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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1929
Page
4
The notice lists subscription options including one year six months and three months rates. It indicates delivery via the Dillon Post Office for second class mail transmission. The fragment references advance notices and postal handling procedures.
While in South America President Hoover urged care with terms for the United States and the Americas. Correspondents accompanying him were told not to use America to refer to the United States, noting Brazilians Argentines and Colombians object to the term. The piece discusses the ambiguity of America as a designation and Noah Webster’s call for a distinct national name.
Kentucky Governor Sampson calls for a nationwide survey to boost fair dealing in business. He criticizes widespread indifference and urges affirmative honesty as a public virtue to improve commerce.
In Miami Hoover receives Alfred E. Smith at the J C Penney home for a cordial 25 minute talk. Smith, flanked by John J. Raskob and William F. Kenney, declines press photos and says he meant every word of his congratulations. Hoover delays a Florida keys fishing trip due to storm warnings.
A fragmentary remark discusses honesty as a guiding principle and lauds Governor Sampson for promoting this virtue to boost public belief in honorable motives behind policy. The speaker emphasizes truth and right conduct as essential, noting broad approval of the principal aim.
A Ford development describes a four wheel brake system with a self centering feature that improves braking performance. The improvement is highlighted as an exclusive Ford technology.
Local notes report Glen Shaffer ill with measles affecting family plans. Roads between Dillon and Argenta are impassable in rough winds. Berg Christiansen moved sheep to home ranch to feed amid deep snow. Chris Bay bought cattle during a Dillon visit. Argenta trappers report heavy snow in the hills. Elder of the Argenta Mining Co. made a Saturday business trip.
Grant residents visited nearby towns and hosted guests this week. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Smith spent time in Dillon with relatives while Mr. Lyons of Armstead and Mrs. Agnes Pierce traveled to Grant. Others motored to Armstead Millpoint and Dillon for events and business.
The Junior class leads an in-house assembly with varied entertainment. Next week features a music program with two piano numbers by Mr. McFadden and Miss Booth. Superintendent Henry and Mrs. Henry travel to Spokane for Mrs. Henry’s mother’s death. Mr. Henry returns by week’s end. Basketball heads to Idaho and Utah for games, culminating with Intermountain Union at the Normal College gym Friday. Co-Ed prom Saturday at the residence halls, an annual event for women students. The operetta Lelawala by Charles Wakefield Cadman is staged February 7 and 8 in the college auditorium with the Glee Club and student performers, using Indian costumes from a Montana reservation. Tickets go on sale this week with reserves at Thomas Book Store from February 5. Lelawala promises to be among the finest Normal College productions.
A quotation discusses vicious habits as a strain on human nature and odious to individuals, arguing rational beings would avoid them even without fear of future punishment or exposure to God and man.
A Minneapolis Journal note debunks the common belief that ostriches bury their heads in sand to hide from danger. It clarifies the myth and explains the birds’ actual behavior with concise explanation.
An advertisement features Mrs Glenn Butler describing relief from stomach gas after using Adlerika. It claims the product removes old waste matter and improves meals and sleep, with G M Gosman noted as the druggist selling Adlerika.
Dillon fans await a three game stretch for the Beavers with two at home and one in Butte. They head to Butte Friday to face the Bulldogs on their floor and return Saturday for a high profile clash with Whitehall. Central follows with a Tuesday rematch against the Maroons as they aim to end a recent skid.
A discussion notes that hay hands resist using pitchforks and one man contends hay hands will accept pitchforks that have comfortable seats. The exchange shows a humorous dispute over tool comfort in rural work.
An old man strolling with children on a boardwalk lost a brown paper bag to a mischievous elephant famed for stealing parcels. The elephant grabbed the bag, but the bag spilled open revealing a South American cactus needle pointed inside, provoking a sharp reaction from onlookers.
The saying reflects repeated serving to water until breakage. It appears in Cervantes Don Quixote as so many times the pitcher goes to the fountain. Earlier French source Gautier de Coinet also records a similar idea centuries before.
A British India report says Surya grass is used to produce match sticks at Sholapur. Grass cut to two inches is processed, dipped in a chemical mixture, dried, and packed into boxes. Burma paraffin and chemical mix yield 7 000 boxes per batch, with matches selling at 26 cents a gross.
Field and Stream reports Joel Barber tracing reed duck decoys used by American natives long before Columbus. Early reed dummies shaped like ducks were feathered to mimic real birds and found with arrowheads on dried lake beds in Nevada. The practice suggests extensive precontact duck hunting.
A Sunday evening gathering turns humorous when the erudite twelve year old son quips about a jelly mold calling it the leaning tower of Palsy. The remark, made during dessert, adds an unintended flourish to the quiet family moment.
A fragment notes many varieties of big head and calls them objectionable. It jokes that the only one altered by “big Wife's money” is the object of the remark, attributed to the Fort Worth Record Telegram.
In court Mrs. J. O. Cor win asked if she had proof of her husband's means and replied that he is always playing poker and always losing.
A Louisiana mother recounts how Foley's Honey and Tar eased her child's severe cough with paroxysms. She praises the medicine as valuable and non addictive, noting its use for croup measles cough and wheezing. The message appears as a testimonial endorsing the product via a local drugstore association.
Listing offers 760 acres in Centennial valley near Red Rock lakes with water and sheep range potential and possible 500 tons hay. Suitable as summer home or hunting lodge. Trade possible for California property. Contact John R. Hedley at 612 West Park St Butte Montana. Also ads note 828 acres grazing land in Centennial Valley 12 miles from Monida Idaho for $500 cash via Parma Idaho Box.
Wanted hear from owner ranch for sale cash price details. Contact D Bush Minneapolis Minnesota.
100 tons good alfalfa and wild hay in stock one mile from Dillon including pasture. See Lorain Spencer Dillon or write O M Corwin Company Great Falls Mont. wpAdv. 1-4.
Safe buy. I have profitable sheep and cattle ranches and diversified farms in desirable land. All sizes available to set. Now's the time to buy. C. Newman, Dillon, Mont.
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