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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
5
Dillon post office workers push heavy Christmas mail with 43 sacks outbound Monday 43 sacks Tuesday and near that many Wednesday. Charity drives 3000 envelopes for starving children to be collected at Municipal Christmas event. Schools close for holidays with reconvening dates January 2 and January 4. St James Church Advent and Christmas services listed with schedule through Thursday.
Joseph Edens and family of Gallatin county, after a week away in Dillon, purchased 320 acres from Charles Hirshman through C. L. Worth real estate. They plan to move to the new Dillon home around February 1.
Red sweaters with large white B were awarded to thirteen Beaverhead High football players. The fortunate honorees are Brundage Paddock Pettit Williams Roseneau Ross Drummy Gray Cashmore Davis Bechtold McFarlin and Teersy.
The Baptist Church hosts a Sunday school Christmas program at 10 a.m. and a sermon at 11 a.m. titled No Room in the Inn, followed by an evening service at 7:30 with a sermon on The First and Second Coming of Christ. The city hall rest room opened last Saturday with many attendees and light refreshments. G Bennett of Jackson plans to spend winter in Creighton Neb with a sister, returning in March.
A horse ran through Eliel's furnishing store window causing damage but no injuries to the horse or any person. Colorado visitors Mrs. Lee Noren and son Russell arrived in Dillon to spend Christmas with Mrs. Edwards in Sheridan. Bill Stimson of Armstead is recovering from a broken leg after an accident at his saloon. Carlos Rodriguez pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons and received a six to seven month penitentiary sentence.
Moved to Dillon Mr and Mrs Otto Gosman have leased their Lima ranch and now reside in the Loomont house on Orr street. Marriage licenses issued include L C Pond Jr and Lelia Adams Dillon O Danner and Iva B Danner both of Dillon A E Berlin of California and Rose Clark of Idaho. Wood Live Stock Co contracts 1917 wool clip for 39 cents per pound.
Jerome Sharpe of Helena spent part of the week in Dillon. Gray bought a Saxon ix from Roy Klein. Addie Bettes recovered from grip. James Blair and wife of Grant visited for shopping. expect to return tomorrow. Denton Oliver improved after illness. Vuta Melvyn returned to Dillon to work with Western Wholesale Co. Mrs. Blake and daughter stay in Butte. doctor joins Christmas day. George Ainglie ill and homebound. C T Magnus bought a Maxwell touring car from Juleson. Reuben Bronson from Idaho State University visiting Dillon. Fred Chapman returned from Minneapolis for holidays.
A flowing well has been struck on a ranch near Rosebud with water flowing at 1,400 barrels per day. The find promises rapid output as drilling reaches productive depth.
Walter Lincoln Conway of Ingomar and Miss Thornton Brown of Rowan were married in the office of Justice H. G. Valston. Conway, 22, is the son of Geo B Conway of Helena, formerly Dillon. Conway was born in Glendale and grew up in Dillon.
The second and third numbers on the Normal lyceum course were close together the Regniers perform Friday December 15 and the Killarney Girls on Wednesday December 20. Both acts were excellent and deserve better patronage than the Regniers. The Lyceum course provides entertainment and should fill the auditorium each evening.
Miss Martha Minter of Booneville Kentucky now living here married R T Boatman of Dillon in Butte on Wednesday. Friends of Mr Boatman extend congratulations on the wedding milestone.
Mrs. A L Badcon hosted a pleasant dinner for her son Eber who leaves December 27 for Billings to begin work in wholesale mercantile business. Several of his young friends joined the gathering for a cheerful send off.
Harold Badcén marked his ninth birthday last Saturday afternoon with twelve friends in attendance. Mrs Badcon and Mary Emily Elliott helped serve refreshments as games kept the guests entertained.
The Good Government club issues invitations for a reception and dansant in the Guild hall on Tuesday afternoon January second, promising one of the season’s most attractive social entertainments.
Miss Myrtle Nelson entertained the Christmas Sewing club at her home north of town Monday night. After the annual exchange of gifts a turkey dinner was served. An unusually good time was enjoyed.
The Monday evening dancing class held a social hop last Saturday in the high school gym. About eighty people attended with Mrs. A. A. Elliott and J. Anson Baxter providing the music.
The Needle club members gathered at Mrs. Garver's home on Wednesday evening for their yearly Christmas gift exchange, sharing seasonal cheer and fellowship.
After a 24 hour deliberation the jury found Wm Ellis guilty of second degree assault for attacking Joe Walsh with a knife at the Mint saloon on November 8. He received a prison sentence of four and a half to five years. The Beardslee case against Butte Butchering Co. was settled and dismissed. The Stephenson case favored the defendant. The jury was dismissed Thursday afternoon.
The Madison National Forest Sheep Growers association offers a reward of 500 dollars for conviction of any sheep thief and 250 dollars for conviction of any camp robber.
The Bitterroot-Beaverhead Oil company’s drill arrived and will be erected at Little Sheep Creek eight miles from Lima Montana. Dr G E Ginch endorses the property noting three to four hundred feet of rich oil shales and a drilling depth near two hundred feet as favorable. He praises the location claims as well chosen and the management as careful and conservative.
In a biennial report, A M Alderson recommends a segregated registrar of automobiles, higher registration fees to cover plates, and transfer reporting of all car sales to ensure accurate ownership records and prevent non registered vehicles from operating. Net highway fund receipts over two years totaled 82040.67 after expenses.
The piece describes cars as pop-eyed mechanical quadrupeds found worldwide with varied sizes and colors. It notes their oil hunger, five year lifespans, nocturnal roaming, blinding headlights, and a joking remedy with a monkey wrench. It mentions unknown speeds yet claims gossip ranks them fastest on earth.
The Tribune is available at C. P. Thomas' Book Store Bayerd's Cigar Store and the depot news stand.
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