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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1907
Page
6
Estimates show 3 million cords of wood torn from 140000 acres in Helena National Forest for Butte smelters. Fire after cutting killed young trees. lack of seed trees implies slow or doubtful natural regrowth despite lodgepole pine seeds surviving in cones.
The Hindoo fakir Hari Das claimed to die and stay buried for months. In 1839 a committee watched him, a garden grave with guards, four months later he was exhumed and revived after vigorous rubbing. He reportedly emerged in the same shaved condition, cited as proof of suspended vitality.
A quoted line from Shakespeare highlights how the heavens, planets, and center observe degree priority and place in orderly arrangement, insisting on proportion season form office and custom in a line about universal order.
A dialogue where a fitter questions the landlord’s rent asking if he asks a good deal. The fitter replies that the landlord often asks five or six times a month for the same property, highlighting price fluctuation and bargaining.
Dick Turrell, tired of courting trouble, plans a ready made life with a stranger, only to learn she mistakes him for her husband. He fabricates amnesia to win trust, reveals a dead husband, then becomes the real partner and father figure, courting despite the deception. Turrell longs for marriage and finally embraces an ordinary life with Edie and the child. Original by A. Mitchel.
The text outlines Senate voting procedures including alphabetic roll call, assent or dissent, and potential changes by unanimous consent. It notes the prohibition on suspending the rule and requires reasons from those who decline to vote. It also references post roll call actions and related sections. A stray anecdote mentions a cat killing rush and a magic bird with money arriving by post.
William O’Brien recalls Timothy Healy’s first parliamentary appearance. Healy, slight in stature and sardonic in expression, stood with hands in pockets and scornful air, shocking the House of Commons as he declared Cavendish foes would face "the blood" and dismissal of their pride.
A woman with anxiety from reduced means dreams of attending church where people depart to seek luck. She searches the churchyard for a magic bird, finds a speckled thrush, and it drops £1 when picked up. The next morning the scene shifts to her back garden with more fallen leaves and the speckled thrush.
The article recounts Colonel Harry McCalmont learning he is residuary heir to a vast fortune after a reading of his uncle’s will. He initially seeks only a watch but discovers he will receive £4000 annually for five years and then about £7,000,000 thereafter. It notes a dramatic shift from poverty to wealth. The piece also comments on labor in glassmaking and the harsh heat affecting workers.
Notice from the Helena land office dated August 2 1907 states John T Kennedy of Monida Montana will make final commutation proof for Homestead Entry 14473 on September 10 1907 before A S Johnson. Witnesses: Milton Bean Jacob Spitzmiller Eli Twitchell Frederick Porch. Also Beaverhead county court notice by Wm Bernstien seeking to appropriate 4 cubic feet per second from East Creek for 160 acres desert land irrigation. objections due by end of publication.
The office will prepare an abstract of all uncancelled mortgages of record on the first Monday in March and give it to the Assessor. Mortgages not cancelled by that date will be assessed against the mortgagee. Notice dated Dillon February 18, 1907 by County Clerk Jno. S. Baxen.
Notices from United States Land Office Helena and Dillon Montana dating August 1907 announce final proof filings for Elizabeth Phillips and Frank Nelson on homesteads in Dillon and Dell, with witnesses named. Also details on Butte Argenta Copper Co. patent application for Three Times Winner lode in Argenta and Monument Copper Mining Co. patent for Monument Extension and Alps Lodes in Beaverhead, with multiple adjacent claims and required adverse-claim proofs.
Notice to creditors of Matthew Johnston deceased in Beaverhead County Montana. Admin A A Exhorr directs claims with vouchers within ten months of first publication to Dillon Lumber Co. Dillon Montana, the estate transaction office in Beaverhead. Dated July 13 1907.
Mining Application No 5245 in Montana reports The Monument Copper Mining Company through Mae B Metlen seeks patents for 1500 feet of Green Mountain and 1492.8 feet of the Welcome Lodes in Bloody Dick mining district Beaverhead County containing gold silver and other metals. The filing names survey details plans and boundaries with adjacencies to Monument Lode and Comewell Lode and notes a June 21 1907 first publication plus a 25 101 filing code.
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