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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1917
Page
7
Notices of church festivals fairs parties and concerts with admission charges or profits from crafts will be printed at five cents a line. Card of thanks and obituary poetry also five cents a line. All business notices and ads should go to the Tribune Publishing Co.
A poem extols the banner rising above, welcoming the breeze. It honors forefathers who fought beneath its folds and calls the flag to wave forever with stars gleaming in the blue field.
The text lauds Americans including farmers, newspaper publishers, bankers, brokers, and insurance men for a successful liberty loan effort, noting that few slackers exist and many gave their best in support.
The proceeds of one fifty dollar Liberty Loan Bond will purchase thirteen 13 pounder shells for destroying submarines four 5 inch shells for the same purpose one hundred pounds of smokeless powder eighteen gas masks for a like number of soldiers at the front enough coal to drive a destroyer 120 miles enough gasoline to drive a submarine destroyer 150 miles a sailor's uniform outfit and four months subsistence for a soldier.
The piece argues crude oil is vital next to food and munitions for national defense. It cites gasoline use rising from 11.8 million barrels in 1913 to doubling by 1915, motorcars from 400,000 in 1910 to 2.35 million in 1916, and railroads using 42 million barrels in 1916, noting government limits on domestic oil development. It links army progress to cars, trucks, gasoline, and lubricants.
Secretary McAdoo announces the Second Liberty Loan of 1917 as the official title and warns the public against unreliable rumors about dates amounts and other details. He says such reports are speculative and pending official announcement once decisions are made.
The piece laments Congresswoman Rankin angering state newspapers by alleging they work for the Anaconda Copper Mining Co and appearing to back the I W Ws. It notes voters regret supporting her, mocks Bryan’s Commoner for editorial self-righteousness, and questions patriotic duties.
Mr. Wilson resists standing for a committee to audit war expenditures. The stance suggests the war aims extend beyond democracy’s defense to ensuring democracy itself remains safeguarded during the conflict.
The Minneapolis Tribune notes that jailing slackers would simplify locating them when mobilization orders come. It also reports the Butte strike forcing city businesses to switch to a cash basis as an immediate effect.
Dayton Ohio resident D. J. Daley, wealthy, motored between Livingston and Bozeman and reached the divide at the Park and Gallatin county line. He admired sunlit yellow-brown grain, blue-green pines, and cattle along a mountain stream, and today becomes owner of the ranch outfit.
An advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims thirty five years of use, explains the medicine works through the blood to heal mucous surfaces, and urges immediate purchase via Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio.
Milwaukee born Frank W Schell writes to The Beacon denouncing Kaiser Wilhelm as a madman and egotist. He asserts most American Germans despise the ruler and favor end of autocratic rule, expressing patriotism to the United States and hope for Germany’s liberty.
Notice for Poindexter Orr Town Site Company stockholders to meet September 15 1917 at 2 pm at the Lew L and E J Callaway office Dillon Montana for director elections and other business. Dated August 31 1917. Bert Orr secretary.
Frank Hazelbaker for Diamond O company closes a record 150 000 purchase of George Tash Grasshopper valley land. The 35 000 acre Tash holdings include cattle and horses with extensive water rights and ranch improvements. Ira Sanders to operate alongside Diamond O, Tash retires to Dillon.
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