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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1937
Page
2
The passage notes that all correspondence to the Dillon Examiner editorial and business offices should be sent to The Dillon Examiner at 124 S Montana Street Dillon Montana with issue number 9 Web for September 22 1937. It preserves the historical mailing detail and date.
Governor Poindexter of Montana, from the notable Dill on Poindexter family, stopped in Helena en route to Dillon. He previously served as Montana attorney general and on the Hawaii federal bench, and has been in his current post since 1934. The state board allows elk shooting part of each week to reduce park herd sizes as Yellowstone elk travel mainly Tuesday to Friday nights through the region.
Rev. Emmet J. Riley told the state board of education that divorce and related issues strain Montana’s institutions. At Twin Bridges state orphan’s home 206 of 306 children are direct charges. many have two fathers and two mothers with divorced or remarried parents who have deserted them. Swain and Gosman joined Riley on the committee.
The State Game Commission established a 60 day elk season from October 1 to November 30 in Hell Roaring Slough Creek and Buffalo Creek districts of Park county. The move aims to attract eastern Dude Ranch guests to Montana for elk hunting, as many currently hunt in Wyoming.
The state game commission allows hunting in open Montana counties from October 15 through November 15. Deer season stays closed in Dawson county. Male deer with forked horns, bears, bull elk in limited zones may be taken. the brain season runs to June 1. No female deer may be killed this year.
The slaughter line at Decker flats between Jardine and Gardiner will operate Saturdays Sundays and Mondays from Oct. 15 to March 1 and be closed the remaining days, as announced by the State Game Commission.
Tom Carr, champion police pistol expert, spoke in Butte about women using guns being capable. He noted that high-strung women who grasp the butt firmly can squeeze the trigger accurately. Carr held a national title at Camp Perry and returns to Los Angeles, where he serves as a policeman.
Railroads hereafter may not switch refrigerator express cars onto the tail end of passenger trains the state railroad commission decided this week. The practice endangers life and is against good policy the board stated. Express cars must be placed at the head of trains behind the engines.
State highways hired 1512 men in the last half of August with 44 noncitizens. 92 were ex service men. Wolf Point led with 358 workers, followed by Miles City 307 Missoula 214 Kalispell 237 Billings 176 Lewistown 125 Bozeman 35 Butte 34 Havre 16.
Montana stockmen will receive the ten year average income from cattle this year as shipments total not more than 250000 head, below the 300000 head ten year average. Prices are 60 to 70 percent above average payments, according to E A Phillips secretary of the Montana Stockgrowers association.
Montana state Purchasing Agent McQuitty placed a twelve month order worth 27767 for staple groceries with five firms. The food includes dried and canned fruits from Washington and California and canned vegetables from Utah. No Montana packers bid. Recipients were Missoula Mercantile Co Western States Grocery Davidson Grocery Gamble Robinson Co Nash Finch Co with bids ranging from 289 to 14504.
Montana nimrods may hunt the elusive Chinese pheasant in 29 counties for five days from Oct 31 to Nov 4. State Game Warden James A. Weaver announced the season set by the state game commission at Livingston. Hungarian partridges are protected in all counties. In Big Horn county an additional five day period from
Foster-Ficca Miss Frances Foster formerly of Dillon and Philip Ficca of Spokane wed in Butte on Tuesday morning. Attendants Berthana Koontz and Donald Ficca. Wedding breakfast at Wade Plummer home. Couple to honeymoon in Yellowstone before settling in Spokane. Bride formerly of Virginia City and Butte Business College graduate. Ficca works in circulation for the Spokesman-Review.
For Visitors F. D. Briggs of Sterling and Chris Maurer of California, two dinner parties were held last week. Briggs was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. T. Lee McCrack on Tuesday, Maurer by Howard E. Morse on Thursday.
The Dillon Business and Professional Women's Club meets at 8 tonight at Elizabeth Winn’s home. Club plans for next month’s district convention in Deer Lodge will be discussed alongside other business matters.
The St James guild will meet at the guild hall at 3 o clock tomorrow afternoon with Mrs J J Brown as hostess.
