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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1925
Page
3
Classified ads list land sales near Spokana and Kennewick with details on soil, irrigation, and pricing. Also included are livestock sales, poultry, seeds, and miscellaneous items, plus wants for land, livestock, and services across multiple western states.
State Treasurer W. E. Harmon distributed oil license tax proceeds amounting to 25,245.35 to Montana counties for high school use and sent each county a check of 5,084.00 from the gasoline tax share. The funds derive from 1925 allocations with percentages to general fund, highway fund, and county road use.
John Sewell of Butte will assume duties as state boiler inspector on November 1 succeeding the resigning Floyd Johnson. Sewell has 33 years in Montana, currently heads the Astute Copper Company power plant, and previously worked for Anaconda Copper Mining.
The 10th annual Midland Empire fair in Billings drew 54 206 visitors, with 8 086 on the final day. Officials led by manager Bert Hammond announced the total surpassed the 1924 mark by 3 076, while the last day trailed the 1924 finale by 1 281.
The article explains solving a crossword by filling white squares that match numbered horizontal and vertical definitions. Words start at the numbered square and extend across or down until a black space ends the run. It lists example clues and notes the solution appears from last week's puzzle.
Henry Good of Whitefish urged Montana to adopt a three cent gasoline tax and funnel revenues to a state central highway fund. Speaking before Kalispell Miwanis, he warned federal aid losses amounting to $650000 and projected $1,000,000 in 1926 sum tied to county nonmatching. He argued current disbursement risks federal highway funding for western states.
August E. Jensen of Montana’s largest drug stores promotes Jensen Physic and Liver Pills as a liver regulator and cleanser. He explains the liver’s role in bile production, digestion, and toxin elimination, warning that poor liver function causes headaches dizziness constipation and other disorders and encouraging readers to ask their druggist or mail 25 cents for a bottle.
Mr. Good criticizes state fragmentation with 55 departments. calls for a three cent gasoline tax dedicated to building and maintaining primary roads while license taxes would fund local roads. He argues this would restore coordination and recover lost federal aid.
Miss Catherine A. Doody owns and manages a Boston heating and ventilating company and stands as the sole woman member of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers.
Montana teachers plan three sectional meetings October 20 to 31 in Dillon Miles City and Great Falls with outsiders as featured speakers. Dr George W Frazier Dean Coleman and Dr A E Ross will present multiple talks on education society and industrial age topics alongside Montana leaders and officials. Attendance records from eastern western and northern districts are noted with eight counties organizing institutes and 57 percent turnout last year.
President Coolidge will dine on Montana produce for Thanksgiving with Bliss Triumph potatoes from Blaine county and a Pondera county turkey. Charles D. Green field of the Great Northern railway brought the details to Helena. The potatoes were praised by Washington agriculture experts as the best in the United States and will be wrapped like apples. The Pondera turkeys are noted for quality and fetched Chicago wholesale prices for the grower last year.
A 16 cent package claims simple directions for tinting and dyeing delicate and rich colors on wool silk linen cotton and mixed fabrics. It instructs buyers to tell the druggist the material type and to choose Diamond Dyes only.
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