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ÜfHPHp m x . Montana Slate Historical' Library — (rompt* A O p ^ A r . . Ä T Ä FOR GOD AND COUNTRY—Fatally wounded by a mortar blast in the advance on Seoul, a shattered U. S. Marine trooper receives the last rite, Extreme Unction, from a Catholic chaplain in the field. INACTIVE GUARD BOYS ARE TO BE DRAFTED—JOIN OUR COMPANY \G\ AND BE WITH FRIENDS IF CALLED DINING OUT—With their guns still close at h and, these American soldiers enjoy a peaceful meal in front of the palace at Seoul. Left to right are: Pfc. Albert Luminal of Reserve, La.; Sgt Dayton M. Rhodes of Farmington, Mo.; Pfc. Dominao Gomez of Montpelier, Vt.; and Pfc. Matt Mesi of Angola, N. Y. COUNTY TAX BILL IS $604,906 ; Members of the Inactive Na- j tional Guard, between the ages 19 j VOLUME 70 Largest Paid Circulation of Any Newspaper in Beaverhead County Beaverhead county's tax bill for the year 1950 is $604,906., only $8,934 higher than in 1949. Of this amount $55,427 goes to the State of Montana for university millage and bond redemption; state hospital bonds and livestock commission levies. This tax is $3,152 higher than last year. The bill for Beaverhead county, all county levies, is $219,576. This is $1,360 higher than in 1949. Be cause of increases in valuation the county commissioners were able to reduce the county levy by one-half mill. The total county school bill is also slightly higher than last year. The 1950 bill is $274,064, higher by $1,353 than 1949. Of the taxes collected in the county for state, county and school purposes, the state takes 10%, the county 40% and the schools 50%. The City of Dillon will receive $45,082 this year. This amount is $4,053 higher than in 1949- The city levy is only one mill higher and. the valuation has increased by $60,000 taxable value. The Town of, Lima with $7,287 increase in taxable value and no increase of the levy will receive $2,703 in taxes, an increase of $168 over 1949. The total assessed value of Bea verhead county to June 30, 1950, including real and personal prop erty and motor vehicles is $21,- 352,060.\ The total taxable value is $6,472,418. Of the 29 school districts in the county, only nine found it necessary to raise their levies. The average school district levy for 1949 was 18.144 mills. In 1950 the average levy is 15.259 mills. Taxpayers may compute their own taxes as a check on the vari ous taxing authorities, if they wish to take the time to do so, by applying the various levies against the taxable value of their property. The taxable value may be from 20% to 100% of the true value as shown on the original assessment list. The proper levy to use for computing the tax may b e .. found on the tax statement from the county treasurer. The tax statement shows the various levies and the amount of tax apportioned to each lev/ fund. It does. not show the taxable value- The tax able value and the school district or districts in which levied will be found, in your assessment list mailed\g&rlier in the year. The as sessment list shows only the true value, the taxable value must be computed from the class in which the property is shown. ; through 25, single, are subject to induction by Selective Service as •long as they remain inactive and j do not attend regularly scheduled drills with their units, General S. H. Mitchell .announced today. Accordingly, all single, inactive National Guard members should make an effort to transfer back to units where they are permitted to attend drills, thereby being eligible to continue with the i Guard rather than be subject to ; calls for inductions as the law provides. Local Selective Service boards are being instructed to re consider the classification of In active Guardsmen who are other wise eligible, and if necessary, order them for physical examin ation as their numbers are reached. Join Local Guards Company \G” Dillon's National Guard unit will meet Thursday evening at the Armory at 7:15. The next scheduled drill will be held Tuesday, Oct- 17. Lt. Womack, Commander ol Company “G” urges all inactive members to be present. There is also room for more recruits with good chances of advancement. Rather than be inducted into un its among strangers, Lt. Womack says that boys eligible for the draft will find greater satisfaction in joining the local Guard and if the call comes, they will be among home friends. It is a point for draft age boys to think about. DILLON, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1950 No. 46 Paper punchers, scissors, stamp ds, portfolios, inks, ring binders, lers, zipper ' note books and erythirig ln school stipplier at i Tribune. OLD AGE PENSION FUND DRAINED; CHECKS REDUCED Recipients of old age benefits in Beaverhead county have been notified through the public wel fare office here that there would be a slight decrease in their checks starting with the month of November, Mrs. Mary Jensen, the supervisor, states. The order comes from the Mon tana department of public welfare and is a state-wide provision made necessary through an unforeseen drain on the fund available for this purpose. The decrease will average about $2 monthly per case, Mrs- Jensen said. As of July 30, 1950, Montana ranks ninth in the nation in the amount of average payments of benefits. From this report it is noted-that seven of these nine stated having the highest pay ments are in the western part of the United States. WISDOM LADIES ARE GUESTS AT ANDERSON HOME By Mary Cottrell The meeting of the Wisdom Woman’s Club, the first after the summer recess, was held Satur day afternoon at the home of the j president, Mrs. Claud^ Anderson. Roll call was answered-by each j member reading a resolution adop-1 ted at the State Federation con vention held in Livingston in June. The program of the afternoon was a repprt read by Miss Amy Stephens, who attended the Liv ingston meeting as a Wisdom delegate. The Woman’s Club, gave $348.60 to the executive board of the Com munity Center for the club’s share toward logs and lumber recently purchased and $300, the balance of the. $1,000 pledged by the Club to the project. The next club, program will be given on Friday, Oct. 20 in the evening. A demonstration of “Meat Cutting for Home Lockers” will be given by Vivian Thomas, of the Dillon Safeway store. A motion carried for the club to serve lunch on election day. HAVE A CAUSE TO ADVERTISE? WOMEN HELP From Header's Digest • In an address before a group of clubwomen, Kent Leavitt, conservationist, said: “I always like speaking to ladies. When I talk to men I know that what I say goes in one car and out the other. “But what I tell ladies goes in both ears-'and comes out the mouth.