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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1921
Page
3
Rancher Julius Henderson of Six Mile Creek near Hathaway tried to kill a half-dead wolf with a shovel near Big Spring. The wolf treed him, forcing Henderson to wait over an hour as the animal left after a failed strike.
Hans Bock, once of Miles City and later farming on Allendale holdings near New Chicago, is sought by relatives in St. Louis to settle a will. The Philipsburg Mall is seeking his address as the heir in question, part of a large estate.
Mrs A Vincent of Missoula Montana testifies after using two boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills to cure a severe backache and kidney inflammation. The advertisement notes a 60 cent price and urges buyers to request Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Montana reports show total crimes fell from 2,196 in 1916 17 to 1,749 in 1919 20 across 61 counties. Large counties record more crimes while crop-poor years saw rises in grand larceny and burglary, and urban areas show higher crimes against business.
A customs clerk at the port of Great Falls discovered an undeclared diamond valued at 200 set in a pin inside a pair of silk stockings. The duty rose to 60 percent for a mounted diamond, meaning the recipient pays 120 dollars instead of 40, due to the pin securing it.
Towns across Montana report varied local actions from a Broadwater boxing commission creation to Helena backing Idaho Governor D M Davis for Interior Secretary. Other items include oil drilling near Tow, peeping tom nuisance advisory, county commission confirmations, and town telephone systems.
Hover and associates sign with C W Cosgrove to build a six inch pipe line carrying 15 000 barrels daily from Cat Creek to Winnett funded by 250 000. West Dome Ritter and Lawson may join later. existing five wells on four 40 acre tracts yield about 8 000 barrels daily now. Projected yearly income could exceed Montana’s wheat crop value within a year as field expands.
A wide carrying dispatch summarizes political shifts and happenings across the globe. notable items include John Burkes resignation as US treasurer effective after successor appointment and assurances against Cuba intervention. Paris reports Russian bolshevik division concentrations on the Bessarabia frontier. New York notes 5000 actors unemployed amid road company failures. In Danville, Mrs Harrington vows continued fasting until her husband joins the Church of God. Newport News reports stowaways from Cork aboard West Cannon. Bismarck records a Montana supreme court ruling on chief justice rotation. Washington coverage includes immigration debate led by Louis Marshall and Polish army funding claims, plus war finance corporation revival. Omaha notes Jeannette Rankins potential return to Congress. Rockford reports a farmer finding a pearl mistaken as a toe. London cites a Russia Britain trade corporation plan approved by government. Washington notes Congressional inquiry into wartime silence on draft evaders. Charleston reports West Virginia capitol fire and casualties. New York concludes with the monk Hastman case resolution via prohibition agent Bohann.
Patrick Shannon, longtime resident and founder figure in Hamilton, died recently in Hamilton at age 67. Born in Ireland, he moved to New York as a youth, then to Grantsdale before Hamilton and its railroad era, later running a general store and, for 15 years, developing a mining claim near Alta.
Classified notices warn of free descriptions and confidential matches offered by Mrs Budd in San Francisco and Mrs Ball in Oakland with promises of wealth and rapid marriage prospects. Additional listings cite Morrison and L Holden in Seattle advertising marriage services and free particulars.
Northern state reports a rise in whisky running theft labeled highjacking. Victims face no legal remedy once waylaid, often yielding cargo or facing deadly resistance. A recent incident saw a driver shot in the head from a 30-30 rifle before the car was seized.
Carpenter of Belgrade, secretary of the State Sportsmen's Association, aids in drafting legislative game law recommendations. He reported a rod and gun club meeting at Big Timber where locals joined the state organization and paid dues, with clubs joining broadly as he presents the case.
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