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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1920
Page
3
Mrs A B Dixon of Harrison Ave Philipsburg Montana reports back and kidney relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She describes a dull backache and inactive kidneys improving after a few boxes. Price 60c at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY distributs.
The first carload of Northern Montana wheat from the Highwood country east of Great Falls is headed to Minneapolis. Farmers report harvest is under way with 18 bushels per acre, good quality despite lighter yields. rail lines expected to fill with shipments within a week.
An international digest reports Americans and Britons enlisting in Polish volunteers. Bank robbery in Moline netted about 70000 dollars, captured perpetrators fled by car. Armour & Co doubles capital stock to 400 million with taxes on the rise. Spokane sees Gardner Powell mill sale to Diamond Match Co for 500000. Northern Pacific treasurer Clark dies of pneumonia. US wins seven of eight Olympic shooting events in Beverloo. An all-metal monoplane arrives in Salt Lake City with notable flyers aboard. Moorish and Berber acrobats seek return to America from Algiers. Old Jordan distillery sold for 769347 dollars and dismantled. Whale hunting plans announced off California coast. Italy spends 30000000 on civil aviation. New York records 52 murders in seven months. 22 indictments. Pearl import into New York valued at 500000 dollars. Newcomb dies after assault by Wilson in Washington state. A plane design promises transformable aircraft for the government. Corporal Prince returns to Finland with 300 refugees from Russia.
The Montana Supreme Court dismissed mandamus actions against Secretary of State C T Stewart and upheld quashing proceedings against Governor S V Stewart over Initiative No 17 to amend the workmen's compensation act. The ruling followed petitions with withdrawals and alleged misrepresentation reducing valid signers under the eight percent rule. Stephen Ely led the suit. oral decision issued last week with opinions to follow in September.
Lewistown council approves a half cent per gallon gasoline tax expected to raise over $3,000 in seven months. The item appears among varied notes from Montana towns including Great Falls labor needs and local incidents.
Engineers from New York Central Pennsylvania Santa Fe Northern Pacific Great Northern and other lines converge in Helena to pass judgment on various air-brake tests as part of a large railroad safety program.
A long sequence of classified notices lists farm loans liberty bonds, teaching positions, Kodak supplies, assayer services, marriage ads, ranch leases, real estate exchanges, homes for sale, ram lambs, hay shipments, and beekeeping supplies. Notable entries mention Great Falls and Butte Montana, Spokane Washington, and Minneapolis Minnesota through various merchants and agencies.
A railroad study by the American Railway Association tests 13 retainer valve types on heavy trains between Helena and Blossburg across the Continental Divide. Experts from Northern Pacific, Westinghouse, New York Central, Pennsylvania, Santa Fe, and Montana railroad officials observe to identify a universal standard.
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