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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1922
Page
8
An assembled world brief with scattered items from Europe Asia and the Americas. News notes include military changes floods fires aviation deaths and political shifts with various cities named and dates implied.
An official army report says a group of armed men attacked Collins party in Dublin shortly after midnight while he returned from Naas. A man was captured with a revolver and a live bomb. a general HQ car was fired on and besieged barracks were attacked. No casualties were reported.
A trio of tornadoes hit Kansas Indiana and Illinois Sunday night and Monday morning. At least eight people were killed and numerous others injured or left homeless as damage reached millions. Centralia and Irvington Illinois reported fatalities and hospitalizations while lines and facilities were destroyed blocking communication.
The thirty first continental congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution convened at Continental Hall Washington with above 3000 delegates and alternates registered, the largest meeting in the society's history. Mrs George Maynard Minor delivered the annual address to open the first session.
In Helena, Rehabilitation Chief explains plans for a federal vocational training school for World War II veterans. Directors of the Helena Commercial club discuss support, lease authority, and a 100 to 150 student intake with $100 to $150 monthly stipends, as government offices oversee property and final approvals. The piece also notes an experimental potato inspection plan in Bitter Root valley led by state Commissioner Chester Davis, and Helena bond sale details.
Cordell of the Democratic party visited Helena courting support during a northwest tour. He met with the state central committee and leaders, spoke at a mass meeting, and attended a banquet as Judge Erickson and other officials attended, signaling the campaign kickoff. Frank Conley goes on trial for accounting of over 309 dollars in Deer Lodge district court. Contracts for Miles City Industrial School buildings exceed 68000.
The Montana Association of Commercial Organizations Secretaries concluded talks Saturday night by scheduling four annual meetings in different regions to aid attendance. W G Ferguson of Helena urged Montana made goods promotion and a statewide traffic association to secure fair shipping rates. I E Jones of Great Falls pressed for a unified camping ground standard and new ordinances, while supporting a 40 cent daily auto camping fee with police powers for caretakers.
A. H. Stephens, veteran Northern Pacific conductor of the stub train that collided with the North Coast Limited near Welch on the Butte hill, has been restored to service. Initial findings blamed him partially, but state utilities commission experts and Interstate Commerce Commission reps exonerated him, and the railway company, after further checks, assigned him back to his old run to Butte.
Fatis Richard Heidenrich, famed discoverer of the Silver Dike mine, a Nelhart district prospector and business man for 40 years, died in a state insane asylum after selling his stake for 52 000. His partner Pete Erickson, who sold his share for 25 000, likewise lost his mind and is committed there. Heidenrich was about 75 and representative of the old west mining era.
Montana State College band schedules a May trip through Deer Lodge Anaconda Dillon Great Falls and Helena with a May 5 Bozeman concert. Director Howard will lead about 25 to 80 bandmen and three soloists on the tour.
Sweet Grass county high school board approved preliminary architect plans for a two story addition of 100 feet to the existing building. The new wing will house the commercial home economies and science departments now cramped in the basement of the library, relieving crowding.
Broadus is negotiating to install radio equipment enabling wireless telephone reception and transmission. Talks also explore aerial passenger service from Miles City to Broadus and intermediate points, moving air travel toward a commercial stage rather than idle dreaming.
The week features multiple Montana items including Red Lodge naming forget me not as the official flower. April dates mark American Legion Week in Billings. Farmers apply for $15000 in federal seed loans in Yellowstone County.
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