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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1921
Page
7
Montana groups beat to refinery by four men at Jordan already processing Montana oil at one barrel per hour for machine fuels. Bitterroot fruit prospects praised by State Horticulturist J C Wood. College band cancels spring tour. conditions cited as unfavourable.
A congressional letter lists federal appointments in Montana including John L Slattery as United States district attorney based in Glasgow. Other positions named include Tonald Loggins as assistant attorney in Missoula and J H Bohting as land office receiver in Miles City, with several registrations in Lewistown Great Falls and Glasgow.
Helena authorities grant Great Northern permission to close six Montana stations Tampico Spion Kop Dover Fowler Madoc and Virgille with a custodian replacing an agent The Montana railroad commission also discontinues Chestnut near Bozeman and reviews nine more closures while denying Mondak Enid Acton and Kevin The commission notes potential prosperity justifies keeping some as agency stations An inspectorate review begins into Coburg Laredo Fort Shaw Bole Dunkirk Merino Archer Floweree and Rossfork agencies
Northern Pacific railway paid 34000 dollars to fund fire fighting costs on its lands in district No 1. Forest Service officials note the cooperation is uncommon and that the railroad cannot manage protection with its own forces, leaving duties to the forestry department.
Helena reports John H. Burker of Welena elected president of the Montana Stockgrowers' Association at the convention. W K Floweree of Great Falls and Charles Simpson of Miles City named first and second vice presidents, A T Smith of Helena treasurer. The thirty seventh annual convention will be held in April 22 at Butte. Butte was nominated by Senator Weren of Miles City with 1923 convention planned for Miles City.
Three groups of Blackfeet Indians left Browning to promote Glacier National Park to tourists. Each party travels to the coast the east and the middle west under Great Northern railway auspices. They wear elaborate native costumes and will be away five to seven weeks with each member paid two dollars per day plus expenses.
A Tavana seller travels neighborhoods with a stocked pack over his shoulder. The peddler offers a wide range of items typical of a well stocked notions store, delivering to American households through a roaming sales approach.
Strauss, oldest employee by service at the White House, is classified as a fireman and has been employed at the executive mansion for 353 years.
In a vivid Harper’s Magazine prose piece William Ashley Anderson paints Zanzibar as the East Coast’s grand, perilous metropolis. He contrasts gaunt Aden with vibrant port life, detailing bazaars, dhow ships, ivory carvings, and dusky clubs while his narrator recalls a haunted sea‑side house and moonlit nights.
Josef Zalot, age nineteen, born in Philadelphia, served as Polish officer at sixteen and fought in Rheims Champagne and with General Haller in 1919. He returned to the United States five months ago and enlisted as a buck private at the U S Army recruiting HQ. He is at Camp Dix studying for a second lieutenant exam.
The Curaca buckled severely after the Halifax blast with nine feet two inches bow and six feet six inches stern deformation. It was towed to New York where dry dock repairs began, water pumped out to keel blocks, plating cut at buckled points, more water removed, and the vessel settled straight to rejoin the two sections.
A joke from the Birmingham Age-Herald recounts a stranger entering a real estate office and solemnly declaring his wish to rent a house, prompting loud laughter. The quip captures a light holiday moment and office humor.
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