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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1929
Page
1
A letter to Northern Pacific Railroad shows the company cannot fund further construction at present and will not support the proposed Twin Bridges to Twin Bridges west line. The message responds to a telegram from Dr. R. D. Curry and G. H. Davey, Rotary club presidents, following a joint club meeting.
Mr and Mrs Nels Nelson, longtime Beaverhead County residents, arrived from their Deer Lodge ranch to discuss business in Dillon and prepare to move to Seattle by December 10. They recently sold the 18000 acre Nelson & Sons ranch to Treetheny of Seattle for about 850000, with the new owner planning large scale sheep raising. The Nelsons, active in Dillon until around 1920, expect to spend several days in town before their departure.
Foremost social event of the week was the Fortnightly club dinner dance at St James guild hall on Wednesday evening. Sixteen couples acted as hosts and hostesses and the dinner was served by the ladies of St James guild. The Baxter Tonney orchestra provided music for dancing after the meal and a large crowd enjoyed the evening.
The annual Father and Son party by the P T A will be held Friday evening December 6 in the old training school. There will be a program followed by games and refreshments. An admission fee of 25c for each father and son will be charged to defray expenses.
Miss Irene Pillen 13 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs A E Pillen recently arrived in Dillon from Helena died at home on South Idaho street last Monday after a lingering illness. Survived by two brothers and a sister and an aunt Mrs B W Emerick the family had moved here in October for tele phone line work. Funeral was held Wednesday at Sheridan with interment there.
Charles Richter of Dillon won seven thousand one hundred eighty two dollars in the big Saturday football pool at a Mining City business house. He traveled to Butte, collected the prize, returned home the same day, and plans to keep working at gardening and lawn care while enjoying the reaction from friends.
Mrs J E David hosted a Thursday evening dinner party at her South Rife street home in observance of the joint birthdays of Miss Dorothy David and Miss Mae Nedrow.
Beaverhead county commissioners wrap up their final 1929 meeting at the courthouse with routine business and several appointments. Ambrose Henneberry seeks a truck franchise between Dillon and Butte, while terms on the county fair board expire for W S Tash and George Opp.
A group of Miss Mona Harding’s friends gathered Friday evening at her home to celebrate her twelfth birthday. The party featured games and a large birthday cake with refreshments.
The Rev. R. O. Shannon of the Baptist church joined Thomas A. Breeding of Idaho Falls to Bernice E. Freeman of Basalt in marriage at the parsonage on Wednesday evening at six o'clock.
Beaverhead county Montana earns top honors at the International Hay and Grain show in Chicago with Lieutenant Governor Hazelbaker receiving a first prize blue ribbon for prairie hay and a second for mixed hay. His Big Hole basin collection, including Woodworth ranch specimens, wins reserve championship in several classes. Ranchers celebrate nationally recognized forage quality from the Big Hole.
Jimmie Dodd took Bert Orr through the Big Hole basin to inspect two feeding operations. About 200 fat steers and 600 whiteface cattle are fed for the spring market, with sheep numbering around 70,000. Californian S. D. Parks visits with C. E. Rude, noting the region as a premier winter feeding ground and potential for Grayson-Owen Packing Company of Oakland.
Governor J E Erickson urged Montanans to buy only Montana made sugar to aid local farmers. He endorsed the Mountain States Beet Growers marketing effort to boost state production and reduce freight costs while improving beet prices for farmers. He urged support for the Bil lings area factory and its sales within Montana.
At a regular Dillon Wranglers gathering Wednesday evening at Pearl I Smiths offices Professor Rush Jordan from the Normal College presented an interesting article on world peace.
Dillon golf enthusiasts enjoyed a pleasant Thanksgiving on the course with fairways and greens in good condition. No snow is present and continued fine weather bodes more rounds in the near future.
No one has announced interest in a state Bozeman Home Extension course planned for Dillon. If 25 to 30 Dillon women sign up, the state supplies teachers and the high school provides a room, making it inexpensive. If there is no soon interest, the opportunity will be dropped. inform Principal Wahl at the high school if interested.
Stewart-Warner radios have been added to the line of products available in this trading territory through local dealers. City Drug company, managed by Charles Woodburn, handles the line.
Dr. L. Fr. Molleut weekly upgrades Molleur fox farm just north of the city by installing 24 pairs of black foxes and modern pens and fixtures. Alfred Schlegel, previously with Idaho farms, now heads the operation as the latest fur farming stock arrives in the area.
Miss Norah Connelley county treasurer and assistants finalize tax collection figures as citizens rush to meet deadlines. Early tallies show nearly $224,000 in receipts by Monday evening, a result she says compares favorably with prior years. The last day without penalty drew a final surge and the overall balance is expected to be smaller than in recent years.
A voucher for 44183.90 was received by Nora Connelley Beaverhead County Treasurer from Oregon Short Line railroad from Salt Lake City for the first installment of Beaverhead County taxes for 1929. Total due from Oregon Short Line is 88367.80 with portions for state county road school and city taxes. E M Sawyer, the railroad tax agent, provided the figures.
Prof E A Steere longtime educator and former Dillon public school principal died last Tuesday at his Kalispell home. A Montana education pioneer he led Dillon high schools 1888 to 1891 taught in Butte and Lewiston and served several terms as state superintendent of public instruction. He later joined Flathead County High School faculty and lived on his Big Arm ranch.
Opening on Thanksgiving day and running to Christmas the annual health seals sale is led by Mrs. R. M. Barrett. Beaverhead county funds support field nursing while the Montana Tuberculosis association uses most of its share for health education and campaigns. Seals go on mail backs not fronts and cannot seal fourth class parcels.
The Ellen May Guild will be entertained Thursday afternoon December 12 by Mrs. F. A. Hazelbaker and Miss Olive Scholz at Mrs Hazelbaker's home.
Jack W. Smith a 44 year old herder and ex service man was found dying after firing a 38 calibre Sugar automatic at his heart in the Moose pool hall. He left a note to his employer directing his bed and effects be given to a friend. Inquest ruled death self inflicted in a personal crisis. Friends and Beaverhead Post of the Legion planned his funeral.
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