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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1929
Page
1
A column muses on powerized farming replacing horses with tractors and trucks, noting economic gains and reduced farmhands. It references Maud Muller and a court debate on Horse vs Tractor, stating tractors show efficiency, longer workdays, and broader reach on hay fields. The piece ends mid-discussion, signaling continuation on page four.
Beav erhead endures a series of storms and an extreme cold spell rare for the season with temperatures from 20 to 81 degrees below zero reported nightly since December 18. Snow drifts block roads into Dillon and a 31 below reading on Sunday marks a 31 year low. Water pipes freeze and repairs roll as buses and coal wagons struggle amid drifts and road closures.
Otto Schultz and Mark Arie defeated Alex Schwarz and Eugene Springer 184 to 160 targets in a special trapshoot at Hartsville Gun Club near Hatboro Pennsylvania. Schultz and Arie each scored 92 of 100 to win a $1,000 purse in front of about 500 spectators.
The Beaverhead County High School honor list for the first winter term semester shows sixteen students with averages of 90 or higher. Cora Anderson heads the list, Virginia Randolph is second, followed by Marjorie Carroll, Margaret Jordan, Ebba Anderson, Dorothy Leach, Tom Brenner, and others, with fourteen girls and two boys named.
A Smith-Hughes high school stock judging team will travel to Bozeman next Monday to contest with 25 other state entries. The team comprises James Melton Jr George Heik Killa and Dan Pendergast Hill with Major Dansie as delegate to the Ag club convention. Principal A T Peterson is to speak and D P Thurber accompanies the group in Smith-Hughes department interests.
Three prisoners escaped Beaverhead county jail on a Wednesday in 1885 by overpowering Sheriff Jones, locking him in the cage, and using a set of keys to free and secure the others. The fugitives Lloyd Horner Con Connors and Charlie White were described with ages heights and traits, with a reward and pursuit spreading through southern Montana.
Report from Virginia City says an early issue of the Saturday Evening Post will publish historical vigilante stories. The author is unnamed but noted for historical writing and includes illustrations of Virginia City and surrounding areas from the vigilante era. The Grasshopper camp and Bannack activities are likely to be covered.
Bids opened by the state highway commission in Helena include two Beaverhead county contracts for the 1929 program. J. H. Brown & Sons of Bozeman won the 12 mile Dillon to Daly's spur section for 73,963 dollars, not including graveling. W. G. Trippet of Whitefish bid 9,548 dollars for two concrete bridges over Ashbaugh slough and Grasshopper creek. Construction starts when weather allows and should finish by fall with early winter travel.
Dillon DeMolays attend the state convention in Helena with members Bert Orr Jr Amos Wright Rollin Thibadeau Frank Hazelbaker Jr Ralph Spencer Lorin Shaffner Floyd Howell Hiram Rodgers Ivan Shaw Herman Peterson Lewis Whitworth Kenneth Smith George Judge Einar Anderson and William Backus present at the gathering.
Beaverhead county commissioners will hold their regular monthly meeting on Monday February 4 and consider all claims against the county.
The Sheridan high school girls team defeated Beavereits Tuesday evening at Sheridan High School by a score of 42 to 10.
Dr. H. H. Scarborough traveled from Idaho Falls during the early part of the week to attend to professional matters.
Bergeson Motors Dillon reports from Seattle where lord agents of the northwest inspected Model A assembly and new welding tech. Ford aims to raise daily production to 10 000 cars by March 1 with taxicab town car and sport cabriolet in view. Dealers anticipate a banner 1929 and note policy of no forced yearly models.
Mrs. Martin Egan, born Della Bray in Bannack, a Beaverhead native and Dillon resident, died January 26 in Los Angeles. Survived by husband and three children Cornelius Josephine and Helen. Funeral held last Saturday in Los Angeles.
Sam Peterson arrived in town from his Big Hole basin ranch on Monday, signaling a routine visit to check on affairs and meet with local residents.
Beaverhead County faces higher taxes if the House passes the proposed bill. State figures show current and future valuations and tax rates, with mills at 4.333 and projected increases to pay for state purposes. A special livestock levy is noted, with values tripled at full valuation.
Carl Huntley a Big Hole basin rancher and prominent Spokane area businessman died last Wednesday from a throat related hemorrhage. He was 53, born January 29 1891 in Whitman County Washington. Survived by brothers Clark and Ralph and five sisters in Washington and Spokane and an adopted daughter Gladys. Funeral plans include shipment from Butte to Spokane.
Harold Price, a popular Beaverhead High athlete, was elected president of the student association after a close vote of 124 to 120 over Doyle Gordon. Anna Mautz was named secretary and Major Dansie became vice president as the new officers begin their term and the active semester is anticipated. Judge Lyman H. Bennett of Virginia City visited Dillon Thursday.
The January term of the district court plans a Friday morning hearing in the civil suit John Inabnit versus William Herman. John Collins leads for the plaintiff, Gilbert Gilbert & McFadden for the defense. Other actions include Crowley vs OConner Patrick, with witnesses and jury selection ongoing, and Ashworth vs Morse, verdict for Morse for 200.
Idaho Tigers overpower Montana State Normal 48 to 14 on Monday night. Sutton scores 17 for Idaho while Turman adds 11 as Lang leads the Normal quint with six points. Bulldogs host Intermountain Union Friday at the normal gym in Dillon with a junior high versus Twin Bridges orphan’s home preliminary.
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