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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1917
Page
8
Local notices show multiple visitors and business notices in Dillon. Entries include real estate offers, flower orders, theater snacks, and brief mentions of residents and visitors from Missoula Butte Belgrade Spencer Idaho Monida Butte.
Local notes report Ed Gleed of Lima in Dillon on business. The Beaverhead Alberta Oil & Gas Co and a jury verdict in Brown vs Spiker are among other Beaverhead county items and local doings.
A Red Cross meeting will be held tomorrow night at 7 30 at the high school gymnasium. Local volunteers plan to discuss relief efforts and community needs.
E. S. Duff returned from Miles City where he attended the Montana State Livestock meeting and then visited Billings before returning to Dillon. H. T. Hedden of Billings spent several days here managing business interests, including the Golden Rule store.
P. W. Waite of Missoula spent several days last week in Dillon buying cattle in this section.
Motor to Grant reports Hughes and Clegg spent several days at the Blair ranch which they recently purchased. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Chapman plan a trip to Great Falls this week to reside there in the future. Chapman worked at the Dillon Steam laundry for two years. Knitting club formed to make socks for Montana soldiers with yarn donated. Mrs. Coulson invites those interested to join and learn knitting. W A Lovell attended a state livestock inspectors meeting in Helena. Northern Pacific official Johnson toured Gilmore & Pittsburg road on the way to Livingston. Charles Austin and wife visited Dillon from Butte and attended the Masonic lodge event.
The report notes Dillon N M Brown, representative of the National Wool Warehouse of Chicago, has departed from his post amid unspecified reasons. Further details were not provided in the fragment.
Jack Edwards remains in Redrock on business as C N Dansie unloads twenty cars of sheep Monday evening. A B Dansie handles matters between trains in Bedrock. Cameron and Walter Hansen ship ten cattle east. Redrock river is high and muddy with overflows. Residents plan trips to Dillon and Dell events.
Dillon residents enjoyed a superb presentation of Robin Hood at the Hartwig theatre last night. The oldest of comic operas was staged with high class production, splendid costumes and settings, and a complete program. The reviewer praises Manager Hartwig for providing top entertainment and urges a full house for future showings.
In a hotly contested case Jennie Stalcup challenges Sarah E. Linder’s desert land entry near Three Forks Montana. Register Joseph Oker and Receiver Frank Steel rule crops may be grown without irrigation using dry farming in the arid highland, noting the area’s desert character and geological survey designations. The decision references regional practice and the enlarged homestead act. The case dates to August 1916.
At the Methodist church on Sunday April 29 the schedule lists Sunday school at 9 50 and morning worship to follow.
Mrs. Emma Staudaher extends thanks for the prompt payment of the life insurance on the policy carried by her late husband N. M. Staudaher expressing gratitude to the Woodmen of the World for their timely settlement.
Pioneer Teachers' Agency of Poplar Montana urges seniors to act on special fall rates as demand for teachers rises beyond supply. Adv. 86tf
John Scott, a drayman, advertises coal and wood delivery services with rapid or quick delivery options. The note emphasizes telephone contact at 213 for orders or inquiries.
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