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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
3
Superintendent Ward H. Nye warns that postponing school openings until after harvest tempts rural youths to loaf. He cites reports from Principal W. H. McCall showing many high school pupils who left in spring for farm work did not return to complete summer instruction.
City physician W C Matthews indicates merchants in Butte may have disposed of spoiled meat vegetables and fruit rather than sell at lower margins. Seven wagon loads of spoiled food were dumped last month and are part of a health department investigation.
J M Rapelje general manager of the Northern Pacific based in St Paul reports a 40 percent June drop in Northwest railroad business due to I W W activity. He says the I W W element has tied up the lumber trade and other commerce on the Pacific coast and in the region.
Word from Livingston reports that five black bears were killed in recent days by Charles Blakeslee. The note says Blakeslee did not favor hunting bears but killed them while they were foraging on huckleberries and Bilberries near Boulder. The event also mentions tension with nearby cattle fields.
More than eight thousand dollars or its equivalent was earned by fifty young women students in Missoula during the last year. They paid their way through college by stenographic work caring for children in Missoula homes work in university halls serving as hostesses attendants and other duties. Some gave dancing lessons to finance their education.
The last monthly report notes the reclamation service has redirected the waters of the St Mary river to irrigate lands in Montana's Milk River valley. Once part of the Hudson Bay drainage, St Mary river now feeds the Atlantic drainage. The stream originates from glaciers in Glacier National Park.
Nelson Story Jr presents a fine six gaited saddle horse to Major Erastus H. Williams of the Second Montana infantry. Brought to Montana by C N Arnett four years ago after exhibiting at the Iowa state fair where the horse won three blue ribbons. The horse placed in officers mount contests and is deemed well adapted to army duty.
Senator A. J. Brower of Ronan State Bank refutes reports of ruinous crops and severe hardship on the Flathead Reservation. He asserts conditions are not as gloomy in the Ronan neighborhood.
B J Turner and Miss Cecil Teets drowned while crossing the Missouri river near Eight Point. They were with three others guiding a cattle herd on horseback when an under current pulled them under and they could not escape.
Officials praise 300 women employees at the Northern Pacific who have replaced men called to defend the nation. Women perform as car cleaners engine wipers ticket clerks freight checkers clerks telegraph operators machinist helpers and stenographers, with a general superintendent’s office statement noting they do the work well.
The tourists promotion committee of the chamber of commerce proposes establishing a public camping place in Billings where visitors may park without charge, pitch tents, prepare meals, and use it as a base to visit the city.
Mr and Mrs John Bilger mourn the death of their 18 month old son who was fatally burned after climbing into a barn manger where a blaze started. His three year old brother, who had possession of matches, escaped unharmed.
A Hill county homesteader Clarence DeHaven in Holter dam area writes Judge W. B. Pyer that he is alive. The letter counters reports he was murdered by Henry S. Brown who died recently in Havre.
Great Falls Mrs. C M Coon is jailed for wearing a Red Cross costume while soliciting funds. Police say she is notably ignorant of Red Cross purposes and files. She likely faces federal court action for the alleged offense.
Advice promotes regular bowel movements through daily exercise and hydration. Recommends fruit vegetables and a water glass before breakfast. If medicine is needed, Chamberlain's Tablets are suggested and described as pleasant mild and gentle. Sold at City Drug Store.
About 1,000 of the 20,000 W. F. Phillips sheep moved from Dodson into the Kootenai national forest died likely from poisonous weeds whose exact species is still unknown.
Joe Dingman of Webster City Iowa states he suffers liver trouble twice yearly with side and back pain and stomach soreness. He tried Chamberlain's Tablets and reports substantial relief after using half a bottle. Sold by City Drug Store.
Kitty O'Brien and May Wilson of the Turkish bath house are charged by police with running a sizable cocaine and opium trade in small packets priced at one dollar each. Federal authorities may take an interest in the case.
Mrs Sidney Simmons of Fair Haven New York endorses Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a cure for cholera morbus in her seven year old son and for other family bowel troubles. For sale by local outlets.
The Story Rock company led by Nelson Story Jr will soon begin quarrying near Logan and operate a rock crusher to ship prepared material to various Montana locations.
The charter of the local union was revoked by the United Mine Workers of America for independent action. District officials directed the Klein local to end the strike and return workers to their jobs, but the men did not comply.
After five years of experiments Fred C. Summer of Shields River valley creates a new beardless winter wheat variety. A row of the beardless wheat is capable of being fed directly to stock, fulfilling his aim.
William Sproule, chairman of the Western Railroads War Board, reported in San Francisco that within thirty days of government orders the railroads moved over 12 000 carloads of lumber and building supplies to 16 cantonments for the first draft division. Daily shipments of materials for cities housing 40 000 people continue, with an estimated 104 000 cars needed for these operations. A Louisville project showed lumber from Mississippi pine turned into administration buildings in seven days from tree felling to completion. C E Denny of Nickel Plate is assigned to the Washington Quartermasters Department to speed movement of cantonment materials.
Miss Rietta J Rust formerly a primary supervisor of Oklahoma City schools secretly wed Gordon William Taylor on June 6. The ceremony was performed by Rev I Frank Roach with immediate relatives present. They will reside on Nineteenth Street after October 1 and then travel to the south for a trip.
W. R. Kent of Dillon testifies that after kidney trouble post surgery he found relief only with Dean's Kidney Pills. He used five boxes, improvements lasted over three years, and he reiterates the cure remains permanent. The ad notes a 60 cent price and urges readers to ask for the Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co.
W C Jones of Buford recounts a severe week long diarrhoea episode. A druggist recommended Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. the first dose eased symptoms and full recovery followed in two days. The note cites druggists recommending it for reliability with sales at City Drug and Tribune Book Store.
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