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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1927
Page
4
A notice indicates the item is entered at the Dillon Post Office for transmission through the mails as second class mail matter.
The piece touts nationwide straw polls via Publishers Auto caster Service with 2,000 weekly papers. It urges readers to vote this week and submit a Montana preference for the party tickets next year.
Senator Frank Hazelbaker receives a warm congratulations on his election as governor of the Sixth Rotary district. Charles T. Stewart, former secretary of state, is impeached 50 to 5 by the state senate, found guilty on insurance commissions but not on 10 other charges, ending his political career in this state with no appeal rights. Ravalli’s old stage barn, built by John Weightman, is being torn down for improvements, a loss noted by longtime residents.
A playful collection of aphorisms and jests references Socrates and his hemlock phrases, notes on weather and fitness, a divorce rumor about Reno Ney, and remarks on whisky storage and political spending. The tone is tongue in cheek with literary allusions and social observations.
Physicians across Montana are alerted to wood tick season and possible transmission of spotted fever. Dr. W. F. Cogswell notes 82 of 56 counties reported cases, 15 of 86 statewide cases were fatal last year. The 1927 legislature funded 60,000 for a Bitterroot laboratory for spotted fever research and the entomology board is selecting a site for the new building in the valley.
The Order of Rainbow for girls attended a Sunday morning service in a body at St James Episcopal Church. Rev. H. Parlour chose "American Materialism" as the sermon topic. The service was well attended.
Clayton G. Schuler died suddenly at the state hospital in Warm Springs after a period of improvement. He conducted a ranch near Dillon and left a wife, two children, two brothers Harry of Dillon and L A of Denver, and four sisters. Funeral services were held at 2:30 PM Wednesday in Dillon with interment in Mountain View cemetery. Apollo lodge I O O F conducted grave rites.
An exhibition of 200 large reproductions of masterpieces will be held in Dillon to raise funds for school pictures. The event runs April 18 and 19 from 3:30 to 6:00 PM with admission 10 and 5 cents. Evening programs feature school pupils, music, dramatizations, living pictures, and a lecture by Prof. Clifford H. Riedell. Admission evenings 25 and 15 cents at 8 o'clock.
Beaverhead County High School musicians from Dillon, Kenneth Wheat Clyde Sewell Helen Hoffman Edgar Boger Grace Ewing Fredrick Crouse and Hallie Stephens, placed in violin trio and quartette at the state meet in Livingston, earning eight points. Mrs Elmo J Scott and Ralph McFadden attended, alongside the state meeting of music teachers.
The annual interclass track meet will be held next Friday afternoon at 4 o clock at the high school. All classes are well represented in events. Freshmen lead in numbers while upper classes hold weight and training edge. Regular practices continue. local records may fall.
Survey of the new state highway from Browne's Bridge south is nearly finished. Bids for construction will be advertised soon and actual road work is expected to begin in the latter part of May.
George Ditty returns from the Intermountain Stock Show in Salt Lake City reporting strong Montana interest in saddle horses. He shipped 10 head, won first in five gaited saddle class and five gaited stallion Rex McDonald, and praised riding schools and refined horse culture for Dillon.
D E McWatty Montana Silver Mining Co. superintendent reports funds exist for extensive development at the camp after a winter reorganization. He seeks bids for tunnel construction as weather allows, with Charles Keller to manage the commissary. Ground promising, samples win Northwest Mining congress exhibition.
Ray Leverich celebrated his birthday with a Sunday banquet and a two story cake featuring pink and white bunny decorations. The candles were blown out in one breath, and the note suggests he may live to see another spring.
A jumble of local notes mentions Mrs. Arnott and children visiting, a church social at Roy’s neck, and a tepid view of a school election. It cites a mythic origin for the number thirteen from Scandinavian lore and reports an air mail pilot dropping a flare on a farmer’s barn near Mercer, aiding in cattle rescue.
Meredith Taylor, four and a half years old, weighs 126 pounds and wears oversized clothing. He is described as almost as broad as tall and still growing, highlighting a remarkable childhood weight in Kentucky.
Beaverhead County Montana board meets in Dillon on April 4 1927 with Commissioners Anderson Gosman Shaw and Acting Clerk Baker. They approve March minutes and district road and building work plans. Several appointments and financial actions including road petition viewing and a special session set for April 21 to discuss land deeds.
Pearl I. Smith of Crystal Graphite Co. left a pulverized graphite sample at the office for trial. He notes the mineral is widely used in print shops for lubricating typesetting machinery and supplies the Kansas City Star regularly. Much mine production is shipped for paint and lubricants. Also mentions smallpox in India in 2000 B C.
Colorado woman Mrs. F Bowdick shares her experience with goitre claiming relief two years ago using Sorbol Quad ruple liniment. She states the misery has not returned and urges readers to contact Sorbol Company Mechanicsburg Ohio for more information available at local drug stores including A Potts druggist.
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