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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1917
Page
3
Billings reports harvest and threshing results in the Yellowstone valley show crops better than expected. Wheat yields on dry land range from four to 50 bushels per acre, with average 10 to 15 bushels. Irrigated crops are normal, and ranchers anticipate a strong third alfalfa cutting due to warm weather.
A Havre father, a retired physician and surgeon, sought to enlist in place of his drafted son. He offered to serve in the medical corps if his son could be exempted, but the local exemption board had no authority to grant the request despite higher level guidance.
Fire Chief Trodick’s lungmotor, newly added to the department, was used to revive a newborn reported dead at birth. After attempts with respiratory aids failed, the device delivered air then a mix of air and oxygen, and within twenty minutes the infant’s lungs and circulation revived, showing strong signs of life.
An Austrian registrant who fled Austria to avoid conscription seeks drafting into the national army. He vows to fight with determination if compelled to serve, fearing capture as a deserter by German or Austrian soldiers if he returns.
Federal officials mine officials and union men identify Judge J Harry Covington of Washington as the mystery judge sent to Butte as President Wilson s personal investigator. Hotel clerks and locals note his presence in the city within the last week if not currently here.
Tom Racin, a herder for Ed Ellis at Clemons, narrowly escaped death when a grizzly sow with two cubs attacked the camp at night. After Racin fired the gun and the bear charged, a dog named Sheppy intervened from behind, driving the bear away as the herder hurried to reload.
Rex Barton and Clarence Watkins say profits for Milk River valley settlers hinge on major reclamation work. While touring Glacier Park they found St Marys lake water leaks into a gravel bed after several miles, drying the ditch for downstream users. If puddling fails, cementing the canal is needed.
Great Falls. J. S. Jones of Ashmore believes the dry season will benefit in the long run. He says his crop reached 12 to 15 bushels per acre, better than a bumper yield in normal times, underscoring lessons in soil conservation.
Alfalfa haying is in full swing along the Missouri river bottom lands south of Lismas. Farmers are busy putting up crops and the second cutting is going to stacks in large quantities.
Burglars entered the second floor of the Durston block and stole valuables valued at $1000 from lawyers J. H. Duffy and the firm Rodgers & Rodgers, according to the report.
Harry F. Waring of Great Falls is appointed a major of artillery in the new national army after a notable Plattsburg encampment achievement. A Havre former manager of the Pacific Coast Adjustment bureau, he left Chicago two years ago for military service, becoming the youngest major in his branch.
Dayton resident D. J. Daley drives through Livingston to Bozeman and at the divide purchases a ranch on the Park and Gallatin county line. The sun highlights yellow brown grain and a blue green pine backdrop as cattle rest in a mountain stream. Daley becomes the new owner of the outfit.
Mrs Sidney Simmons of Fair Haven New York endorses Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy citing its cure for her seven year old son and subsequent family use for colic and bowel troubles. Sold by City Drug Store.
Havre moves toward opening a nursing training school in September. A matron will be brought from Helena to organize and perfect the new program. The development marks an important forward step for local medical training and care.
A Buford North Dakota man writes of a severe diarrhoea attack lasting over a week and relief from Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after one dose. Drugstores widely recommend it, with City Drug Store selling it.
Leonard G. Diehl, business manager of the Butte Miner, will soon sever ties with that paper to become business manager of the Great Falls Tribune due to his wife’s ill health.
To keep bowels regular, outdoor exercise is best along with a full glass of water before breakfast and plenty of fruit and vegetables. Establish a daily habit and ensure a daily bowel movement. If medicine is needed, take Chamberlain's Tablets, pleasant and mild in effect, for sale by City Drug Store.
The Lewistown city council grants the Trades and Labor assembly demand for equal wages. City laborers will earn $4 a day, matching contractor pay, with the new scale taking effect September 1.
Joe Dingman of Webster City Iowa describes recurring liver trouble with side and back pains and stomach soreness. After using half a bottle of Chamberlains Tablets he reports relief and absence of pain. Sold in Azle by City Drug Store. Sie Am.
Jack Munroe of Butte who rose to fame after beating Jim Jeffries at the Broadway theatre is now a major in the Canadian overseas forces. He was badly wounded a year ago at the front in the big war and has returned home to the Cobalt country before resuming active service.
In Great Falls the city debates Alderman Frank Johnson's charge that his colleagues are crooks after he criticizes the council for tabled resolution to appoint Tom Evans water works superintendent at 200 dollars monthly instead of 250 for M. L. Morris.
A Butte mother pleaded before Mayor W H Maloney to take her son's place in the trenches. She said he is too young to die and that he is her only support after being drafted.
Contractors have begun work on Big Sandy's fifth grain elevator which is slated for completion this fall. Despite a dry season and regional grain shortages, the surrounding territory remains confident in future yields as more land is brought under cultivation.
Roundup merchants plan a state delegation to study cooperative delivery as a remedy to duplication of work and rising costs under the current individual system.
In Glasgow authorities expect arrests soon in the case of two alleged inhuman parents who threw a six weeks old infant from passenger train No 4 near Snowden. The baby survived the fall with section men overnight but died several hours later.
Government needs farmers as well as fighters. Two million three hundred thousand acres of Oregon and California railroad grant lands revested in United States to be opened for homesteads and sale. Includes a large copyrighted map with soil, climate, rainfall, elevations and other details by counties. Postpaid, $1. Grant Lands Locating Co., Box 610, Portland, Oregon. 24-36
New county game regulations take effect this year with many changes. Deer season runs Oct 1 to Dec 1 across most areas. elk remain closed except in designated counties with a one elk per season limit, and Park and Gallatin may obtain a $25 license for up to two. Waterfowl seasons cover wild geese ducks brant and swan Sept 15 to Dec 1 with a 20 per day bag. Several species remain closed indefinitely including elk outside listed counties, moose bison buffalo caribou antelope, and several upland game birds.
A description lists two horses a 1250 pound iron gray with a slight stiffness in front and a slim build and a second horse about 1300 pounds with a stocky build both shod. A reward of 10 dollars is offered for return to George Tanner of Dillon Montana.
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