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Newspaper

Dillon Tribune

Location

Dillon, Montana, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1936

Page

8

S Roberts of Grant Attends to City Business

S Roberts of Grant attended to business matters in the city early in the week.

Polaris School Christmas Program Delights Local Audience

A Polaris school house Christmas event featured Miss Stella Leo guiding pupil performances from 7:30 onward. The program included choruses, recitations, plays such as The Sick Baby and Reading the News, Norwegian Silent Night, and Santa visits with treats, followed by dancing and music from Miss Leo's orchestra. Attendees included relatives from Miles City Dillon and Seattle visits planned by Olivia Harrison and others.

Polaris Russell A. Harrison Melva Harrison Billy Harrison Delia Marchesseau Leonard Waldemar Phillis Fay Harrison Patricia Harrison Lorraine Harrison Fay Waldemar Estelle Marchesseau Gerald Harrison Erwin Marchesseau Rose Marie Marchesseau Santa Jane Waldemar Dolly Jane Marchesseau Santa Claus Stella Leo Miss Leo Leo Miles’ City Mary Catherine Leo Montana State Normal College Dillon Elmer Pilon Orin Pilon Ernest Sill Lima Agnes Harrison Nay Olive M. Harrison Frank Kellum Seattle C. D. McKown Jane Kellum Will Carroll Joe Carroll Herbert Sill John Judge Frank Judge Carroll Big Hole Basin Ruth Lucy Pyle Knoll and

Christmas Peace Message From Sheridan Club Notes

Mrs. G W Richtenour offers a Christmas meditation praising peace and goodwill amid world conflict. Local groups plan gifts for needy children and Spirit of giving through American Legion and auxiliary. Sheridan Woman's Club held a December party with songs and a winter romance contest. several members departed for Pasadena to visit relatives.

G. W. Richtenour Ron American Legion and Auxiliary Sheridan Woman's Club

Christmas Festivities at Birch Creek Schoolhouse

A festive Birch Creek schoolhouse event drew residents and guests from nearby towns for a decorated tree and program by students. Performances included carols by four large pupils and a small student, poems, piano solos, a highland dance, and a Swede Santa gift distribution. It also announced Miss Doris Binder’s forthcoming marriage to Ralph Eudaily and a new teacher to lead next term.

Birch Creek Nelson Hiden University At Hiden Dilion Josephine Salvo Junior Schleicher Joe Salvo Santa Claus Doris Binder Ralph Eudaily Bridger

Regular Meeting of Officers and Social Notices

An election of officers occurred on Wednesday evening with Odste Imogene Rice as vice president Charity Hill as secretary Rose Lapham as treasurer Ollie Krause as chancellor Jimmy Dell Hutchins as marshal Isabel Zebarth as inner sentinel Mrs W Mel-ogue as outside guardian May Christiansohn as musician Rose Clemow as delegate Celia Wilson as alternate Geraldine Hutchins. Mrs Jim Johnson hosted her bridge club Thursday afternoon with prizes won by Mrs Harry Lapham and Mrs Sanford Shepherd. Families and visitors from Dillon and Rochester attended gatherings and a sixth card party with ten tables at the I O O F hall produced turkey prizes for Mr and Mrs Harry Lapham.

Fie Opal de Ba ‘Fas Odste Imogene Rice Charity Hill Rose Lapham Ollie Krause Jimmy Dell ‘Hutchins Isabel Zebarth Inner Sentinel Outside Guardian Dillon Contway Jules Wenger Wendell Jardine Margaret Sweeney I. O. O. F. Hall Harry Lapham

Encyclopedia Bullanica records boost cattle breeding

Walter B. Pitkin and M. L. Tillery figure in a humorous note on keeping a dairy herd history. Tillery, Idaho Bingham County agent, has long maintained a complete bull registry used by farmers to judge stock, earning the nickname Encyclopedia Bullanica for its detail.

M. L. Tillery Bingham County Idaho Tillery Bullanica

Merchants Complain as Lights Go Off During Holiday Rush

Stores filled with Christmas shoppers faced a power outage last Saturday evening forcing candlelit service. Householders cooked by candles, delayed reading papers, and condemned the utility for unreliable service amid a rate cut. Notable items include LSU routing SLI 93 to 0, a divorce suit in St Francisville, a probate oak in Athens, a Stamford siblings protest for allowance, a Maine woman with a duck that quacks to music.

Dillon

Montana security committee wraps up welfare integration task

A 12 member Montana security committee in Helena finished bills and reports aimed at integrating state welfare activities for January legislation. They reviewed university materials, health set ups, and a broad child welfare bill with academic input from Montana State University.

Montana Security Committee of Helena Montana State University George Finlay Simmons Montana Child Welfare Commission Elmer Holt University C. W. Leaphart

Soybean oilmeal touted as key livestock protein

Government and private experimental stations test feeds for value to livestock nationwide. A Department of Agriculture publication highlights soybean oilmeal as a nutritious, palatable protein source with a nut-like flavor, digestible properties, and growing use in mixed feeds for poultry, dairy cows, beef cattle, hogs, and sheep.

Department of Agriculture

Montana Mining Districts See New Ventures and Large Scale Work

The report notes Frank Sinnotta and partners driving a 200 foot tunnel into the Charter Oak mine in the Blue Wing district with a new air compressor. McClosky ships ore from Gold Bug near Bannack, Ed Cole extracts ore from Lake Mine near Argenta, and a mill deal is discussed at Argenta along with Badger and Shafer on French Creek. Wilson of Great Falls shows interest in Mauldin property while Ermont remains a major, valuable, unique Montana venture with ongoing large scale operations.

Ota Wer Utaantat Angénthisi Frank ‘Sinnotta Fouron Blue Wing Corbett, & Herr Charter Oak Mr. McClosky Bannack Ed Cole Montana Argenta Badger and Shafer French Creek Mr. Wilson Great Falls Mauldin Ermont

Holiday reduced long distance rates extend to Christmas and New Year

Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph announces Christmas Day and January 1 reduced long distance rates. Rates, already in effect after 7 p m on weeknights and Sundays, extend to all day Christmas and New Year holidays. Service begins 7 p m Christmas Eve and ends 4 30 a m Dec 26, and 7 p m New Year Eve to 4 30 a m Jan 2.

Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Harold M. Snow Likkewise

Great Falls Firm Lands Ruby Valley Dam Contract

The Tomilson Arkwright company of Great Falls won the Ruby Valley dam project in Madison county for 349 761 10. The firm also received two more dam awards in the state under the joint supervision of the PWA and State Water Conservation board. Martin Elvone of Cleveland was sentenced for stealing a ring, telling the court he was broke with no home but prison.

Ruby Valley Dam Madison County Helena Tomilson-Arkwright Company of Great Falls PWA State Water Conservation Board Martin Elvone Cleveland

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