Jephthah Cantata Draws Overflow Crowd at Opera House
The April 1890 Tribune notes the Choral club cantata Jephthah and His Daughter was sung by Lorin Jones as Jephtha despite throat trouble with strong support from Ella Sels Lucy Pine and Daisy Conger and R A Sullivan. Mrs Lambert Eliel and Prof W E Mills receive praise for directing and musicianship. A Dillon wedding Georgia Paddock wed Jack Deputy in Virginia City. A new baby born to Charles Herman of Big Hole basin. Nearby property sales include Brook Nook ranch to Joseph Turner Myers Falls and George Woodworth ranch sale to Thomas Pendergast with 9000 acres 1000 cattle and 200 horses valued at 250000. The Wisdom store house once used as a blacksmith shop burned. Emil Zorn built it 25 years ago.
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the Tribune
Opera
Jephthah
Lorin Jones
Jephtha
Ella Sels
Lucy Pine
Adah
Daisy Conger
R. A. Sullivan
Lambert Eliel
W. E. Mills
Charles Herman
Big Hole Basin
Brook Nook
Joseph Turner
Myers Falls
Wash
Gilbert. Livestock Company
Wisdom
Emil Zorn
George Woodworth
Big Hole
Thos. Pendergast
Dysart Gowan
W. C. Jennings
J.B. Holtz
Dillon
Virginia City
Georgia Paddock
Jack Deputy
Golden Rule store to open on Saturday and invite extended
The Golden Rule store announces a grand opening on Saturday April 29 inviting all. In other city news about 125 friends attended a Dart opera house event hosted by Mesdames Timer and Dart featuring dancing and a grand march led by Mrs H Dart and Mr E Timer. The prize waltz went to Mrs Albert Stamm and Mr Moore. A double wedding occurred at Dr and Mrs H H Townshend’s Melrose home with Prof John Olson and Miss Mabel McCauley and Dr Earle Johnson and Miss Rose McCauley. Rev Groeneveld officiated.
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Golden Rule
Samsel
Dart Opera House
Mesdames Timer
Dart
H. Dart
E. Timer
Albert Stamm
Moore
Jimmie Tibbles
John Bray
Humphrey Station
H. H. Townshend
Melrose
John Olson
Butte
Mabel McCauley
Earle Johnson
Rose McCauley
Dr. Groeneveld
First Presbyterian Church of
Local notes from the Dillon region April 1909
R C Richmeyer resigns as Metlen hotel night clerk to join Salt Lake City ball team under E G Farnsworth. Earl Main becomes hotel clerk. Homer Harrison orders supplies for Dillon bowling alley from Butte. Olmsted and Kerr secure a new team in Twin Bridges to replace the Morton Co. bay team burned recently. Beav erhead County Fair nominates several local names for a Beaverhead county man’s marriage prospect. Armstead reports a record stretch for house building progress.
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the Tribune
R. C. Richmeyer
Metlen
Salt Lake City
E. G. Farnsworth
Earl Main
Homer Harrison
Dillon Bowling Alley
Butte
T. D. Olmsted
J. F. Kerr
Twin Bridges
J. W. Morton Co
John A. Best
Lima
Beaverhead County
State land board grants leases under 10 year maximum plan
The land board has issued nearly 15 leases daily since a new law set 10 year maximums for state leases. Nanita E Boom notes the program aims to conserve soil and grass and allows test plots to rotate under the plan.
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State Land Board
Nanita
Orthopedic Clinic Program Under Way Across Montana
The state welfare department opens free orthopedic clinics for crippled children under 21 starting April 5 in Sidney and continuing through June 14 with visits planned in Glasgow Miles City Billings Bozeman Anaconda Missoula and Kalispell. Additional towns will host clinics next fall to provide examinations statewide.
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State Welfare Department
Sidney
Browning
Glasgow
Miles City
Billings
Bozeman
Anaconda
Missoula
Kalispell
State Tax Revenue Nears 1938 Level in Nine Months
State income tax collections for the first nine months of the current fiscal year totaled 256 721 dollars, compared with 260 189 dollars for the same period in 1937, the state board of equalization reports. Final returns are expected to match last year’s total, with about 3 000 more returns filed than in 1937.
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State Board of Equalization
Dr Warren resigns state post for ADM research chair
Dr D. M. Warren, longtime member of the state livestock sanitary board, resigns to take charge of all research work at Archer-Daniels-Midland in Minneapolis. He is presently stationed in New York City.
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D. M. Warren
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Archer-Daniels- Midland Company
Minneapolis
Dr. Warren
New York City
Montana AG okays two year ban on campus expansions
In an opinion for Dr. H. H. Swain of the Greater University of Montana Attorney General H. J. Freebourn ruled the legislature acted within its rights in enacting H. R. 140. The act prohibits building any additional structures at university units for the next two years.
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H. H. Swain
Greater University of Montana
H. J. Freebourn
State Sanitary Chief Plans Midwest Milk Study Trip
Dr J D Wipf of the state sanitary commission will travel through the Midwest to study milk sanitation with Dr William Haskell a Public Health Service milk specialist. The trip will be funded by federal sunsis.
