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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1937
Page
5
A parade of visitors and locals fill Dillon area life with trips to South Bend Twin Bridges and Butte. Residents like Pat Smith Me Mesrose and Mrs Ike Rife drive in for business and family visits. District names including Bozeman Beavers and Western District events appear alongside county road work and teaching appointments.
The Dil lon post office lists limited supply of 150th anniversary Constitution stamps announced by Post master Harry Andrus. Local post office reports temporary scarcity as stamps become available to the public.
Hereford breeders in Montana and neighboring states prepare for a Monday bull sale in Denver. Eighty four head including eighty bulls and four females are consigned, with famed families like Prince Domino and Beau Donal d represented and catalogued for buyers. Consignors include Watson Hereford Ranch Thos H Watson Hobson Frank Pendleton Jr Wisdom and others across Belgrade Bozeman Wisdom Twin Bridges Sheridan and Big Timber.
The Ellen May Guild will meet Thursday September 30 at 4 30 pm at 413 South Idaho with Miss Jean Bishop and Mrs L H Saito hosting. A report on the Synodical meeting in Bozeman by Miss Bishop, a display of Presbyterian board literature, and opening chapter of Rebuilding Rural America by Mark A Dawber will be featured. A devotional period and business follow with supper at 6 pm.
The gathering covered a proposed $38 million dam scheme to trap the Passamaquoddy tides for power. Professor McBain discussed six hour power cycles and two pool options involving Canadian water. Don Wheat reviewed athletic history and rule changes while Rush Jordan spoke for Normal students seeking work.
A Beaver fumble set up Townsend first score late in the third. Clare produced a 22 yard touchdown run and extra point after two failed line plunges. Malone’s interception and a Beavers’ miscue led to Townsend scoring again. The locals held a 12-7 edge entering the final period.
Gilbert Hennison Hallarn a resident of this community for five years died at Barrett hospital last Friday morning after a short illness. Born June 8 1880 in New Orleans he traveled widely worked at various jobs. Two sisters Mrs Henry Nichols and Mrs Brown and a nephew Mr Kirk survive him. They came from Challis Idaho for the funeral held Saturday at Brundage chapel with Rev J A Meeke of Grace Methodist church officiating. Interment was in Mountain View cemetery.
Zeigler Hot Springs will stay open through the coming winter offering cabins with wood for cooking and heating at $5.00 a week from October. Guests are urged to reserve now for cures and recreation with good fishing and hunting and roads to the springs in good condition.
L. H. Truax of Lima was chosen as grand chancellor of the grand lodge of Knights of Pythias during the state convention held in Helena.
Mrs Tom DuBois will entertain the Riverside Country club Wednesday afternoon September 29 at her West Sebree home.
The Girl Scout swimming class holds its first meeting Saturday from 10 to 11 at the Normal gym with two lifeguards to assist and instruct. Scouts ready to join should bring 50 cents dues and a 1 dollar swimming class tee to the scout meeting on Wednesday afternoon.
The Young People's Fellowship of St James Episcopal church held its first meeting of the season Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the guild hall.
Piloted by Bob Watson Art Bay and Waldron Boger three 1938 Studebakers two sedans and a truck arrived in Dillon last week. Watson left September 6 to attend the national dealers conference at South Bend Indiana and spent four days at the factory in South Bend and time in Chicago and St Paul. Watson met about 5000 dealers at meetings and tests introducing the new models. At the proving ground one car carried 25000 pounds of sand bags before the roof gave way.
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