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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1936
Page
4
A column mixes weather quips about subzero readings and a wrecker tug at a touring car, then shifts to a 1936 Dillon city audit summary with officers and cash balances including a January examination by the Montana State Examiner. It notes a Charles Curtis obituary reference and local tax figures.
Beaverhead County records show December 31 1935 general indebtedness at 47655 18 with 2655 18 cash for debt reduction. Outstanding warrants include water fund and library fund totaling 2655 18. Sheriff announces sale February 28 1936 at 2 PM for multiple property tracts in Dillon Montana with all water rights. Creditors warned to file claims within four months. Administratrix Addie Hodges urges claims for Claude Hodges estate.
In the Feb 11 1887 Tribune excerpt freight trains were stalled by blizzard and cold. Movement resumed easing fears of food famine. Wood sold at 12 dollars per cord last week. Beaverhead cattleman warned spring losses could reach fifty percent. A county official jailed a young woman briefly for fun before Sheriff Tom Jones intervened. Don Kohrs reported losing over 800 head of cattle in the Big Hole basin during the storm.
Cox and Pyle harvest their ice crop after heat forced night runs for several days. A prospector near Dillom reports coal discovery in the area.
Chris Snyder reported from St. Joseph Missouri that rock is hauled for the foundation of a new brick residence to be built by Craig Cornell at his ranch north of town. Miss Jennie Bishop achieved the top exam average at the high school with 93.6 percent.
The Dillon basketball team defeated Anaconda 26 to 14 Saturday evening at the Dillon theatre. Players for Dillon included Stahl W Gilbert Doc Erwin Graves and Drummey. The Tribune printing office and store equipment were moved this week from their former location.
Readable portion notes a person named Montana facing the Oregon Short Line depot near the Lynch building on Bannack and Idaho streets, with the scene described across the street from the depot.
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