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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1919
Page
3
The term junker refers to a noble Prussian landowner and officer class member whose aristocratic beliefs shaped Prussian policy. Since 1862 it has referred to reactionaries seeking to preserve exclusive social military and political privileges.
The article notes the spread of Babaism led by Abdul Baha Abbas Effendi after escaping Turkish persecution. Founder Bahaullah, Baha’s father, established the faith and sent his son to preach. Abdul Baha, called servant of humanity, gained friends in the Orient, aided the poor, and formed colonies in Chicago and Kenosha.
Charley Brown a 4 yard brakeman earned over $100 a season by muskrat pelts after the war. Muskrats blocked the interlocking switch at signal tower C by eating grease, wedging into switchpoints and delaying an express passenger train. The rat was crushed by the lever, stopping the plant.
The belt of I beria along the Trans Siberian railway spans 6000 miles and hosts about 20 million people. Before the war German firms controlled foreign trade there, likely to push hard to regain it as normal commerce resumes. Yet, restructured railway routes point east to Vladivostok, offering American access to vast markets in eastern Siberia.
The Philadelphia scholar Thomas C Ely recalls his son Lieutenant William Ely at Fort McPherson Atlanta. He describes heroism of Negro troops who faced shell fire and machine gun fusillades. A German officer captive says gas had no effect, as troops pressed on despite danger and fear.
Yale University has purchased the Noah Webster house at Grove and Temple streets as part of a plan to expand dormitories for the Sheffield Scientific School. The building, once home to Webster during his New Haven years, served as quarters for U S troops in World War I and was associated with notable figures like Morse and Eli Whitney. The late Frederick W. Van derbilt of New York has already funded two large dormitories for the project.
Lieut. Harry B. Henderson recalls light moments on the front including a red rose on his camp table a painted Austrian shell paper-weight and a gunner in a Prince Isaac coat pushing a baby buggy loaded with potatoes and dynamite for a laugh amid strain the tale ends with a note on cooties and proprieties.
Canadian papers comment on Japanese expansion in Siberia. Agents of Japanese syndicates seek to purchase mines mills brickworks and sawmills and other industrial assets while expanding commercial influence. Japanese firms, newly established at Vladivostok, enlarge operations to capture regional trade. Scouts scour Siberia and Manchuria for scrap iron hides wool bristles beans and other products needed in Japan.
A Texas prairie site will host a spring unveiling of a bronze statue depicting a man and horse. The memorial honors Charles Noyes of Melvin, killed in a range accident three years ago. Sculptor Pompeo Coppini portrays the six foot four ranch youth with a sixteen-hand horse. Coppini is also working on Chicago’s heroes monument.
Andrew D White, prominent American diplomat, owned a vast private library of about 40 000 volumes built over a lifetime. The collection focused on world history and was bequeathed to Cornell University after his death.
Before the conflict Russia depended on 6 million yearly scythes with Siberia supplying about half. About 4.5 million were imported and the rest made domestically. Latest reports say there are hardly any scythes to be found as Russian industry stalls and imports are halted.
The Tribune of Dillon Montana announces free answers from the U S Bureau of Naturalization on naturalization laws declarations of intention second papers citizenship rights and English classes. Readers send questions with name and address for direct reply and column publication.
Notice states Beaverhead County Montana registration for the Dillon city election closes Friday March 7 1919 at 6 pm. Electors must register before voting and may register at the county clerk’s Dillon courthouse or with a justice of the peace or notary public. Those who did not vote last general election or moved wards must transfer registration. Vera M. Baker is county clerk and registrar. 6-9
Beaverhead County Montana election notice sets April 7 1919 in Lima for registered electors to vote. Clerks announce registration required for those who did not vote at the last general election and have not yet registered. Electors transfer to the ward of their residence per law.
An offer promises 10 percent interest and 16 percent of net profits from farming 50 or 100 irrigated acres near Dillon. It claims a nine month return of about 67 percent and 89 percent annualized, with principal returned, and directs writing to Box 425 Dillon Montana for details.
For sale an eight room two story brick house with hot water heat, full basement and attic, three minutes from business center. Terms reasonable. Apply A. 8. Rise, 207 Ritest, Dillon, Montana. $1,100. WANTED Would like to lease 200 or 300 acres irrigation grain land near Dillon. We have stock and equipment. C. P. and Q Ranch Company, Inc. Dillon, Mont.
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