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J. D. Wipf
State Sanitary Commission
Midwest
William Haskell
T. S. Public Health Service
Wipf
Roosevelt Urges Economic Front Against Dictators
The article outlines Franklin Roosevelt’s push for economic measures to curb dictators as Herbert Hoover warns against war by other means. It covers Baruch Stimson and Hull weighing embargoes, neutrality, and the cash and carry policy in a heated debate on U.S. strategy.
Stimson Testifies on War Legislation and Policy
Former Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about extending revising or discarding the current wartime act and its key import provisions. The hearing reflects ongoing debate over U S policy toward Germany and the postwar legal framework.
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Washington
U. S
Germany
Henry L. Stimson
Senate Foreign Relations — Committee
Beaver’s teeth and temperament drive value in April
In Boise City Idaho the article highlights the beaver Castor canadensis and notes its working season begins in April. Beavers fell trees with sharp incisors and dam streams using logs hud leaves and ice.
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Boise City
Beavers Aide Drought Reclaim Idaho Rangeland
The Interior Department began trapping and releasing beavers in eroded Idaho areas to form dammed streams that conserve moisture and provide water for stock. By last season about 500 beavers worked under supervision and over 1,000 may be active by year end.
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Interior Department
Idaho
Department of Interior
Oregon
California
Minerals Give Stock Aids For Montana Herds
Natural diet balance ties with grass and minerals as a method used by Montana stockmen to build up herd diets and prevent disease. Dr. W. J. Butler, state veterinarian, says cobalt manganese and iron in small amounts according to formulas correct deficiencies caused by drought. Open range grazing once provided instinctive mineral balance. today fenced ranges and fixed feed prevent this natural method.
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Montana
W. J. Butler
Butler
Liquor Board Declares $100000 Dividend
The liquor control board announced a $100000 profit dividend last week, bringing this year’s state funds total to $850000 from the liquor system. It forwarded $35645 in excise tax and $4424 to the teachers retirement fund. It also approved a $9473 three year contract for insurance and surety bonds with Seaboard Surety, approved by the state insurance commission led by State Auditor John J. Holmes, State Accountant William Hosking, and E A Dye.
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Liquor Control Board
L. M. A. Wass
State Treasury
Teachers’ Retirement Fund
Liquor Board
Seaboard Surety Company
State approves 5000 dollar bonds for oil drillers
The Service Commission mandates a 5000 dollar surety bond for all oil drillers on state fields. One bond covers any company, preventing abandonment of wells after development. The measure, supported by Chairman Austin B. Middleton and Commissioners Paul T. Smith and Horace F. Casey, aims to curb wildcatting and protect the oil industry.
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State Railroad and Public Service Commission
Austin B. Middleton
Paul T. Smith
Horace F. Casey
Highline Rancher Named to Road Board
Walter Phillips, a rancher from Phillips County, named to the state highway commission by Governor Roy E. Ayers for a term ending April 3, 1943. He succeeds Lloyd A. Hague of Missoula, while Ayers reappointed John M. Wheeler of Billings to another term.
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Highline
Walter Phillips
Phillps
Phillips County
State Highway Commission
Roy E. Ayers
Phillips
Lloyd A. Hague
Missoula
Ayers
John M. _ Wheeler
Billings
Weights and measures law requires clear package marking
Commissioner J. T. Sparling announced that all commodities sold in packages must be plainly marked with correct weight or numerical count. Horticulture and dairy men will help explain the new law to merchants, under the supervision of J. T. Kelly, chief of grain standards.
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Sparling
Commissioner of Agriculture
J. T. Sparling
J. T. Kelly
Division of
Farming Conditions Favorable in Montana Report
The first weekly crop weather report from the federal bureau of agriculture and the weather bureau notes overall favorable farming conditions in Montana last week. Winter wheat looks sturdy on summer fallow. trees and shrubs are ahead of average. pastures and crested wheatgrass show strong growth. livestock have ample feed and water. Weather supported lambing and calving. plowing and seeding are ahead of last year, while frosts reduced early grasshopper hatches.
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Montana
Federal Bureau of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Highway Makers to Meet at Sun Valley
The Montana National Bituminous conference organized four years ago by Highway Engineer Don A. McKinnon will be held at Sun Valley September 11 12 and 13. Begun as a school for state highway department engineers the conference has grown to the world’s most widely attended highway surfacing school. More than 700 highway engineers from around the world are expected to attend. The group will include in its work a study of the highways of the future plan suggested by various American organizations.
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Don A. McKinnon
Sun Val
Plague Study Will Tour State With Mobile Lab
The state board of health will start its laboratory-on-wheels this month to investigate rodent plague. A large truck carries a two year team testing gophers and fleas from holes. Infected fleas trigger a campaign with the U.S. Public Health Service in San Francisco.
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State Board of Health
U.S. Public Health’ Service
San Francisco
State appraises property under Insurance Commission plan
State Fire Marshal Arthur Parsons directs a full appraisal of all state-owned property as part of the Insurance Commission initiative to insure state assets. Completion is expected by December 2, with contracts awarded then. It marks the first comprehensive appraisal since 1926.
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Arthur Parsons
New State Insurance Commission
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