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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1920
Page
3
Chehalis Washington readers share testimonials praising Dr. Pierce medicines. A woman claims Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets improve blood, digestion, and constipation, noting forty years of use for herself and family and recommending the tonics to others.
Xavier Renois an early Montana gold panner and Beaverhead county resident for 55 years died by self inflicted gunshot in his Bannack cabin last week. The 82 year old was found with a Colt rifle wound and had no known relatives. He lived in Bannack, the old state capital, in Beaverhead county.
Mrs. R Andrews of Great Falls credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing her back ache rheumatic pains and dropsy symptoms after long suffering. She reports sustained relief with no kidney trouble for four years and urges others to use Doan's Kidney Pills priced 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Buffalo NY sells them.
Obituary notes the death of Butte pioneer James McNichols who served as the citys first police chief after his appointment in 1892. The brief tribute highlights his long residency and role in early city governance.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court upholds a ruling allowing jurors to kiss stenographers in the ouster case against Judge R. B. Davenport of Chickasha Grady county. The district court had dismissed the indictment for lack of grand jury jurisdiction, a decision sustained by the high court, clearing the judge to continue.
The Boston News Bureau hails Winnett oil development as the year’s key discovery. Cat Creek field near Winnett, testing 51.8 gravity, could yield 75 80 percent gasoline with refining. Elk Basin Consolidated Petroleum controls Frantz Oil and Midwest Refining interests with 24 000 acres, aiming for 15 000 barrels daily.
Artesian well near Silica irrigates 40 acres owned by John Murray after drilling for oil yielded water and gas. Engineers from the Montana Irrigation Commission note widespread adoption of oil-water wells for irrigation and heating. Murray plans gas storage for home and barn use as water supply expands. Nearby farmers at Dom ers and others also report successful wells and district plans. Cascade county extends farm relief loan repayment to help farmers hold grain for higher prices.
A collage of brief notes reports a 17 percent cut in wholesale rolled oats in Chicago, opium seizures in Cebu, beer exhibits at Milwaukee museum, national bank reserves change, Pennsylvania railroad layoffs, Missouri prison violence, Dublin peace talk optimism, Colorado gold output decline, a Missouri mass stabbing, New York stock market turbulence, and gassing rates among US WWI veterans.
Montana's public schools top the nation with 267 teacherages and 21 dormitories for students, all at rural schools except one. Most dormitories serve pupils from towns under 2,500, with Ivanell in Rosebud County the sole rural district hosting a dormitory. Homes are district owned in 233 cases. others are rented.
Weather bureau in Helena will define air lanes over the Rocky Mountains west of Helena using a nephoscope to observe clouds. The system aims to mark safe routes and track strong air currents that once endangered aviators, guiding future northern mail routes through Helena.
One Nordyke Marmon three pair high six roller mill capable of forty bushels per hour will grind to any fineness.
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