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N THE ih LAWRENCE BLACK^ ^ V y ç - v - * fY T T ^ ,' * 'f “ ■ r-. *¡ rr^T ------- J ■■— \ r*r- ursday, Dec. 4: Mechanized warfare certainly is ng to have a profound influence the post-war souvenir situa- n. It was baf'etratfglfVJO years lo when hopes were cluttered ) with German trench nelmets, lyonets and unexploded §ix- cl^ shells. magine how it will be when boys start bringing back rial torpedoes and wings from ur-motored bombers. To say thing of delayed action bombs. Of course, a disabled 20-ton ink might be nicely used in lie backyard as a playhouse for be children, and an old flame hrower would come in handy s a cigaret lighter. The really ominous souvenir »ssibilities are suggested by the rge number of captured gener- s appearing in the news reports tely. *» * * * riday, Dec. 5: Curtailment of furniture pro- action is apt to bring a new adache to American husbands, niay give women a well-timed ccuse to begin buying antiques. “All aid short of war,” that logan you don’t hear very nuch about any more, probably 3ould be applied most aptly to he help Italy is giving Germany •ight now. While what the newspapers, for ant of a better word, call “peace ilks” are going on in Washing- 3n, the Tokyo press and radio ave continued to broadcast what pparently are intended to be itimidating threats. Obviously, iie Japanese never have heard iat old one about the barking og, », * * * aturday, Dec. 6: ZThe tendency of some American lanufacturers to advertise coffee rithout caffeine and tobacco with- ut nicotine has its alarming as- ects. We already have toeless shoes for women. Who knows where I this craze to remove the essen- . tial elements fr6m products may end? P u b l i s h e d i n t h e I n t e r e s t s o f B e a v e r h e a d M o n t a n a ’ s L e a d i n g L i v e s t o c k C o u n t y — — t h e D i l l o n E x a m i Volume 7 Dillon, Beaverhead County, Mont., Wed., Dec. 10, 1941 Number 21 Dillon Offers Xmas Shoppers Wide Variety With the Holiday season at hand and Christmas but two weeks off, Dillon shops and stores, adorned with the bright decorations of the season, are offering shoppers the choice of a wide and complete array of suitable Yuletide gifts. From stocks of fascinating toys to delight the kiddies, selections run the gamut of the most diversified shopping lists from socks to automo biles. But as always, the early shopper is the wise shopper and Christmas lists can be most easily filled be fore stocks are depleted. An early tour of the fol lowing Dillon business houses will enable the early shop per to solve the most per plexing gift problems. Thomas Book Store Erwin’s Ladies’ Apparel Kugler’s Jewelers McCracken Bros. Eliel’s The City Drug Store Electric & Variety The Style Shop BULLDOGS LOOK GOOD IN 2 WINS Team Opens 8-Game Circuit Schedule in Northwest Tonight at Rexburg. WILL HOLD 2ND F U T U R I T Y AT ANNUAL SALE January 1 Is Deadline Nomination in 1942 Class for • Before we know it we may find mrselves buying scentless per- ume, footless socks and meatless iam sandwiches. The ghastly possibilities of , such a policy have been demon- I strated in Germany, where they i now are making beer without alcohol. More publicity of this fact undoubtedly would do much much to stiff—the country’s de termination to resist Nazi dom ination. * * • Monday, Dec. 8: » War analysts speak of encir cling moves and pincer attacks as the latest things in fighting tech nique. What’s new about them? Competent barroom fighters have mown about them for years. Department store advertising i these days speaks glowingly of ! thcf Christmas spirit, but it is i noticeable that they make no i reference to that gloom that settles over the land around the tenth of January. » There is a lot of talk lately about Hitler’s having failed to keep up with his timetable. Who knows? Maybe it provides for stopover privileges in .Russia. Or a round trip. Tuesday, Dec. 9: > Health enthusiasts are contin ually shaking their heads over the fact that men don’t get enough exercise these days. This is not true, as any fair-minded compari son will show. Medern lo man probably ex pends more energy buying gro ceries in a self-service super market than his grandfather did growing the same food on a farm. > And take the problem of trans- i portation. Men of other genera- ! tions undoubtedly walked more, [ but what is a little five mile hike in the way of exercise compared to fighting one’s way on and off a (Continued on page 8) ford show and sale, will be con tinued as part of this event next year. The announcement was sent by Secy.