million dollars over 11 years. The last fiscal year ended with 11,818,793 in bonds, down from 27,913,336 in 1925. State examiner Frank H. Johnson notes counties now pay about a million dollars less in interest annually.
In early Montana Virginia City miners influenced reform by forcing bartenders to trim long nails, ending an era where dust under nails mattered in payments. The piece traces widening campaigns against gambling and later racing, noting licenses, upstairs gambling, and the rise and fall of gambling trusts and prize fighting in the state.
Green Clay Smith, a Kentucky native, rose from U S district attorney to Montana territorial governor succeeding Sidney FEdgerton. His career spanned congress and the Civil War with service from colonel to brigadier general. He played a pivotal role in Lincoln Johnson ties at a 1860s convention, and his leadership moved Montana’s capital from Virginia City to Helena.
Montana reports seven social security program components now in effect including old age assistance and six other services. It notes funds received totaling over 335000 dollars for aged and children programs and projects future eligibility for aid to the blind and dependent children if Montana aligns with federal rules.
Weather prose notes winter is distant and summer not yet present. Citizens are seen in the streets in shirt sleeves while straw hats perch at odd angles as plows could be ready any time.
Treasure State brief items report Agnes Roffels a 65 year old widow and former Anaconda resident was murdered in her Chicago home. Other notes cover Marcus Howell’s 101st birthday in Blaine county and Col Theodore Roosevelt’s political tour in Lewistown.
In Montana’s Alder Gulch Virginia City residents debated naming the new gold camp Varina after Varina Davis wife of the Confederate president. Judge Bissell, a Union man, vetoed the pro Confederate name in open court and substituted Virginia, preserving Union loyalty in the town’s historic record.
The Post Toasties page showcases how to join the Junior G Man Corps with badges fingerprint sets and related accessories illustrated for youth readers.
Observations show clocks tick faster in high elevations because stronger gravity slows pendulum swings less. Gravity is weaker near the equator than in other parts of the world, affecting timekeeping accuracy.
A concise proverb notes that an man becomes an ideal husband the moment his wife becomes a widow highlighting the shift in perceived roles and virtue after loss.
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