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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1940
Page
4
A look back across decades notes 1891 tales of C. Scott’s Spokane bank post and local injuries from horsefalls and cold, with Arthur Furrer now running a Pocatello bakery, cashiers and stage lines, and 1920 notes on illness travel, cattle shipments, political moves, and school recitals in Dillon Virginia City and nearby areas.
From the 1900 Tribune report: two of the largest engines on the Short Line were weighed on the B A and P tracks at Rocker. One engine carried 20 loads and the other 19 into Silver Bow without a helper. A Dillon boy was found guilty of rock throwing at a Chinaman and fined $20. A man with a single team hauled about 65 bales of hay. The Monida and Yellowstone stage line plans new coaches. Dillon youths organized the Twentieth Century club. George Tash visited as special deputy. The depot thermometer dropped to 32 degrees below zero at 2 am.
A mass meeting in Dillon heard attorney John R. Wheeler representing Gilmore and Pittsburg company pledge that a $10,000 donation will secure a terminal site and allow the Armstead to Dillon railroad to be built this year with work to start after winter. A fundraising committee was named by Governor B F White and Wheeler said funds would be raised by tomorrow evening. Mrs Carter narrowly escaped injury when a rifle bullet shattered a window where she had sat moments earlier. The bullet lodged in a chair she had been using as she left.
The Dillon Ski Club invites the general public to Elkhorn this Sunday to watch skiing and inspect the new course and tow now in use this season. Meals will be served at Elkhorn Lodge by Mr and Mrs Ross Hill of Jackson. Travel is reported easy with plowed roads, and snow continues to cover the eastern slope run for late season fun. John Tangil of Butte district attorney has been nominated by President Roosevelt for another term.
A column argues that despite global calamity and tyranny, Bible sales rise in Germany China and Japan and the Bible's influence remains a moral beacon. It notes the popularity of lectures in America and prices for famed speakers, plus Britain’s wartime oil routes and a look at aging science and future longevity.
A collage of editorial commentary discusses the impact of printing, a humorous leap year aside, and instruction on filing income tax returns for 1939. It covers calendar quirks, the Gregory calendar, and tips to avoid common filing errors with references to exemptions and deductions.
A history of Montana's live stock industry advances during 1940 as part of the Montana Writers' project. Michael Kennedy, state supervisor, directs Elwood Boucher in Dillon to collect county by county data from old-time stockmen, records, diaries, and other authentic sources with support from state agencies and sponsors.
Rural school campaigns raised 107.50 for tuberculosis seals this year led by chair Margaret Sweeney, slightly below last year’s 108.94. Dillon report pending as money still comes in to Mrs Loren Davis of the Dillon Shakespeare club. lists show per-school totals from Bannack to Lakeview.
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