-Treas. Bernard Williams last week to all Mon tana purebred Hereford breeders, each of whom will be permitted to offer one bull, born in 1941, and which must be nominated on or before the final date, Jan. 1, 1942. All bulls will be shown in one class, and their ages will be a factor considered in the judg ing. •Five prizes, instead of the two offered this year, will go to win ners. The nominating fees to be used for premium money will be divided as follows: first, 45 per cent; second, 25 per cent; third, 15 per cent; fourth, 10 per cent;'and fifth, 5 per cent. Rib bons will be awarded fpr the first twelve places, and the first prize winner of the futurity will again be awarded a trophy by the Gar rett Agency of Billings. Decision to continue the Fu turity class at next year’s show and sale was made by the com mittee because of the great suc cess and popularity of the initial class held this year. A review of this year’s sale rec ord shows 50 of the bulls were purchased by 27 Beaverhead stockmen. Fourteen purebred breeders bought 16 Futurity bulls at an average price of $505 each with top price of $1,000 being paid for a Bodine summer yearling. Many Beaverhead stockmen, the committee said, took advan tage of the opportunity this year’s sale offered to obtain bulls for herd improvement and for com parison of their animals with those of leading Hereford breed ers of the state. The Montana Futurity class, held for the first time in any state at the recent Dillon H e r e ^ <’ai}d ted at the half, 24-13. George Showing flashes of mid-season form, the Normal college Bulldogs knocked off two contenders on the college court last week to start their basketball season. Tonight they play Ricks college at Rex burg, Idaho, in the first of an 8- game schedule which they will play during a 10-day circuit of colleges in the Northwest. In their opener last Wednesday nighf against the Northwest Weld ers of the Butte independent city league, the Bulldogs took the lead in the first minute of play and were never headed, winning 57 to 30. At half-time the score stood 26-11. Dave Aitken, con ference scoring ace last year, led the local collegians with lo points, while Johnny Burgess accounted for 16. Buckvich was high for the Welders with 8 points. Coach Straugh used his reserves liber ally and 10 men of the Bulldog squad saw action. An avalanche of ringers that counted up a 63-30 score smother ed the Great Falls College of Edu cation team when they played their first intercollegiate contest with the Bulldogs on Friday night. The Bulldogs held a 22-1 lead at one stage of the game Guns Afe Asked For Emergency Use in Defense In the interests of state defense, Sheriff Paul Temple is calling upon owners of firearms who can relinquish them for use in case of ex treme emergency, to register such guns with him at once. He is calling particularly for 12-gauge pump shotguns and auotmatic shotguns; for ri fles of .25-.35 calibre and larger; automatic pistols and revolvers of .82 calibre and larger. Sheriff Temple stated that the public should not become unduly alarmed over these precautionary m e a s u r e s , which are steps toward ade quate preparedness for any emergencies which conceiv ably might arise. Any guns registered and called in for actual use, will be well cared for and re turned to their owners after the emergency, Sheriff Tem ple said. USDA URGES LIVESTOCK MARKETING Increased Marketing Is Urged to Benefit War Effort. ILLEGAL TRAPPER FINED George McCormick, 36, was fined $25 when he pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal trapping in the Big Hole basin, upon ar raignment before Judge Louis Stahl in justice court here last Saturday. Aitken, center, grabbed the scor ing honors for the Normal with 14 points while McGee led the visitors with 13. Following is the schedule of their circuit games, starting at Rexburg tonight: Dec. 11, North west Nazarene at Nampa; 12th, College of Idaho, Caldwell; 13th, Oregon College of Education at LaGrande; 15th, Whilman at Walla Walla, Wash.; 16th, Col lege of Puget Sound at Tacoma; 17th, Central Washington Normal at Ellensburg; 18th, Lewistown Normal at Lewistown, Idaho. LONG-TIME R.R. WORKER D I E S AT BARRATTS MEN, WOMEN TO PAY NEW $2 POLL TAX Levy for Poor Fund; Board Makes Rou tine