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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1916
Page
9
A St. Paul Dispatch editorial on Baby Week condemns bouncing babies to sleep as cruel. It argues babies need rest and calm, likening rough handling to a bucking bronco and suggesting even a steam powered device could teach restraint. The piece emphasizes caregiver sensitivity and humane treatment of infants.
A quaint song reassures residents their small town has value over grander places. It contrasts wealth and modernity with neighborhood warmth, urging locals to stay, work, and trade at home where contentment and friends define the town.
The column urges citizens to press officials for improved rural roads, noting that bad roads hurt farmers and towns alike. It argues each resident bears responsibility for advocating road improvements and warns complacency harms overall prosperity.
Opportune call from Billings Gazette urging action on road conditions. Citizens are urged to wake from slumber and demand better roads, noting others improve theirs and gain financial benefits. The piece frames roads as a civic duty and economic opportunity.
Chief A A Elliott warns the city faces higher fire risk as rubbish dries. He lists practical precautions to prevent fires, urging residents to avoid matches mishaps, improper burning, oily rags near stoves, loose waste, unattended lighting, and careless disposal, stressing community duty and annual chimney cleaning.
J. P. Martindale of Missouri bought 160 acres of patented Beaverhead land from Beaverhead Land Company with F. A. Strain closing the deal. The land is described as the choicest grain land in Beaverhead County, fully cultivated with a first water right. He has begun building a farmhouse and farming duties.
George Jewell has demonstrated the Mogul tractor to Beaverhead ranchmen and farmers over several weeks, leading to two carloads sold with a third on track for unloading. Buyers include E. O. Selway John F. Bishop Henry Johnson Mrs A Guidici Dillon Frank Birrer Blaine B F Johnson Dave McKnight Stahl Olm sted Dell Otto Schultz Twin Bridges Brearley Williams Alder and Wm Tate Melrose.
William Keating of Missoula county has served four years as Montana state auditor. Critics say he enforces lawful spending and resists overreach, while supporters praise his integrity. The Helena Independent notes his office record and public accountability.
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