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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1931
Page
5
In a letter to the editor from Holler Rock Junction Tennessee MIKH CLARK details personal missteps and broader hard times. He cites buying a car and radio over a farm and cow, unpaid wages, debt, and falling cotton prices as factors fueling national frustration and downturn.
Forty five institutions in Montana grew flowers plants and vegetables under glass in 1929. Greenhouses covered 680 250 square feet with a plant value of 336 128 and receipts of 280 478. Nurseries used 43 acres employing 22 and selling stock worth 21 209. Vegetable seeds sales reached 1 368 387 with eight seed farms reporting 286 acres and 65 workers. The state had one mushroom farm and two flower bulb farms.
The Dillon Parent-Teachers Association reports a very successful summer reading program at the public library. About 60 children attended weekly story hours run by M. N.C. students and Beaverhead high and junior high girls. Some 600 books were read, with tickets kept for a “Trip to Vacation Land via Book Way.” Awards were given across grades and the Beaverhead County Fair will display the booklets.
Beginning last Sunday, new train schedules are in effect. Train No. 31 from the north arrives at 11 40 a.m., a trifle later than before, while Train No. 30 from the south now arrives at 12 23 p.m. The timetable aims to improve connections with other trains in Butte for greater convenience.
Mr and Mrs R M Barrett and son Jack plan several weeks in Southern California and Jack will attend a boys school. Mr and Mrs Frank Poole announce their Idaho Falls summer marriage and will reside in Dillon. Others travel to southern states Los Angeles and winter in Dillon while A J Faust and family tour Flathead Idaho and Washington. Local incidents include a small fire at Elfel Brothers store and a Shell Oil barrel theft. Pheasants added to local game stock with 155 released countywide.
JOCALS Mr and Mrs James Dove visit from Lakeview to take in the county fair while guests Mr and Mrs Arthur Ripley tour Dillon. Numerous ranchers and residents from Madison Butte Sheep Creek Centennial valley and beyond spend days in Dillon for business social or fair related activities.
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