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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1910
Page
2
Twin Bridges August reports threshing has begun with yields meeting expectations. Where irrigation water reached a third time, yields are higher than last year. in drier areas results show slight reductions.
Articles filed by C. E. Miller T. J. Murray and H. D. Kistler incorporate the Butte Ranch company of Wisdom in Helena with capital stock of 50000 dollars.
Skeptics are convinced by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for burns cuts wounds and ulcers. The ad touts rapid relief and broad use from boils eczema to chapped hands and sprains. Available at Potts, the Druggist, for 25 cents.
A. B. Preston of St Johns Michigan recently obtained a franchise from Sheridan to install an electric light plant. Work is expected to begin soon and the plant should be in operation by January 1 1911. Electricity will be generated by water power from Mill creek.
Lewistown reports that W. F. Boyer, in town a week with a street photography outfit, shot himself through the head early this morning after leaving a saloon. He walked up Main Street to the crossing and fired.
Foley's Kidney Pills are advertised as a tonic with quick results for backache headache dizziness nervousness urinary irregularities and rheumatism. City Drug Store markets the remedy.
Libby August 19 jury returns verdict of acquittal for Mrs. Prosser in the murder case on self defense grounds. She emits joy, shakes hands with jurors, and proclaims in court that she is a free woman after the ruling.
Mrs Chas Lyon of Peoria Illinois credits Foley Kidney Pills with a prompt cure for backache and kidney trouble that troubled her for months. She reports she now enjoys excellent health and thanks City Drug Store for the remedy.
Helena August 22 The attorney general's office issued an opinion answering a county attorney inquiry from Teton county. It states that property that escaped taxation may be assessed at any time if the same owner had control when it should have been assessed, but taxes cannot be collected if barred by the two year statute of limitations from delinquency.
Great Falls August 22 The board of Army Engineers began a three day inspection of Sun River reclamation projects to determine the expenditure of a $20,000,000 special fund. Senators Carter Dixon and Representative Pray joined the engineers on the inspection trip.
Mrs. Rose Glaser of Terre Haute Indiana reports long term kidney trouble ended by Foley Kidney Pills. After years of suffering and spending on false cures she says the pills gave a permanent cure and she can work again, recommending them. City Drug Store carries the remedy.
August 24 reports a district court filing by Ike E Q Pace attorney for Robert W Farmer and wife seeking fifteen thousand dollars in damages against the Madi- firm in Virginia City.
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff farm near Waterloo in Jefferson valley suffers $10,000 in crop losses and $5,000 in damages from water seepage from Parrot ditch owned by the defendant company. The article also notes a separate report about Census Enumerator Joseph Thompson of Great Falls being convicted for padding the census and sentenced to 48 hours in jail and a $200 fine.
Helena note records the death of Henry Lombard, Montana pioneer and Helena resident for four decades, who passed away at St Peter's hospital in the early hours. The item is followed by an unrelated ad for Foley's Kidney Remedy and a testimonial from Claude Brown of Reynoldsville Illinois. The ad promotes kidney treatment and cites a successful cure.
I G Denny attorney announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for congress, subject to ratification by the Democratic state convention, at Butte on August 21.
Ninety Cents a Year Great Falls reports Charles L. Shaw must serve ten years at hard labor in the state prison at Deer Lodge for robbing a man of $9. District Judge H H Ewing imposed the sentence this morning.
Life on the Panama Canal brought malaria and related ailments, but Electric Bitters cured the illness. William A. Fretwell of Lucama, NC testifies that three bottles ended a severe malaria attack and restored health. The remedy also aids stomach, liver, and kidney troubles and can prevent typhoid. Potts Drugstore guarantees the product at 50 cents.
At Anaconda on August 22 the Miners’ union picnic drew 3000 or more from Butte. The highlight was the double handed drilling contest won decisively by Arizona team Pickens and Page who drove steel into rock in 15 minutes to claim the $1000 purse with 45 and 15 16 inches. Closest rivals McNichols and Ross drilled 43 and 11 16 inches.
