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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1940
Page
8
Wisdom hosted a Knights of Birmingham gathering with 55 to 66 Masonic members from nearby points. 11 earned the Knights of Birmingham degree and a dance followed. Local residents and visitors joined pan for dinners and visits as the community noted several weekend events and travels across the Big Hole.
Mr and Mrs George OConnell host Isabell Caple from Seattle at Wisdom home. War ren Shaw and others operate at Toomy ranch fishtrap sheep shearers. Mrs J H Scofield Hans Jorgensen and Clarence Helming shopped in Butte. Alf Hendrickson and family visit Ritchel home in Gibbons. Los Angeles visitors include Clarence Bauers and family. Howard Hollenback builds Beaverslide derricks in Deer Lodge valley.
Missoula Montana June 26 Registration during the first week of summer session at Montana State university reached 779 an increase of five over last year Dr G D Shallenberger director announced today Approximately 100 additional students are expected for the Second six weeks session beginning July 1 Twenty five states and Alaska are included in the summer school registrations
Doctor Jeffrey Jennings in Gallatin Gateway Montana announced plans to open a small private finishing school for girls next September. Only 14 boarding students will be accepted in the first year, mostly from the east. A later plan includes a boys' school and eighth grade through college preparatory work with informal discussion groups replacing classrooms.
Montana press memo notes state WPA administrator Joseph E. Parker tells Great Falls chamber that Montana has the best defense work setup in the nation with county trained WPA engineers ready to handle defense projects. He cites Great Falls airport improvements and says Congress may fund more defense work with full labor support across the state.
Bozeman Montana June 23 Montanans warned against paying high prices for Michels grass seed says A H Post head of the economy department at the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station. Tests show Michels grass not surviving three seasons under irrigation at Bozeman and on dry land at North Montana and Judith Basin stations. There may be a place for Michels grass in western Montana but data on adaptation will take a year or two.
Mrs Roy ZeBarth hosted a Friday afternoon pinochle gathering for ladies at her ranch. A memorial service was held Sunday at the local church with Tom Gilbert of Dillon delivering the sermon. Multiple visits, dinners, and weekend trips featured residents visiting relatives in Dillon, Butte, Reno and Sacramento, while several families prepared for summer camps and vacations.
Dell residents Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hancock spent Sunday in Idaho Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dowling with Mr. and Mrs. Oral Evans attended a Dillon show Sunday evening. Dillon hosts included John Sweeney and several Sweeney family members along with Mrs. Birrer, Walt Bastian, and others visiting Mrs. Olive Irion on Horse Prairie.
Ninety percent of the Montana School of Mines class of 1940 were employed within one week of graduation, according to O A Dingman. Thirty five of fifty engineers had jobs before their sheepskirts were awarded, with more employer requests continuing. Jobs span Montana Canada the United States and Liberia including six in Canadian gold fields and positions in New Jersey Texas California and Utah.
The state supreme court rules the 1939 legislation creating an armory board and authorizing armory construction or purchase and bond issuance is constitutional, enabling the board to finance and build armories through bonds in a suit decision.
The Grea Fr 1s Junior of commerce announced it will campaign for a city manager form of municipal government. Bertelson and Grunenfelder said petitions will circulate to place the proposal on the ballot. required signatures equal 25 percent of last general municipal election voters, about 3 500 names. Grunenfelder noted 500 American cities use the plan.
Elroy Gilles an 18 year old Laurel Montana youth is riding a saddle horse and leading a pack animal toward New York City for the world’s fair. He left Laurel May 25 and plans a 105 day journey averaging 25 miles daily with short visits to relatives in Wisconsin. The latest report from Beach South Dakota on June 9 notes he was guest artist at a rodeo there.
Butter Montana June 23 UP new army recruiting substations have been set up in Montana during the past few weeks as part of the program of expansion of the country's armed forces. The stations are located at Helena Glendive Bozeman Lewistown Livingston and Miles City. Substations already were operating at Butte Missoula Great Falls and Billings before the service expansion program was started. Personnel of navy recruiting sub Stations will be increased according to word from Lieut Commander T D Wilson district recruiting officer.
Forest Service crews near Seeley Lake Missoula county unearthed a buried charred tamarack burl at 15 feet depth. The burl came from land with timber over 300 years old and officials estimate the artifact is nearly a thousand years old, evidence of ancient fires in western Montana.
The June 1 crop report shows Montana winter wheat output fell by 1,000,000 bushels in May from 21,474,000 a month earlier to 20,281,000. May seed growth and April chill blamed for the decline. June 1 yield 17 bushels per acre, down from 18. Spring wheat condition at 90 percent of normal, deemed unusually high.
Mrs Dora M Ritts of Dillon will teach Reichle school next term replacing Mrs Ora Freeman who resigned after two years. Julia Twiggs visited Argenta with the Hand family. Dan Piccone spent Sunday in Dillon with his wife. Ayptein Kalsta of Seattle visited with his brothers Tarfen and Lars Kalsta and their families before they went to Salt Lake City. Carl Mast and wife of Dillon visited Julius Hartwig Sunday. Genevieve Buhrer and sister Mabel O Leary of Butte commute to Dillon for summer school at the Normal college. Ed Glennen of Butte spent Sunday with his mother Mary Glennen. JL A Taylor shopped in Dillon during the week.
In Bozeman Montana June 26 a Spokane firm paid 9 35 per hundredweight for 48 grade Hereford short yearling steers the highest bid this spring for fed cattle. E Ralph McCall directed feeding noting most steers were fed on native feeds with rations including beet pulp barley oats and alfalfa hay.
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