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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1926
Page
11
Travelers docking at Madeira face a choice among lunch sets, pillow cases, tea cloths, doilies, and delicate linen baby dresses. Shops in Funchal offer fine handwork, while itinerant vendors sell wares from boats. Visitors may also ride the toboggan sleds down Terriero da Lucha.
A historical overview traces United States railroading from early English beginnings to modern clashes with motor trucks and stages. It notes promoters fighting for a start, canal and stage interests resisting progress, public prejudice, and shifts in attitudes as technology evolved and taxation increased.
The writer argues that railroads will abandon opposition to motor trucks and stages as a cost effective shift in transportation. They foresee railways embracing these new methods and integrating them into their systems, noting adoption is cheaper than resistance. January Sunset.
An analysis by a major life company's statistics department shows Americans pay about 3.5 billion dollars annually for all insurance at roughly 32 dollars per person. Property insurance totals around 1 billion, life insurance about 2.5 billion, with industrial life insurance at 464 million annually, over 20 percent of old line legal reserve life premiums. Fire policies lead with 718 million in premiums, followed by life at 60 billion coverage. Other lines include cyclone and tornado 26 million, ocean marine 39.6 million, inland marine 24.2 million, hail 11.9 million, and plate glass 15.3 million.
The piece highlights large scale insurance use with 69 million industrial life policies in force. It describes insurance companies as cooperative organizations built by people to safeguard themselves, forming vast capital from policyholders. It argues insurers are essential economic bulwarks supporting growth, prosperity, and national solidity.
The Beaverhead Abstract Company lists real estate transfers recorded in its title books for the week ending December 26 1925. Transactions involve parcels of land conveyed between multiple parties, with deeds filed and recorded in the local registry. Records include property located within the Beaverhead area and reflect typical transfer activity of the period.
United States issues two land patents to Edgar B. Rife for 160 acres and 480 acres located west of Kidd. Statement notes conveyance of these parcels by the U.S. government.
Notification records grant H A Stone ownership actions on United States lode mining claims in Bryant unorganized mining district covering South Avon and West Avon locations with formal patent or claim status.
Coy J Brown and wife transfer a half interest in water from Horse Prairie Creek to J Am brose Brown. Charles Fabac transfers a one third interest in 3820 acres near Apex to Matt Fabac and Martin Fabac.
Annie E. Nelson as administratrix of the William H. Mackay estate transfers 298.54 acres near Big Hole Basin to William A. Pahnish. The transaction appears in a probate or land conveyance notice reflecting a clear parcel description and the parties involved.
A. L. Stone and wife convey by bargain and sale deed to the Beloit College board of trustees a tract of 310.56 acres on Dillon Bench.
George T. Banks as administrator of the estate of William Jesse Allen conveys two lots in block 13 of Stahl's addition to Dillon to Interstate Building & Loan Association. An order confirms the sale of real estate in the estate of William H. Mackey, deceased.
Ford K Gillam transfers land to J P Lossl near Wisdom. Quartz, Jumbo and Columbus lodes listed by various claimants in Argenta and Sheep Creek districts. Curfew No 1 and Amaranth lode entries noted above Argenta on West Side creek. Snowshoe rabbits in Cascade mountains described with winter adaptations. Ancient Maya time-keeping systems praised as more accurate than later methods.
A Portland fire department sender confessed to starting 38 fires, with approximate property losses totaling $524,000. The case details the arson spree and its financial impact on the city.
Editor notes praise the educational program and lists names from baseball leagues, then presents multiple puzzles with wordplay and brainteasers. It invites readers to submit solutions for credits and potential prizes and mentions a “Quiz Club” button for top contributors.
An advert offers Foley remedies with a ten cent bottle and free samples from Foley & Co in Chicago. The note mentions a monument planned in Prombiers, France for Robert Fulton and notes Eli Whitney as a gunsmith who introduced standardized parts and division of labor in his New Haven gun shop.
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