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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1920
Page
7
One thousand Butte housewives in the Butte Consumers League pledge not to use eggs until prices drop from 65 to 90 cents a dozen to about 40 to 50 cents. Each member vows to enroll three friends in the boycott. The rest of the clipping notes health and state budgets, court actions, and local incidents.
Helena reports the state board of equalization adopted the assessors favored Edgerton forms while rejecting Edgerton, executive assistant in the board office, and a Lewis and Clark County official debate. Officials said Edgerton’s version overreached in listing household goods details, requiring excessive clerical labor. The adopted form is simpler and deemed feasible, while the rejected form failed to meet current staffing and legal requirements.
Montana's postal savings deposits totaled 1 262 977 for the year ranking sixteenth among states. The state saw a decline of 83 500 from the previous year. Butte led Montana with 2 242 accounts totaling 046 967, while Helena held 150 accounts for 43 709.
United States census enumerators in Montana began January 2, with three districts and an aim to finish in 30 days. Butte is the largest city with an estimated 80,000 names, possible total 750,000 to 800,000 for the state.
Helena Union Bank & Trust posts a $500 reward for information leading to Earl B Fallon 25 a former clerk who vanished weeks after a robbery of a registered package containing $40 000 Charles Stevens a bank messenger found gagged tied in a shed on North Main street allegedly confessed the heist was a fraud and implicated Fallon
Great Falls-Many Montana wool growers in this section of the state confidently expect to get 60 cents a pound for the 1920 wool clip, following word of offers of Boston buyers in the southern field which range from that price upward. The Montana product has always commanded a higher price than the southern clips and wool believe they will score higher once more.
Lieutenant Etienne Poulet a French filer clashed with a huge vulture during a flight over Siam mountains near Moulmain. The bird struck and shattered the right propeller causing Poulet to abandon the race after a lengthy search for a landing spot. Captain Roos Smith was also in the contest but the encounter ended Poulet’s bid.
Five year old Jack and seven year old Henry listen as the rector explains a church expansion campaign. On the way home Jack asks who posted the posters and Henry replies God did it, citing Mr Browne’s remark that the expansion is God’s work.
A reader reflects on a film viewing by an intellectual friend. The friend, versed in Latin and Greek, refrains from highlighting grammatical errors in the subtitles, earning praise for restraint. The remark appeared in the Birmingham Age-Herald.
Practical reports from cow-testing associations show how isolating high producers boosts dairy profits. Associations cite butterfat yields, increased fat per cow, and lower expenses while raising overall production. Members note shifts to feeding cows by capacity and production, reflecting improved herd efficiency.
The piece argues there are more people to feed and if prices drop dairy demand will rise. It warns against selling dairy cows and notes many farmers lack sufficient milk while butter substitutes are heavily consumed yearly.
A herd bull in heavy service should be fed grain. A ration of 6 parts oats 2 parts barley or speltz 2 parts bran 1 part oilmeal plus good upland wild hay forms a balanced feed.
Many dairymen have cows freshen in the fall so profitable work is provided for farm hands in the winter when work may be slack on average farms.
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