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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1916
Page
7
California dolomite mine replaces teams with White trucks on a rough San Benito county road, hauling ten tons per trip at five miles per hour. Daily cost drops from 58.21 to 28.71 dollars, saving 29.50 dollars per day with constant 24 hour operation and two driver shifts.
A Scripps Booth stock car finished third in Mariano Cuba against 17 rivals, besting 13 American cars while two European cars took the top spots. The 103.87 cubic inch engine proved creditable as other starters had engines up to 212 cubic inches. Cuban taste for American exports grows with the car’s admired lines and luxury fittings.
Construction of a 2 million dollar Great Western Sugar company plant is underway in Missoula. Contractors aim to complete a large portion of work before severe winter weather begins.
A Franklin car traveled about 1000 miles in three days before Series Nine reveal setting road speed marks. It averaged 31 mph over 350 miles Syracuse to Boston, reached Poughkeepsie from New York in two hours, and averaged 39.1 mph to Albany with a single stop.
KK W Keene Montana Oldsmobile manager reports sales near 300 Oldsmobiles this season. Headquarters in Billings with 12 sub agencies across the state.
P H Scanlon Milwaukee district agent notes slang and phrasing changes as electric locomotives arrive. He cites miscommunications when trains run late and cites a president’s special run where substations, motor synchronism, and pantograph issues caused relays to trip and equipment damage.
Professor Charles E. Lucke of Columbia University says kerosene tests in cars trucks and boats are moving toward practical use and may soon replace gasoline. The piece also notes Crocker Land is not a real place after all and has never been needed since its discovery.
In pre election memories two figures dominated Montana politics Col Wilbur F Sanders and Col Samuel Ward rivals in law and politics. Ward challenged Sanders to mortal combat over insults at Virginia City during a Nez Pere war era campaign. Sanders accepted naming the Nez Pere war as his weapon the infamous war whoop. The amused crowd recalled Col Calloways Virginians and Sam Wards pits as the tale ended with no duel.
A first armored railway car built for the United States army was tested at Sandy Hook. It carries one three inch field gun and 20 machine guns and was completed in 27 days after order. The car costs about $5,000.
An advertiser claims thirty years of experience and offers an on trial device labeled to cure rapture. The seller urges readers who have tried everything else to visit and try the appliance, asserting triumph where others fail.
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