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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1936
Page
4
From the Tribune December 16 1887 report Fred Jones held on $500 bond for stealing a cayuse in a time when horse theft was grand larceny. The piece notes a military ball drawingTown crowd in bibs and tucker while Derringers face proposed prohibition as gamblers weapon.
From the Tribune dated December 18 1896 the tale recalls the Bannack era. Ernie Hale and Patsy Flynn two Plummer band members share a drink plan a dash to Rattlesnake hideout to split seven hundred dollars buried near a bridge and a sandbar. One flees while the other lies ill in the cold dawn leaving the fate of the hidden cache uncertain.
A sweeping poem and fragmented prose piece contrasts a homeland’s flag and faith with war’s grim toll. It shifts to a New Year scene of crime and fortune, then to patriotic visions of workers defending the land, followed by scattered notices about Public Affairs and historical World War I arrival dates.
Montana news writers and newspapers earned recognition in a national survey of best stories. The Butte Montana Standard and the Missoulian are cited for two features, Nickel Annie in Butte and Fighters Progress in Missoula, with university journalism head Dr. R K Houseman noting the honor to Montana journalism.
A report on alleged professionalism in college football prompts calls for a Carnegie Foundation inquiry similar to a seven year old survey. Separate notices announce The First National Bank of Dillon annual meeting and a probate court order to show cause for selling real estate of Bessie Mori in Beaverhead County Montana.
Frank C McFadden administrator of the estate of Bessie Mori deceased dated at Dillon Montana December 1 1936 notices probate action and estate details for local readers with official docket reference 49 52.
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