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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1937
Page
4
The article urges vigilance as spring renovates homes and recalls common fire hazards. It highlights dangerous DIY electrical repairs, faulty lamp cords, kerosene use, and neglected furnace or chimney upkeep, warning that repeated risks can end in tragedy and costly losses.
The Montana Extension Service reports Dr. P L Slagsvold analyzes physical and economic resources of the Valier project. It outlines land use farming practices budgeting planning and farm organization methods with charts and tables. It notes soil fertility moisture and site selection for garden and dryland plots.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for social science analysts and engineering draftsmen with pay ranges from 1620 to 5600 dollars yearly. Most states have underfilled their quotas in the Washington DC apportioned departmental service. full details available from the post office in this city.
A crowded Home Economics formal drew students in a festively decorated gym in purple and gold. Billie Ann Rite presided as organizer amid chatter and music, with attendees posing for photos and enjoying the event.
In 1888 residents complain of stock running at large violating city ordinances. Women and children protest browsing cows disturbing peace. More sidewalks and crosswalks are urged in wards one two three. Muddy ground harms shoes and skirts. Argenta road is nearly impassable. Teams wear out traveling to mining camp. House cleaning season nears, husbands buy extra club seats and plan late nights to avoid home wrath.
Eddie Roe remains seriously ill with grippe. O M Best and George Featherly are elected to the school board. Free text books are voted down at the election. Matt Orr recovers from tonsillitis. Ab Coon buys a new bicycle. The spring seat runs the full block length.
The Tribune notes a new company organizing to farm widely in Bik Hole basin using steam plows. Dillon will showcase several four cylinder automobiles this summer while most local deliveries have two cylinders. Baseball prospects for 1907 under Matt Barry look strong with expectations to win the state.
The Mountain Educator from Missoula praises Miss Mary es of Dillon public school for an exemplary record in primary grades. The article notes the first group of Dillon men volunteering for World War I service, listing names such as Vorhees, Paddock, Ewing, Huff, Linsot, Bechtold, Drummey, Gray, Toomey, Brown, Triplett, Coon, Ross, Cashmore, Teers, Tattersail, Wyatt, Baker, Lynn, Conklin, Mushmert, Holmes, Green, and Perot.
Beaverhead mining notes report Ermont mill shutdowns to relieve a ball mill while underground work continues with an additional hundred feet sunk on the 19th. Anderson and Moore from Argenta report rich lead zinc lodes at Ferdinand mine. George Ashworth's W. R. A. claim near Timbergulch at Bannack reports a new tunnel under an old shaft and shipping ore. O Pilon ships silver ore from Iron Mountain.
Interest in a new dry placer washer invented by a Turner Bridge man has drawn attention from local branches. Ted Williams of the Hecla district notes that lessors in the vicinity have considerable activity and readiness for leases.
Ex lieutenant governor W R Allen says Elkhorn area will see activity this spring. Bob and Jess Roberts in Lake Canyon report Blacktail tunnel developing promising ore this winter. Drill testing on Grasshopper continues. Bill Corbett and Floyd Heer found surprising good ore on Charter Oak in the Blue Wing district.
A special Royal Neighbors meeting is scheduled for Friday at 7 30 PM at 407 South Rife, hosted at the recorder's residence.
In Beaverhead County Montana the estate of John J. Williams asks the district court for an order to sell all real property of the decedent. George W. Dart as administrator petitions for authorization to sell either at public auction or private sale of the described Dillon property starting 66 feet south along Thomsen Avenue from Lot 18 in Thomsen’s Addition.
A fragmented article extols photographing wheels from wagons to steering gear, noting their mechanical variety and potential for telling stories. It highlights wheels as approachable still subjects, offering opportunities for sharp detail, angle shots, and expressive patterns in machinery settings.
Legal notice states parcels described as part of Sec 19 T78 R8 to be offered for sale by administrator. It includes water rights from Union Ditch Company for irrigation and sets a hearing for April 17, 1987 in Dillon with publication in the Dillon Tribune for two weeks.
John Collins law offices in Dillon will handle bids after first publication for the estate of Frank E Foote. A private sale of S14 of Lot 19 and all of Lot 20 in Block 15 Dillon Beaverhead County Montana will occur on or after April 9 1937 with a note mortgage of 1200 dollars at 6 percent interest to be assumed by the purchaser and remaining balance due in cash. Administrator Thomas W Jones dated March 24 1087.
Montana State Board of Examiners invites sealed bids for installing a centralized electrical system at the State Normal College in Dillon. Bids due April 15, 1987 at 10:00 AM. required bid bond 10 percent. bidder to hold a state contractor license. Board reserves right to reject all bids.
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