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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1935
Page
6
Residents and visitors frequent Dillon area ranches and stores with reports of business trips and social gatherings. Several Harrison and Marchesseau family members are mentioned along with other locals visiting Bannack, Armstead, and Butte. A Navy history paragraph and a Detroit egg-throwing verdict conclude the item.
A Spokane area farming association outlines its loan program for farmers with good credit. It explains funding through capital from Production Credit Corporation, discounting notes with the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, and the goal of eventual ownership via stock while stressing it is not a government agency. The piece highlights low borrower rates, reserve-building, and potential dividends as profits grow.
Local Farmers Union and community groups report on a Browne's hall gathering with a Junior program featuring songs a play and a speech by Paul Fidler. Attendance at Browne's hall Saturday evening. health updates include Donald Campbell recovering from flu and Mary Louise Buhrer convalescing from scarlet fever. A P T A meeting was postponed due to cold weather. Clarence Axe visited Dillon, Chris Snyder active in business. Farmers Union local 490 plans a card party and dance in Melrose February 2 with seven or more prizes.
Helping six year old Theresa McGinty of Brooklyn who sent a nickel for the President’s 1935 birthday celebration to aid Infantile paralysis victims nationwide. Col Henry L Doherty says funds from over 5000 communities will be split seven tenths for rehabilitation of handicapped children in the raising community or geographic unit and thirty percent for the National Commission for Infantile Paralysis Research.
Mr and Mrs Frank P Blair return to Grant from two weeks in Dillon where a former was drawn as juror. Several couples and individuals travel to Dillon and Armstead for shopping and visits with relatives and friends.
The Dillon hoopsters edged Rexburg’s Ricks College 43 to 41 in Rexburg Idaho after an overtime period. The Normal college Bulldogs earned their third straight win with a tight 22-20 lead swap and a strong late surge.
Notice to auto drivers in Dillon warns that driving without a city permit subjects violators to a fine of 10 to 50 dollars. The ordinance, passed by the city council, requires residents inside city limits to obtain a permit and face arrest after 5 PM on January 31, 1935. Clerk-treasurer C. McFadden appears in the notice.
C C Newman interviews Charley in Dillon about the Woods Livestock liquidation and three public sales near Glen Pak Sousehi Spencer. Newman notes Charley’s livestock experience, sales hustle, and the region’s improving outlook with higher cattle sheep and grain values, snow pack, and mining activity. He predicts a brighter year for Beaverhead residents.
The witness Mary Hayden and her son Archie Hayden testified in the district court about the fatal fight with John O Connor at the ranch. Details include wrestling, blows with a shovel, and the defendant’s claim he acted to stop the violence, not to kill. Other witnesses described threats and vile language toward the Hayden family.
From the Tribune of January 23 1886 the Dillon G A R post may grow if all ex soldiers in the area join. The items recount Pony Madison County police Boyer and a tale of Meg Miller bitten by a rattlesnake in Montana with whisky aiding recovery and a humorous reaction by Meg to the danger.
The policy favors leaving green timber for accelerated growth while allowing dead trees to remain public property. The forest service seeks stump heights under 12 inches and lop branches to fall and rot, reducing fire hazard and enriching soil for future timber.
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