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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1922
Page
1
The Boy Scouts of America marks its 12th anniversary dating from 1910 with charter by Congress in 1916 and 530000 members. It highlights the Scout Oath emphasizing duty to God and country, helping others, staying physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
The crack Academy of Idaho defeated M.S.N.C. 27 to 10 Tuesday evening in the high school gymnasium. The Idahoans dominated on defense and fast passes, while locals missed several close tosses and struggled to adjust. Diggle Emerick recently returned from a hospital in Butte and is regaining strength.
The county board approves a graveling project along a three mile stretch from Featherly lane to the city limits. County Engineer Chapman and Louis Stahl oversee, with 20 to 30 teams from local farmers hauling and dumping gravel under a sliding pay scale. Completion expected within a month.
Rancher J. J. Hubbard died from a heart attack Friday afternoon while riding to town with a load of logs after feeling ill the day prior. His son raced to summon a doctor but Hubbard died before reaching help. He was born July 18 1876 near Madison Wisconsin and married Maud Mengel in 1899. The couple had six sons Cecil Leeland Lyle Allen Harold and William. The family had lived on a Beaverhead County homestead since 1915 before moving to Dillon three years ago for the children's school. A funeral was held Monday at the Mountain View cemetery.
Beaverhead county team lost three straight games on a recent trip with defeats by Anaconda and Missoula high schools. The varsity fell 28 14 in Anaconda, while the Missoula games ended 24 20 and 26 34 after a close first half. Deer Lodge and Dillon were set to play on the local floor with Butte high upcoming and Mines versus the Normal.
Beaverhead Post of the American Legion announced Terry Browning will lead the minstrel act for the annual two hour show on March 8 and 9 in Dillon. Rehearsals begin soon as the committee finalizes acts with Normal College students, high school thespians, and local talent.
Two motor bikes collide at the Pacific Sebree intersection. Paul Stahl suffers two broken ribs and other injuries as his bike slams into Emery Smiths car causing damage to a porch and fenders. Smith pleads guilty to speeding and pays a 25 dollar fine after the police court ruling.
W. S. Marshall outlined a federal aid road plan to the county board. Aimed at a north south route from Melrose or Point of Rocks to Monida, the proposal could require an $800,000 bond election. The board postponed action and Marshall will revisit the route in spring to assess needed construction.
Montana officials discuss how federal aid funds are apportioned 63 percent to the state and 2 percent to Montana, with the rest to other states. The highway system would use 16 foot wide gravel roads with limited grades and curves, funded by bonds repaid over 80 years. Commissioners question bond taxes despite anticipated benefits from a trunk route to points like Point of Rocks and Beaverhead development.
C G Gosman through attorney C W Robison filed in district court a complaint seeking a restraining order and injunction to stop transferring National Oil Shale assets to Chicago Dillon Oil Shale company a common law trust. A February 20 hearing date was set to show cause why the injunction should not be granted. The filing alleges January 31 stockholders meeting was illegal and calls for a proper meeting. Silk stockings never made a lady, or neither did cotton ones.
W. W. Wellman of Helena argues that cooperative marketing associations raise farmer incomes by enabling fair profit marketing. He notes how such groups have added hundreds of thousands of dollars to communities and cites Montana poultry and eggs as undersupplied locally, with large shipments from outside.
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