Appointments. Jenetaro Neishi, Japanese Sec tion Foreman, Has Fatal Heart Attack Jenetaro Neishi, Japanese fore man of the Union Pacific section crew at Barratts, died from a heart attack at his home about 8 o’clock Saturday evening. His health had been failing for the past year or more and he was in town Saturday to consult a doctor who had arranged for his admit tance to the railroad hospital at Pocatello for Sunday. Taxpayers of both sexes who are 21 years old or more by Jan. 1, 1942, will be required to pay a $2.00 poor fund poll tax with their first property assessment next year, by terms of a resolu tion introduced by Com. Warren Shaw and adopted by the board of county commissioners at their regular monthly meeting last week. The order is in accord ance with provisions of the new poll tax law enacted this year by the state legislature. Money thus received will go into the county poor fund to be used for the care of the poor, sick and indigent persons of the coun ty. The law, providing for col lection of the tax with the first property assessment, means that the bulk of the fund will be col lected by the county treasurer at the time automobile license fees and taxes are paid. The rest will be collected with personal prop erty or real estate assessments, whichever is the first made against the individual. The number of persons affected is estimated to be about 1,800. The commissioners last week also made routine appointments to the county fair, public school examination, and high school boards. Appointed to the fair board were W. W. Hawkins, D. A. Galt and Tom Dubois, to serve until Dec. 1, 1943. To the examination board: Mrs. Ella L. Anderson and Miss May Sprinkle to serve until Jan. 1, 1943. ( The high school board: E. E. Hazel, T. F. McFadden, W. Ralph Stockmen who market increased numbers of cattle this year, dur ing 1942 will help achieve Mon tana’s “food for freedom” live stock marketing goal and at the same time help conserve the state’s ranges and contribute to a healthier long-time market out look, Chairman J. C. Ferguson of the Beaverhead county USDA defense board states. The progress that lias been made in the past few years to ward restoring Montana’s deplet ed ranges is now being threatened by rapidly increasing livestock numbers. At the beginning of 1941 there were 1,273,000 cattle in Montana as compared with a 21- year average of 1,269,000 head. If the 1941 increase is as large as that of 1939 or 1940, the cattle population on Jan. 1, 1942, will be close to a million and a half head. This, plus an estimate of four million sheep in the state on Jan. 1, 1942, would bring livestock numbers dangerously close to the 1934 peak. Probably our improved ranges permit slightly heavier stocking than previously under normal condition but if a decreased de mand or a drouth year or a com bination of the two should come while ranges are stocked to ca pacity, it would mean forced liq uidation with consequent hard ship on the entire industry. By reaching the 18 per cent increase in beef and veal marketings ask ed by the Montana USDA defense board for 1942 over 1940, Montana cattlemen will check the upward trend in cattle numbers next year and prevent over-expansion in the industry. Beaverhead county cat tlemen are asked to increase their marketings over 1940 by 27 per cent. Good prices make this an op portune time for cattlemen to cull their breeding stock and get a sound financial position. By mar keting as many cattle as asked for next year, stockmen will get the best financial returns in years, conserve their range and improve their long-time market outlook. VETS WILL ORGANIZE DEFENSE GROUPS HERE Legion, Cooperating with County Defense Council and Other Groups Will Organize for Emergency Service During War. Veterans of World War 1 will take steps to organize a citizens’ Hoihe Defense committee at the meeting of Beaverhead Post to morrow night at 8 o’clock at the Metlen hotel, and Commander Luther Smith urges every vet eran who can do so to attend. The organization will be effect ed in cooperation with the county defense council of which W. W. Hawkins is chairman. An emergency meeting of Bea verhead Post’s executive commit tee was held yesterday afternoon to set up a temporary conynittee to deal with immediate problems in connection with National de fense measures. The meeting was held in response to a request by government authorities. Formation of a county-wide citizens’ committee