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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1926
Page
9
The Dillon Montana weekly Tribune published by Tribune Publishing Company under F. E. Foote notes foreign advertising representation by American Press Association.
Beaverhead Flour Milling plant fire wipes out Dillon's leading industry. The mill paid farmers above Minneapolis prices, boosting local agriculture, and its loss leaves the community facing a public economic setback and calls for a replacement mill.
On Wednesday night August 11 the Normal College auditorium hosted two one act plays and orchestral selections. Proceeds funded the alumni loan fund. Miss Rachel Jordan directed the plays and Miss Mira Booth led the orchestra with Miss Margaret Craig Curran departing for Washington for an annual vacation. The August 10 assembly was run by the music and dramatics departments and opened with a duet by A. T.
Peterson and Miss Nellie Cecil performed two solos, several pieces by the college orchestra under Miss Booth, and a one act play Hearts directed by Mary McNeely. Katherine McGregor the college nurse takes her August vacation. W Curtis Sawyer, summer instructor, attended the state Kiwanis convention in Anaconda.
The national American ram sale will be held in Salt Lake City from August 30 to September 1. Flockmasters across the West plan to send their choicest animals. The Union Pacific offers a special round trip fare of 23.50, tickets on sale August 29 to 31 and valid until midnight September 5.
Senator Frank Hazelbaker hosted Dillon Rotary members and guests at his South Pacific street home for the third annual gathering. Bad weather moved the event indoors but did not dampen sociability. About 50 attended as Rev. F X Leschner Dr. W H Stephan and A T Peterson led old tunes ending with America. The group proposed future meetings be held at the Hazelbaker residence.
The highway from the railroad crossings on the road to Butte to the J. P. Murray ranch is undergoing extensive repairs and closed to traffic. A detour runs via Anderson lane to the Twin Bridges road. When finished the flooded graveled surface should provide a durable road for many years.
Weekly abstract from The Beaverhead Company listing selected entries for the week ending August 7, 1926. Includes summaries of property transactions and notices affecting local holdings.
Warranty deed records Edward Miller transferring 1840 acres in the Big Hole basin to Miller Development Company. Separate filing shows Michael Hegarty and wife conveying homestead entry No 117 of 51 acres near Farlin to Ollie B Porter.
From Harry Franks to Lottie New for 320 acres on beach east of Dillon, partially in Beaverhead and Madison counties. Representation work on mining claim by J T Dobbins for the Atlantic lode on Ingelfard creek in the Eldorado district.
For sale desirable lands with good water rights in a dry season. Available tracts include 80, 160, 240, 300, 400 and 640 acres. Suitable for mixed farming, dairying, hogs, sheep, grain and alfalfa. Terms reasonable. C. C. Newman, Dillon. Adv, 83.
Rich Strike through Hurley Leach and D. V. Erwin struck a vein of copper and lead ore in Medicine Lodge district three miles from Grant. They are tunneling to reach the main body and expect to ship two or three carloads to a smelter within a week or two. The discovery is cited as one of the most important in local mining circles in years. Ronan and C. H. Gordon led state butterfat with 55.6 pounds in June.
Tax levy for 1926 approved with state and county rates. State: general 3.5 mills, educational bond interest 10.5 mills, state property 4.333 mills, livestock 3 mills, livestock commission 0.11 mills, livestock bounty 0. Notable county levies include general fund 8 mills, bridge 2 mills, poor fund 2 mills.
The document lists tax levies including general fund 1 mill and interest and sinking fund 6 mills, road fund 5 mills, city Dillon 18.12 mills, Lima 10 mills, and special funds. It also specifies a special poor fund of 2.00 per man age 21 to 59 and a special road fund of 2.00 per man age 50, with districts to levy on all taxable property as resolved by district school trustees.
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