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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1920
Page
7
The latest census by Indian commissioner Cato Sells shows 12 188 Indians and mixed bloods in Montana on reservations with growing irrigation and dry farming. Crows Fort Belknap Flathead tribes report rising cultivation and good yields across reservations.
Montana ends its open season on all game including elk, deer, grouse and ducks. About 4,000 elk were slaughtered in the Upper Yellowstone country during the just closed season. The year produced unusually good hunting for all game and a strong fishing season. Deputy C A Robinson reports Joe Halle, a German alien, was convicted for falsifying a statement and buying a resident license at Glacier Park September 5, with a $25 fine.
Helena reports W. J. Swindlehurst state commissioner of labor becomes federal director of the Montana employment bureau with Major Charles L. Sheridan as assistant, salary $1 yearly. The move signals federal withdrawal from direct office funding while state authorities run the service and provide forms to local bureaus.
Helena reports that under the new Montana tax system most overlooked property will remain invisible to assessors. New tax forms have been distributed by John Edgerton to counties, including a single totals sheet and eight schedules detailing property for merchants bankers and farmers.
Livingston reports a Montana Game Warden J L De Hart ruled mounted elk heads killed in season are game and cannot be shipped out of state to hunters who left heads for mounting. The decision hinges on state game laws that prohibit shipping game after the season closes. Taxidermists and express firms seek permits but are refused under the ruling.
M. Marechal, famed French aviator, and his wife visit the United States. He was the only allied pilot to drop pamphlets over Berlin during the war. He previously flew across Germany to Russia, was captured, and escaped in a German general's uniform.
Helena report says Wellington D. Rankin of Helena has been appointed to the state board of bar examiners following the resignation of C. B. Spaulding. Spaulding retired after criticizing the recent bar exam as too strict while noting many applicants failed.
Thief steals about $3,000 in pay checks from the Great Northern railroad cashier’s office after hours on Christmas Eve. The loss was found when the office reopened, two checks already cashed by local merchants a meat dealer and a clothing merchant.
A Popular Mechanics example shows Nottingham England running student banks like ordinary banks. Children use ledgers to record deposits withdrawals and balances. Local banks hold deposits and quarterly audits occur with teachers as tellers. Small 2 cent deposits accepted. 104 banks serve 15 234 depositors totaling 19 128 dollars.
The wireless telephone of Dr Lee De Forest is described as compact and table ready with connection to the electric light circuit It can carry on conversations within a 25 mile radius Sound wave adjusters prevent others from listening and the inventor says the device is simple enough for a child to operate.
Silver Bow county bought an 80 acre tract south of Butte for 4750 to serve as a landing field for airplane use by Deer Lodge forest planes and trans continental mail. Montana fuel offices are closing as thefts hit a Butte drugstore. The round up includes church rebuilding plans, bank warrants, student earnings, and local notices of births, marriages, and accidents.
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