will be car ried out along lines outlined by the National Defense commit tee of the Legion several months ago, in cooperation with the war department. It is designed to equip every community with or ganized and tranied groups to deal with all emergencies. Air raid warning, first aid, safety pa trols and firefighting groups are all included in the set-up. George M. Gosman, past de partment commander of the Le gion, who has attended both state and national meetings which con sidered organization jolans for community defense groups, will speak to the local veterans tomor row night, as will also Sheriff Paul Temple who lias attended several recent conferences. The' organization will not be confined to veterans and other groups will be called upon to give assistance, including fire depart ments, civic clubs and fraternal organizations. TUBERCULIN TESTS MADE AT_SCH00LS Program This Year Includes High and Grade School; Lima on 15th Reclassification Of Draftees Made CAMPAIGN FOR FUNDS TO USE IN T.B. FIGHT Association Goal Is Eradica tion of Dread Disease in 20 Years Bryan Dee and Marvin W. Bour were reclassified in 1-A by the Beaverhead county draft board last week, placing them as immediately available for mili tary service. Other reclassifica tions included: 1-H: William E. Bjorne, Andrew A. Watula and John Lakner; 2-A: George C. Kennedy; 3-A: Wyman E. Du puis, Matt W. Stewart, Walter L. Sperry; 4-E: Murray Francis La den. The board was notified last week that they will be called to furnish 14 draftees for induction into the army on Jan. 22. With County Nurse Miss Mar garet Holloran in charge, tuber culin tests were given high school freshmen and seniors yesterday and today and seventh and eighth grade pupils of the trainingschool. The tests are given under the di rection of the Montana Tubercu losis association’ in cooperation with the State Board of Health. Next Monday the corresponding groups of Lima grade and high school students will be similarly tested. The program includes the tu berculin testing and X-raying o. the students. Those who show positive reactions to the tests wil. be X-rayed on January 15. A1 members of families in which there are positive reactors arc urged to take the tests and posi tive reactors X-rayed. Heretofore only Dillon and Lima high school students hav^ been included in the program which this year was changed to include the seventh and eighth- grade groups. Xmas Lights Will Be on Next Monday Colored Christmas light clus ters were being put in position on light posts in the business dis trict today. It was said ^street decoration for the holidays will be completed and the lights turn ed on next Monday, Commission er Patrick stated. Though flooding operations have not been completed, first ice was frozen on the new municipal rink this week and skaters have been going through the limbering”up stage., Mrs. Rose Heavey who has been confined to her home for the past two weeks, is reported to be some what improved. MANY FROM COUNTY IN PACIFIC DANGER ZONE Dillon Lodge i R.A.M. Officers Elected Saturday Dillon chapter No. 8, Royal Arch Masons, last Saturday elect ed W. G. Squires to the office of eminent high priest, to succeed Dale Metlen. Other officers cho sen at the annual election were: W. E. Stinson, king; Joe Mulkey, scribe; Bert Megquier, treasurer; W\. F. Shaffner, secretary; John Troupe, captain of the host; Claude Lay, principal sojourner; Matt Telin, Royal Arch çaptain; Archie Henneberry, mastér of the third veil; Herb Wheat, master of the second «veil; Cliff Calvert, master of the first veil, and Ned Saunders, sentinel. Installation ceremonies for the new officers were conducted by flfcft Megquier, a member of Tgrand chapter of Royal Arch Ma sons, and Matt Kau, past high priest of Dillon chapter, RAM. Former Residents, Boys Service, in P. I. and Hawaiian Zone m - With Dillon people listening tensely and incredulously to the radio reports of Japan’s air at tack on Honolulu Sunday after noon, thoughts of all turned to those of our community and coun ty who were known or believed to be in the danger zone. Many bulletins were broadcast concerning the activities of Gov ernor J. B. Poindexter of Hawaii, Dillon’s “first” citizen, and brother of Dr. F. M. Poindexter and E. L. Poindexter. Each summer he spends part of his visit to the mainland at his old home here. A partial list of Beaverhead county former residents and boys in the service who may be in the