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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1931
Page
4
A brief exhortation praises making a church a home and visiting regularly. It urges regular attendance and participation to strengthen character and set an example for children and neighbors during a go to church month in February.
Ernest Harmon, Francis Tonney and Harlan Harrison of Troop 42 received First Class rank from Lambert Eliel. Thomas Luebben of Troop 14 and Kenneth Barry of Troop 42 were noted for First Class rank. Merit Badges were presented by J B Kelly to Scouts Waldron Boger and others for athletics swimming pioneering bird study pathfinding civics reptile study electricity reading handicraft carpentry personal health signaling and more.
Beaverhead county mourns F B Layhe Madison county court stenographer who died at his Virginia City home after a lingering illness. He had recently left Barrett hospital following a brief illness and was improving before his passing last Friday.
Fin Fingerson longtime Matt Anderson ranch herder died at Barrett hospital after a brief illness. Private funeral services were held Sunday at Brundage chapel with burial in Mountain View cemetery. He was about 50 and is believed to have relatives in North Dakota.
Forty years ago Emery threatened actions in the Dakotas Indian troubles crowd the papers. Dillon beer war erupts as a retail house opens and Milwaukee brew imports spread. George Dart Jr plans a mustache growth. Marshal Mulaney seeks city funds for waking streetlamps. Eagle Rock Idaho renamed Idaho Falls.
From the Tribune dated January 11 1901 Sheriff Padley responds to a shooting report in Medicine Lodge with no injuries found and vows to curb careless gun use while pursuing the offender. Eril H Brundage provides a coffin for Rochester town measuring sixty feet three inches long sixty six inches wide and twenty six inches deep after no suitable stock could be found locally.
List of transfers and quitclaims for week ending January 3 1981 includes Clay J Perry to Mary Kruletz 640 acres near Armstead Carter Livestock Co to Carolyn Edinger near Dillon and other property transfers Blacktail Deer Creek valley Barnett addition Dillon I B Mining Co and Mary Gist to I B Mining Co FF W Allison and Jack Schwarz to Qvis Placer mining claim Bannack district right of way easements bids for state highway projects with details on bidders qualifications and examination offices Helena Missoula.
The Montana State Highway Commission invites sealed bids for grading base, gravel surfacing, and small drainage structures on Dillon Idaho Line Road Section C Beaverhead County Montana. Bids due January 24 1931 at 9 30 A M in Helena. Suitable certified check or corporate surety bond required.
A school was organized under the supervision of Bernard Williams of the agricultural department. The initiative received enthusiastic support from those engaged in the industry and aims to benefit local participants next Wednesday.
Beaverhead Mining Association will hold a Saturday meeting at the Sugar Bowl cafe headquarters. Senator Pearl I Smith from Helena will attend to discuss important business matters.
Jimmy Freeman, son of Richard Freeman of Armétqaa, sustained a skate point wound requiring several stitches after a collision at a skating rink on a Wednesday evening. Mayor Roscoe Cornell J H Gilbert and Howard Morse left for Helena to attend a state land board meeting, with Morse also traveling to Missoula for a National Woolgrowers meeting. Joseph Butala visits from St Helena California on business. Mrs L F Molleur visited Butte on Wednesday. Bert Orr traveled to Helena this week for a Livestock Sanitary board meeting.
This vintage advertisement promotes Foley's Honey and Tar compound as a dependable remedy for night coughs. It claims rapid relief, soothing throat irritation, and clearing phlegm without opioids, suitable for elderly persons, with a family size option and wide accessibility.
Emergency project bids invited by the Montana State Highway Commission for two reinforced concrete bridges on the Dillon Idaho Line in Beaverhead County. Bids due January 24 1931 at 9 30 A M in Helena. Includes bond and plan availability and bid rejection rights. Also includes a legal notice of suit and estate sale proceedings in Beaverhead County with sale deadlines.
Endora D Weenink files in Beaverhead District Court a Last Will and Testament of H D Weenink and requests probate and appointment as executrix. A hearing is set in the Fifth Judicial District Court Beaverhead to consider the petition.
In Dillon Montana on January 81 1981 at 10 o clock am all persons having or claiming any interest in the estate of said decedent may appear and object to the granting of the petition. Dated January 12 1931. Fred Rife Clerk of said Court adv 3 5
Public administrator of Beaverhead County Montana and acting administrator of the estate of Ben Dixon deceased notifies all creditors and claimants to present their claims with vouchers within four months after first publication at the Graeter Waldorf Company store in Dillon Montana. First publication January 2 1931.
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