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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1925
Page
12
The Great Falls City Treasurer recounts 1880s and 1886 87 winters that devastated cattle and mail routes. He tells of Casey the mail driver who survived freezing feet leading to amputations, and the era’s harsh pioneer hardships.
Montana's mountain lions are shrinking due to joint efforts by the Biological Survey and state game officials. Trappers and hunters, supported by hunting licenses, have eliminated many lions, though coyotes and wolves pose greater threats to deer. Bounty on lions is $20. Idaho imposes none.
A device similar to a typewriter has been created to compose music. The invention automates musical notation, promising a new tool for composers to prepare scores quickly and with precision. Further details on operation and potential applications remain forthcoming.
Montana gains fame for sapphires with Yogo stones claimed as the world’s most valuable. Records show two sapphire mines in 1924 yielding nearly 100000 dollars, with output shipped to London and much cut in Switzerland. Octahedral diamonds moss agates and mocha stones also prized. other gems include tourmaline topaz rhodonite azurmalachite jasper and garnets.
In the Miles City area farm jobs are preferred by Custer County high school boys who must work to pay expenses. They asked H. B. Hoffman the agricultural instructor to contact farmers needing extra help on weekends.
Canned salmon were first exported to international markets from Oregon and Washington, marking a new phase in regional fisheries. The development highlights early industry expansion and the role of Pacific coast firms in supplying canned salmon abroad.
Dr. Charles Stover former Glacier Silver Fox farm manager buys Schneider tract east of the original farm to convert into a fox farm. He and his wife saved four young foxes by persuading a house cat with her own litter to care for them. The foxes, named and treated as kittens, were shown at a community fair and praised as the finest raised on the farm.
The Rev R W Newman superintendent of Presbyterian missions in Montana with headquarters at Helena was elected president of the home Missions council of Montana at the annual meeting held in Helena The Rev Elmer H Johnson of Billings was re elected secretary The executive committee for the ensuing 12 months includes Rev E R Curry Helena Rev W M Jordan Butte Rev Elmer H Johnson Billings Rev H K Holziner Helena Rev E D Hartman Missoula Rev I N MacLean Helena Archdeacon S D Hooker Helena Rev W B Nelson Great Falls and other church representatives
Montana Supreme Court denies Joseph Kline of Butte habeas corpus to free him from Silver Bow county jail on a charge of operating a Sunday dance hall. Chief Justice Calloway writes that the 1915 amendment clarifies a long standing policy favoring Sunday closing laws.
W E Pierce of Rh G Dun Co in Butte reports September commercial failures in Montana dropped to nine with liabilities of 47 714 versus August 15 failures and 63 007 liabilities. Bank closures were light, with one small country bank down and none last year, while the third quarter shows 36 failures totaling 220 208. threshing delays from weather keep growers from selling much grain.
A recent statistical survey identifies the chief centers of candy manufacture as New York Chicago Boston Cambridge Mass Cleveland Pittsburgh and San Francisco highlighting major regional hubs for confectionery output.
A Berlin paper asserts that ten of every 1090 German men are geniuses, presenting a provocative statistic that reflects a sensationalist take on intelligence and national comparison.
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