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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1917
Page
4
John Hedrick of Belt records six cows eight head including five Durhams one Jersey half blood. Revenue from cream $479.55 plus pork on skim milk $60 plus calves $240 equals $813.56. Hay up to 15 tons valued at $300. two hours daily labor adds $105. Net profit about $328 after pasture rent and interest.
In Harlem typhoid appears stamped out while Butte reports postal savings over 1.3 million. Helena notes law licenses and a major legislative budget overrun. Scobey water plant vote losses by five. Anaconda lodge theft targets Elks strong box. Cascade protests service to Washington and co operatives re elect leaders. Roundup jail for sheep herder abandonment. Dillon reports aging sheep hay stockpiles. Butte industrial leaders to visit. Lewistown probate reveals a 1 million estate. Helena legislative session costly. Dr Scanland cleared and reinstated. Harlem inventor patents a barbed wire cattle device. Ballots filed in Butte for antiwar protest. railway mail salaries cut between Billings and Lincoln.
A newspaper remark suggests the average woman would rather stay with an unfaithful husband than desert him, reflecting social attitudes about marriage and endurance.
Montana enacts a sweeping game law affecting hunting and fishing licenses for all ages, raising resident fees to 1.50 annually and non resident fees to 50, with 26 dollars extra for elk in certain counties. Deer season limited to one per year from December 1 to December 15 and several counties face delayed openings or closures in 1922. Seining rules expand in some waters while restricting others across the state.
Cookery students at the College of Montana prepare a grand April 2 banquet for 200 guests including Gov. Sam V. Stewart and other dignitaries. The event features a multi course meal, red and black decorations, and hopeful speakers who must outdo the students. Invitations note prominent figures such as President Wilson and Senators Meyers and Walsh.
James Crowley, a Logan resident born February 2, 1818 in Ireland, is believed to be Montana’s oldest white man. A British Army veteran of the Indian Mutiny, he fought at Delhi and Lucknow, earned a medal, and later moved to Montana in 1882 to farm on the Madison River. He has five sons, four daughters, and about 35 grandchildren. a Townsend reunion drew many relatives.
Frank B. Linderman presents Indian Why Stories, or Coskee-see-co-cot, noted as the leading authority on Indian folklore. The popular work, with color illustrations by Charles M. Russell and bound in fine edition, is ready for delivery and priced at 2.10 dollars.
Machine hemstitching and picoting completed at Gaiety Shop and Conrad Bank building in Great Falls. Montana's best dry cleaners and hatters offer careful attention to ladies and men's garments. Send inquiries to the Great Falls Dye House.
Latest Stylist avwitches and hair novelties made from combings. Wiss toupees are made repaired and renovated at Ideal Beauty Parlors in Great Falls.
Beckman Bros. repaired, cleaned and remodeled fur sections and great walls promptly, updating work on the Beckman project.
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