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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1923
Page
4
Contractor recalling 1879 Blackfeet labor project describes hiring Indian workers, pay rates, and delays. Foreman Byron Carson cited. mortar and mudding crews, women paid for mud work, workers smoked during pow wow, demand for higher pay by Shine-in-the-Sun.
Montana contest invites boys and girls under 15 to submit 50 to 150 word essays on why to buy a Studebaker. First prize is 75 in gold, second 25, third 10. Entries due by June 15, with essays mailed to T C Power Motor Car Company Helena before July 15.
The 1923 Gallatin valley outlook highlights Bozeman’s growth with a near one million dollar State college building program adding capacity and attendance. The Baltimore hotel gains an extra story while Bozeman hotel renovations modernize facilities. Major streets are paved and a new lighting system is in place, signaling a robust urban expansion.
A Montana strike ends after workers and 12 hired women share the job on a mortar project, with Shine-in-the-Sun among leaders. The Blood Indians and local labor clash is resolved as wages rise and women replace some labor. Bozeman pursues rail depot work, flour milling growth, peas canning, and a strong tourist season boosted by the Bozeman West Yellowstone scenic route. The Gallatin valley plans extensive road building and the Bozeman Roundup returns August 2–4 at a 15 000-seat arena.
Nez Perces tribe passes resolution to hire Washington firm Serven Joyce and Barlow to sue for a Montana strip from Hellgate near Missoula to Miles City under the 1855 treaty. Blackfeet sign contract. Colville Nez Perces to join. Attorneys to seek Supreme Court review with fees up to 10 percent if won. Also notes precedent and War of 1877 cause. Plant Sick Neighbor's Crop shows neighbors aiding Dudley Cash near Wolf Point. volunteers to plant his crop due to illness.
A 12 or 13 year old boy organized a troupe of younger youths to gather dandelions during a city campaign. He directed operations with a stick and sold the collected weeds to fire stations for one cent a pound after paying the workers half a cent, keeping the remaining half cent as profit.
North Dakota oilman Devereaux leased land years ago and bought all oil rights, causing farmers to forfeit a 12 1 2 percent royalty. After a new well in Cat Creek field, he voluntarily surrendered his royalty to protect landowners from lawsuits and to prove himself a square dealer to associates and stockholders.
A large rattlesnake with eight rattles was brought to Simms by George La Rue of Simms creek country last week. Observers note many rattles may have broken off and warn that age is hard to gauge by count. In St Paul officials predict a northwest coal shortage next winter and urge summer fuel stockpiling.
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