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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1924
Page
9
Dr. L C Pelton, dairy supervisor in Washington, says the cow has replaced the sow as a mortgage lifter in the state. Montana may not yet lead, but cows have made notable strides as home providers. The trio of sow cow and hen has them all distanced.
The appointment of Ton Charles II of Great Falls to the Montana federal district judgeship is praised as a wise solution to political turmoil. He is described as a skilled, clear thinking, honest lawyer who has served Montana as a congressman and is expected to be a competent and just judge.
Col William Jennings Bryan struggles to win a Florida delegation slot at the Democratic National Convention. He has backed a locally popular Florida professor, a move opponents call insincere. The piece argues Bryan alone fully meets his own criteria for a presidential candidate on his ticket.
The article criticizes Senator Walsh of Montana for lacking notable achievements in his 12 years in office and questions his effectiveness as a statesman and politician. It argues Burton Wheeler is a less useful alternative, suggesting Walsh’s campaign rhetoric is an attempt to mobilize support.
A fragment evidences a political pitch focusing on Russia as a contrast to the home front. The wording suggests a speaker using foreign policy as a critique of domestic affairs to appeal to voters.
Dillon’s growth depends on back country development with dairy, poultry, and farm factories driving year round income. Local markets in Butte and Anaconda should be linked, and Rotary and business leaders urged to expand rural plants and cooperation to raise regional wealth.
The passage argues taxation as an economic issue to keep politics out, says the current system burdens citizens with debt, claims bankers would fund agriculture and productive industry if the Mellon Plan passes, notes surtaxes and income taxes set interest rates for capital flow, and asserts bankers want to halt unlimited bond issues and redirect capital to productive industries.
Details on preparations for the upcoming pageant were shared with the girls, outlining arrangements already made and the plans still in progress.
The Hakanake Camp Fire Girls held a January 21 meeting to outline the year with many hikes and a camping trip to Elkhorn Springs planned for after the final school week. A new attendance system imposes a two cent fine for tardiness and additional fines for unexcused absences, aiming to improve turnout.
The Sacajawea Camp Fire Girls gathered Wednesday January 23 with Mrs. Desmond demonstrating wound dressing and each member practicing bandaging. Tea was served afterwards. The financial committee announced plans for a food sale scheduled for Saturday.
Seventy five leading bankers from twenty six states met in Washington to review the Mellon Plan of tax reduction. The American Bankers League endorsed the plan and urged the Ways and Means committee to officially back the policy. Carter Glass supported the plan and opposed the Soldiers' Bonus while noting that borrowers ultimately bear the lender's tax burden including income and surtax. the report cites twenty five percent of profits as part of the impact.
Mrs J E Doyle from the Centen nial valley is visiting relatives and friends in our city today.
Dillon residents attended a Saturday night dance at the Point of Rocks school house hosted by the Shiners. Blaine orchestra provided music, midnight lunch was served, and the Shiners gave out candy chewing gum and cigars as a special treat. The event drew a large crowd and attendees called it the best time ever.
Lewistown reports that the Great Northern Railway announces plans to build a rail line to access local oil fields. The project aims to expand transport of crude and related products, signaling new regional infrastructure development.
The Security State Bank of Dillon files a suit in Beaverhead County Montana seeking to foreclose a mortgage on the properties described as SW 1/4 of section 22 and NW 1/4 of section 27 in township 7 south range 10 west. Defendants John A Hall Rebecca Hall Dillon Implement Co and Spokane Cattle Loan Co are summoned to answer within twenty days. The action also seeks costs and attorney fees and equitable relief. First publication February 1 1924.
Madison county commissioners met with ranchers along the Big Hole river near Twin Bridges to halt riverbank erosion. They planned cribs to redirect the current and riprap along banks to protect land, with participants including Chas Boyd E R Cook Roscoe Dillett John Carlson and others from Dillon.
Mrs. Ellen Bethel of Clanton Alabama praises Foley Cathartic Tablets as the best medicine for constipation. The advertisement notes the tablets are mild in action and offer prompt relief from the common ailment. Potts the druggist.
Catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube lining causing rumbling hearing. If inflammation persists hearing may be lost. Hall's Catarrh Medicine promises to rid the system of catarrh and has been sold for over forty years by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
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