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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1913
Page
5
Lewistown January meeting of Commercial Club leaders outlines steps to promote diversified farming in Judith Basin. Plan aims to boost productivity by planting cows hogs poultry and varied crops with agronomist guidance and spring cow shipments to assist homesteaders.
An advertisement extols old age as natural and wise, then warns of common digestive issues. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy taken after supper to improve digestion, tone the liver, regulate bowels, and lift mood, ending with a dealer-sold note.
The Montana State Fair commission invited house members to Helena to visit the grounds. The equipment value is $102,000 and 25,000 feet of canvas were used at the last fair. Premiums totaled $22,476 versus $3,000 in 1903. Entries for 1912 numbered 6,888, up from 1,800 in 1903.
Health warning notes that chilled and wet feet can cause congestion of internal organs and kidney and bladder inflammation with rheumatic back pain. The ad promotes Foley Kidney Pills as the best non habit forming medicine, with tonic action and quick results, from Potts the druggist.
Dominic Cyr, founder of the town of Cyr west of Missoula, adds twins to a family of eighteen children. Seven girls and one boy previously born, the latest twins arriving Thursday night. Cyr, a ranchman, has lived at Cyr since his 1889 marriage.
Mrs Bruce Crawford of Niagra Missouri writes Dr King s New Discovery changed our boy from pale weak and sick to the picture of health. It tastes nice and is harmless and safe for colds coughs throat and lung troubles. Buy it at Potts the druggist s.
W C McFarland aged 60 and deputy postmaster at Garrison died by suicide in Deer Lodge. He shot himself in the head with a pistol, troubled by ill health and the loss of a registered package containing 2000 dollars. He had resided in Garrison for many years.
James Merritt of Edmonton Alberta writes to Army headquarters that Mrs Pearl Nicholson may be wandering in Montana seeking her husband. He asks Montana newspapers publish that her husband was killed at the Edmonton freight yards in December.
A vintage medicinal advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for irritated throat and lungs. It claims relief for chronic cough tickling throat and hacking cough and urges continued use once started. Available at Potts the druggist.
The Helena Prickly Pear irrigation project unit started February 1 with water turning into ditches. The electrical plant operated perfectly and will undergo testing until May 1 before regular service begins. This major project irrigates about 8,000 acres with later units planned to cover over 40,000 more.
An advertisement urges readers to take Electric Bitters to combat weakness, fatigue, and illness while emphasizing strength and vigor from the first dose. It promises guaranteed satisfaction and notes the price as 50 cents at Potts the druggist.
Sundays feature low mass at 8 and high mass at 10 30 on the first and second Sundays each month. Fourth Sunday offers low masses at 8 and 10 30 with Sunday school after the late mass. Evening devotions are at 7 30. Masses in Dillon on the first, second and fourth Sundays and in Lima and Melrose on the third Sunday. Rev D Foley Pastor.
The St James Episcopal Church on the corner of Washington and Glendale lists Rev. W S Watson as rector Holy communion at 7 30 a m every Sunday Morning prayer at 11 a m Evening prayer at 730 p m and Sunday school at 945 a m.
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church at Bannack and Washington streets lists weekly events led by Rev. Jesse Lacklen. Sunday school at 10 a.m. with Prof. F. HB Garver, superintendent. morning worship at 11 a.m. Epworth League meeting for young people at 6:45 p.m. Evening worship at 7:30 p.m. Prayer and Bible study Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Presbyterian Church at the corner of Pacific and Glendale streets lists Sunday schedule with Rev. E. V. Ostrander as pastor. Morning sermon at 11 o'clock Sabbath school at noon Christian Endeavor at 7 p.m. Evening worship at 7 30 o'clock.
Rev. Thomas Anderson presides at Sabbath school at 10 oclock and worship at 11 oclock with evening services at 730 oclock. The notice mentions church location on Idaho and Se bree streets and provides service times for the day.
Report of the condition of The First National Bank at Dillon Montana as of February 4 1913 shows resources including loans and discounts 31650090.16 overdrafts 20405.66 U S bonds 60000 notes 1695 cash items 2593.95 reserves 86933.00 and notes receivable. Bank officials certify the sworn statement. A court trial on Marcus Sudetich resulted in a 10 dollar minimum fine. Also a note on baled hay advantages and farming advice.
A reader from Arlington, Arizona asks how sorghum affects soil nutrients and how to kill Johnson grass. The advice notes sorghum uses moisture heavily, suggests heavy fall plowing and harrowing, followed by sowing small grain or millet, periodic cutting for hay, and thorough cultivation and drainage to exhaust Johnson grass over time.
R H Munday of London Ontario explains that dirty tannery salts offer no real fertilizing value for crops as they lack nitrogen phosphorus potassium and calcium. For onions a fertile soil with high available potassium is beneficial and potassium fertilizers like sulphate of potash may outperform others. Stable manure helps but adds weed seeds. apply in fall and lime presence aids onion crops.
The Illinois state commission on marriage, organized as a full committee of experts, concludes love is flawed, marriage often fails, and divorce is an ineffective remedy. Proposals include a uniform license law with 15 days county residence, 10 days notice, and disclosures under oath. a divorce examination bill. and heightened fraud scrutiny led by Judge Walter Bordwell.
Conductor S L Muller of Norfolk Nebraska aboard the Bonesteel division of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway endorses Foley Kidney Pills. He states he has used them with very satisfactory results and recommends their use for anyone with kidney trouble. Ad from Potts the druggist.
The piece compares direct compensation acts with insurance laws, noting 11 states plus England adopt compensation systems. It lists New York California Illinois Kansas Michigan Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey Rhode Island Wisconsin Arizona as options. It mentions Washington as similar to Murphy Bill, and Massachusetts Ohio Maryland with modified acts. It cites recent enactment trends and a pending U S supreme court outcome on New York’s law.
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