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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1933
Page
4
A. A. A. W. drives in Missoula and Dillon to collect books for Montana state and county libraries. Missoula gathered 1,068 books for the state library, aiding a circulating library plan for every county. Dillon seeks donations and library-care diligence to transfer suitable adult and children’s books to school and public libraries.
A committee led by C. J. Hovren outlines a Legion field day to seed a lawn at Mountain View cemetery plot. A sprinkler system is installed and trees and grass will complete the improvement plan. No date yet set but next Sunday may be chosen for Memorial Day as grass and flowers take root.
Beaverhead post announces an annual spring festival to be a gala occasion at nearby Dillmont Park. A volunteer committee led by D. V. will organize the event in the near future with a community field day and dance previously held.
Dr. Lyman, Salt Lake City based apostle for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, will tour the Northwestern States mission. He will meet William R. Sloan in Portland and visit Vancouver Canada with a focus on special meetings and discussions of Mormon principles. Special conference and meetings are planned in Butte with a 10 am and 7 30 pm schedule and a special musical program.
At an election held by students of the Montana State Normal college on Tuesday the queen for the May fete on May 19 was chosen but her name will be kept secret until the coronation that evening. Five candidates were nominated the day before Aileen Barry Dillon Frances Bovee Great Falls Jean Hunter Great Falls Florence Murphy Great Falls and Dorothy Summerville Livingston.
The Ellen May guild hosts a tea in the Presbyterian church parlors Saturday afternoon May 6 from 3 to 5. The program features the Choral club songs, Miss Stella Glasser sings, Mrs. Mary E. Farrell plays piano, and Miss Mary Simons performs a vocal solo. The public is invited.
Judge Opp united Miss Ethel Pearley of Ouray Colorado and Earl Bennett of this city in a Monday afternoon wedding at the home of Mr and Mrs Chester Hale. Attendants were Mrs Hale and M E Bennett sister and brother of the groom.
A brief item urges timely decisions as wool prices surge and suppliers consider rapid moves to capitalize on favorable conditions. The fragment hints at opportunities for producers and buyers to adjust herds and sales plans.
Supervisor Coyone improves Bannack street between Idaho and Montana streets to boost town appearance. Meagher county reports four lambs dropped by a ewe while a two headed four legged chicken is preserved as a curiosity near Medicine Lodge. County commissioners decide on new sidewalk location for Beaverhead court house area, Bannack or Glendale streets.
The Montana Mercantile delivery team dashed off Wednesday evening without a driver. They stopped head end against the fence at W. M. Oliver's place. A bold youth from unknown origins, called the stuffed kid, has run wild in Dillon saloons for a week and bilks patrons in card games. A reporter saw another former two gun man nearby, harmless and not drawing his weapons, leaving toward the Big Hole Sunday morning.
The Tribune notes the May 1903 city council meeting covered the dog question at length and signals possible drastic action against the canine population if dog owners do not pay taxes. A sprinkler wagon patrol opens spring season on city streets.
Porter the genial Red Rock mayor spent Saturday in Dillon attending to business matters. Jack Wilson, shot by officers in an attempted holdup on Thomson Avenue last fall, died Monday at the penitentiary at Deer Lodge. Ed Roe from Red Rock visited Dillon Saturday and ordered a new Apperson Rabbit.
President Davis spends the week visiting schools in Cascade and Great Falls and other Northern Montana communities returning at week’s end. An assembly Wednesday morning featured two one act plays The Fifteenth Candle and Lavender and Red Pepper produced by drama and play production classes with listed casts and stage crew.
The Dillon Lodge No. 1554 B P D E announced the Saturday evening dance is indefinitely postponed, leaving attendees unsure of an updated date or future plans.
A decree of final distribution was filed in the district court Wednesday morning in the estate of the late Adolph Eliel.
A marriage license was issued Friday morning to Grover Peterson of Thornton and Inez Bailey of Rexburg.
Last Saturday evening the Dillon Lodge No. 1554 B P D E hosted a dance in Lima that drew a large crowd and was an outstanding success.
Mr and Mrs Hugh Anderson of Helena visited relatives and friends in Dillon this week.
The благословение expresses sincere thanks to friends and neighbors near and far for their kind assistances and offers of help during recent bereavement. Special gratitude for many and beautiful floral and spiritual bouquets is extended to those who sent them. Frank P. Birrer Ivo M. Dirrer
Ashley Roberts, after two successful years at the Nelson school, has been elected in Dutton Montana to teach fifth and sixth grade and junior high athletics.
The board of county commissioners on Tuesday afternoon leased lands in the Big Hole Irrigation district to ranchers from Wisdom. The group includes Woody Brothers A. J. Schultz and W. J. Tope.
Local guilds plan Thursday afternoon gatherings hosted by Mrs William Barry and Mrs Frank Caskin at St Rose hall and by Mrs Bert Orr Mrs Byron Orr and Mrs A G Williams at the St James guild hall. A P T A Charity Ball is set for May 5 at Dillmont Park with Orange Crush providing music.
In Beaverhead County Montana the estate of Melvin Wissinger a deceased is under an order to show cause regarding a sale of real estate The State Bank Trust Co as administrator filed a petition seeking an order of sale and the court orders all interested parties to appear May 22 1933 at 10 AM in the Beaverhead County Court House to show cause why such an order should not be granted
State Bank and Trust Co. sues to quiet title to the west half of section 22 township 10 south range 6 west in Beaverhead County. The case, filed in Dillon, requires a 20 day answer. notice published twice in Dillon Tribune. Witness: Clerk Fred Rife, April 25, 1933.
Adolph T uary 4 1928 files notice of intention to prove up a stock-raising entry for Lots 6 and 7, NYSE percent SW 33 T 5 S R 12 W, and Lots 1 2 Section 5 Township 6 S Range 12 W Principal Meridian. The hearing is before Fred Rife on May 17 1933 at the District Court in Dillon Montana. The claimants are Andy B Pyle James H Harrison George A Pyle and William A Pahnish of Polaris.
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