zone near Hawaii, the Philippines or the outpost islands are: Bobby Melton, ’son of Mr. and Mrs. George Melton, of Dillon, on a destroyer patrol; Dempster Tait, son of Mr. and (Continued on ptc* 8) For a little more than 40 years Sfff a iiiuX; of wXXand J a S ! Uieh^ d„^rlh ch ghH Selway of Grant, and Dr. R. D. est regard by his co-workers, and r-urrv to rnm n lp p thp termc of railroaders generally. When his - y -- _comP!ete tne_terms ot death became known Saturday, local railroad men were quick to call at the Barratts home to offer their services, and now in these times of difficulty—even for loyal Japanese—the railroad men and others who have long known the family are assisting wherever possible. Jenetaro Neishi was born at Hiroshima, Japan, on Jan. 10, 1882—he would have been 60 years old next month. In June, 1900, he came to the United States, went directly to Pocatello where he found employment with the Oregon Short Line railroad and has since worked at right-of- way maintenance. He came to Beaverhead county and Barratts in 1911 and has lived in the county since that time, though he worked successively at Redrock and Gray ling stations for a number of years, being returned to Barratts as foreman in 1923. Besides his widow he is survived by five children, all born at Bar ratts. Three of them are in Japan —Kiyoko, eldest daughter who is studying medicine in the Univer- Accidentally dropping his .22 j sity of Tokyo; and a second daugh- rifle which was loaded and cocked, j James N. Mansfield of Grant and R. M. Barrett, who resigned: Irving E. Orr, county surveyor, also resigned to devote his full time to his private engineering business. He also resigned last week from his position as city engineer. The county commissioners also set the liquor licenses for estab lishments operated outside the city limits of Dillon and Lima at $50.00 for 1942, with the stipula tion that fees for the half-year or any part of it after July 1 shall be $25.00. Application for licenses for Louis Givogre of Wisdom and the- Summit hotel at Monida, were approved. ' The county clerk and recorder was ordered to proceed in the acquisition of tax deeds by the county of all eligible delinquent tax property. (Continued on page 8) Boy Is Wounded in The annua] Christmas sale of tubciculosis seals is well under way this week with booths set up in the banks and postoffice and returns beginning to come in to the committee from the mailing of sheets of stamps last week. Mrs. T. Lee McCracken heads the Shakespeare club committee ap pointed by the club president, Mrs. Lee R. Light, to conduct the sale. In the annual report issued by the Montana Tuberculosis associa tion for 1940, Dr. E. M. Larson, president, said that the state’s death rate continued its down ward trend in 1940. There were 239 deaths in Montana in 1939 from the disease, he said, with 28 of them equally divided between boys and girls under 20 years of age. Last year the total was 225 but 47 were youths under 20. During the same period, 451 new cases were reported. “The anti-tuberculosis move ment has set a new goal for it self,” the report states, “nothing less than the task of reducing the disease to a minor cause of death in the near future, and of virtual ly eradicating it within the next two decades. The campaign is on in earnest and its success will de pend largely on the support given us by the people of Montana.” Five-year Sentence Given Dillon Man Frank Stine was sentenced to 5 years in the state prison when he pleaded guilty to a statutory charge before Judge H. G. Rod gers in district court last Thurs day. Stine, a VvFA worker, was arrested by police officers Ward and Johnson Wednesday night af ter it was alleged that he had attempted to attack a young girl. He is 42 years old and had lived here since 1912. Mrs. Fred Moore returned from Glendale, Calif., Saturday where she has visited her son, Bud, and other relatives the past two months. Anthony Ferko stopped off in Dillon Monday to visit his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Ferko. He was en route to Seattle from Fort Collins, Colo., where he re cently graduated from a technical course, and will be employed, at a Seattle airport. Red Cross Asks $1,400 from Co. For War Relief Lee R. Light, chairman of Beaverhead chapter, Ameri can Red Cross, nas been called upon to raise $1400 for a war relief fund for Red Cross services to our armed forces and for relief to dis tressed