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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1926
Page
5
A report states nearly 32 million copies of daily papers are printed for each weekday throughout the year. Separately, it notes that when the protozoa in white ants' digestive tracts that help break down their wood are killed, the ants starve.
Physiologists note sleep period transforms food into life and warn that excessive work disrupts the body. The text argues humans rebel against rest, overwork leads to fatigue, high blood pressure, and the need for a ten day country life to recover. A night to day misalignment is deemed a violation of natural law.
A lengthy column cites beliefs of the Batagni Congo natives about monkeys descending from disgraced men. It notes electric power promises, debates on divorce, and a Milwaukee exorcism tale of Beelzebub possessing a woman.
The text argues population grows by about two percent annually, roughly 2,000,000 per year, while business and prosperity increase twice as quickly, and asserts we should be prosperous.
Helena assessors revised livestock schedules with sheep up from last year and autos taxed by factory price with staged deductions over five years. Cattle values stay similar, horses slightly down. bucks and yearlings priced per grade. Treasurers would collect auto licenses with property tax, liens possible, and grazing land now valued at about 1.03 dollars per acre for tax.
Stockton, president of the Montana Farm Bureau, told assessors that farmers are not objecting to valuations if they are equitable across classes, but seek lower expenditures.
The report highlights a January record with temperatures from freezing to 60 above, snow being hauled in southern Alaska for roads, heavy snow in San Antonio, Texas, and cold England. It notes October as the coldest in 46 years, a 100 percent October beet harvest shift in Montana, and widespread frost and drought contrasts across regions.
The text notes a shift from night to day warmth as spring approaches, mentions no direct descendants of ancient cave men in Europe, and cites the Great Nebula in Andromeda as the most distant known object at about 6 quintillion miles away.
A January survey tallies 12 357 eating establishments within two blocks of Times Square in New York City. The figure highlights the density of dining venues in the area and reflects urban culinary activity.
Department of the Interior U S Land Office at Great Falls Montana January 80 1926 notice states Kristen Peter Larsen of Alder Montana filed for three year final proof to establish claim to lands in sections 17 20 21 29 township 9 south range 5 west principal meridian. He names as witnesses Charles O Fries Jinks Thompson both of Alder Edward J Corn George McMurrick both of Dillon and is to appear before F A Hazelbaker U S Commissioner in Dillon Montana March 23 1926. W E Bennett Register.
Karl L Heil of Grant Montana files intention to make three year final proof to establish a homestead claim on S 44 N or SE Y N SW M S EM SW in section 24 township 9 south range 11 west with witness names Alas Hansen Luther C Stocker Henry Barden truce J Metlen. Public hearing before F A Hazelbaker at Dillon on March 12 1926.
Department of the Interior announces Merrill KF Daum of 808 Coach Building Portland Oregon filed mining claims for SW4y section 6 township 10 south range 9 west and SIEM section 6 township 10 south range 9 west with Helena Great Falls reference. Hearing before U S Commissioner Kenneth Frazier in Portland February 26 1926 with witnesses F A Hazelbaker Dillon Montana and several Armstead Montana residents. Land described under Great Falls and Helena serials. W J Bennett.
Antone George sues August Wermter in Beaverhead County Montana district court seeking 2000 plus 6 percent interest, 205.20 at 10 percent, and costs including attorney fees. The action forecloses a mortgage on lands recorded in Book 82, page 232 and names Redrife as clerk with C. W. Robison as attorney. First publication February 5, 1926.
Jorgen Viggo Olesen of Box 121 Dillon Montana files notice of intention to make three year final proof to establish claim to East Half of East Half Section 9 Township 7 South Range 7 West Principal Meridian. Proof before Fred Rife Clerk March 5 1926 with Hugh J. Sweeney George B. Russell Albert J. Faust and John A. Holtz of Dillon Montana listed.
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