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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1929
Page
2
The 1889 Tribune notes that hunting restrictions will be lifted on the 15th to help access. Big Hole basin fires burn fiercely thwarting extinguishment. the river near Divide runs with ties saved from flames. County commissioners paid 9000 dollars for a new courthouse as a heat wave continues.
The state bank of Dillon began business Tuesday in the Dillon National Bank building amid walnut furnishings. Lima and Dillon linked by telephone for the first time with free talks for local subscribers. A Philippine grave robbing lizard specimen drew attention in a show window. Real estate transfers in Beaverhead include Hughes Oil Co to Midwest Refining Co on Cornell street and multiple Dillon and Lima property deeds.
A Butte daily reports residents paused daily routines to listen to soft strains of Sunday music echoing through the city streets and homes, creating a peaceful Sunday mood across the town.
John T. Orr is adding to his large automobile workshop at the Orr barn in the south end of the city. Attorney H. G. Rodgers plans to move into a new home within ten days. A Centennial Valley rancher offers a $500 reward for the return of two horses believed stolen.
A Harvard student working as a waiter describes his odd hours and notes a breakfast mishap when an English student asked for cocoa. He misheard and brought two milks, reporting the incident to his family in a lighthearted tone.
A huge black bear believed to be the largest seen in the Fishtrap area of the Big Hole basin was trapped by government hunter Jack Hurley after weeks of sheep losses. Warren Shaw killed two smaller bears earlier this summer. The trapped bear weighed over 350 pounds and was finished off by Shaw.
The Sunshine Trail convention at Lethbridge Alta August 5 may back extending the route south from Dillon through Lima Mon ida Idaho Falls Pocatello to Salt Lake with highway authority support. James H Rowe of the Montana Highway Commission will represent Montana at the gathering.
Judge H G Rodgers denied a motion to change the place of trial in the Agnes Moore Opp versus A H McKay case in district court Monday morning.
An aged health ad claims persistent fatigue signals kidney trouble and life danger. It promotes Foley Pills diuretic as a trusted remedy used for over 25 years, available through Geo. M. Gosman.
While driving the auto tourist route, observers describe a circus truck caravan with a live elephant named Jumbo. The elephant’s trunk waves as it passes, drawing startled drivers off the road and turning a dusty journey into a memorable roadside spectacle.
The iron pipe to replace wooden mains on Dakota and Rife streets has been distributed and crews prepare equipment to start work soon. This year’s replacements bring the city’s system closer to an all iron main network.
Miss Maureen Desmond touring Europe reports a Rhine valley trip and plans ten days in Paris before sailing home. She joined a Holland bicycle party and sent home many pictures she kodaked herself.
Rare treasure at York Minster England a gilt bound Anglo-Saxon gospel book rests in the cathedral as the oldest such manuscript surviving in the venue.
One hundred dollars reward to any individual other than regular officers of the law for the arrest and conviction of anyone collecting bounty funds illegally. Madison National Forest Sheep Growers Assn. Adv. 11 4m.
The text notes human innovations surpassing nature from artificial ears to airplanes and warns of rising chain store growth with June Woolworth Roebuck Montgomery Ward figures. It cites Sears plan for new stores, farmer wheat losses, and global price increases to 1.36 a bushel.
W T Logan, a Christian missionary returning to Buffalo from the Zambesi headwaters, describes a bird that makes a clay vat to ferment fruit and produce alcohol. He asks what prohibition forces could do about such a creature, joking that Satan taught the bird in Eden.
Under inflation reduces tire life more than any other factor. Each tire performs best at a specific pressure. Maintain a gauge and check pressure regularly.
The St. Louis Robin faces renewed questions as an endurance flight continues after two weeks aloft. Rumors swirl about refueling limits and the latest timing of a possible descent, with observers debating whether the feat will stand.
Clarence Koenig of Armstead Montana filed notice of intention to prove up a homestead claim at land described in sections 14 15 22 23 township 13 south range 12 west Montana meridian before Fred Rife district court clerk at Dillon on September 6 1929. Witnesses named: James B Jensen John D Wildreth Emphrey W Hildreth Edgar B Rife all residents of Armstead Montana.
Howard C. Wilson of Belleville Michigan filed notice of intention to make final proof to establish a land claim in Montana. The filing cites Helena 023284 now Great Falls No 062718 for NE% Section 24 Township 6 South Range 12 West Montana Meridian. Proof to be made before Clara C. Krebs in Belleville Michigan on September 6, 1929 with witnesses Lillian A. Rogers Huldah Blassey Clara C. Krebs and B. R. Spriggs all of Belleville.
U S Land Office notice dated June showing McMenomey and Montenney claim to land Lots 1 2 3 6 7 NWSE Section 29 Town 10 West Montana Merid. Notice of intention to make proof under the 1916 act to establish claim. Hearing before Fred Rife August 20 with witnesses Archie Henneberry Dellar Gordon Bartholomew McMenamey Taylor Bredley.
Public notice for a land sale in Montana under General Land Office rules. Thomas C. Sweet of Dilor Montana applies for Serial No. 073572. Sale date September 10 at 10:00 A.M. at the office for Banwa Section 85 Township 9 South Range 8 West P.M. minimum bid two dollars fifty cents per acre. Mountainous terrain. sale closes when bidding ends. Highest bidder pays immediately. Adverse claims must file by sale time.
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