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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1933
Page
4
Subscriptions listed in advance for Beaverhead County publication show one year two dollars six months one dollar and three months. The paper is entered at the Dillon Postoffice for second class mail. Telephone line provided for inquiries.
Early rising alarm and 50 mph wind sent autos racing to the Poindexter Orr ranch on Blacktail Deer Creek south of Dillon. The Orr family faced little damage, while the community’s swift aid and goodwill highlighted Beaverhead county ties.
The ninth annual Yellowstone Registered Livestock show and sale in Billings runs January 8 4 and 5 and features Herefords Short horns and Angus with 155 head entered 145 bulls 10 females. Prominent Montana breeders consign include Belle Curtis Wright Stevensville A C Bayers Wisdom Hill Cattle Livingston W H Donald Melville Ernest Monforton Gallatin Gateway Oscar Sales Bozeman and others.
The state game department moved to offer a $50 reward for arrest and conviction of anyone harming trumpeter swans. A letter from Deer Lodge and correspondence with Interior's wildlife chief urge cooperation to preserve the few remaining trumpeters, mainly in Yellowstone, Red Rock lakes, Jackson Lake, and Henry's Lake areas. Officials note a census around fifty birds, once abundant along the Mississippi Valley, and urge swift action to prevent extinction.
P. L. King of Cashman nurseries warns homeowners in Dillon to water trees and shrubs late in fall and again until the ground freezes, to prevent winter kill. Agnes Garrison and Doc W. C. Orr are noted residents, with Orr sharing a tale of selling horses for profit. A county wheat allotment list follows with multiple farm details and acreages.
The St Rose guild will host a community meeting Thursday afternoon at 3 30 in St Rose hall. The note mentions a reward for information about a killing or attempted killing linked to The Trumpeter Swan and specifies rewards are for employees only.
A 1930s notion envisions cars running without fuel, drawing motive power from a central station via radio. Each car would use a receiving wavelength to connect to a generator at the station, with multiple cars sharing a generator as long as load allows. The idea, though unproven, highlights bold engineering speculation of the era. Also notes local visit of Mr and Mrs A W Butts. Notices include farm allotments and maximum wheat acreages for Beaverhead County 1934 under Wheat Production Control Association contracts, detailing county and individual allocations and contract bases.
The Beaverhead County sheriff will sell January 18 1934 at 2 PM at the Dillon courthouse front porch all rights of Arthur Cline and Boston Montana Mines Company in Mona Millsite and related lode claims in TS 4 S Range 12 W with mill and power line, improvements, and appurtenances. Cash terms. Dated December 8 1933. W Gorr Sheriff. J A McCollum Undersheriff.
The undersigned will on February 1 1934 apply to the Beaverhead County Treasurer for a tax deed to property in Sections 23 and 24 Township South Range 8 West. Amount due is 80.50 with interest and publication costs. Dated November 24 1938 Fred G Lyon.
Laurits Hansen of Alder Montana filed notice of intention to establish claim to Original Stock-raising Homestead land Serial 073149 in sections 6 and 7 township 10s range 4w principal meridian. Hearing set before Fred Rife Clerk of District Court Dillon Montana January 30 1934 with witnesses Peter H Anderson William A Showes Jack Anderson and Hans Madsen listed.
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