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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1923
Page
3
A homesteader waited years for proof on his 320 acre shack above a vast oil pool. Joe Baker of Miles City secured an option, formed the 56 company, and with F. R. Savage as president and Geo Lancomer as field manager, the claimant now can live in a comfortable home.
The president of Joe Baker Incorporated has secured another lease in the Kevin Sunburst Oil Field. The agreement centers on an 80 acre area with potential for oil production.
Montana notes report spring grain seeding near completion in Phillips county and Helena appoints Claude C. Gray as receiver of the Banking Corporation of Montana. Reports cover Bitterroot drilling resumption, Elks convention in Great Falls, highway bids, oil gas finds near Big Sandy, and various local incidents including a fatality near Butte and a Crow leader injury.
The nineteenth annual Montana federation convention will be in Anaconda June 19 20 21 22 with keynote For the American Home. Speakers include Mrs Wallace T Perham and Mrs S M Saunders plus Miss Adelaide Steel Baylor and Dr Melvin A Brannon. The program features district music conferences and a bid for biennial meetings with reduced representation and officer election Friday.
C E Dutton chief of the motor vehicle license department reports a rapid rise in licenses issued through May fifteenth. 44 150 passenger cars and 5 401 motor trucks were licensed, totaling 49 851. 1922 had 35 500 licenses by the same date. Dutton estimates about two thirds of vehicles are licensed and foresees around 65 000 licenses by year end.
Advertisement extols Cuticura products for soothing baby rashes with soap ointment and scented powder. Claims hot baths and gentle application relieve itch and burn, noting Cuticura items available nationwide at 25 cents each.
Salt Lake City readers are urged to care for daughters health with Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. A testimonial from Mrs. Ellen Balmforth praises the tonic as aiding womanhood and urges mothers to obtain a trial package by sending 10 cents or asking a druggist.
The Postum Cereal Co. begins a nationwide campaign inviting American housewives to submit inventive uses for Grape-Nuts. Grocers receive free circulars outlining the plan to gather at least 101 recipes or suggestions, with prizes totaling 4,500 dollars split into four awards of 1,000 750 500 and 250.
A pamphlet urges Miss Freckle-face to try a freckle remover at no cost unless it works. It touts ethiicdouble strength Othine from a druggist with a guaranteed money back if freckles remain after treatment. Rarely more than one ounce needed for even the worst cases.
The Good Housekeeping Institute and Good Housekeeping Magazine will select four recipes or suggestions entitled to special awards. The process follows conditions stated in newspaper advertising and circulars provided to grocers, which are simple and easily complied with.
A collage of ad snippets lists alfalfa seed prices in Idaho and Montana, beekeping supplies and honey, fur and fox listings, agate jewelry catalogs, a diamond press for sale, Kodak services, teaching agencies, a girls home in Great Falls, hemstitching services, assayers and chemists, collections firm, and personal ads. names include Veazie Seed Co., Jerome Idaho, Clark Allen, Big Timber, Montana, Reid Bros. Ontario, Wyoming Gem Co., and Lewis & Walker.
I am interested in the Spokane Valley. Please send booklet and all information to Name Address. Modern farm homes and irrigated lands advertised by Golden Melon Farm and Edwards Bradford Lumber Co. plus Spokane Valley parcels with 6 percent interest, free lumber, and easy terms.
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