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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1909
Page
6
The notice invites readers to join a Local Newspaper Bible Study Club, competing for prizes by answering weekly questions from the International Sunday School Lesson. It promises publication of questions, annual prizes, and independent examination of winners, with rewards awarded from the office.
Contestants or families must subscribe to the paper to join the International Newspaper Bible Study Club Local Club. Participants answer 52 weekly questions starting March 14 1909, return within two weeks of the period end, each answer limited to 200 words and written on one side with name and address at the bottom. Submissions go to the office for collation at contest close.
First five contestants receive First Series A gold medals, next five get Second Series A silver, next five win Series A Teacher’s Bible priced at $5.50, and thirty-five receive The Heart of Christianity priced at $1.50. Medals and books to be engraved with winner names and award purpose. All readers invited regardless of education, focusing on reasoned ideas over schooling.
A church bulletin questions whether officials and pastor prioritize spirit over official duties and asks if ministers labor as hard as common workers, earning the tender love or criticism of their congregations. It ponders the real character of those who withhold support due to dislike of the minister.
Discussion questions probe practical paths to peace in church life, urging gentle confrontation in private, love over conflict, and obedience to the Spirit. The July 1009 lesson questions how a Christian comforts others, handles neighbor disputes, prayer discipline, gratitude in all experiences, and the balance of free thought with gospel preaching.
The article traces clock history from 200 B C weight driven devices to notable milestones. It credits Wallingford for later medieval work, notes prelate-era water clocks with wheels, and cites 1232 Sultanate gift to Frederick II as likely oldest weight driven clock. It mentions Hele of Nuremberg around 1500 for the first watch and spring clock, fusee in England late 16th c, and Huygens mid 17th c introducing the pendulum.
The Brittany boar hunt features mounted hunters and foot beaters pressing boars from lairs into flight. When finally driven to bay the tusker fights fiercely, often maiming hounds and denying triumph to many hunters who lose their best dogs by season’s end.
An elderly New York club colonel questions a chauffeur who now drives a car once owned by the colonel. The driver answers politely until revealing he never asked the employer his wages, a reply that ends the inquiry with a sharp rebuke.
The piece notes Roman voting from the second century B C showing a wax-covered wooden slate for marking choices. It calls this the real Australian ballot and describes how voters poked holes opposite candidates and dropped the tablet in the box. It mentions the later decline of popular government and the long sleep before modern ballots.
G A R convention set in Salt Lake City from August 9 to 14 with excursions by Oregon Short Line from Montana points on August 7 and 8. Return by August 23. Agents asked for rates and further particulars.
Public notices indicate affidavits of publication will be released only after payment is received. The notices specify action to be taken and the deadline for settlement to avoid further legal steps.
Legal notices detail bids for bridge plank and rock road work near Ames and Harrison, Montana with August 9 1909 deadline. Also a Beaverhead District Court order to show cause why a decree of distribution for Edmond L Hall estate should not be made, with July 30 1909 first publication and August 21 1909 hearing in Dillon.
Department of the Interior notice from Helena Montana dated August 3 1909 announces Angelo Rugiroli of Melrose Montana filing intent to make final five year proof on his homestead entry number 14125 for Jet 3 section 10 township 3 south range 9 west Montana meridian. Proof to be presented before C N Davidson U S Commissioner at Butte on September 15 1909. Witnesses named: David Evans Otto Boettcher John L Hardisty and Antonio Rugiroli all of Melrose Montana. 325 Frank D Meracte Register.
Bertha H Ballinger of Armstead Montana filed notice of intention to make final commutation proof on land described as SE SE Sec 35 T9S R12W MT Meridian with witness names including George M Tash Hawley Selway David E Metlen and Horace McIntyre. The hearing will be before A S Johnson at Dillon on September 3.
Antonio Rugiroli of Melrose Montana who 1904 filed homestead entry 14124 for sections 11 14 and 10 Township 3 South Range 9 West Montana meridian has filed notice of intention to make final proof to establish claim by September 15 1909 before the Helena land office officials Otto Boettcher John L. Hardisty and Angelo Morice or Frank D. Marrice as register The notice dates from August 3 1909.
John W. Morton Company sues Frank Mikuriya in Beaverhead County Justice Court to recover 194.25 for goods sold and delivered. Plaintiff demands costs. defendant ordered to answer within ten days or default judgment may be entered. Notice dated July 13, 1909. Also notice of publication for homestead entry by John F. Woodside in Dillon with entry No. 14144 and associated land descriptions.
The Beaverhead County Commissioners will open bids Monday August 9 1909 for building a county road. Bids will cover the project starting at the southeast corner of the southwest quarter and follow specified section lines as part of the tax levy sessions.
Notices from Helena Land Office spanning 1909: Addie E. Martinell files Final Proof for Desert Land Entry No. 8504 in Dell Montana with witnesses listed. Northern Pacific Railway Company files to select 40 acres in Township 13 West. Park Copper Company notified of labor expenditures on Rand and Park mining claims in Beaverhead County with deadline to pay or lose property.
The office announces it will prepare an abstract of all uncancelled mortgages on record on the first Monday in March and hand it to the Assessor. Mortgages will be assessed against the mortgagee. Parties may call to cancel paid mortgages before that date to avoid assessment. Dated at Dillon February 18, 1907.
Order fixes regular district court terms in Beaverhead Jefferson Madison counties for 1909. Terms begin February May August November in Beaverhead. January April July October in Jefferson. March June August December in Madison. Court opens at 10 a m each session. Signed by Judge Lew L Cattaway in Virginia City.
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