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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1914
Page
6
Advertisement for a sewing machine marketed as the best all round family model. Describes rotary and vibrator styles with lock and chain stitch capability. Highlights steel attachments included with each unit and offers easy payment options and a free H. T. catalogue upon request.
National Wool Growers' association gathers in Salt Lake January 15 to 17 to decide on leasing public lands for grazing. Montana Oregon California and Washington wool men support leasing. Idaho and eastern western groups oppose citing water uncertainty and high land costs. Rail rate relief and forest reserve cooperation also on agenda.
A San Diego exposition feature profiles a vast northeastern Arizona area called the Painted Desert. It depicts a land where Indians live in ancient, unchanged homes with six story structures, and where white settlement and agriculture are almost nonexistent. The piece notes extreme climate, stone petrified trees, and constant color-shifting hills as part of the landscape.
A recruitment drive for the Philippine teaching service invites qualified men and women from U S colleges and normal schools to apply. The March 11 12 1914 examination seeks supervisors English mathematics history science manual training agriculture for men and domestic science home economy for women. Salaries start at 1200 annually with rapid promotion paths to 2000 as teacher and 8000 as superintendent.
North Portland Oregon January 9 stock market reports receipts for the week: cattle 1 604 calves 2 hops 5 318 sheep 9 174. Swine and sheep prices rise while cattle values vary with quality and limited outlets. Prime steers top at 8 and 7.75 to 7.85, hogs 8 to 8.20, lambs 6.25, wethers 5.50 to 6.60, ewes 4.25 to 4.50, with demand uneven and outlets shifting as buyers adjust.
A hard coal burner in good condition is offered for sale at Tattersalls. Call and see the item at the auction house.
City council passes an ordinance banning newsboys from selling papers on the depot platform to prevent trespass on Grey News grounds and crowding near incoming trains. Police directed to bar saloons from admitting youths. a committee to inspect fireproofing of business houses will be formed.
An article urges farm households to adopt labor saving devices to ease the burden on farm women. It argues for water pressure on each floor, in home laundry, lighting, and washing, and for affordable power to reduce indoor drudgery. The piece links farm productivity with improved domestic life for women and children.
A historical editorial extols farmers clubs as essential to community betterment. It argues clubs develop people empower collective action and resist unscrupulous promoters. The piece urges universal local adoption including entire families for home and community improvement.
Montana travelers will enjoy added comforts on the Oregon Short Line train from Butte to Los Angeles starting January 5 with a 10 section observation sleeper. The train runs nonstop via Salt Lake to the Pacific Limited, arriving Los Angeles the next morning. A return service from Los Angeles to Butte via the Pacific Limited will operate, with annual future runs planned due to rising Montana California travel.
The new $100000 high school facility in Billings was dedicated with ceremonies last week. University of Montana president Craighead gave the dedicatory address, joined by state educators including Normal College president J J Monroe of Dillon. The building doubles capacity and the old structure becomes a grammar school.
A rancher applies for leasing 820 acres on Colorado's Pike National Forest to use with nearby private land for a commercial elk-raising operation.
Directory lists Dillon churches with addresses and pastors. Presbyterian Rev E V Ostrander at Pacific and Glendale. St James Episcopal Rev W S Watson at Washington and Glendale. Methodist Rev A W Hamilton at Bannack and Washington. another Methodist at Idaho and Sebree Rev A R Hardy. Catholic Church with Rev D Foley. Services include Mass times, prayers, Sunday schools, and weekly meetings.
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