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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1924
Page
8
A Wisconsin man credits Pe-ru-na with restoring health after a ten year stomach catarrh and a weight drop to 135 pounds. He reports weight rose to 195 pounds after using the remedy for years and urges readers to keep Pe-ru-Na at home.
Lewistown reports local oil men show strong interest in Absaroka Oil company's announced plan to conduct another test of the Woman's Pocket structure, signaling renewed exploration activity in the area.
Dillon readers note frequent local traffic of visitors and residents. Miss Grace Smith from Armstead teaches nearby, Walter Bennett from Bedrock visits, Herb Arnold visits Dillon from Centennial Valley, and the Lennox Roberts group travels to Willow Creek.
Seavers CEO Mr Harry Schuler clerk of our school returned from Spokane trip Friday. Mrs Nels Nelson visited Tuesday. A card party will be held Friday to raise funds for a dental chair. Miss O Leary visited Butte with Mr and Mrs George Hapter.
Mr and Mrs W F Drummey report their son John E Drummey in Washington DC this week saying he assisted Grawler & Sons morticians in arranging and directing Woodrow Wilson's funeral. Drummey heads Seattle firm Bonney-Watson and attended a convention of National Select Monticians, invited to help during President Wilson's death.
Mr G P Hughes feeds about 60 calves for the April stock show. Beaverhead high school animal husbandry class visited the lot. Calves gain well and are fed about 8 pounds of grain per head daily. Lewistown report notes 300 barrel well at Dobson No 4 Cat Creek Sidney. Yellowstone Mercantile Co reports strong 1928 sales rise.
A public Community Sing is set for February 22 at 8 o clock in the old school building. Children will perform patriotic numbers from their regular studies. Pastor Pritchard and family have moved into the Baptist parsonage this week.
A Dillon ranch keg of syrup vanished the night before a candy pull for local youths. Mr Scully asks for the return of the empty keg. The Boston Globe reports Mrs Lincoln to receive 15000 dollars and a pension while investing 65000 in bonds. New schoolhouse seats improve Lyceum comfort and safety.
An advertisement notes the Old Stand barber shop on Montana Street rejects aging stage drivers and whiskey bum mers, promising brisk service for runners and other customers.
In Lima on Monday the new public school building opened for educational use. Ground floor rooms filled quickly with pupils, and attendance exceeded expectations. Teachers and students prepare exercises for February 22. Bannack reports Prince Henry Bismark Albert has rented a house and no longer sleeps on the dredge due to ice cracking noise disturbing his rest.
The Big Hole basin residents express frustration with county road work and propose annexation to Silver Bow. They note local funding can build roads and bridges, with assessor costs shared for taxes. Sheridan reports strong winter freight roads and Foster teams serving merchants. The Montanian jokes about bachelor voters at Thompson Falls and solicits marriageable women. City Hall shines with electric lights from a donated system, unbothered by taxpayers.
At a Bea verhead club mass meeting Attorney John R Wheeler for Gilmore Pittsburg Railroad promised Dillon a terminal site if the city raises 10000 by Saturday to fund it The plan envisions a Armstead to Dillon railroad this year with work starting after winter Gov B F White organized the fundraising and Senator and Mrs E O Selway hosted Gov Norris and wife during their Dillon visit The week saw a horse sale at the stockyards with hundreds of head sold at strong prices attracting buyers from across the country.
Montana shows the largest rise in dairy cows, with a 111 percent increase over 12 years, the highest percentage gain in the United States during the period.
Lewistown reports early operations include completing the Mosby Consolidated well at Cat Creek as part of ongoing energy development plans in the region.
Mrs Corabel Ambrose and Mrs Mildred Thurman, well known in Dillon, publish a new Montana song titled In Old Montana with descriptive words and pleasing music. It is on sale at the Tribune Book Store Dillon for 50 cents ready selling to those who know the authors.
A mail order promotion from Chamberlain Medicine Co Des Moines Iowa invites readers to send name and address with 5 cents and the clipped slip to receive a trial package. The kit includes Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Stomach and Liver Tablets and Salve for burns wounds piles and skin ailments. Time and copy limits prevent further details.
For sale or lease or bond is the Lost Cloud high grade silver mine group in Polaris district. Six full patented claims Silver King Southern Cross Summit Montezuma Solitaire and Firehole. Discovered in 1884 by Captain J L Cochrane. Polaris claim sold for over 75000. Operated by Cochrane or grants to present year. Cash or terms to responsible parties. James L Cochrane 227 Orr Street Dillon Montana.
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