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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1924
Page
11
The Dillon district census nears completion showing about 200 pupils. A column recalls a Sheep increasing tale on Horse Prairie where a Yankee ranchman built a 600 head flock and rose to wealth as a wool king. Another note covers a failed sheep on shares with 28 head turning into 14 heads after three years.
A Horse Prairie ranchman faces questions after a single lame ewe yields an unexpectedly high rate, prompting scrutiny of counting methods and cattle handling practices on the remote spread. Authorities and neighbors await results of a local inquiry into the claim.
At the regular meeting the council allowed bills for November totaling 499. The weather turned bitter with temperatures ten to thirty degrees below zero. B N Stevenson joined S S Patterson as of the first of the month. Ice in Blacktail creek flooded banks and Railroad avenue became a lake all week.
The city finishes laying and connecting the new pipeline from reservoirs to the Dillon water system under Commissioner A L Badcon. Emphrey Hildreth, 14, son of Mr and Mrs H D Hildreth of Medicine Lodge, reports the county’s youngest deer hunter this fall. Jean Bishop visits Salmon Idaho. John Judge of Polaris is praised for welcoming twins born this year, January 1 and Thanksgiving Day. The Kensington Rune Stone near Kensington Minnesota is described as ancient and possibly Norse in origin from 1362.
W KE Gray of Kentucky Ave reports severe back pain and frequent nighttime urination due to kidney trouble. He credits Doan's Pills with curing the attack and keeping symptoms away, endorsing the remedy priced at 60c at dealers.
Ford reports marking 2,651,000 car and truck parts daily to guard against counterfeits. Since 1914 Ford script marks parts from 70-pound blocks to small switches, with engraving work by 18 specialists. The system, involving stamping and dies, includes 700 stamps daily and aims to assure quality from 21 years of R&D while deterring fakes.
Reliable cough remedy advertisement by Potts the druggist promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a safe and pleasant relief for coughs colds and hoarseness made from pure ingredients and easy to take.
Fines collected from blaspheming miners who promised to curb swearing and fine themselves if they failed have funded a handsome new clubhouse in Newbrancepeth a Durham colliery village.
2080 acres closed and 1280 outside in Frying Pan basin to lease with springs inside and outside. Land includes miles of foothill grazing, sheltered dry land, mild snow, ideal lambing site. 100 tons of alfalfa on ranch for sale. Inquiries to James Kirkpatrick Box 397 Dillon Montana.
A St. Louis man asserts he found a hay fever cure by living atop a city skyscraper for five weeks staying above the tenth floor. He reportedly never descended during the ordeal as part of his experiment.
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