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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1921
Page
7
Montana 1921 22 budget totals show a $9.58 million appropriation for 28 months ending June 30 1922 with deficiences and maintenance funds. Appointments by Gov Dixon create a mixed party fish and game commission and other state posts as licensing work grows.
The War Department issued citations recognizing 33 Montana men for extraordinary heroism in action. The list, received by Adjutant General Chas. L. Sheridan, includes members of the Second Montana Infantry with 18 decorations among 89,000 Montanans who joined the colors.
Helena reports that 68 degrees below zero was recorded at Saco Montana on January 12 1916 as the lowest U S temperature yet accepted by the weather bureau The Montana section questioned the reading but Montana meteorologist Willi m Lathrop found no grounds to reject it Also noted were 68 below readings in January 1888 at Miles City and January 1885 at Poplar as the second and third coldest in the nation.
At Lewistown Montana farmers from several organizations endorsed the general marketing plan for wheat growers drafted by the Committee of 17 but passed a unanimous resolution opposing cooperative elevators as the foundation. They warned there is no basis for implementing the plan in Montana through cooperative elevators.
Great Falls Commercial failed in Montana show March declines versus last year though total failures in the state rose from 1920. The RG Duan Company reports nine failures in 1920 and six in 1921 for Marvel, with three months of 1921 totaling nine failures and assets around 588,000 while liabilities near 1,000,000.
The state committee meeting decided no action will be taken toward delaying the operation of the liquor regulation passed in the regular session and the special session which aligned the state liquor law with the Volstead act. The decision avoids a referendum on the two measures and faces opposition from Anti-saloon advocates.
Miss Tasther Lee Gould at Columbia University earns a Doctor of Philosophy after just one year of preparatory study at age twenty. She majors in languages and is fluent in Latin Greek French Italian German and Spanish. She asserts that consistent effort allows early graduation for diligent students.
The Bitter Root Valley irrigation canal stretching 75 miles from Lake Como to lands east of Florence has been purchased by its water users for about 75000, ending a dramatic chapter in valley history. The $4 million project now becomes a community asset under local ownership.
A Redondo California man wheels a perambulator to the dock when fishing. The cart carries fishing tackle bait and gear in drawers and shelves with no child. A seat at the front hosts the angler and a rear bracket holds a large pole. A small cement garage stores the unit when idle.
Harry L. Foster profiles three wanderer types found in distant jungles. Lloyd, an Oxford graduate who retired to forest life. Crawford, a rubber baron with 800 Indians and a ruined fortune. and Palmer, a jungle adventurer who marries a gold nugget owning squaw. The piece notes their isolation and peculiar habits.
A prehistoric plesiosaurus dolichodeirus or long necked sea lizard lived hundreds of millions of years ago. It had a bear like body a snake like neck and a duck like head driven by four fins and a short tail. Its teeth could reach a foot in length and it could grow to about sixty feet long. It likely dominated the seas while feeding on dried fish and marine prey and left skeletons showing fierce battles with torn vertebrae.
A shy dancer attends a sorority formal urged by his partner. As he gains courage they glide across the floor and he whispers that he could dance with her forever. She replies that even the sidewalk will wear out someday.
In a brief exchange cited by the Louisville Courier-Journal a speaker asks the president-elect if he wants any office or advice, and the reply is that no cabinet appointments have been made and no office is sought.
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