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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1929
Page
5
A series of local notices list residents traveling to coast areas such as the Pacific, Utah and Maine, with many spending vacations in California and Montana. Families including the Bassett, Wedum, Regan, McBain, Melton, Moon and Brinck are mentioned with trips to Glacier National Park, West Yellowstone, Oakland, Hastings and Butte.
A roundup of in town visitors and travelers includes Mr and Mrs E W Smith of Donovan Ranch in Dillon on business, J E Shaw from Big Hole basin, Mrs G E Finch and daughter Helen in Grant, Dorr Skeels and Marian Shaw in Missoula, and many others on vacations or trips to Idaho Yellowstone Glacier Park and Oregon. Several arrests and travel plans are noted.
Mrs. T. E. Luebben entertained Tuesday evening at a dinner in honor of President S. E. Davis of the Normal college. She held another dinner Thursday in the same honor. Mrs. E. W. Bond and Mrs. Anson Baxter drove to Butte and Anaconda Wednesday with Mrs. Joseph Leimert visiting Anaconda friends.
Fred Rife came home Wednesday from a motor trip to Butte and Helena. He was accompanied from Butte by Mrs. Lee Van Etten who plans to stay two weeks in the area and at Elkhorn Springs.
Scores of trunks loaded on the northbound passenger train last Friday as the first contingent of summer Normal college students left to return to their homes over the state. Extra coaches were provided to accommodate them.
Miss Mary M. Potter, formerly of the city, visits Mrs. Pearl S. Smith. Dr. and Mrs. F H. Bimrose attend the Snake River Dental Society outing at Pond's resort near Yellowstone. Mrs. Stephens of Chicago arrives to visit her daughter and family. Mr. McCully vacationing with family at Elk Horn Springs. Mr. and Mrs. C E Blinn guests in Tia Juana Mexico, sharing a California trip with Dorothy and Harold Blinn.
Lucille Carter of Dillon wed Ralph S. O Leary of Butte in a private Thursday ceremony at the bride’s home. The license was issued in Butte that day. The bride, a popular Dillon abstractor for Lt. Governor F A Hazelbaker, is esteemed in the community. O Leary works as a salesman for a large Butte wholesale house and has many friends in Dillon.
Mr and Mrs Lambert entertained last Friday at seven o clock with a four course dinner for ten. The table featured Shasta daisies and a graceful centerpiece, and after the meal cards provided the evening s entertainment.
W M Stewart of Lima attended to business matters here Tuesday. Mrs O M Best left Thursday for Seattle for a week. Mr and Mrs I F Hunsaker and children enjoy a short vacation at Elkhorn springs. The Shannon family and guests from Idaho Falls spent Wednesday at Elkhorn springs. Alice Pegram spending weeks with friends in Butte. Methodist Aid lawn party Thursday at Mrs Bourquin on South Washington. New basketball boards installed at the training school. W C Jennings and family left for Hamilton for the weekend. Clinton Schlegal taken to Murray hospital in Butte with ulcers of the stomach.
A new concrete sidewalk is being built in front of the State Bank and Trust company building on Bannack street. A baby daughter was born last Monday afternoon at Eden New York to Mr and Mrs Clayton T Calahan of this city. Mrs Lee McCracken hosted a picnic at Dillmont park on Wednesday evening attended by eight couples and their children. The Paris Beauty Shoppe now handles Wells dandruff treatment and arrangements can be made for treatments. J F Wyatt received a letter from his son Henry secretary at Lakeside school for boys in Seattle stating Wilbur Huston won the Thomas A Edison scholarship and was a student at Lakeside.
Beaverhead county loses one of its oldest natives, Lee S. Carter, after a long illness. Born 1876 on the Carter ranch, he lived much of his life in the county, ranching and briefly operating a Sheridan meat market. Survived by his mother, brother Guy, and four sisters, funeral Friday at 2:30 from the Masonic hall with burial in Mountain View cemetery.
A report notes a person arrested on a house breaking charge. A large camp of Gypsies near Dillmont park is described with tents and cars. Mrs Anabel Desmond is recovering at the Finlen hotel in Butte from a shoulder fracture sustained when a swinging door struck her days earlier.
C E McMillen and W B Elliott, city passenger agent, visited the Tribune Messenger office in Dillon Wednesday to discuss company business. They praised the returns from the advertising in the Tribune and Messenger.
A tip suggests covering battery terminals with vaseline to prevent acid-induced corrosion and buildup around posts, keeping connections clean and reducing corrosion risk.
A squeak in a spring indicates a leaf needs lubrication and neglect risks a broken leaf as a penalty. The note urges timely maintenance to prevent damage and keep systems functioning.
The excerpt traces the reprimand phrase on the carpet to French sur le tapis and notes its entry into English around 1700. It cites a 1823 adoption of the form walk the carpet and references Literary Digest for the etymology context.
A sayable aphorism attributed to George MacDonald about trust shaping a man’s moral and spiritual nature beyond any sermons. It highlights the impact of a single trustworthy person on inner character and faith.
South American Pipa toads arrive at the London zoo and appear unusually thin. The male fertilizes eggs up to 100 and places them in cavities on the mother's back, a remarkable reproductive trait noted in the brief report.
A Capper's Weekly note from an Oregon editor questions gender roles and domestic balance as a mother spends $7.50 at a beauty shop while the father participates in the household dynamic, illustrating social expectations of the era.
A quotation attributed to the Globe and Atchison notes ignorance is not bliss and that ongoing ignorance would leave people hopelessly happy according to a humorous take.
The article notes that Chinese culture does not worship ancestors as gods but shows reverence toward them, reflecting traditional practices and respect for lineage without deity status.
The piece notes a sentimental revival as Atwater Kent Radio Hour presents era favorites like When You and I Were Young, In the Good Old Summer Time, Love's Old Sweet Song, and A Bicycle Built for Two, aiming to reach an older audience with reminiscences of the late Victorian era.
The article proclaims the gypsy as the irresistibly free youth of the world. It asserts travel fuels happiness and deep emotion, noting the gypsy language lacks words for dirt or possession and celebrates roaming as an unbound spirit.
Chicago business leaders form the Chicago Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory at Northwestern University with a $300,000 endowment. Walter E. Olson and Bert A. Massee sponsor the effort to wage scientific crime warfare, offering ballistics fingerprints chemistry of poisons psychology of criminals and related studies. The school opens in October.
A reader recalls a scare when Foley's Honey and Tar was nearly gone during a croup attack on Sonny. The account endorses Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and night disturbances with no narcotics and a local dealer's guarantee.
Administratrix Gladys Burfiend announces sale of decedent Henry C Burfiend estate lands in Dillon Beaverhead County by private sale to highest cash bidder. Property described as block bounded by Washington and Reeder Streets, 145 by 55 feet, sale after August 31 1929 with bids at John Colling law offices Dillon Montana.
Department of the Interior notices Adelrne Blanchard of Jackson Montana intends to file final proof to establish a land claim under the 1916 act. The hearing and witnesses are set for September 19 1929 at Dillon Montana before Clerk Fred Rife. Witnesses include Michael E. Carroll Harry G. Davis William M. Hermann and William Carroll.
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