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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1937
Page
4
In Dillon a speech by Mrs. Corinna Fetcher at a Girl Scout training school highlights scouting as a long term tool for character. The outdoor program, camping and hikes foster appreciation of nature and personal independence, while a Dillon Boy Scout drive urges contributions to youth development.
The Tribune reports 82 degrees at noon as men in Dillon drink lemonade. City Council may survey Pacific street to estimate removing alkali pumps and laying sidewalks. Irrigating ditches run where sidewalks should be. Duck shooting ends May 1. Argenta ore talk dominates local chatter.
The Dillon city treasurer reports a cash balance of 1829 dollars and 23 cents, with funds spent on city improvements during the past year. The State Normal college plans a September opening and faces housing needs for 40 to 60 nonresident students in the first semester.
Five diphtheria cases in town prompt city guards to halt entry and exit at quarantined homes. Patrols may shoot stray dogs or cats seen carrying waste from premises. Miss Vera Melvin and Willie Ross return to Dillon after visiting relatives in Argenta during school closure.
In May 1917 the Tribune reports Roy Jackson James Jackson Bud Mc Grath J Anson Baxter and Franch Tonrey forming a corporation to build a pavilion and amusement park at the Selway grove north of Dillon. The item also notes a pending conscription bill with a draft age likely starting at 21.
W B Willey Beaverhead forest supervisor and Short assistant range examiner join Leon Hurtt of the range research division to plan range experimental work. Seeding on test areas in the Beaverhead forest is funded by the state WPA and the Northern Rocky Mountain forest and range experiment station. Crested wheat tall oats and other grasses are seeded to compare with November strips on drought affected ranges. In Sheridan local stockmen provide 175 cattle for a June trial at the Vigilante experimental range on the Ruby river to study early versus late spring grazing effects on vegetation and cattle. A beam stock scale set and about 9.6 miles of fence enclose 3900 acres for the five to ten year experiment, aiming to determine benefits and penalties of early grazing. The Missoula spring is two weeks ahead of Dillon. snow still covers higher reseeding areas.
The Pacific Historical Review features a scholarly article by Dr. Robert E. Albright on the Civil War as a factor in Montana territory politics under the American Historical Association. The piece analyzes social influences during this turbulent era, with local Normal College events this week including a faculty meeting, a Ted Shawn dance performance, and a Sophomore Tea Friday afternoon.
Winners announced in the Boy Scout bird house contest with prizes awarded for best design and craftsmanship. Details on participants and judges are still being collected by local scouts.
Al Ward reports high grade ore on Frank Gor man property in Polaris. W Stallings Jr ships a car of silver ore from Silver Buckle in Blue Wing. B Sennett to ship high grade silver ore from Huron claims in Blue Wing. Spokane group takes over New Departure mine. Seattle engineer group eyes Jumbo in Argenta. Bill Cushing reports good ore at Dexter in Argenta. Webster and Pyle mining near Argenta show nice ore. Farnsworth to finalize Gibson and Graeter deal in Bannack. Underwood and son drill placer ground below Bannack with pay gravel for summer sluicing. Porters Mountain claim area yields good as say beyond Porter's Mountain. Vancouver group plans mill in Argenta and works Ground Hog mine. Prendeggast reports pay streak in bench placer at Bon Acord. Spring prospecting activity rises. ticks, feet itching, supplies ready.
The Shakespeare club will mark a year of modern drama study led by Miss Lucy Carson with an April 22 observance at the guild hall. A 6:45 street scene commemorates Shakespeare's birthday in England, followed by a banquet at 7:30. members and honorary members are invited. The Dillon club is affiliated with state and national clubs and is among the oldest in the state.
Mrs. Ruth Ping the visiting Worthy Grand Matron of the Grand Chapter QU E S and out-of-town guests were honored at a Tuesday breakfast hosted by Mrs. T E Luebben at Miss Clara Plants. After the meal Mrs. Ping rode to Lime for a personal visit with that chapter accompanied by Mrs. Luebben.
All active and honorary Shakespeare Club members are invited to attend the annual celebration of Shakespeare's birth Thursday evening at the guild hall.
Bozeman residents and Montana State College faculty plan three days of events for the Montana Stockgrowers Association meeting May 19 to 21. Highlights include the Little International Livestock show under floodlights on Gatton Field, the annual association banquet and dance, and social functions for visiting stockmen and their wives.
Extension agronomist Ralph D. Mercer identifies three favorable periods for seeding crested wheatgrass. The first window runs May 10 to June 1 with a well prepared seed bed. The remarks accompany a visit by Dr. A. C. Morrow to Butte yesterday.
Court ordered private sale of decedent John J Williams estate real property in Beaverhead County Montana. Administrator George W Dart will sell to highest cash bidder after May 7 1937 with court confirmation. bids at Poindexter Block Dillon Montana after first publication April 22 1937.
The document announces a sheriff's sale dated May 18 1987 at 2:00 PM. It lists Edith L Jorgen and Edith Jorgenson as Administratrix with the will annexed and includes several spellings of Jorgenson Jorgen and related names. The property sale will occur at the front desk of the bear sheet building.
Beaverhead County Montana sheriff Paul H Temple announces a property description listing lands in multiple sections and townships with improvements and water rights. The notice, dated April 16 1987, cites parcels in Tp 1 N R 1 W and Tp 4 S R 16 W, among others, under seizure or claim contexts.
Dillon Montana enacts Ordinance 230 regulating licensing sale and hours for retail liquor. It defines terms sets annual license fees 150 dollars with pro rata options and outlines application revocation and penalties including 300 dollar fines and 90 day jail terms. It requires licenses issued by the city council and ties to state law and emergency status.
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