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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1938
Page
8
Pat Harrison criticizes the undistributed profits tax and notes the 1918 tax history for capital gains. He challenges a Treasury official's claim and questions the president's statements on the subject.
Czechoslovakia orders every citizen to own a gas mask by June amid Sudeten crisis talks and Nazi influence. Henlein proposes autonomy or plebiscite while Berlin dampens talk of direct action. U.S. Youth Commission reports bleak outlook on marriage, work, and education among Maryland youths.
A list of locals in Dillon includes George Fields Mr McKenzie and families along with Cantrell Birrer and Sweeney members. Mountain View 4-H held its first year meeting June 7 at Mrs W L Wilson home with leaders and advisor. Leo Pfiffner becomes Lima depot agent.
The dispatches cover a range of brief items. A labor color survey warns education and jobs are key for democracy. A funeral notices a J. D. Whisenhunt in Anadarko as family illness and travel mishaps unfold. Alaska fears armed conflict with Japanese vessels over Bristol Bay salmon profits. San Francisco WPA project workers uncover a gold coin and a diamond stud in rubble during digging. Bagley training school diplomas are awarded with speeches and honors in an Oklahoma program.
Mrs Grant Kelley of Helmville visited with her parents the Tadovics. Dillon residents Mr and Mrs Carl Mast and others visited the Hartwig home. Elks Park meeting hosts a farmer union talk. Regina Rieber and Joseph Cullen announce their marriage. Genevieve Green vacations with Joy grandparents. Miss Margaret Kambich visits Melrose grandparents. John Cummins of Butte visits Wayne Cummins. Bill Ahders, graduate of the University of Montana, visits grandparents.
Stamey and Ernest Shafer moved to Carns basin while Mrs. Ernest Shafer and two children visit Iowa with her parents Billy Hand and George Shafer. James and Henry Shafer sought work in Gilmore Idaho without luck. Numerous kin visits occur around Dillon Idaho Falls Argenta Springs and Butte with hospital stays for Dale McQuary and a heart attack recovery for John Shafer senior.
The Attorney General and Harrison designate supervisors to disburse 150 for each funeral. Aid is limited if the deceased estates net value exceeds 2000 or if relatives waive the assistance.
A Sunday meeting of the Big Hole Road Boosters in Wisdom appointed a delegation to confer with Governor Ayers and the state highway commission in June on road issues. The secretary was asked to write Washington lawmakers to seek funds for the Big Hole Battle Grounds now a national monument.
The Elkhorn district telephone repair continues this week. Norman Nelson and the Nelson cattle are at the Grasshopper upper ranch with assistance from the Lackner brothers and Leon Beese. locals report summer riding for the Grasshopper valley herd association. A variety of Dillon visitors and residents are listed visiting family farms, trading posts, and grazing camps across Polaris, Bannack, and surrounding valleys. A practice game between Polaris and Bannack concluded a weekend of local sports and social activity.
Notice from the Tribune dated May 31 1889 warns readers about tramps in the area and reports a thief who entered the composing room stealing coats hats and shoes promising to mail his address. It also notes Tom Edison predicting electricity as future railroad motive power and mentions Helena as a proposed permanent capital with constitutional changes.
Tribune notes the first year of the State Normal school ends next week. It mentions town houses lacking numbers and reports Phil Anderegg bought the W. H. Boatman residence on Pacific street for extensive improvements. Beaverhead county wool clip is reported to be the heaviest in years.
From the Tribune June 12 1908 two men dead at the Centennial Cafe after Thomas Lawler murdered George Schmitzling a cook then shot himself. Ringling Bros circus arrival noted. Weather brings cloudbursts floods delaying OSL tracks between Dillon and Butte. Montana State Normal 11th annual commencement slated next week with 30 ladies and 1 man in the class.
A May 31 1918 Tribune note reports George Ditty wounded but not seriously, making him the first Beaverhead boy known to be wounded in action. Dillon delegates attended the Shriners convocation in Butte including J E Monroe H F Best George W Dart and others. Pay your subscription now.
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