\ ANYBODY KNOW WHERE THESE BOYS ARE? The Beaverhead county draft board has declared four regis trants delinquent. They are Cliff ord Johnson, Leonard Alvin Hil- j Jr., association past president, and lier, Ralph William Huckaby and present member of the Olympic MAKE PLANS FOR SKI SEASON AT JACKSON MEET More than 50 members and guests attended the week-end meeting of the Northern Rocky Mountain Ski association at the Diamond Bar Inn at Jackson. Representatives of ski clubs in Montana and Northern Wyoming made plans for events of the 1950- 51 ski season. Arajgag prominent ski enthus- iasKrpresent were Tony Matt, Olympic record holder of White- fish, Mr. Nordquist of the state board of athletic control, Mr. Har mon of the U. S- Forest Service, Missoula; Monty Atwater, well- known avalanche control expert of Elda, Utah, Dr .Amos R. Little, DENOUNCES RUSSIA^- D eputy Representative to the United Nations Panayo- tls Canellopoulis, of Greece, gesticulates as he addresses a meeting of the General Assembly. C a n e llopoulis told about conditions In Greece and denounced ths Soviet Union. Bill Smith. In reporting them delinquent the local board says they have not kept the board informed on their addresses. All mail sent to their last known address has been returned. The above registrants have been ordered to report for induction on Mrs- Ted Woodward, hostess of f Oct. 30. Anyone knowing of their the afternoon, served a very nice- whereabouts are asked to notify lunch after club adjourned. i the local selective service board The members, all of whom, of Dillon. were in a hurry to get home to • --------- - ---------- : -------------------- prepare their baskets for the eve-.: ning, forgot their hurry and visit-) ed until' after five o’clock. It was p the first time all had been to-1 gether since May. I committee for the selection of the 1952 American Olympic ski team, William Downs and Harry Reinig, both of Helena, secretary and trea surer, respectively, of the associ ation. Pros. T. Lee McCrackpn, of Dillon, presided at the sessions, at which the services of the state ski patrol, a unit of N.R.M.S.A- were accepted by the Search and Rescue division, Montana Aero nautical association. DATES SET FOR CHRISTMAS MAIL FOR OVERSEAS Christmas parcels to men and women overseas In the armed forces should be mailed between Oct. 15 and Nov- 15, it was an nounced today by Harry Andrus, Dillon postmaster. Packages to Japan, Korea, and Pacific islands, should be on their way by Nov. 1, while those going to more remote areas should be mailed not later than Oct. 15. Packages must not be more than 100 inches in length and girth combined and not more than 70 pounds, according to a directive issued by the United States Postal department. Packages must be made of stur dy material testing at least 200 pounds and it is very -important they be tied securely, the Dillon postmuster said. Items prohibited in the mails include anything inflammible such as matches and lighter fluid, cig arettes and other items normally prohibited by postal regulations. Senders of packages should make sure that addresses are full and legible, the postmaster said. The deadline for greeting cards destined for overseas is Nov. 15. The overseas designation is giv en to all persons whose mail is sent through an Army postoffice fAPO)- Prowler Frightened At Fanners Union Chief-of-Police Dan Mooney re ports that the Farmer’s Union office was broken into Tuesday evening but the prowler was ap parently frightened away before he could take anything. Paper plates at Tribune. THE WEATHER Tuesday : High 74, Low 32. Tqday: Low 39. If a-man does not know to what port he is steering, no. wind is favorable to him.—Seneca. STOCK GROWERS PLAN MEETING HERE NOV. 25 The, Montana Stock Growers Association is planning .a “Grass Roots Meeting” to be held in Dillon Saturday, Nov. 25, Jack Brenner a director of the associ ation reported today. Preliminary plans for the meetT ing, which is expected to attract at least 300 stock growers, were made at a meeting Sunday at tended by Ed Phillips, executive secretary; Jack Brenner, director, and Con Warren, president of the Montana Stock Growers Associa tion and local Chamber of Com merce directors. Mr.' Brenner advises that the meeting is similar to others held in various, parts of the state ar d is designed to bring the work and affairs of the association “to the people.” Protect your valuable papers with, a fireproof cabinét. $ 1 1 . 9 5 at^Tribune. - WELD DONE—American ingenuity finds a way to make use of old 50-gallon oil and gasoline drums by making them into pipe .for use under a sandbag bridge built across a tributary of the Naktong River. Left to right, Cpl. Eugene Snellgrove, Alapaha, Ga., and Pfc. Anthony ; • Kobal, Johnstown, Pa., hold the drums as Pfc. Wilbur Cross (center), Toledo, Ohio, does the welding. ... .............................................................................................................................. .......