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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1936
Page
4
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I D A Galt mayor of Dillon proclaims the week beginning September 28 as Safety Week to promote public safety and urge citizen support for the Business and Professional Women's club civic program. The proclamation commends the initiative and asks residents to cooperate with the sponsoring organization.
In 1887 the Tribune notes that electric lighting has added dangers with several fatalities from contact with live wires. It mentions local misfortunes in Dillon including a bridge hazard and a few odd market and social observations. A 1890 item recalls a head end collision injuring nine and a note on Buckingham's dye for whiskers. Eugene Poindexter wins the 17 and under bicycle race at the fair.
A Montana national forest report shows one eighth of 100 million board feet cut in Montana, northern Idaho and eastern Washington in the year ended June 30, 1936 went to miscellaneous forest products. Most was for cordwood and poles, with 1,100,000 linear feet used for transmission lines. The document stresses sustained yield, proper marking, scaling, and burning slash to minimize forest fire risk, noting benefits to communities, watersheds, and recreation.
A Chicago woman Edith Gorman is reported to have taken her own life by gas exposure. The terse item notes the death and method without further details or commentary.
Missoula Mayor Ralph L. Arnold warns that Montana's compulsory fire insurance law will not reach a $1,000,000 reserve for 106 years given current premiums. He cites mandatory 100 percent reinsurance of state property and rapid premium outflow as the cause, noting Meager fund balances from April to August 1936.
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