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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1931
Page
4
Comprehensive advice on wrapping packing addresses and postage for Christmas mail. Includes instructions for fragile items crates and boxes hats cigars and perishable articles with emphasis on sturdy packing clear addresses and use of special delivery and insurance. Also contains a reprint of an 1857 Harper's Weekly ethical note urging charity and manhood in peril.
A bygone skeptic is proven wrong as a welcome snowstorm arrives during Thanksgiving, bringing joy and a tonic effect to residents. It promises better springs with flowing streams and improved crops, including more grass, grain, alfalfa, and timothy in the hills, plains, and valleys.
The Beaverhead county census shows Dillon with a population of 1 012, the smallest city listed in the state, up 1 943 in ten years or 71.64 percent. A large band of Indians camps in Sheep Creek canyon near Dell and hunting is reported good. Glendale gains a new barber shop. youths sport pompadours and waved mustaches. Sleighing is active and horse drawn transport is rare as bells ring in a holiday mood.
C Ws Bidstrup and son Robert reached the city this week from Syracuse and plan to make their home here. Dillon merchants report strong Thanksgiving trade in years as townsfolk prepare for a traditional dinner. A horse collapsed on Bannack street drawing a large crowd while a hill east of town hosts popular coasting.
A 1911 notice states that after January 1 all eggs must be branded with the age of each egg. The Tribune reports various local items including a moving picture showing in Lima, injuries to W C Orr from a wild coyote, and a brewery wagon runaway with beer bottles strewn along the street.
A concise survey traces the dollar from thaler origins to the U S silver dollar minted in 1794 and its intrinsic value. It notes the unknown origin of the dollar sign and the long use of In God We Trust on coins, with a brief aside on coinage and legal tender limits. It also mentions depression era advertising and a golf anecdote about Walter Brown finding lost balls.
In Montana a harsh succession of storms tested farmers and families yet Mother Nature delivered. The relief arrives as snow covers the plains and shovels bring a smiling, practical end to a difficult season. Bea Verhead gains relief and the whole region faces a hopeful recovery.
A reader warns against neglecting a child's cough and cautions about relying on non opiate cough syrups. The note mentions Foley's Honey and Tar as a traditional remedy and emphasizes careful parental oversight and medicating with safe products.
Hundreds of Dillon residents spent Thursday clearing a foot to fourteen inches of snow from sidewalks while others sledded and performed skits. The mass effort followed a snowy spell as people recalled past blizzards and looked toward Thanksgiving turkey.
Lawmakers gathering for the December 7 session express optimism about improved business prospects, reporting noticeable gains in their states and districts over the past weeks.
At Detroit W J McAneeny president of the Hudson Motor Car company told 800 Hudson and Essex distributors that more than 2000 men were employed in the company plants last week and that within the next few weeks 7000 additional men will be returned to work.
From Harrisburg the Associated Press reports general improvement in sentiment as business returns to normal. Men are going back to work in groups of hundreds and the army of unemployed is shrinking, lifting morale across the state.
Anthracite coal companies disbursed over one million dollars to 25 000 employees in Lucerne county zone, distributing the largest weekly payroll in years last week.
The Lehigh Valley Coal company has restarted operations at No 5 mine idle since June 1930, rehiring 200 men while other resumed fields added 300 more miners to work.
Construction activity in Pittsburgh runs heavier than 1930 with a 76 percent September gain over last year. Six major plate mill and open hearth sections at Homestead Steelworks resume, employing hundreds. In Braddock, 2500 to 8500 workers return to Edgar Thompson steel plant.
The American Car and Foundry company plans a year of work for 1500 men to fill 10,700,000 dollars of orders for New York City subway passenger cars. Mrs Florence Partridge of Leyton England, who jeered a preacher, was bound over for good behavior for a year. In court in Atlanta Calvin Burke, convicted of misusing the mails to court women, met five women he had married. An operation on 1 A. oe aeeol & ne.
Beav erhead and Madison county veterans are urged to apply for government bonus service certificates. Estimates show 20 to 50 veterans in these counties may still apply, each certificate worth about 1000 dollars, totaling 20000 to 50000 dollars in paid up insurance with future loan value. Adjutant George R. Baker plots to aid applications at the courthouse, requesting discharge certificates or full service data. A lone veteran in Lehigh Idgho also requested an application after reading the Messenger story.
A dozen veterans attended an extended Beaverhead post gathering at city hall Wednesday with ritual opening and closing. Officers for 1932 were nominated including Louis Schmittroth as commander and C M Casterline as vice commander plus several others for finance, chaplain, historian, sergeant at arms and executive committee. Nominations close at the annual meeting on Monday December 7 with by law changes proposed, including monthly post meetings alternating with executive committee sessions.
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