civilians. He was notified of the call yesterday noon in a telegram received from National Red Cross Chairman Norman H. Davis. Mr. Light has announced that donations to the fund will be accepted at both Dil lon banks. If the response of Beaverhead county people is as generous as it was in the first World War, it may not be necessary to conduct a drive, Mr. Light said. Gun Accident Here Beaver Cagers Win From Sheridan 36-14 DRAFT CHANGES ARE NOT YET ANNOUNCED ®- Local Board Not Yet Notified of Changes Indicated by Radio ter, Nobuko, and a son, Tsutomu, in the old home at Hiroshima. Two small daughters, Yukiko and Kazuko, are at Barratts and are outstanding pupils of the River side school; A brother of the deceased, R. Neishi, also lives at Barratts and has been a long time employee of the railroad company. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p. m. this afternoon at the Brundage chapel with the Rev. V. G. Lewis of the St. James Episcopal church officiating. To night the body was shipped to Salt Lake where it will be cre mated. Dirk Holcomb, former Dillon resident, spent Saturday on a business visit in Dillon from his home at Livingston. Paul Holloran shot himself in the right shoulder while target shoot ing with a companion, Roy~Graves Sunday afternoon. The bullet . entered his right arm-pit and lodged in his shoulder. With ad mirable presence of mind, Graves tore a sleeve from his shirt and made a pressure bandage in the arm-pit which stopped the pro fuse bleeding and, the physician later said, probably saved Hollor- an’s life. The boy was taken to the near by Leslie Smith home where he received professional attention from Dr. W. H. Stephan. The bullet lodged about an inch from the collar bone, he said. The boy is in the Barrett hospital and his condition is said to be satis- The^ high school Beavers open ed their basketball season last Friday evening at Sheridan with a 36-14 win over that high school’s quint. The Beavers were ahead throughout the game, the first quarter ending with a score of 15-2 which they built up into a lead of 28-6 at the half. Scoring 8 points each, Grant, Conger and Deputy led the Beaver sharp shooters. Madison was high for Sheridan with 5 points. Friday night the Beavers will play their first home game when they meet the Deer Lodge team in the high school gym here. Harry Bay, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Bay, was released from an Anaconda hospital last factory. He is the son of Mr. and < week. He underwent an appen- Mrs. L. M. Holloran of Dillon. ! dectomy there. Though radio broadcasts attrib uted to official sources have indi cated a drastic change is immi nent in the whole draft proced ure, with the possibility of re classification of all uncalled men registered, nothing official had been received at local draft head quarters this morning, and no for mal call for reservists to rejoin their units had been made. Sheriff Paul Temple and Police Chief Elza Patrick have received queries from the Adjutant Gen eral of Montana as to the avail ability of any extra men tney may have on their forces to serve in a state group if needed. There were five youn\ men a\ plicants for Navy enlistment at the postoffice on Monday, it is reported, and one 65-year-old man is said to have written authorities to ask assistance in getting in the service. In spite of his age, he said, he is a good shot, in good health, has always wanted to fight and would appreciate help in get ting in this one. ’(Continued on paf* 8) Grazing Permits Given Approval In Big Hole Area Annual permits for grazing livestock within the boundaries of the Beaverhead National Forest reserve were granted at a series of meetings held last week at Wise River, Wisdom and Jackson by Supervisor W. B. Willey and Chet Jackson,, assistant super visor. Approximately the same num ber of permits were issued as last year. »In the Wise .„iver section approvals were given for 1,500 cattle and horses and 6,695 sheep; at Wisdom, 4,417 cattle and horses and 3,195 sheep; at Jackson, for 5,955 cattle and horses and 4,650 sheep. Early next February permits for the remainder of this forest reserve will be approved and no tices will be sent to stockmen in . the Dillon, Lima, Sheridan and > Madison districts soon after the first of the year. Applications for .> permits should be returned to the forest office here by thè first of ^1, February, Mr. Willey said. * ’ *' *■ * * * * % & ? % JW* i,.