Teething babies suffer in hot weather with gum pain and stomach upset. McGEE'S BABY ELIXIR corrects sour stomach cools and quiets bowels and aids digestion. Price 25c and 50c per bottle. Sold by Potts the Druggist. 1l-m
Good progress is reported on the new capitol wings in Helena. The west wing concrete floor is complete and similar work proceeds on the east end. First granite window frames have been set on the main floor of the west wing with two put in place today.
At the M. E. conference in Helena Jacob Mills offered to contribute 10 000 toward a new building if the city would raise 40 000 endowment funds. The proposal was presented to the conference amid considerable discussion as the need for the endowment was submitted to the meeting.
An advertisement touts constipation as a trigger for serious diseases and promotes Herbine as a remedy to clear bowel accumulations. The offer lists Potts the Druggist as the seller and a price of 50 cents.
The Montana fair will showcase new air records as Curtiss aims to stay aloft at least ten minutes and reach fifty feet altitude. A cowboys relay race runs three miles daily with rider and horse changes, plus running and harness events and popular automobile races draw crowds. Ballard's Snow Liniment is advertised as a pain reliever.
A letter to Sheriff O Keefe from County Attorney Trippett states that prize fighting is forbidden in the state and that displaying prize fight pictures violates the statutes, aiming to stop the advertised Jeffries Johnson prize fight showing.
August 24 Sheridan notes county seat advocates nearly finish canvass with about 100 more names than required when the petition reaches the county commissioners.
S W Bends of Coal City Alabama says he found a perfect health mine in Dr King’s New Life Pills after twelve years of liver and kidney trouble. He claims the pills cure constipation malaria headache dyspepsia debility and more. 25 cents.
The session in Billings today focused on church work and ministerial character. Helena hosted and Billings was selected as the site for next year's conference.
The state board of equalization announced Montana’s total railroad assessment at 65.696 million. Chouteau County leads with over 5 million, while Missoula, Yellowstone and Valley fall in the 4 million class. The rest of the counties range below a million.
An ad promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as fast relief for hay fever asthma and summer bronchitis. It claims to soothe inflamed air passages in the head throat and bronchial tubes and notes it contains no opiates or harmful substitutes.
Wall Street bankers and New York financiers are aiding the Democratic congressional committee to win a Democratic House while the Senate remains Republican. They hope a split Congress would halt major legislation and allow stock interests to regroup, with quotes noting Street’s push for deadlock and caution about rapid reform.
A brush fire in Sheridan August 24, likely sparked by a Northern Pacific engine, spread from the Ray mond hay field to the Ogden lumber yards and into the Flick and Thomas homes. An alarm was raised late, drawing nearly every man to aid the fire brigade. the blaze was finally checked behind the lumber yards using bucket brigades and wet bags.
Helena reports the state board of prison commissioners informed the Helena Commercial club that lacking adequate financial support, prisoners on the state fair road will be moved immediately to Hellgate canyon in Granite county to continue highway construction for the public. The board notes disappointment at the club's desertion of the project.
A morning blaze in Deer Lodge wiped out an entire city block and threatened the town. The fire began at 1 o clock when a gasoline stove exploded at the Hart clothes repairing shop. Losses are estimated at 50000 dollars with about 10000 insured.
Excerpt quotes Patrick Henry declaring liberty with dramatic fervor. The text notes his status as a great man with thousands of followers. The piece contemplates his influence among orators statesmen and patriots as Boston Herald.
Princess Marie Bonaparte is cited as France's richest woman, founder of a Monte Carlo resort. Massachusetts shopgirl Mrs Daniel C G Morse, aged eighty four, is described as the oldest in the state. Dutch suffrage leader Dr Aletta Jacobs marks twenty five years in medicine. Martenna Kramer of Amsterdam is a multilingual linguist editing Jus Suffragii. Caroline Bartlett Crane, a Kalamazoo evangelist in social ethics, is noted at age fifty one with a long career.
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