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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1938
Page
5
A long list of visitors and local activities fills a Dillon page. People from Butte, Twin Bridges, Ogden, Idaho Falls, Deer Lodge, Colton, Libby, Polson, Billings, and Bozeman are noted as visiting Dillon hosts or traveling on weekend trips. Local clubs, church events, and civic notices are described alongside spring farm work and sheep health concerns in Beaverhead and nearby valleys.
The Presbyterian Manse society will hold its meeting Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. A. E. Spaulding located at 317 South Washington.
Mrs. Howard Morse and Mrs. D A Galt will entertain members and friends of the St James guild Thursday at the guild hall at three o'clock.
The Baptist Ladies Aid will hold a gathering at the cottage Thursday afternoon at three o'clock. Members are expected to attend and participate in the planned activities.
The L. D. S. Relief society will meet Thursday at 2:00 PM at Mrs. Id Lloyd's home. The study book for this meeting is Old Playhouse.
Miss Beatrice Bayers hosted a Wednesday night gathering for the club. Mrs. Malcolm Stone won top honors at cards while Mrs. William Mitchell placed low. A pleasant lunch followed the entertainment.
The Baptist Young People's Union presented a church service on March 20 at 7 30 p m featuring songs a piano duet by Bernice Erickson and Loretta Anderson a Slim Martin solo and short talks. The program tied to the annual B Y P U rally held in Billings this month.
Mrs. Arlene Becker of Butte supreme deputy of the state for the Order of Rainbow for Girls and her daughter Pauline Becker grand worthy advisor paid an official visit to the Dillon Rainbow chapter Wednesday evening. Invitations were extended to Rainbows Eastern Stars and Masons of Lima Twin Bridges and Sheridan to attend tonight's session. Dillon Eastern Stars and Masons were also invited to be present.
J A Norris milk control board commissioner from Helena will address Beaverhead Dairymen's Association at 2 pm Thursday at city hall. Dairymen urged to attend as important business will be discussed.
The Continental Oil company filed suit in Helena district court to recover 7,568 dollars paid under protest to the State Board of Equalization. It claims the license taxes for retail and wholesale plants are duplicatory.
Montana schools sharing funds from the crude oil production tax received 35 876.63 from State Treasurer Ray N. Shannon in the past week. The money was distributed as follows.
Miss Bertha Caro of Varney and Peter Stefonick of Beaverhead were united in marriage Sunday afternoon at the St Rose parish house. Rev. Father F. X. Lechner officiated. Attendants were Miss Rose Ste fonick, sister of the groom, and Edward Conda of Butte. The bride has been a student at the Normal college. They will live on Stefonick’s ranch near Dillon.
Petit Miss Spring arrived with a mantle of pure ermine snow that fell steadily Sunday. Weather records at Normal College show six inches of accumulation and a low of 18 degrees above zero for Sunday night, making it one of the deepest, most sustained snowfalls of the winter.
Dillon will be featured in a 15 minute KGHL broadcast at Billings on Friday March 25 starting at 6 15 p m. The program sponsored by Yale Oil aims to cover Dillon’s history recreation and commerce with two Dillon broadcasts due to extensive local data.
Montana farm price survey shows declines in 24 commodities and gains in eight, with five unchanged. All wheat averaged 89 cents per bushel in February, hay prices lower, beef cattle at 5.40 per hundred, milk cows up to 55, horses at 64, and poultry 15.1 cents per pound.
Townsendites of Dillon will reorganize at the courthouse Saturday at 8 p m. George Swift leads expected attendance from Butte Townsend supporters. Ed Nichols of Deer Lodge will be the principal speaker for Townsend district No 1. Union members and city businessmen receive invitations. C P Christian sen acts as chairman.
Minot North Dakota March 9 Chris Linnertz resumed milk deliveries but could not reach Ed Skroch three miles away. Skroch used his airplane to drop in and retrieve four quarts of milk, returning them to his home.