The Ellen May Guild meeting scheduled for tomorrow is postponed to September 30. It will be held at the home of Miss Jean Bishop.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid society will meet tomorrow afternoon at the church parlors with Mrs. Chris Bay as hostess.
The Sunday lesson from the Church of Christ Scientist centers on the concept of true devotion citing Luke and Matthew and the Christian Science text by Mary Baker Eddy. A farm wildlife notice sets Nov 4 through 9 as the season with a daily bag limit of one hen in some counties and three cocks in others listing Beaverhead Broadwater Carbon Cascade Custer Deer Lodge Fergus Flathead Gallatin Granite Judith Basin Lake Madison Missoula Park Ravalli Richland Roosevelt Sanders Sheridan Stillwater Sweet Grass Teton Toole Treasure Yellowstone counties.
After a thousand mile tour Commissioner James E. Sparling warned the eastern Montana drouth is the worst in state history. He noted no farm surpluses in most eastern counties while western Montana may supply for government purchases. He urged irrigation and WPA relief to prevent mass exodus next year.
Congress passed and President Roosevelt signed a bill to route the nuisance tax on firearms and ammunition into a Federal aid to wildlife restoration fund. About 3.5 million dollars yearly will be distributed to states for habitat restoration, research, and management, with strict state matching and oversight by the Agriculture Secretary.
400 acres of grain on place this year and 200 acres of new alfalfa. Good water right and hay and feed to winter 600 head cattle. Inquire S. M. McKnight, Dell, Mont. August 21.
The State of Montana to Ruth A. Stanchfield defendant. Harve A. Stanchfield sues for dissolution of marriage on grounds of extreme cruelty and willful desertion for over a year. Defendant is summoned to answer within twenty days or default judgment may be entered.
Mr and Mrs Burnice Farrell welcomed a son at Barrett hospital on Thursday night. Mrs Walter Foster returned from Idaho Falls after an operation. Clarence Condie and his wife of Melrose welcomed a son at Barrett hospital. Marjorie Stevenson visited her father B N Stevenson and aunt Miss Anna Patterson from Billings. Tom Moran, now in Alameda California, visiting the Lambert Eliel home. Mrs Aura Orr and daughter Ruth Kelly with Ada McLaren traveled by motor to Seattle. Dillon Country Club hosts a tombstone tournament next Sunday. Dr L F Williams leaves for Livingston for the osteopathic convention. Mr and Mrs J E Nelson of Seattle visit Mrs Nelson's parents. Harry Colfer heads to Missoula for the State University. Beaverhead American Legion Beaverhead post to hold a special meeting tomorrow night at 8.
The document shows a divorce petition seeking abandonment and separate living, with plaintiff to receive custody of minor Robert Stanchfield. It references the verified complaint on file, notes the clerk’s seal dated September 7, 1937, and lists Gilbert, Gilbert & McFadden as attorneys for the plaintiff in Dillon, Montana.
The State of Montana summons defendants in Beaverhead County to appear within twenty days to answer a complaint seeking to quiet title to a described Dillon property. The case names Joseph Mautz and others against William D. Davis Andrea Da Vis Louisa Taylor Mary Jane Call and unknown parties. First publication Sept 1 1937.
Court orders heirs and interested parties to appear October 14, 1937 in Dillon Montana to show cause why sale of real and personal estate of minors Eugene C Holloway and Irma May Holloway should not be granted. Publication required weekly for three weeks in Dillon Examiner. September 15, 1937.
The administrator Louis M. Gilman of the estate of Louis Anson Gilman deceased calls creditors to exhibit their claims with vouchers within four months after the first publication. Claims must be delivered to the administrator at Leonard A. Schulz law office in Dillon Beaverhead County Montana. Dated September 11.
The State of Montana issues an alias summons in Beaverhead County for Anna Thompson Martha Haskins Henry Haskins and others to quiet title on the East Half of the Northwest Quarter Southwest Quarter of Northeast Quarter etc in Section 8 Township 12 South Range 9 West. The complaint claims any right title estate or encumbrance adverse to plaintiff's ownership or cloud on title including dower and unknown parties and seeks court action to quiet and establish ownership with all water rights improvements and appurtenances. Witness dated September 1937 with Clerk of District Court and Deputy. Attorney for Plaintiff listed in Butte Montana.
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