Miss Audrey Shepherd of Dillon attended a Tuesday banquet in Butte honoring John M. McMillan the Northern Pacific railway retiring freight and passenger agent.
Beaverhead county high school students presented a morning broadcast over KGIR in Butte. Miss Violet M Eastman led the program with assistants Miss Fay Kirkpatrick Miss Ethel Anderson Miss Mary Castles Miss Cathleen Henkel L A Gregory and D L Johnson directing talks music and vocals. A silver loving cup will be awarded to the school with the best broadcast in the series.
Dillon district Silver Bow committee set a Boy Scout court of honor for April fourteen where David Curry will receive the Eagle badge. A public scouting meeting is slated for April eighteen, chaired by T Lee Mc Cracken, with Harold Babcock named to succeed Rev. WJ Loar as cub scout master.
In Billings Montana bids to buy the federal prison site near North Park will open March 24 ending a 40 year dream of a prison. The government bought the property in 1931 from Mrs Hattie North for 22 500 to house intermountain federal prisoners. Bids for construction were opened in 1931 but the jail was never built and disposal was decided.
Park officials said road crews would begin opening routes on April 1 with highlands to Old Faithful Canyon Lake and Tower Falls cleared first. Gardiner and West Yellowstone gates would open to tourists a month later. The Cody east gate and south gate would open around May 20 and May 24. The $3 motor fee collection starts May 15. Restoration of $38,500 to the park budget made early opening possible.
Friends of Frank D Hunter are advised he is improving at St. Anthony hospital in Pocatello Idaho after a mine explosion near Salmon Idaho that left him blind and deaf in one ear.
Regular classwork resumes at the Montana State Normal School as the spring quarter begins. The article notes the start of collegiate spring sessions and anticipated schedules for faculty and students.
John T. Kelly chief of the scale division of the Montana Department of Agriculture announces a campaign to enforce the state package law and the Weights and Measures law. Three additional inspectors are hired and deputies named to oversee weighing accuracy and net weight labeling. Underweight goods face confiscation and a $200 fine with sixty days in jail. buyers may receive a $20 fee.
Elmo Winn was elected exalted ruler of the Dillon Elks lodge at the annual election Tuesday night at lodge headquarters. Other officers named include Frank Lasich leading knight Frank O Keefe loyal knight Homer aust lecturing knight ib m Wheat secretary Oscar Griffith treasurer Dave Williams tyler. Elnie Winn was chosen grand lodge representative. Initiation occurred then entertainment and a Dutch lunch at Dart hall followed. Two April events planned Nights in Monte Carlo and a snow ball anniversary dance to be held April 23 with Drum and Bugle corps and invitations to Butte and Anaconda lodges.
A benefit vodvil with two performances, matinee Friday at 3:00 at the training school auditorium, and evening show, aims to fund high school athletics. Matinee pricing is 5 cents for children and 25 cents for adults. evening prices are 15 and 25 cents.
The State Water Board announces a new Ruby River Construction company to complete the Ruby River storage project in Madison County. Tomlinson Arkwright holds the contract but suspended work last November and seeks a contract decision. Seaboard Security Company was notified to take over the bonding and work. About $50,000 of construction remains unfinished.
An inquest into the death of J R Nimmons a Lima laborer is opened with officials listing self-inflicted cause suspected amid unclear circumstances. The proceeding seeks to determine exact circumstances and verify any contributing factors in the death of the named individual.
Charles Fewer planned to heat his home with gas escaping from a water well he dug in Saco Montana The gas bubbled through the water making it unusable for drinking but usable for heat and kitchen fuel according to Fewer on March 16 They noted the well produced salt water as a drawback in this unusual discovery
In a tight senior showdown Cut Bank edged Beaverhead 78 in overtime. Key Beavers Cashmore and Rolands fouled out late as Cut Bank staved off Dillon’s late surge with precise defense and a steady lead.
The State Purchasing Agent I S McQuitty reports buying highway paint this week at a cost of 6914 dollars. The paint will keep signs guard rails posts and equipment bright through the summer season.
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